Other Activities

2024

October 25, 2024: Paracord Bracelet Tutorial

Below is a good YouTube clip that shows how to make the bracelet. You can jump straight to the 4:03 time stamp - everything prior to that will be done by me and will already in place when you receive your bracelet material.

Youth leaders will need to practice to be sure they know how to make this. It might be a good idea to do it a few times (undo the bracelet each time and start again)

At the meeting on October 29, everyone (Webelos Scouts and our Scouts) will be participating in this activity and will be depending on those youth leaders for help.

~Mr. Cardenas

October 8, 2024: Yearly Planning

The Troop's annual planning conference is coming! We're planning the full 2025 calendar year!

There is a lot of business to conduct, so we are asking everyone to arrive by 6:00p (instead of the usual 7:00 start time). In exchange, we'll provide pizza and drinks for everyone. So don't worry about trying to get dinner before the meeting.

In order to be efficient with our time, we need to ask everyone to do their homework and to come prepared to offer outing suggestions. Anyone can offer suggestions for any month, however the assigned patrol needs to come prepared for their assigned month(s).

Patrol and month assignments are as follows

Month Patrol Usual Outing
January Black Mambas Snow/Cold Camp
February Flaming Pegasus Typically a Military camp
March Guardians ---
April --- District Camporee
May Blockheads ---
June Camping Cobras ---
July --- Summer Camp
August Black Mambas ---
September Flaming Peguas ---
October Guardians ---
November Blockheads Webelos Camp - Calico Rocket Launches
December Camping Cobras No Camping - Day only

VERY IMPORTANT:

  • Assigned patrol: Responsible to present options for their assigned month(s). However, anyone (whether adults or Scouts from other patrols) may present options for any month.
  • Pirates Patrol: Being the newest patrol, all Pirates will have a pass this year because it's their first year. However, they should still plan to attend in order to see the yearly planning in action. Next year, they become an active participant for this planning conference.

OUTING SUGGESTIONS:

We will plan monthly (weekend) outings, summer camp rotation, and any other special outings.

Consult the links below for helpful information in gathering outing suggestions:

  • Calendar Template for 2025
    • Calendar Template - 2025.
      This calendar shows the 2025 calendar and includes all known events, e.g. Scouting events, school district events, holidays, etc.
      Events shown in green with a "777" are specific to our troop.
      Scouts should plan to bring their own copy to the planning meeting.
  • Monthly (weekend) and Special outings
    • Annual Planning Ideas (Outings).
      These are ideas based on many years of previous outings. However, any idea may be offered even if not on this list.
  • Summer Camp
    • Summer Camp History: Rev. 10/05/2024
      This shows about 30 years of historical data listing the summer camps the troop has attended.
    • Google Earth: Summer Camps: in CA, NV, and AZ
      Download the file, then import into Google Earth.
      For those wanting to get more map and terrain information that Google Earth offers.
    • Google Maps: Summer Camps: in CA, NV, and AZ
      The same information from above, but in Google Maps instead.