During the weekend of April 21-23 the Golden Heritage
District held their Cub-O-Ree at the Calaveras Fairgrounds
in Frogtown.
In attendance were 21 units representing Golden Heritage District
(100% participation), 49er District, Big Valley
District, and Waukeen District. The Cub-O-Ree theme "Going
to the Movies" allowed each Cub Pack to decorate their
campsite based on the theme of the movie they picked.
Pack
347's Sky Captain was a favorite campsite, with a run-way
that lit up night, FANTASTIC! The
Incredible's were just that, INCREDIBLE! Pack
343 showed a lot of Cub Scout Spirit all day long. Even
Sponge Bob from Pack 353 made an appearance.
During the Friday night program 24 Webelos Scouts crossed
over to Boy Scouts with the assistance of the Nischa
Sipo Chapter of the Order of the Arrow from Forty Niner
District. This ceremony was followed by a new program
for the Cub-O-Ree, "Hug-A-Tree" presented by
the Ebbetts Pass Search and Rescue Team. The evening
closed with a moving flag retirement ceremony in which
20 well serviced U.S. flags were retired. These flags
had proudly flown over many city, county, and school
buildings locally.
Saturday
dawned cold and gray with a threat of rain. We all hoped
that the rain would wait till all the events were over.
The Cub Scouts had several choices of events: BB Guns,
archery, bottle rockets, Cub-mobiles, monkey bridge,
Jousting at King Arthur Court, Ben Hur chariot races,
and Men In Black weapons of destruction. We also had
an informative presentation on the Leave No Trace, Front
Country Guidelines. The evening campfires allowed each
Cub Pack to showcase their Cub Scout Spirit and lots
of enthusiasm.
The adults were not left out either. The adult game
was a participation game with teams of 5 adults.Each
team carried a tire, constructed a stretcher and then
carried a person, tire all, on their stretcher for a
photo finish. We also did 3 training sessions since we
had a captive audience. The training sessions were Leave
No Trace principals for Cubs, BALOO and Leader Specific
training for Cub Scout leaders. It was a busy weekend
for all, with lots of happy faces on lots of Cub Scouts,
Moms and Dads.
Closing
was the "Big Show" and even the smallest unit
of only 1 Cub Scout, sang BINGO backed up by the voices
of Venture Crew 353. Plenty of home spun entertainment
was provided as each Cub Scout Pack presented a song
or skit during the closing. We had many awards to give
out to the winners of each competition, but in my eyes
every Cub Scout there was a winner! We closed the program
with the traditional collection and distribution of ashes
from the previous years ashes. Our hope is that Cub Scout
Pack 343 will carry on the Cub-O-Ree tradition in the
Golden Heritage District.
I am retiring from hosting the Cub-O-Ree . We want all
the Cub Scout Packs to keeping watching the Golden Heritage
District web site as we will post the 2006 Cub-O-Ree
plans here. Thanks for a wonderful run hosting the Cub-O-Ree!
I'll always remember the smiling faces as we closed camp.
Pauline Iwata
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