Dear All,

I hope you are all well. Our scout night on Tuesday, 2/16/16, begins with the  Pizza Party for the top 15 Pack Popcorn Sellers at 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM in the Fellowship Hall at Mt Tabor UMC. At 7:00 PM, we will have our Cub Scout den meetings. The den meetings will end early at 7:45 PM.  Since we are not having a Pack Meeting this month due to the Raptor Visit, we are asking our den leaders to finish their den meetings early and we are going to meet in the Fellowship Hall (wolf den meeting room) for a brief Bobcat Ceremony for some of our new scouts.

Please remember to bring in your Scouting for Food donations for the Bread of Life Food Pantry at Northwest Baptist Church this Tuesday.  There will be a receptacle for the food donations in the sign up room (309).

Our Bear Den is working hard on the decorations for the Blue & Gold Banquet, they would like to take pictures of each den this Tuesday, please have your scout wear his class A uniform.  Please note: The Webelo II den will not be at Cub Scouts this Tuesday, they will instead be meeting on Monday night with the Boy Scout Troop. We will be taking their group picture at the Boy Scout meeting.

This Tuesday is the deadline for the Sciworks Sleepover sign up, payment, receipt of your scout’s Sciworks Health Form and for payment for Raptor Tickets.

A new trip that is coming to the sign up table is for a weekend on the USS Yorktown in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. This trip is scheduled for the weekend of November 4, 5, & 6. It is an awesome experience. The families will stay on the ship all weekend. They will sleep in the staff and officer quarters and eat in the ships’ galley. The entire ship is a floating museum. We will tour Fort Sumter (we will arrive by boat there) on Saturday morning and attend an aviation program on Saturday afternoon. Our pack organizes this trip every other year. The price is $101/per person. We require a $50 deposit per person at sign up and a final payment by Rank Advancement, May 24th. Here is the Yorktown website link.

I am also attaching fliers for two offers for Scout discounts at two South Carolina water parks. I found these at the council office. You do not have to go as a part of a pack. So if your family is planning a trip to South Carolina or if you have family in the area, these discounts may be an option for you. Click here for the Mrytlewaves flier and here for the Waterworks flier.

I was given the new dates for Cub Scout Day Camp for your summer calendars, 7/11-7/15. This summer Cub Scout Day Camp will be at New Philadelphia Moravian church on Country Club Road. Last year, we had about 15 scouts from our pack attend. The boys will get to work on completing some of their new rank requirements and . Last year, we shot BBs and went to Archery everyday. Applications and pricing are not yet available yet. I will be volunteering at the camp again this summer. In years past, there have been two weeks to choose from for district day camp but this year there is only one week. When the fliers come out, we will be able to pick day camps in other districts as well. Attending Day Camp satisfies a requirement for your scout to earn the CubMaster’s Award at the end of his Cub Scout tenure.

Another summer camp offered through our council is Cub Scout Resident Camp. This year the dates are 6/15-6/18. This camp is for a scout and a parent to attend together at Camp Raven Knob in Mt Airy, NC (also known as boy heaven). However, once your scout is at Wolf rank, you can ask another den parent to chaperon him at Resident Camp. You will stay over night for the dates mentioned and the boys will be able to complete some work on their new rank requirements enjoy the hiking and swimming. If you are new to the pack and have not had a chance to visit Camp Raven Knob (CRK), click here to see a video about it. Please note: the Cub Scouts will be participating in supervised, age appropriate activities at camp. I realize that some of the activities in the video are for older boy scouts.  Attending Resident Camp also satisfies a requirement for your scout to earn the CubMaster’s Award at the end of his Cub Scout tenure.