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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Webelos I,
Quick reminder that we will be meeting tonight as the pack has officially switched to Tuesday nights. We will be going over some of the final requirements for the boys to earn their Webelos badge. Please plan on attending. If you need a derby car, I believe that they are still available to purchase.
Over the weekend, Al and I made a schedule through May. We will review the schedule and discuss the requirements that will need to be completed at home.
The Occoneechee Council has set up a Webelos Day at Camp Durant on March 20th. I will be taking Ryan and have space for some additional scouts. I am also looking for 1 parent to attend. The cost is $12 and I will have sign up sheets tomorrow night.
Al and I are looking forward to an exciting and fun spring. See you tomorrow night.
Kelly
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
The web site directions to Camp Durant actually point you to Camp Reeves down the road. The true location of the Camp Durant entrance (for those driving at night) is
N 35 degrees 20′ 32″
W 79 degrees 33′ 10″
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
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Tags: 2009, camping, cub scouts, derby, durant, field trip, occoneechee, pack, Pictures and Video, sleepover
Monday, October 26th, 2009
All,
Those of us who went camping, you are all now veterans of a true camping experience (wet camping). Hope you had a good time. The boys had a lot of fun on the “trail” despite the rain and it was fun firing the bottle rocket into the air (thanks Neil).
Anyway, before I head out of town again, I wanted to get a quick message out to remind those who have not turned in their popcorn money to get in touch with Leopolda to schedule a time to go to her house to get your money turned in. I think the boys have done well in selling this year.
Also, we have a regular scheduled leaders meeting on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m.
I am requesting that every member family have at least one person in attendance as well as we are going to be planning through the end of the year and will begin the planning for the Pinewood Derby, the Blue and Gold and camping in the spring. We have had several committee members move up with the graduating Webelos to the Boy Scouts and we need to fill in those positions. So please come prepared to volunteer on a committee or with a den. We have some great den leaders, but we also need to identify some backups for them. In addition, I need to find someone to back me up as the Assistant Cubmaster. These are all important roles and we need everyone’s participation to make things run smoothly.
I look forward to seeing folks on Nov. 5. Have a great Halloween if we don’t speak before then.
Randy
Cubmaster Pack 393pine
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Tags: blue and gold, boy scouts, camping, committee, cub scouts, cubmaster, derby, durant, halloween, leaders, occoneechee, pack, Pictures and Video, pinewood, popcorn, rain, rocket, sleepover, Trail's End, webelos
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 16th, 2009
Hey everyone,
I thought the boys did a great job putting together their “Chuck Wagons”. Leaders, I will follow up with details for what needs to go in the wagons. We still need to finish up the flags and attach them to the wagons and Brian Adams is going to bring our final wagon to the meeting next week where we will finish up the remaining tasks and have all the boys help build and decorate that one. These things look great. So good that I think we’ll plan on a Pack 393 Chuck Wagon parade with the combined dens next Thursday.
For all of those planning to go down to the camp on Friday to spend the night the first night, we will need to meet and make sure that we have all of the equipment that you will need for the trip. As a reminder, I can’t go on Friday night, but Vivek will be going and can coordinate the camping from a Baloo training standpoint. I don’t know if there is anyone else with a trailer hitch to pull the trailer out to the camp or if we just need to coordinate someone taking a couple of tables and the stove down. If not, we can plan meals around campfire cooking.
We’ll need to get a final head count as we had several new boys register tonight and several of whom want to attend the campout, so I’ll need to work with Bobbi and coordinate what needs to be done to register them. I think it should be fine, but will need to coordinate with her once she returns from her trip. The final head count will help me in buying the food for Saturday breakfast, Saturday dinner and Sunday breakfast on Friday (would also welcome a volunteer to help me with this) and then we’ll need to work out getting it transported with the Pack group that goes down Friday night. So plan on staying a few extra minutes on Thursday night to make sure we have everything coordinated for what should be a fun Pack 393 adventure at the Cub Scout Chuck Wagon Derby.
Thanks to all the parents and leaders who jumped right in a helped the boys build their wagons tonight. I hope you had as much fun as I did.
Randy
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Tags: baloo, campfire, camping, chuck Wagon, cooking, derby, durant, field trip, leaders, occoneechee, pack, parade, parents, sleepover, training
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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Tags: 2009, camping, campout, chuck Wagon, den, derby, durant, field trip, leaders, october, pack november
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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Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
I hope you’ve had a great summer. As we wind down the heat and humidity, it is time to ramp back up with scouting. I’m sure many of you have enjoyed the summer camps and activities that have been going on in the Occoneechee Council.
We will be holding a Pack Bike Ride this Saturday morning. This is an opportunity to bring out a friend, have your bike inspected and tuned-up and enjoy a morning ride in and around Lake Crabtree. We will be meeting at 9 a.m. at North Cary Park.
From 9-9:30 a.m. we will be inspecting and tuning up our Pack member bikes. Then from 9:30-11:00 a.m. we will take a group ride into Lake Crabtree Park. Be sure to bring your water bottles to keep hydrated, but we should have a great time.
The schedule heading into the fall is as follows:
- Regular Den Meetings on August 13th and 27th
- Regular Den Meetings on September 10th and 24th
Mark your calendars to be at the September 10th meeting as this will be our annual Popcorn Fund Raiser kickoff. Leopolda has some exciting announcements about this year’s popcorn sales.
Lastly, save the date of Oct. 23-25 as this will be the District Cuboree at Camp Durant. For those who don’t know yet, this coming year is the 100th anniversary of Scouts in America, so this Cuboree should be a bang up event for our boys to attend.
That should be enough information to get you started. I look forward to a great year with our Pack.
Randy
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