Happy New Year! We have missed you and your scouts! We have our den Meetings at 7:00 pm in your den rooms at Mt Tabor UMC this coming Tuesday, 1/5/16. We have lots of events coming up.

This month at our Pack Meeting on Tuesday,1/26/16, we will have our annual Pie Throw. The boys who sold enough popcorn earned pies to throw at our leaders. For those of us who didn’t earn free pies to throw, the cost is $5 a pie. This is a huge fun event for the boys and it funds our pack financial aid program. There is no sign up for this event, just show up and the fun will begin right after the awards part of the meeting. Even if you don’t want to throw pies, it very entertaining to watch.

The sign up table will be staying in one place this week so please come see me in room 309. If you don’t know where that is located, please call my cell number (at the end of the message) and I will direct you.

On the sign up table, we will continue sign ups for the pack ski trip sign up for 1/19/16. I know several families are still thinking about this trip. Please make your decision as soon as possible. The deadline is Tuesday, 1/12/16, which is a leaders’ meeting night.

This week, we begin the sign ups for the pack Lock-in (2/5/16), WFU Basketball Scout Game (2/6/16 at noon),  Cub Scout Sunday (2/7/16), the Sciworks Sleepover in March (deadline of February 9th) and the Carolina Raptor Visit on 2/23/16.

The Carolina Raptor Center will be coming to our pack meeting on February 23rd.  The program is called “Predators from the Sky”. They are bringing two live birds for the boys to see. There is a charge to see the program and meet the Birds of Prey.

Please remember our Pinewood Derby will be on Saturday, February 20th with weigh in and impound on Friday, February 19th. If you did not pick up your scout’s pinewood derby car kit at the pack Airbound party or over the break, please visit the sign up table and you can pick up one there.

We have four new scouts starting between our Tiger, Wolf and Bear Dens on Tuesday so please give me a few minutes with our new families before coming to the sign up table on Tuesday.

One other important note: as our weather turns colder, please review our pack inclement weather policy.

Upcoming events on the Calendar:

1/5/16 – 7:00 pm Den Meetings – Den Rooms
1/12/16 – 7:00 pm Leader’s Meeting – Youth Commons
1/19/16 – Pack Ski/Snowboard Trip to Sugar Mountain (no den meetings)
1/26/16 – 7:00 pm Pack Meeting – Highland Presbyterian Activities Center – Pie Throw Night
2/2/16 – 7:00 pm Den Meetings – Den Rooms
2/5/16 – Pack Lock in

2/6/16 – Scout WFU Basketball Game

2/7/16 – Cub Scout Sunday – Boys Receive Religious Awards
2/9/16 – 7:00 pm Leaders’ meeting -Youth Commons
2/16/16 – 7:00 pm Den Meetings – Den Rooms
2/19-2/20 – Pinewood Derby – Burkhead UMC
2/23/16 – 6:30 pm Pack Meeting/Carolina Raptor Center Visits the pack/ 7:30 pm second show – Highland Presbyterian Activities Building
3/1/16 – 7:00 pm Den Meetings – Den Rooms
3/4/16 – 5:30 pm – Arrow of Light Ceremony (Sanctuary), 6:00 pm – Webelo II Bridging (Fellowship Hall) & 6:30 pm Blue & Gold Banquet (Family Life Center)
3/8/16 – 7:00 pm Leaders’ meeting -Youth Commons
3/11/16 – Sciworks Sleepover
3/12/16 – Trustees’ Workday
3/15/16 – 7:00 pm Den Meetings – Den Rooms
3/22/16 – 7:00 pm Pack Meeting – Highland Presbyterian Activities Building
4/5/16 – 7:00 pm Den Meetings – Den Rooms
4/12/16 – 7:00 pm Leaders’ Meeting -Youth Commons
4/16/16 – Mt Tabor UMC – Great Day of Service
4/19/16 – 7:00 pm Den Meetings – Den Rooms
4/23/16 – Pack Hike
4/26/16 – 7:00 pm Pack Meeting – Family Life Center

5/3/16 – Bike Rodeo

5/10/16 – Leaders’ Meeting – Youth Commons

5/17/16 – Bring a Friend Recruiting Game Night

5/20/16 – Spring Family Camping Trip – Stone Mountain Camp Ground

5/24/16 – Rank Advancement

6/3/16 – Dash Game & Sleepover

6/15/16 – 6/18/16 – Cub Scout Resident Camp at Camp Raven Knob

Take care-

Shannon