Cub Scout Pack 393 Events
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
All,
A few of us met and scheduled us out into the early part of September, so I wanted to get that out to everyone.
The schedule for meetings is as follows:
June 8 – regular meeting
Monday – June 21 – Pack Meeting – we will be giving out all of the advancements for the boys who have earned their rank badges (Bear, Wolf, etc.). Please have your boys bring their books with all of their signed off information for the den leaders to sign off on at the regular meeting this coming Tuesday. If you can’t be there, please forward any advancement notifications to your den leader so that they can prepare to award those at this Pack Meeting. We had to move it to Monday due to several folks with Swim Team conflicts on Tuesday night.
July 13 – regular meeting
July 27 – regular meeting
August 10 – regular meeting
No meeting on August 24, but we will have a Bike ride on Saturday, August 28. More details on that at a later date, but we are planning to combine this with all of the Pack getting their biking belt loop, so save the date.
Also, save the dates of September 24-26 as this is when we have scheduled to take a Pack camping trip to Washington, DC and we are working on trying to get a tour of the White House. More on this trip as we confirm those details.
Should be a fun time, I know that many folks will have vacations and some are going to Cub Scout Day Camps and such. This schedule should hopefully help everyone with planning their schedules.
Thanks,
Randy
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Monday, May 24th, 2010
All,
I hope you had as much fun as I did on the campout. We made it back with just a couple of scrapes, bug bites and one bunny burn, but I think the boys were sufficiently worn out and enjoyed themselves. I know Brian Flack took a lot of pictures and hopefully we have many others as well.
A big thanks to the Boy Scouts and Mr. Rudy and Mr. Bill for coordinating the compass, archery, and BB gun range activities. I think everyone had a great time and we appreciated the Older Boy Scout’s help and support.
Just a couple of meeting notes, none of the cub scout dens will have a regular meeting this week due to the campout (other than the Webelos II, who had an already planned cookout for Tuesday, so Kelly will get you all details).
So our next meeting will be on June 8 and then we’ll meet again on June 22. The June 22 regular meeting will be converted to a Pack meeting and we will give out all of the earned badge/rank advancements at this hour-long celebration of our year. Leaders, we will have a meeting on Thursday, June 3 at 7 p.m. at the building to coordinate for the Pack meeting and awards and to coordinate plans for the summer (end of summer bike ride, Camping trip scheduled for late September, etc.). Any other parents who would like to join us are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Thanks again to everyone for a great campout that I’m sure is etched in our kids minds. My kids have been talking about the Vindow Viper all morning.
Randy
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Monday, May 10th, 2010
Pack 393 Pirate Campout:
What is this? – Pack Spring campout. We will be using the Cape Fear Council’s BSA Camp. Several of Troop 393’s scouts will be joining us and helping to run some pirate treasure hunts with compasses. In addition, we will be using the camp’s archery and BB ranges. There is also a full-sized wooden pirate ship and we will be organizing some pirate war games with marshmallow shooters, so please remember to bring the one’s we made last year with you (or the one’s you received from selling popcorn so that you can make the Cubmaster walk the plank).
This should be a family campout to remember, so hopefully you have saved the date.
Location: Camp McNeil in White Oak, NC
13165 Nc Highway 53 W, White Oak, NC 28399-8500
DIRECTIONS
- Take I-40 East towards Benson onto I-95 South via EXIT 328A toward BENSON / FAYETTEVILLE.
- Take the NC-53 / NC-210 exit, EXIT 49, toward FAYETTEVILLE.
- Take the NC-53 E / NC-210 S ramp toward ELIZABETHTOWN.
- Turn LEFT onto NC-210 / NC-53 / CEDAR CREEK RD. Continue to follow NC-53.
- Arrvive at 13165 NC HIGHWAY 53 W.
Directions: Camp McNeill is owned by the Cape Fear Council, BSA, and is located near Elizabethtown, North Carolina on Highway 53, three miles west of White Oak, North Carolina 28399 – More details on directions to the camp to follow in subsequent emails.
Dates: 21-23 May 2010
Weekend Schedule:
Friday night:
arrive and set-up camp. There will be a campfire and s’mores that evening around 8-8:30 p.m
Saturday:
Breakfast around 8 a.m.
Activities – 9:30-Noon
Lunch – Noon to 1:30
Activities – 1:30-4:30 p.m.
Dinner – 5:00-6:30
Campfire and Bridging Ceremony 8:00-9:30 p.m.
Sunday
Breakfast, short devotional service and break camp To go: You need to RSVP at the meeting Tuesday May 11 or you need to email packchat no later than Friday, May 14 (this Friday). We need to get an accurate count of who is going, so that is why we have the strict cut-off. If you respond that you plan to go, there will be a $4.00 per person charge cancellation fee as the Pack has to pay for each person who goes.
This is going to be fun, so I hope that you and your family can attend.
Sincerely,
Randy
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
The Scout-o-Ramos is now called the NC Youth Jamboree. Details are still the same for the Event time and location.
Activities will include:
- Horseback Riding
- Military Vehicles
- Climbing Wall
- Hands on activities for all ages
- Fire and Rescue vehicles
- Rescue Helicopter
- Building stuff
Web Site
NC Youth Jamboree Web Site
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
All,
The rescheduled Pinewood Derby is this Saturday at the church, starting at 10:30. We’ll do quick introductions and should be on the track by 10:45. The racing groups are as follows (in order):
Tigers
Cubs (Wolves & Bears together)
Webelos
Championship (race-off of winners from 3 race groups above)
Outlaw race
The top 3 fastest cars from each group (Tiger, Cub, Webelos) will then participate in a pack race-off for bragging rights and serious hardware. If all goes smoothly, the event should last about 2 hours.
The 3 fastest cars, plus best design and most unique from each group (Tiger, Cub, Webelos) will be recognized and advance to the Crosswinds District Race the following Saturday, March 6. For the district race, a car can enter for speed OR a design award, but not both. Those scouts recognized for both speed and design at the Pack 393 race must choose one category in which to compete. Registration for the district race has to be completed by Monday, March 1st,.
Racing Rules:
1. Within a racing group (Tiger, Cub, Webelos, Championship), each car will race four times, one on each of the 4 track lanes. The total added time from those 4 runs will determine the place within the group.
2. The fastest three cars from each group will then race in the Pack Championship. In the championship, each car will have another 4 runs, the same as before. The total added time from those 4 runs will determine the overall championship place; plus serious hardware and bragging rights.
3. If during the race the car loses a wheel, or is otherwise damaged, the racer shall have 5 minutes to make a repair or the car is disqualified.
4. If a car leaves the track, runs out of its lane, interferes with another car, loses an axle, etc., the heat will be rerun. If the same car gets into trouble on the second run, the contestant is disqualified and automatically loses that race. If, on the second run, another car is interfered with, the heat will be run a third time, but without the disqualified car.
I look forward to seeing you there.
Brian
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
All,
I had a great time at the Blue and Gold and enjoyed seeing the Webelos II bridge over into Boy Scouting. I want to send a special thanks again to Marilyn and Brian Adams, who are new to the Pack and I thought did a great job (with help from some vets) of decorating and making the day special for the boys. My sons (and daughters) had a great time.
Just a couple of reminders:
We do have den meetings this Tuesday night at 6:45 at the building. We then have the Pinewood Derby coming up on Saturday and I’m sure Brian will be getting more details out about that in the next couple of days.
Following that, we will have our representatives to the District Pinewood Derby racing at the District event on March 6th (the following weekend, hard to believe it is already March). Also that first week of March, we have a Pack meeting on Tuesday, March 2 so be sure to get your Den leaders any achievements and belt loops that your son has earned this coming Tuesday so that he/she can let Vivek know for the awards at the Pack meeting.
Finally, there will be a committee meeting on Thursday, March 4 and all leaders and any parents are invited to be there. This will be an important one as we plan out the rest of the spring and make plans for the other den bridging. So leaders, please come prepared to provide an update on where the boys are and if there is anything that we need to do to get the boys ready to move on to their new dens by the end of May.
Thanks and I look forward to seeing all of you at the Pinewood Derby next Saturday. Also note that we will be re-chartering the Pack at the Pinewood Derby, so please plan to sign your boy up for another great year of scouting.
Have a great start to the week and I’ll see many of you on Tuesday night.
Randy
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Hello Scouts and Families,
You are invited to join us for Sunday Services at Triangle Church (Sunday School at 10 a.m. to 10:40 and Church from about 10:50 to 11:45 a.m.) as this Sunday, February 7 is Scout Sunday and the 100th anniversary of Boy Scouts in America. If you can attend, please have the boys wear their Class A full uniform (hats, scarves and blue or tan shirts). I am not sure if some of our scouts or leaders will be doing anything as a part of the service, but we’ll look to try to all sit together, if possible.
Wendy and I teach the 3rd grade class on Sunday mornings, but I’ll see if someone can look out for those visiting with us on Sunday.
Hope to see you there and have a great week.
Randy
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Monday, February 1st, 2010
WHO: Cub scouts and their families
WHAT: Blue and Gold banquet
WHERE: East Triangle Church 1000 Perimeter Park, Morrisville
WHEN: Sunday February 21st at 4:15 pm
WHY: So the scouts can play some games, eat dinner, and attend an award ceremony in their honor. The theme of the banquet is 100 years of scouting and each scout will receive a special uniform patch (1910-2010). Also, the bridging ceremony will occur which will include presentation of the Arrow of Light award to the Webelos 2’s.
HOW: The pack will provide ham and lemonade. Each den should provide a potluck side dish as follows:
TIGERS: fruit salad
WOLVES: vegetable/bean dish (see pg 79 of handbook for food pyramid)
BEARS: bread/rolls (whole wheat preferred)
WEBELOS I: pasta side dish
WEBELOS II: any side dish
If you have any questions feel free to contact Marilyn Adams
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
All,
Due to the impending inclement weather (and as one email pointed out that the pinewood derby cars don’t have snow tires), we have decided to postpone the pinewood derby until the last weekend in February. We wish it wasn’t the case, but given the amount of set-up and tear down and the predictions on the amount of wintry weather we are expecting, the Pinewood Derby guru and the Cubmaster both feel this is the prudent move so that we don’t have people making a trek in bad weather and/or being able to make it to the Church building and then it getting worse as they are saying the weather is going to go on most of Saturday.
The new date for the event will be Saturday, February 27 with set-up on Friday, February 26.
Thanks for your understanding and enjoy the winter wonderland with your families. Now it is free to snow a foot on Saturday so we can get some good sledding in.
Yours in Scouting,
Randy
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