We would like to extend a challenge to our scouts and parents.  Scouting for Food and Scout Sunday are combining.  The entire Mt Tabor congregation will be bringing food on Scout Sunday, February 4th.  We would like to have at least 75% of our scouts attend service with us that morning.   If we reach our 75% goal we will host a pizza party for the entire pack!!  In addition, the den with the highest percentage of participation will also have ice cream!!  

We realize everyone is busy, and has things to do on Sunday mornings, whether it’s to attend your own church service, or get errands completed.  We  are so grateful to have a wonderful pack that works hard for our boys as well as a supportive sponsor church.  We would love to see everyone show up for this special day as a “thank you” and to show the congregation what a difference they are making in the lives of these growing boys.

We will also be bringing non-perishable food items to that service for the Scouting for Food Drive.  So grab some non-expired cans of food and join us for worship early February 4th.  We will meet in the Welcome Center at 8:30 am to attend the 9 am Higher Ground Service.  Our scouts will be handing out Worship Guides and assisting with can collections.  Please see one of us if you have any questions.  Stop by the sign-up table to let us know you will be there.

Sincerely,

Hope Pirtle

Mack Moore

Al Hadley

and all Pack 934 Leaders

**REMINDER** We DO have Scouts tonight.  All dens will meet downstairs tonight, in their normal meeting rooms.  (Except Webelos II, who will meet at the Lidl Grocery Store – corner of Silas Creek and Fairlawn.)

The Ski Trip to Sugar Mountain is quickly approaching.  Please make every attempt to get your family signed up tonight if you plan to attend.  Group lessons are for people 8 years of age and older, but if your child is under 8 and already knows how to ski or if you would like to teach them, they are still invited to attend.

Once again, please visit the Sign-Up table, as there are a lot of new sign-ups taking place at present.  If your Scout did not get his Pinewood Derby Car Kit, and they plan on participating, please see me at the sign-up table tonight to get your free kit.

The movie this year will go along with our popcorn theme.  We will be showing Star Wars A New Hope.  Which some of us remember as the very first Star Wars Movie.  It was rated PG.

After the movie anyone who is not spending the night leaves.  (Or whenever you deem appropriate for your child/ren.)

We urge all parents to stay with your children.  If you MUST leave, please make arrangements with another parent to take responsibility of your child.  In that case, we will be leaving the building between 7 and 8am Saturday, as everyone awakens.

This is a Class B Uniform Event (that means pack t-shirts or any Cub shirt is appropriate).  If you do not have a Cub Scout t-shirt (we always have them available, if you would like to purchase one for $10 see me) any t-shirt will be fine.

Please bring:

air mattress or padding of some sort

PJs

Pillow

toothbrush and paste

any nightly medication

sleeping bag or blankets

flashlight (may be good idea)

If there are additional questions, please let me know.

Thanks,

Hope

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I hope everyone had a wonderful December with a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  With the start of the New Year, comes a lot of activities for our boys.

We will start with the Pack Lock-In this Friday night, January 5th.  If you have not signed your Scout up for this event, you will want to message me asap.  This is always a fun time for the Scouts!  We arrive at 5:30.  Each Scout should report to their usual den meeting room, where they will complete either a requirement or an elective (that is up to each den’s leader).  We will begin serving our pizza snack by den at 7:30.  The Scouts can play games in the Family Life Center once they have finished their snacks until movie time.

All Webelos have their annual camping trip January 12th – 14th.  I will be sending an email directly to the Webelos parents regarding this trip.  Your leader’s have already sent out information.  In order to ensure everyone has this info, I will resend.

The Ski Trip to Sugar Mountain is Monday, January 22nd.  We usually meet at the Ski Lodge .  I will be checking into group rates for lodging in the area that weekend.  If you are interested in staying in Sugar Mountain over the weekend, please let me know, and I will see if we can work out some great discounts.

Scout Sunday has been changed to Sunday, February 4th for us.  We will attend the Higher Ground Worship Service together.  Higher Ground is a casual worship service beginning at 9am Sunday mornings in the Asplaugh Worship Center. We are working on having the God and Family participants receive their awards during the service, so please try to attend, especially if your Scout  completed God and Family.  We hope to have a wonderful showing of Scouts to attend this service as a “thank you” to our sponsoring church.

 We will be asking for donations from the church for scouting for food as well on Scout Sunday.  We will half whatever donations are taken up at church with the troop.  Bins will be located throughout the building for those non-perishable food donations.

Which, brings us to Scouting for food:  Besides collecting at Mt. Tabor UMC, the end of January, we will be handing out bags to distribute in our neighborhoods.  These can be distributed on Saturday, Feb. 3rd and then picked up on Saturday, February 10th.  I need a couple volunteers to join me in the Mt. Tabor parking lot on Feb. 10th to help with weighing and donation collections from 12-2 pm.

Last for now, if your Scout plans on participating in the Pinewood Derby, but you did not get a car kit, please see me at the next meeting to receive a kit.

I have included the events for the remainder of the School Calendar, until our summer break, for those who may need to request time off of work for events.   I’m positive there will be a couple more items added to the events soon.  It’s really not as long as it looks.  We’ll be taking summer break before you know it!

2018 promises to be a great year for all!

