LEADER IDEAS
- Fishing Derby at a friendly neighborhood lake/pond
followed by a cookout
- Swimming party at a community pool,
followed by a picnic
- Raingutter Regatta with other "get set
to get wet" activities - watergun fights, water ballon toss,
fire brigade relay etc.
- Participate in your community's Memorial
Day, Flag Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day activity or
parade.
- Bicycle derby/rodeo
- Participate in your
Council/District Cub Day Camp
- Pack weenie roast/watermelon
feed
- Go to the zoo, ball game, aquarium, local historic site,
state park
- Two important points. Make it something that can
compete with the other stuff going on i.e. fun, and make it
something that can involve parents. Hope this helps, and have
fun
YiS, Roy
Fisher *********************************************** In
June, we go to our local baseball stadium for a game. They actually
have this set up as Scout Night! We also have a Bike Rodeo where we
ask our local police dept. to run it.
In July, we have a fun
family night at our local FunScape (an indoor amusement center). We
also count our summer camp program as one of our Pack summertime
activities. In August, we have a fun family night at a local
putt-putt course and then we have a family picnic combined with our
Raingutter Regatta.
So, we plan two activities per month so that
each Cub has an opportunity > to attend at least one each month
and therefore earn their Summertime Award.
Just be sure you have
other parents out there willing to help organize these
events.
Our events don't take much organizing with the exception
of our Raingutter Regatta. Basically you just need a parent to keep
track of attendance, someone to arrange dates and group rates,
someone to maybe make certificates (for the rodeo and regatta),
someone to organize the food for a picnic, etc.
Hope this all
helps and good luck! It's important to have a summertime program to
keep kids interested and willing to continue in
Scouting!
Mary,Committee Chair,Pack 180, North Syracuse
NY
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- Go to a minor/major league ball game (check for
discount group rates)
- Go to a museum, any kind
- Have a fishing derby
- Have a sports fitness day (we've done this
several times and usually get all the fitness requirements for the
ranks done w/exception of Webelos where you need to keep track for
thirty days)
- Go bowling
- Go to miniature golf
- Have a picnic
- Go swimming
- Have a flying day...balloons, airplanes, kites,
frisbees
- Most importantly...go to summer camp
Some of these things cost money, some are free...try
to give people more than one activity each month to allow every
scout the opportunity to earn the summertime pin. This way he
doesn't miss out because of family vacations. We have also held
belt loop classes. We focused on one or two belt loops and got a
parent to volunteer to lead the activity. Many boys earned the pin,
not just the loop. And, we had a great end of summer activity award.
The belt loops, especially the academic ones are fine activities for
the summer. They keep the boys busy, and keep their brains
stimulated.
Deirdre LaRock, Scouting is like Love; the more you
share, the more you
have. butterbuns@dogg.com http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/3201
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