小宝子昨晚参加了男童军活动后，这是组织者发来的公开邮件。信中回顾了过去，展望了未来。我最喜欢的信中的一句话：We will factor that into our planning.

Parents,

we had a good den meeting last night.  We talked about the upcoming scout year and worked on the athlete badge.  The kids did sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups, long jump, 50 yard dash, and a 1/4 mile run.  They recorded their results in each area.  The boys are suppose to practice all of these over a 30 day period and show improvement.  Attached is a spreadsheet that can be used to record the results.

Barry and I are in the process of planning the scout year.  As always, we are looking for volunteers to take the lead on some of the badges.  There are 20 activity badges that can be earned.  Over the next 18 months, we are planning to complete 12-14.  The boys will need 3 activity badges for the Webelos badge (Fitness and Citizen are required).  They will need 5 more, a total of 8, for the Arrow of Light badge (Readyman and Outdoorsman are required).  Attached is a list of the 20 activity badges.  Please review the list and let Barry and Todd know if you are interested in leading any of the badges.  We will factor that into our planning.

Some of the boys have already earned the Traveler badge.  We worked on this at Barry's house in June and then had a pool party.  I believe there were 6 boys who were not in attendence - Daniel, Jack, Brendan, Tommy, Josh, and John.  We would like those boys to finish the Travler badge by the October 2 Den meeting.  The requirements are attached. 

Uniforms - the boys will need to get the Webelo/Boy Scout uniform.  Please try to get the uniform by October.  They will definitely need it at Webelos-O-Ree.

Thank you,

Todd and Barry