See you all Friday evening,

Hope

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Hi again Friends,

Tonight is our big Rockin’ Jump party at 7840 North Point Blvd!  They have asked us to arrive around 6:15 to get signed in and our socks on ready to start jumping at 6:30.  If you have not filled out the electronic waiver  to please follow this link to do so now.  We will be jumping from 6:30-7:30 then will have cake from 7:30 to 8.  Make sure your Scout gets their Pinewood Derby Car Kit before you leave.  (If you don’t know what this is, don’t worry, you soon will!)  We will check them off the list when we hand it to them.  Our tables will be set up in the back of the building, next to the Climbing wall and the Little children’s play area.  This is a Class B Uniform event.  (Scout or Pack t-shirts if you don’t own one, any t-shirt will do.)

If you still owe popcorn money, please don’t forget to turn it in TONIGHT.  Please see Chris Hull to settle.  The 2 Scouts that ordered Charzard prizes, please see Mr. Ty Brown.

This is the last time the Scouts will get together until Friday, January 5th for our Pack Lock-in.  If you did not sign your Scout up for the Lock-in , but would like to attend, please text or email me so we can plan accordingly.   There will be NO SIGN-UPS TONIGHT.  Meetings will begin again on January 9th, 2018.

I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving! We will have our Pack Meeting tonight for all dens upstairs in the Family Life Center. (Gym)  If you still did not pick up your popcorn, please get it from me at the sign-up table.  Please don’t forget to bring the remaining popcorn money.  Tonight is the last night for collections!  Webelos are scheduled to set up this month’s Pack Meeting.  If you are a Webelos I parent, please try to get your Scout to the meeting by 6:45.

We have sign-ups for Rockin’ Jump, at this time, which will be in lieu of our December 5th meeting.  It will also be the only time we meet in December.  Scouts are free.  Siblings may join for $11 each.  We will have cake after our jump time of 6:30.  Please go to this electronic waiver link and fill it our for each person in your family that will jump.

The Pinewood Derby car kits will be passed out at the close of the Rockin’ Jump party, to each scout that wants to participate in our derby, which is in February.  If you know nothing about Pinewood Derby, I assure you, you will learn all about it from your fearless leaders very soon!

The Pack Lock-In will be Friday, January 5th beginning at 5:30 pm.  Each den completes either a requirement or an elective that night.  We serve pizza as a snack and play games.  It’s always a great time!  There’s a movie shown while we set up our sleeping bags and air mattresses.

The Pack Ski Trip will be Monday, January 22nd .  That is a Teacher Workday for the WS/FCS system.  We will be skiing at Sugar Mountain Ski Lodge.   The rate to ski is $26 and the rate to snowboard is $31.  This includes lift tickets, rental equipment, and group lessons.  Helmets can be rented at an additional cost of $9 for ages 12 or older or $5 for age 11 or under.  This event is always a fun time even if you don’t know how to ski.  Children MUST be 8 years old to participate in group lessons.

Happy Thanksgiving week!  We will have our regular Den Meetings tonight for all dens.  I will be in the Youth Commons (Big Center Room) with the sign-up table and any popcorn that didn’t get to it’s appropriate owners.  If you did not pick up your popcorn, please come get it from me.

We have two sign-ups at this time.  One is for Rockin’ Jump, which will be in leiu of our December 5th meeting.  It will also be the only time we meet in December.  Scouts are free.  Siblings may join for $11 each.  We will have cake after our jump time of 6:30.  The Pinewood Derby car kits will be passed out to each scout that wants to participate in our derby, which is in February.  If you know nothing about Pinewood Derby, I assure you, you will learn all about it from your fearless leaders very soon!

The Pack Lock-In will be Friday, January 5th beginning at 5:30 pm.  Each den completes either a requirement or an elective that night.  We serve pizza as a snack and play games.  It’s always a great time!  There’s a movie shown while we set up our sleeping bags and air mattresses.

Popcorn is ready for pick-up.  You may come any time before 6:30 today to get your Scout’s Popcorn.  Please come to the Welcome Center at Mt. Tabor UMC.

See you soon,

Hope

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Good Afternoon Friends,

Happy Monday!  I can’t believe it is already November.  Thanksgiving is just around the corner.

We will resume our God & Family class tomorrow evening at 6:00 pm for those who have been attending.  Only this week and next week to go.  (Yes God & Family will meet next week, even though it is not a den meeting night.)

Our den meetings will start at 7pm in the normal den rooms in the basement. There should be a den sign next to each door.  The sign-ups will continue to be in the Youth Commons.  (The big room in the center of all the dens.)

Popcorn was a HUGE success!!  Thank you to everyone who sold!  The orders have all been completed.  You will be receiving a Volunteer Sign Up soon to help with delivery.  Please help if you can.  We will be picking up on November 16th in the Family Life Center (the big gym) at Mt Tabor UMC.  You will receive an email message when it is ready for pick-up that day.  Make sure you plan to come by and get your popcorn.  If you will be unable to pick it up on the 16th, please make arrangements with me in advance.

Veteran’s Day Parade and Wake Forest Football deadlines are both this week.  We will begin our sign-ups for Rockin’Jump.  This is free to Scouts and is the only time we will meet in December.  The event will start at 6:30 pm, Tuesday, December 5th, and will end with cake and distribution of the Pinewood Derby Kits at 8pm.  Siblings and Parents are invited to jump for the $11.00 group rate (including socks).  Please pay at the sign-up table, not at the event.  I will send the waiver link closer to the date of the event.