Community Service Opportunity - with cats!

CeCe and Friends, a NO-KILL Animal Shelter is looking for scouts to help socialize the cats who are in their care with people. This group is entirely run by volunteers, and is located in Weymouth.

This is a great opportunity to show Scout Spirit, and provide a community service. You can also work on the Pets merit badge through your efforts with this shelter.

This activity will begin in January, 2011, and will run Sunday's from 10 to 2. Scouts who are interested are encouraged to contact Mr. Clancy, and this activity is open to friends and siblings as well.

November/December Calendar Reminders

Saturday 11/27
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM - Tracking and Signaling program - please review homework posted on 11/22

Monday 11/29 - Scout meeting, WHC - Drum Corps members who marched in the Nov parade can wear their Class B uniforms. Drum practice at 7 PM.

Saturday 12/4
9:00 AM - 10 AM Pathfinding
10: AM – 12:00 PM - Testing for Signaling and Tracking,
1:00 - 4:00 – Carpentry

12/11 - 12/12 – December Campout
12/18 – Follow up weekend for First Aid, schedule TBA
12/20 - Holiday Party
12/27 - Gym Night

Tracking Homework - Due Saturday 11/27

Tracking - Due 11/27

Draw 10 of the following tracks to scale, listing animal name and dimensions

Signaling Homework - Due Saturday 11/27

Homework (due 11/27)

Signaling – work on Morse Code - memorize and recall each letter and number

Historical Merit Badges

The 2010 Historical Merit Badges (Pathfinding, Signaling, Tracking, and Carpentry) are available through Dec 31, 2010.

Scouts signed up for these badges at the meeting 11/15, and received a packet at that time with the requirements and study materials. Further materials were distributed at the Gym Night 11/22


We're offering two sessions to complete these badges, as outlined below:

Saturday 11/27
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM - Tracking and Signaling program
- Please bring a bag lunch
- Please prepare for Signaling by reviewing and learning Morse Code
- Please prepare for Tracking using the review materials provided

Saturday 12/4
9:00 AM - 10 AM Pathfinding
10: AM – 12:00 PM - Testing for Signaling and Tracking,
1:00 - 4:00 – Carpentry
- Please bring a bag lunch


Our schedule for the remainder of the year is below

12/11 – 12/12 December Campout
12/18 – Follow up weekend for First Aid (details TBA)
12/20 - Holiday Party
12/27 - Gym Night

As a reminder, the Drum Corps will continue practicing at 7 PM before all meetings at the clubhouse. Sunday practice is suspended until April 2011.

Scout Night at the College Basketball Classic Dec 4th

Tickets are available for the College Basketball Classic on December 4th at the TD Banknorth Garden. Ticket cost is 17.50 and 22.50 for the Loge, and 30.00 for Club Level seats. Please see Mrs. McCabe to purchase tickets.

Happy Birthday Jackson

Reminder/Correction

Reminder - tonights meeting (11/15) is at the Weymouth Heights Club. The meeting on 11/22 will be a Gym Night at the First Church.

First Aid Homework - Due 11/15

Homework assigned 11/8 for follow up 11/15
Our homework for 11/8 will be requirement 2d – “Prepare a first aid kit for your home. Display and discuss its contents with your counselor”

Please prepare and bring this kit to the meeting on 11/15.

For guidance, please refer to the following URL - http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/HealthandSafety/GSS/gss06.aspx

Excerpt:
First-Aid Kits
A first-aid kit well stocked with the basic essentials is indispensable. Choose one sturdy and lightweight, yet large enough to hold the contents so that they are readily visible and so that any one item may be taken out without unpacking the whole kit. A plastic waterproof box, large slide lock freezer bag, or shoe box is a practical kit. Keep a list of contents readily available for easy refilling.

