I hope everyone had a great time at the Kaleideum North Sleep-over.  I know my child enjoyed it.  Thank you to everyone for being so fantastic and going with the program flow.

Please do NOT forget to recharter your child if they intend to remain in scouts.  We need to know what their intentions are TONIGHT.  Please come see us at the table.  If you are in the Lions and Tigers dens, please still come to the table for a few minutes.  Maybe parents could take turns?  Or come before or after the den meeting.

You will notice several new sign-ups at the table tonight.  First will be our Pack Hike, which will take place April 21st at Hanging Rock State Park.  We will gather around 12:30 that Saturday and have a great time with the Native Games.  After which we will hike Hanging Rock, then have dinner together as a Pack after the hike.  We will provide the main course and ask for you to either bring a side or dessert.

We will also be signing up for the Spring Family Camping trip at Camp Raven Knob, which is scheduled for the weekend of May 18th-20th.  This will be a bring your tent camping trip.  It is free of charge, but we will divide up meal prep by dens, so you may be asked to bring a food item.  We have always had a great time on this trip!  It’s very relaxed.  Normally the Wolves are given an opportunity to earn their Whittling Chip during this event.  I encourage everyone to join us as this is a FUN time to really get to know one another and for the boys to unify as a pack!

Dash Baseball has invited us again, to be a part of the Cub Scout DASH Game and Sleepover taking place on Friday, June 1st.  The tickets are $16.00 per person and include Game tickets, Dash Hat, Scout Patch, on field pre-game parade with the pack, post-game camp out on the field with movie and morning breakfast.  Group recognition on the scoreboard.  For those who do not want to sleep over, tickets are $11,00 but your scout will not receive the patch either.  You can mix and match the two options as needed as well, if you are not spending the night.  You will need to bring a tent if you plan to sleep over.  (We have a couple of small tents available to borrow, if anyone needs to use them, please see me or Mack.)

That brings us to Cub Scout Resident Camp.  I can’t believe it is almost time for Resident Camp again!!  This year’s theme is “Dragons”.  Resident camp is for current Tigers – Webelos. Camp will begin Wednesday, June 13th (check-in is performed as a group in the early afternoon, so if you are taking off work for this event, you WILL need Wednesday off also.) and will end immediately following breakfast Saturday morning, June 16th.  Campsite arrangements are not finalized by the Raven Knob staff until the week before camp, I will not know until that time if we were able to get Adirondacks (cabins without doors),  If you have never been to Resident camp, you are missing out on an incredible experience!  I would urge you to come with us!  The boys follow schedules of coursework that allow them to get ahead on their new rank.  It is so worth the body fatigue to make these awesome memories with these boys, before they are grown and gone!  They will also pass the experience down to their little ones.  We have several leaders within our own pack whose pictures are on the walls of the mess hall, that were taken during  their time of working there as youths!  If you can’t tell, I am a HUGE supporter of this camp!  My son and I have gone every year so far, and hope this year is no exception.

If you made it this far, thank you so much for reading all of this info!  I know it was a lot at one time.  I appreciate every one of you and enjoy helping in this endeavor to grow our boys into great young men of character!!