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Pack Meeting
If possible, meet outdoors in a park or playground.
Provide benches or folding chairs for parents. If not
practical, meet at your usual place and substitute In-
door Nature Trail for the Nature Scavenger Hunt.
A committee of fathers should arrive at the meeting
site a half-hour early to help set up exhibits.
Preopening Have display areas (on tables or on
the ground) for each den. Exhibits may include ter-
rariums, aquariums, and other nature projects, pho-
tos, maps, and souvenirs collected on den trips this
month, and other den projects dealing with Beautiful
America. Webelos dens can display their work on an
activity area. Have a large poster on display with the
Outdoor Code in letters large enough to be read at a
distance; it will be used in the closing ceremony.
Opening Have a Webelos color guard present the
colors and lead the pledge of allegiance. Sing the
first verse of "America, the Beautiful" (Cub Scout
Songbook). Call roll by dens. Count the parents of
each den attending. Award Cubby (Cubmaster's Pack-
book, page 324).
Den Demonstrations and Reports Have
each Cub Scout and Webelos den report on a den or
conservation project this month, using photos and
souvenirs if they have them, or display and demon-
strate den nature projects. Between reports and dem-
onstrations lead Class A, B, and C, or Locomotive
CUB Applause, see Group Meeting Sparklers.
MAY Games NATURE SCAVENGER HUNT—If you are
meeting outdoors, give each denner a copy of a list of
about 10 nature objects that can be found within the
park or playground. The list might include an oak
leaf, ragweed, dandelion, ant, pine needle, elm tree
twig, seed, bird feather, etc. A committee of fathers
must check the area before the meeting to see what
can be found. Allow the dens 10 minutes to find as
many of these items as they can. Score one point for
each item found and correctly identified. Award a
small prize to the den scoring highest. A field guide to
birds or insects, or a small pennant reading "Nature
Experts 1972" for the den flag would be appropriate.
Indoor Nature Trail Make a "nature trail"
through the pack meeting room by placing plaster
casts of animal tracks, pictures of birds and animals,
flowers, and insects. Number each specimen. Each den
is given a pencil and paper and moves along the
"trail," writing its identification for each numbered
specimen on the paper. Most correct answers wins.
May Daze Group Meeting Sparklers, page 26.
Webelos Den Demonstration EachWebeios
den displays or demonstrates work done on an activity
badge during May.
Recognitions Use the Upward Trail ceremony
in Staging Den and Pack Ceremonies to award badges
of rank and arrow points. Have the Webelos den
leader present activity badges. Transfer eligible boys
to Webelos dens. Graduate Webelos Scouts who are
joining Scout troops with Keep America Beautiful
ceremony (Staging Den and Pack Ceremonies).
Closing Announce next month's theme and place,
date, and time of the pack meeting.
Close with Outdoor Code-Responsive Reading cere-
mony from Staging Den and Pack Ceremonies. The
audience can read its part from the large Outdoor
Code poster set up during the Preopening period.
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