Suggested First-Aid Kit Contents

• Bar of soap
• 2-inch roller bandage
• 1-inch roller bandage
• 1-inch adhesive
• 3-by-3-inch sterile pads
• Triangular bandage
• Assorted gauze pads
• Adhesive strips
• Clinical oral thermometer
• Scissors
• Tweezers
• Sunburn lotion
• Lip salve
• Poison-ivy lotion
• Small flashlight (with extra batteries)
• Absorbent cotton
• Water purification tablets (iodine)
• Safety pins
• Needles
• Paper cups
• Foot powder
• Instant ice packs

Because of the possibility of exposure to communicable diseases, first-aid kits should include latex or vinyl gloves, plastic goggles or other eye protection, and antiseptic to be used when giving first aid to bleeding victims, as protection against possible exposure.

WHC Turkey Dinner

Tomorrow (11/13) is the annual Weymouth Heights Club Turkey Dinner at Valley Pines.  Scouts and their family are invited to join us for a turkey dinner with all the fixings.  This is also an overnight campout for all our scouts.

Families should bring folding chairs and non-alcoholic drinks (we will have water).  Parking is always an issue for this event, so carpooling is encouraged and appreciated.  Families can arrive any time after 11am.  Dinner and the Flag Retirement Ceremony will be "early afternoon" - depending on how the cooking goes.  We will be asking all families to leave before dark, so we don't have to worry about cars and kids in the dark.

Scouts should bring their typical overnight gear.  If we have leftover turkey, we will serve it again for dinner.  Scouts might want to pack a backup dinner, in case we don't have leftovers.  Scouts should try to get to Valley Pines by 9am, to help prepare for the dinner and Flag Retirement Ceremony.  Pickup on Sunday is the typical 8am-9am timeframe - boys should not leave without checking w/ Mr. Kelley first. Scouts that are part of the Flag Retirement Ceremony should bring their uniform for the ceremony.

Happy Birthday James

Historical Perspective on Matt Walsh's Eagle Project

Matt Walsh's Eagle Project was recently rededicated:

• Early Photos From WWII Memorial
• Matthew Walsh in the News
• Eagle Project Dedication

Check out the recent post on this blog: http://www.waheyboys.com/2010/Nov/10/OurTown.html#ourtown

Some nice history of Weymouth and Troop 2 in there.

Veteran's Day Parade

All scouts should meet in the parking lot of Brady's, in lower Jackson Square (near CVS) by 9am.

Scouts need full uniforms: 

• Uniform Shirt w/ neckerchief and slide
• For short sleeved shirts, be sure any long sleeved undershirts are dark in color - blue or black please.
• Green pants only - no jeans please
• Dark shoes are preferred.

The parade ends at Town Hall and Troop 2 marches to the rear of the Abigail Adams School - near the Flag Football field.

Weymouth News Article on the parade.
2010 Parade Program (in PDF format)

Pack 2 Trivia Night @ Hajjar's Restaurant

Help out our Cub Scouts with their fund raising:

Trivia Night

to benefit

Cub Scout Pack 2 - Weymouth

Thursday, November 11, 2010

6pm-10pm

Hajjar's Restaurant - "T" Room

969 Washington Street, Weymouth, MA

** 50/50 Raffle * Door Prize * Cash Trivia Prizes **

21+ event

$10 admission per person

Maximum of 4 people per team

make your own team - or we can match you up

For tickets or more information contact

Scott Freitas at 781-337-9724 or Jen Schiller at 617 460-4974

Cash bar * Full menu available for purchase 

Check out the Cub Scout Blog

First Aid Homework - Due 11/8

Homework Notes
Homework assigned 11/1 for follow up 11/8

Requirement 1 for the First Aid badge includes a review of the rank requirements from Tenderfoot to First Class - “Satisfy your counselor that you have current knowledge of all first aid requirements for Tenderfoot Rank, Second Class Rank, and First Class Rank.”

