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Den Meeting Ideas

Written by Pack 85

Saturday, 27 February 2010 19:48

Resources for Webelos Activity Badges

Aquanaut

· Highlands Pool lifeguards will give a demonstration of swimming, life saving and water rescue. Each scout spends time in the water practicing rescue techniques and using different types of floatation devices. Maybe the Community Center also would be willing to do this.

Artist

· Westerville Parks and Recreation Department used to offer a 3-hour session with Westerville Artist Ginny Baughman. Call the department to inquire if this program is still available.

· Columbus College of Art and Design students will give a program.

· Columbus Art Museum is willing to offer a class for scouts.

Citizen

· Have the boys raise and lower the flag at school. Make arrangements in the front office.

Craftsman

· Home Depot has a woodworking class. Also, the first Saturday of every month it offers a kids’ workshop. Kids build from kits. Make arrangements in advance with the store. Parental help is required.

· Contact local high schools that might be willing to let you build and work with tools in their woodworking shops.

Communicator

· Otterbein College is happy to accommodate kids:

WOBM Radio – Josh Grimm, 823-1557

WOCCTV – Adam Bauer, 823-1569

· Suburban News Publications (Westerville News and Public Opinion), 785-1212, gives tours. Joe Meyer, Managing Editor, is a Scouter from Westerville.

· Westerville Public Library can give a program.

Geologist

· OSU Geological Museum at Orton Hall. The curator of the museum will take your group into a classroom and show different minerals, rocks, fossils, relics, dinosaurs, etc. The curator’s name is Dale Gnidovec (ga-need-o-vic). His number is 292-6896.

· Highbanks MetroPark can give a program. Let the naturalist know the topics you need covered.

· Otterbein College has a geology department that may be willing to help.

· Fossil Park is a new geology park in Sylvania, OH, outside of Toledo. It is a 5-acre quarry with Devonian-era fossils. For more info, call 419-882-8313 or send an e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Handyman

· Saturn Car Co., High Street, can teach how to change a tire.

Forester

· Columbus Zoo has a program available.

http://www.colszoo.org/education/scoutcmp.html#scout

· Columbus MetroParks can give a program. Tell the naturalist what you need to discuss.

· Garden centers, lumber yards and nurseries might be willing to put on a program.

Naturalist

· Columbus Zoo has a program available

http://www.colszoo.org/education/scoutcmp.html#scout

· Columbus MetroParks can give a program. Tell the naturalist what you need to discuss.

Readyman

· Westerville Fire Station might be willing to give a program. Chief Jim Marra, 901-6600, is a Scouter.

· American Red Cross offers a first aid class specifically for Cub Scouts. Call them at 253-2740 to see when the presentation will be offered at the Eastwind facility here in Westerville.

Scholar

· Arrange to have your den eat lunch with Mrs. O’Flynn or their teacher or plan to meet after school for a discussion of the topics to be covered.

Showman

· Drama department of high schools or Otterbein College can help.

· Write a play and make puppets. Perform at a Pack meeting

Sportsman

· B.A.S.S./Bass Anglers Sportsman Society. Ask about “casting kids.”

· Humane Society gives tours.

· Ohio Wildlife has programs for kids.

· Play at a disc golf course at Hoover Reservoir or Blendon Woods.