I've placed a blurb in the Liberty e-Newsletter asking interested parents to contact me. I would like to augment that with a flyer sent home to all the school boys, to catch folks who don't subscribe to the newsletter. The purpose will be to survey interest and recruit volunteers.
Step 2 will be to have a Parent Meeting, probably at the school. I have been in touch with Martin Koca, the Bluegrass Council District Executive for our area. He is already planning to come to the school the second week of September for a "School Night" meeting. Once we get to the School Night, we'll need to largely follow Martin's advice on chartering and organizing the pack.
I have forwarded several questions folks have already asked me to Martin, and I will post his responses here to share.
A Cub Scout Pack is organized as a group of smaller Dens. Each Den is like a small team of boys (4-8, depending on the pack size), and has a Den MotherParent to lead them. The Dens meet frequently (weekly?) for activities, training and fun, while the larger Pack meets less often (monthly?) for awards and large-group activities. Several times a year there will be Pack outings, Council and District level activites, and the inevitable fundraisers.
We will need Den Parents, Pack Leaders, crafty folks, outdoorsy folks, creative people, a financial genius, and many other volunteers to make this happen. Please consider volunteering!
One final thing. We will need to find a place (or places) and times for the Den and Pack meetings. An obvious choice would be the school itself. I will be contacting Mrs. Burke to discuss this possibility. We may also need to consider one of the area churches or other locations as well. If you have suggestions (Crossroads Christian and Northeast Christian have already been suggested), please post them here.
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