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Cub Scout program of fun. As a youth in scouts himself, Mr. Seymour was a wolf scout, with his mother being the den leader. However, he learned much about scouting mostly from his grandfather and uncle. His uncle was an Eagle Scout and his grandfather was Scoutmaster of Troop 92 and later Tomahawk District Chairman of the Mahoning Valley Council. Mr. Seymour remembers as a child, camping, fishing, and hiking over weekends and many summer vacations. His parents belonged to a camping organization and they traveled to many campgrounds throughout the year. His love of camping has carried over to his role as father to his three boys, enrolling them in scouts and looking forward to all of their own camping adventures. Mr. Seymour is the current Tiger den leader. He is no stranger to scouting, as his oldest son Russell is currently a Bear and Mr. Seymour has been very involved with Russell's group, as well as Maxwell's Tiger Group. With Mitchell, his youngest, attending every event his older brothers are in, Mr. Seymour has made him an honorary Bobcat of the pack. Mr. Seymour's wife Lynn is our committee chairperson and been involved in promoting the growth and development of Pack 119 for the last year. Mr. Seymour is Owl and Baloo trained and plans on attending other training sessions coming up.
His greatest expectation for Pack 119 is to grow as a Pack and be an organization recognized by the community. He sees many challenges along the way. The biggest in his eyes is related to the demand of our children's time. "With all the demands our children have these days, for their time: family, sports, 4-H, video games, friends, TV, etc. it is a challenge to grab their attention and attract them to scouting. Once involved as parents and leaders, it is our responsibility to keep the program interesting and dynamic enough for them to want to continue." He has many ideas planned for the upcoming year of scouting. He is currently planning our Spring Round-Up and has put much time and effort already into the events and activities that surround a fun evening of learning about Native American life. He was asked what he most looks forward to as Cubmaster and says, "Having the opportunity to work with our adult volunteers; to teach and instill the values of scouting and good citizenship to our boys. I am going to enjoy the sense of accomplishment these boys will have as they learn new skills. Skills that they will be able to use at school, home, sports, in their careers and with their families and some day their own children. I am looking forward to watching these boys grow into young men that we can all be proud of". Pack 119 extends warm wishes, much appreciation and support to Mr. Seymour as he takes on this very large challenge. We certainly feel blessed that he is willing to step up and take on this responsibility, a responsibility of making great impressions and memories with many boys in our pack. We welcome you and wish you much success!
Spring Round-Up
Pack 119 held its annual Spring Round-Up at Springfield Elementary School in New Middletown on Monday, April 14, welcoming nearly 10 new scouts to our program. With the theme of Native Americans as this years scouting program, Mr. Seymour participated in his first pack event as the new Cubmaster by sharing his knowledge of Native American folklore. The boys created bear claw necklaces and rattles. Mr. Seymour held a pow-wow at the end, after telling a story about scouting. Refreshments and fellowship were shared at the closing, as many of the boys were able to meet their new friends in scouts. We would like to welcome our new scouts. They are: Noah Eckman, Benny Chaszeyka, Hunter Jones, Vito Argenziano, Christian and Sean Thompson, Jarret and Sebastian Orbin, Hunter Huston and Nathan Scott. Any other boys who are in going into grades 1 to 5 this September, may join our pack. If you are interested, please call Lynn at 330-542-3620 or Carrie at 330-542-2640 for more information.
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