Dear All,
I hope you are well. This coming Tuesday, 1/26/16, at 7:00 PM, we will have our Pack Meeting and our Popcorn Pie Throw.
The Tiger Den (1st grade) has the setup for this pack meeting, for those that are able, please come 15 minutes early. 
The Wolf Den (2nd grade) has the Flag Ceremony for the pack meeting, for those that are able, please come 10 minutes early.
What is the Pie Throw? Scouts that sold enough popcorn earned free pies to throw at our leaders and those that didn’t earn pie tickets and want to the throw pies at our leaders, can by purchasing a ticket for a pie for $5.00 (cash, check or charge). This is a fundraiser for our pack scouts on financial aid, please consider participating in this event. It is very entertaining. Since this event can get messy, let’s have the scouts wear their class B uniforms (Cub Scout T-Shirt), if you are new and don’t have one yet, any t-shirt is fine.
Please note: This event is bring held at Highland Presbyterian Activities Center not Mt Tabor UMC. The center is located in the Parking Lot beside the building marked 2319 Cloverdale Ave in Winston Salem. Enter the building by using the side door in the parking lot, not the front door of the facility. If you are lost Tuesday night, please contact me.
We will have separate tables for selling pie tickets and making pies. The process is that you purchase or pick up your tickets at the ticket table with Amanda Treadway and then the scout takes his tickets to Liza Wearn, at the Pie Table, who will take his tickets and make his pies. The scout then goes to the line for whichever leader he would like pie.
Parents & Guardians: Tuesday night, all of our den leaders will be busy getting pies in the face and we will need your help to keep the boys following the rules to be sure that they are safe. Please watch them. If they need to reenter the building during the pie throw, please escort them, they can not wander around the Highland Presbyterian Activities Center unattended. If you see one of the boys wandering around the activity center or not following one of the rules below and you are not comfortable stopping him, please come get me and I will talk to him. Other Pie Throw rules are as follows:- No running
- No throwing pies at anyone but the leaders who are participating in the pie throw
- After receiving your pie, form a line in front of a participating leader
- One scout at time throws a pie at the leader at the front of his line
- No jumping on the leaders
Please talk with your scouts and siblings ahead of time about the rules. It is easy to get caught up in the excitement of the moment.
Additionally, there have been some scouts wearing “heelys” to scout meetings. These are sneakers with little wheels in the heel of the shoe. The leaders have discussed this and we believe these shoes are too dangerous on the slick church floors especially when the boys may be playing a game or some other activity. Please do not bring your scout or siblings to pack activities wearing heelys. Please note that some of these shoes will allow you to temporarily remove the wheel from the shoe and put it back in later, the scouts and siblings can wear the heelys without the wheels. Please help us keep the children safe by not bringing them or their siblings to scouts with wheels in the heels of their shoes.This week, we are continuing 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.
Please remember to pick up your Scouting For Food Door Hangers and/or your Pinewood Derby car kit at the sign up table.
The pack meeting this Tuesday is the deadline to sign up for the WFU Basketball Scout Game & Carolina Raptor Visit. If you are going to miss the Pack Meeting and want to attend these events, please contact me.Upcoming events on the Calendar:
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 – 6:00 PM Pizza Party for Top Pack Popcorn Sellers – Fellowship Hall
2/16/16 – Bring Your Scouting for Food Collection – Fellowship Hall
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 – Bear Circus
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