These are the meeting minutes I wrote up following a meeting we had on Nov 29 of last year. I recovered it from my email archive. I’ve only modified it to remove names, per my custom here on the blog. I’m adding them to the blog for 2 reasons: first, because my being an SAHD is the major reason I’m a Den leader making the content entirely blog appropriate; and second, they might prove useful for other Den leaders looking for ideas.
I selected 3 Scouts to be the Colorguard for our opening flag ceremony. After the Pledge and the Scout Promise, the boys helped setup chairs and I passed out Rank Tracking Badges. These are a plastic badge that goes over the button of the right pocket of the Scout’s uniform and is used to keep track of their progress on the way to earning their Wolf Badge. I also passed out a bead to mark their current progress.
After they put together their rank badges, I passed out some sheets with information about Connecticut’s State Flag. We looked over the picture of the flag and then discussed some of the elements as well as some simple facts like the official size of the flag and when it was adopted.
We then had the Scouts fashion a bead necklace. I will use these as a means to reward Scouts for certain things going forward. For future meetings, all Scouts who attend a meeting will get a bead, as well as any Scout who wears their uniform and brings in completed home assignments.
Finally, to end the meeting we had a Lego building competition. We had the Scouts form up into teams and then one of the other Dads passed out Lego kits which he assembled. His challenge to the boys was to see who could build a structure that would hold a roof the highest off of the table. They had about 10 minutes to work on their ideas. The boys enjoyed the little impromptu competition and the winner had Den bragging rights for a few minutes.
The Scouts then helped clean up the Lego’s and the facility and I assigned them their next home assignment: to help their parents by doing 2 chores (like laundry or cleaning dishes or whatever their parents need) from now until Christmas. Obviously, I’ll need help from the you guys to make sure they’ve all accomplished this assignment.