Please review these requirements in your scout handbook before the meeting on 11/8

Tenderfoot Rank First Aid Requirements

11. Poisonous Plants
12a. Choking
12b. Cuts and Scratches - Blisters - Burns - Bites and Stings - Snakebite - Nosebleed - Frostbite - Sunburn
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Second Class Rank First Aid Requirements

6a. Choking - Bleeding - Poisoning
6b. First Aid Kit
6c. Object in Eye - Bites and Stings - Puncture Wounds - Burns - Heat Exhaustion - Shock - Heat Stroke - Dehydration - Hypothermia - Hyperventilation
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
First Class Rank First Aid Requirements

8b.Sprains
8c.Transporting an Injured Person
8d. Heart Attack – CPR

First Aid Merit Badge - Schedule Overview

First Aid Merit Badge
The planned activities for the month of November and December are listed below.

Attendance is required to assure scouts are learning the necessary skills to pass this Eagle required badge.


11/1 - First Aid handout distributed - homework - review Handbooks
11/8 - Unit 1 -- req 1, 2, homework is 2d
11/15 - Unit 2 -- req 3
11/22 - Gym Night - Stretchers and carries - req 6
11/29 - Unit 3 -- req 4
12/6 - Unit 4 -- req 5 - prep for final
12/13 - Final Class - Scouts present their cases, board of review
12/20 - Holiday party

The following weekends will be available for those scouts who miss the material on a Monday meeting. These will be the only make up opportunities available in the schedule. Dates and times will be determined by need and posted on the BLOG.

Makeup Weekends
11/20 - 11/21 - Make up for Unit 1 and carries
11/27 - 11/28 - Makeup for Unit 2
12/4 - 12/5 - Make up for unit 3
12/11-12/12 - Campout - makeup for unit 4
12/18 - 12/19 - Final chance to make up any missed components, including unit 4
12/27 - Gym night - makeup for carries as needed

Troop 2 Ski Trip Reminder

Event: Ski Trip to Shawnee Peak
When: January 7-9th
Where: Shawnee Peak, Maine

Payment info:

Cost: $135.00 per scout (includes food, lodging, lift tickets and rentals) – check payable to Troop 2 BSA

Due by November 1st

Details:

Please join us for the annual Troop 2 Ski Trip to Shawnee Peak, Maine. This event is loads of fun, and is well attended. We stay in a single lodge, with scouts located on two floors and adults on the ground floor. Adults are present at the mountain and in the chalet throughout the day. Many adults also ski and are on the slopes with the scouts.

Our accommodations are within walking distance of the mountain, and we also shuttle the scouts to the base on a regular schedule.

Lodging, lift tickets, and rentals are included in the event. Scouts can earn the Snow Sports merit badge, as well we learning to ski and snowboard.

We stay right on the property of Shawnee Peak, at the Shawnee Peak House, a 10-bedroom self-service guesthouse. Each room features a private bath. The common area offers a fully-equipped kitchen, double fireplace, games, coin-operated Bumper pool table, cable TV, DVD player, phone and WIFI. The Peak House also gives you close proximity to Shawnee Peak's vast ski trail network.

More info on Shawnee Peak:

• ShawneePeak.com
• Directions
  

November Event Reminders

Our schedule for the month of November is below

11/1 - 7-7:30 Mandatory drum practice for Parade
11/1 - 7:30-9 Ski Trip Payment due
11/7 - 6:30-7:30 Mandatory drum practice for Parade
11/8 - 6:30-7:30 Mandatory drum practice for Parade
11/8 - 7:30-9 First Aid Merit Badge class begins
11/11 - 9-11 Veterans Day Parade - meet in CVS parking lot, lower Jackson Square
11/13 - All day event - Weymouth Heights Club Turkey Dinner and Campout
11/14 - 7-8 Troop Committee Meeting
11/22 - 8-9 Gym Night

Drum Corps practices - slight changes in dates, please review

The drum corps will have 3 mandatory practices to prepare for the November parade, as follows

Monday 11/1 - 7:00-7:30
Sunday 11/7 - 6:30-7:30
Monday 11/8 - 6:30-7:30

All drummers must attend. We will be practicing the pieces for the parades.