This will be the new site to get up to date information on what Pack 58 in New Milford, Connecticut, will be up to in the coming months and things we have done in the past.
I am hoping the leaders will find this to be a useful tool to quickly find the needed resources for planning their meetings, and for getting needed forms to download for trips and awards. Also, I hope this will become a great place for Pack 58 Cub Scouts and their parents to find out what is planned and, maybe, the occasional link to sites and topics of interest that are safe places for your kids to learn and have fun on the internet.
As a memorial to the beginning of this Blog, I present to you the Memorial stone on Brownsea Island commemorating the very first Scout camp, Aug 1-9, 1907.
I am hoping the leaders will find this to be a useful tool to quickly find the needed resources for planning their meetings, and for getting needed forms to download for trips and awards. Also, I hope this will become a great place for Pack 58 Cub Scouts and their parents to find out what is planned and, maybe, the occasional link to sites and topics of interest that are safe places for your kids to learn and have fun on the internet.
As a memorial to the beginning of this Blog, I present to you the Memorial stone on Brownsea Island commemorating the very first Scout camp, Aug 1-9, 1907.
You can click on the picture to get a better view of the inscription and here is more information on the August 1st, 2007, 100th anniversary of the first encampment on Brownsea Island:
For those of you that attended the Clatter Valley Camp adventure, well, let's just say that you did not monopolize all of the Scouting fun that week! I am certain that the 100th anniversary celebration was a huge success considering it was celebrated, not just at Brownsea Island, but all over the world. I will be updating this Blog with some pictures of camp to help you remember just how much fun you did have there, and remember to give a BIG THANKS to the many Boy Scouts, leaders and volunteers that put together your Clatter Valley Cub Scout day camp experience. In the meantime, and while you wait for some of those photos, why don't you Cub Scouts take some time to learn your state flags?
Always remember to do your best,
Akela
"The Brownsea Island Scout camp was a boys camping event on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, southern England, organised by Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell to test his ideas for the book Scouting for Boys. Twenty boys from different social backgrounds participated from 1 August to 8 August 1907 in activities around camping, observation, woodcraft, chivalry, lifesaving and patriotism. Recognised as the world's first Scout camp, the event is regarded as the real origin of the worldwide Scout movement.
Up to the early 1930s, camping by Boy Scouts continued on Brownsea Island. In 1963, a formal 50 acre Scout campsite was opened by Olave Baden-Powell, when the island became a nature conservation area owned by the National Trust. In 1973, a Scout Jamboree was held on the island with 600 Scouts.
The worldwide centenary of Scouting will begin at the Brownsea Island Scout camp, celebrating 1 August 2007, the 100th anniversary of the start of the first encampment. Activities by The Scout Association in the campsite include four Scout camps and a Sunrise Ceremony."
(Information found in the Wikipedia Scouting Portal)
For those of you that attended the Clatter Valley Camp adventure, well, let's just say that you did not monopolize all of the Scouting fun that week! I am certain that the 100th anniversary celebration was a huge success considering it was celebrated, not just at Brownsea Island, but all over the world. I will be updating this Blog with some pictures of camp to help you remember just how much fun you did have there, and remember to give a BIG THANKS to the many Boy Scouts, leaders and volunteers that put together your Clatter Valley Cub Scout day camp experience. In the meantime, and while you wait for some of those photos, why don't you Cub Scouts take some time to learn your state flags?
Always remember to do your best,
Akela
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