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DEN MEETINGS
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SOFTBALL
THROW
BKOAB
JUMP
FIRST WEEK
SECOND WEEK
THIRD WEEK
FOURTH WEEK
BEFORE
THE
MEETING
STARTS
Supplies: broomsticks
for stick balancing,
Games for Cub Scouts;
U.S. flag; Cub Scout
Songbook; Big Prints,
No. 26-061, fitness charts;
materials for fitness
equipment.
Invite high school athlete
to help with instruction.
Supplies: football; equip-
ment for obstacle course;
Cub Scout Songbook.
Supplies: rope for
tug-of-war, Games for
Cub Scouts; equipment
as needed for dual
contests, Webelos Scout
Book; Cub Scout
Songbook.
Supplies: Cub Scout
Songbook; ball for catch,
throw and sit, Games
for Cub Scouts.
GATHERING
(Keep early
arrivals
busy)
Play stick balancing.
Play touch football.
Have boys try the
impossible feat, Den
Chief's Denbook.
Have wheelbarrow races,
Den Chief's Denbook.
OPENING
(Ceremony)
Denner presents colors
as den comes to attention.
Assistant denner reads
first verse of "The Star-
Spangled Banner," Cub
Scout Songbook.
Denner leads den yell.
Sing "Head and Shoulders,
Knees and Toes," Cub
Scout Songbook.
Boys respond to roll call
by naming famous athlete.
Sing "John Jacob Jingle-
heimer Schmidt," Cub
Scout Songbook.
Sing "Scouting We Go,"
Cub Scout Songbook.
ACTIVITY
BADGE
FUN
(Instruction,
practice,
games and
contests
related to
Webelos
Skills)
Play Black and Blue,
Webelos Den Leader's
Book. Explain use of
fitness chart. Begin testing
boys on Athlete require-
ments. Record results.
Set up obstacle course
with chairs, rope, tires,
etc. and have boys run
it in speed test (Webelos
Den Activities). Have high
school athlete discuss
training, including
importance of diet and
rest. Ask him to show
proper technique for his
athletic specialty.
Have tug-of-war. Continue
testing on Athlete
requirements and record
results. Have boys try
"Individual Exercises,"
Webelos Scout Book.
Divide the den into two
teams and play catch,
throw and sit. Finish
testing on Athlete
requirements. Bring
fitness chart up to date.
Urge boys to test them-
selves periodically in
coming months.
PREPARATION
(Making props
and equipment.
Getting set for
future Special
Events)
Plan pack meeting display
and demonstration. Begin
making chinning bars,
barbells, dumbbells, other
fitness equipment (see
Cub Scout Program Helps
1972-73).
Complete fitness
equipment.
Practice pack meeting
demonstration of fitness
equipment or dual
contests.
Complete work on pack
meeting display,
demonstration.
CLOSING
(Announce-
ments,
Ceremony)
Denner retires U.S. flag
while boys salute. Den
chief says, "Be prepared,"
and boys respond by
shouting "We are
prepared!"
Den forms circle. Each
boy crosses his arms and
grasps neighbor's hands.
Sing "Scout Vesper,"
Cub Scout Songbook.
Sing "God Bless America,"
Cub Scout Songbook.
Form den in circle.
Denner leads Scout
Oath.
DEN MEETING CLEANUP UNDER SUPERVISION OF DENNER
FOR MORE PROGRAM AIDS, CHECK YOUR LATEST COPY OF BOYS' LIFE.
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Boy Scouts of America. Scouting, Volume 61, Number 3, March-April 1973, periodical, March 1973; New Brunswick, NJ. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth353622/m1/55/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum.