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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
University of Scouting
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Occoneechee Council - BSA
Attn: Univ of Scouting 2009
P.O. Box 41229
Raleigh, NC 27629-1229
It will be simpler to pay in advance!
Another confirmation will be sent to you about 2 weeks prior to UOS as a reminder.
Look forward to seeing you there.
University of Scouting Staff - 2009.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Unit: P-393
Leader Position: Den Leader
District: Crosswinds
Council: Occoneechee
Classes Confirmed Time Confirmed
Opening Ceremony 7:45 - 8:30
C-126 Summertime Program 8:40 - 9:30
C-109 Effective Pinewood Derbies 9:40 - 10:30
C-110 Derbies, Rodeos & Regattas 10:40 - 11:30
C-132 Webelos Technology Group 11:40 - 12:30
Lunch & Fellowship / Free to Browse Displays 12:30 - 2:00
C-120 Model Rocketry (2 Periods) 2:10 - 4:00
C-120 Model Rocketry (2 Periods) 2:10 - 4:00
G-182 Taking Advantage of Social Networking (New) 4:10 - 5:00
Student Evaluation 5:00 - 5:10
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Hey Parents and kids,
Wow, hard to believe that tomorrow night many of us will be under the stars and enjoying smores.
Pack 393 is staying in Poplar A (you will see it on the map attached).
Bathrooms and Showers:
All campsites have flush toilets and showers available. My advice having been at Durant for Summer camp in Red Oak is to reserve one bathroom and one shower for adults only. This will help to keep the toilets and showers clean for adults and teach some responsibility to the Webelos.
Remember a scout is clean. (Borrowing the 10th point of the scout law)
Logistically for Friday night:
Maps are available online at www.campdurant.com. The camp address, for those with GPS or want to Google Map it is
4637 Old Carthage Rd.
Carthage, NC 28327.
Those who are camping Friday night should plan to head down to the camp and once you arrive I am sure there will be someone to direct you to Poplar A. It takes about 1 and a half hours to get there from most points in the Triangle, so plan accordingly. It gets dark shortly after 7 these days.
Vivek will be in charge for those on Friday night and will hand them off to Juan for Saturday night.
Parking:
Council office has approved us to park all vehicles on the side of the roads at Durant. Only utilize one side of the road and pull off the road as much as possible.
One important note, We can NOT have ANY Vehicles in any campsites. They must be on the road. Only Trailers can be parked in campsites. Be very careful when backing up trailers as there are lots of places to get “Stuck” in some campsites (i.e. Large Holes, ditches, etc.)
So, each person (scout, adult and sibling) should have a bag lunch packed and brought to carry in the chuck wagons along with the materials that are needed. I need to ask all the Wolves to bring their books as we need at least two (I’ve got one from last year) to carry in the wagons. The rest of the materials I will bring with me on Saturday morning. Also, we need a parent or two to plan to come back to our campsite to start the charcoal fires for the hobo pack meals Saturday night as we only have an hour and 15 minutes slated to put this together. It would probably be good for a couple of parents to head back during the award ceremony to being having things prepared as an assembly line for the meal prep.
They also note that a couple of the events are “messy” and “wet” and the boys should each pack an extra pair of clothes in a plastic bag to change into in case they do get messy. Also note that there is a good chance of rain on Saturday, so prepare with ponchos and rain gear as the event won’t be canceled for bad weather.
All, this will be a grand adventure. I look forward to seeing the boys (and the rest) have a bunch of fun and make memories for us all.
See you out there on Saturday,
Randy
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Friday, October 9th, 2009
Pack,
Just a reminder for those who signed up for the Popcorn Show and Sell this weekend. This is the only fundraiser that we typically do to support the Pack. After talking to Leopolda, we’ve raised $1000 dollars from our first couple of Show and Sells. These locations are great, but there is a need for additional scouts to sign up and help this weekend. Please contact Andrea to sign up and have you son help support these efforts with our Pack. If you can’t make these events, please have your son sell in the neighborhood. We only have a couple of weeks to finish up.
In addition, I need to ask that a parent from each den volunteer to help with the popcorn money turn-in on October 24. That is going to be a busy week with the campout, but please contact Andrea and volunteer to help them with the den money that night. Since each den only has 4-5 boys currently, this should help facilitate this getting done quickly.
Thanks,
Randy
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Friday, October 9th, 2009
Hey everyone,
It was great to see several new faces at the meeting tonight. As discussed with everyone tonight, we need to have a meeting next Thursday for those boys who are going on the Campout October 23-25. During next week’s meeting we will organize all of the boys who are going into their dens for the event (mixing all of the dens together). Once we do that, the dens will work on a den name and decorate a flag for the dens for the Chuck Wagon Derby and then begin work on their Chuck Wagons. We will meet again from 6:45 until 8:00 or so to get as much as we can done and then we will work on finishing them up the following Thursday, October 22. We just didn’t feel we’d have enough time to work on them the day before having to go out to the campout event.
I do need one parent volunteer to coordinate getting the food for the weekend. The Pack will provide breakfast on Saturday and Sunday morning and dinner on Saturday night. Everyone will be on their own for dinner on Friday night and are asked to pack a bag lunch for Saturday afternoon “on the trail”.
Also, with all of the new faces and several new leaders of dens, I am looking to schedule a parent meeting in early November to try to fill out some roles that we need to get coordinated and put people in charge of, so be looking for details on that for early November.
Thanks everyone and we’ll see you next Thursday.
Randy
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Don’t forget to look through the email that Andrea sent out and begin making plans for your son’s to participate in the Show and Sells for Popcorn. I’m excited this year that we have a number of Morrisville locations (the new WalMart and Sam’s Club) that should help us sell popcorn and work to our advantage in recruiting new scouts in the Morrisville area. I know that things are busy, but please support our Pack and Leopolda as she helps us be successful.
- Saturday, September. 26th - Harris Teeter/Harrison Pointe
- Sunday, September 27th - Harris Teeter/Davis Drive
- Sunday, October 4th - Lowe’s Home Improvement (corner of Maynard/Chapel Hill Road)
- Saturday, October 10th - Walmart/Morrisville
- Sunday, October 11th - Sam’s Club/Morrisville (has been scheduled for 10 am - 4pm)
- Saturday, October 17th - Walmart/Morrisville (more scouts needed)
- Sunday, October 18th - Triangle Church (for church members only)
Please note that she is going to need a few volunteers to help with keeping track of Pack totals and will need a couple of people to help the District when the popcorn arrives to aid in unloading and distribution. They have asked for at least two volunteers from each Den and I believe that they need some people this week to do this and they will definitely need help when the final orders come in in November. I will ask that if you haven’t volunteered for an activity to please volunteer to help your den leaders with this to allow them to focus on the boy’s programs and please talk with Leopolda on Thursday to let her know who from our Pack can help with the District unloading and distribution.
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Crosswinds District Fall Family Campout October 24-25th 2009
“Circle the Wagons for Cub Scouting”
Saturday, October 24th-25th RAIN OR SHINE
- Registration: 7:30 am
- Circle the Wagons Opening Ceremony - 9:15 am
- Lunch at the Fire Ring - 12:30 pm
- Camp Fire - 7:30 pm
Registration fee: $6 per adult; $8 per scout; $4 per sibling 4+ years. Watching the event is free.
Family Camping fee: $8 per adult; $4 per sibling 4+ years.
Who: Cub Scout skill and fun participation adventure for all Tigers, Wolves, Bears, and Webelos. The whole family is encouraged to come and watch this fun event.
Where: Camp Durant (MAP Link)
4637 Old Carthage Rd
Carthage, NC 28327
What is a Chuckwagon Derby?
A Den pulls a covered wagon from station to station while doing different skills. The wagon must be made by the Den and Must have a free standing Den Flag. The Wagon can be as simple as a regular child’s wagon with an arched cover. Some packs have home made wooden wagons that they made some time ago for past Chuckwagon Derbies. You can get some ideas from the “How To” book and from going to Google (search for “Cub Scout Chuckwagon Derby Plans“) Try to make your wagons authentic as possible. You will need to bring a bag lunch to have on the trail while you go from station to station. Your wagons will need to have some materials in them to use at some of the stations.There will be Sheriffs on the trails that will check your wagons for the supplies.
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
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