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Reminder Raptor Shows This Coming Tuesday 2/23/16 & Blue & Gold Banquet Deadline

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Dear All,
I hope you are well. I wanted to remind you that in place of our Pack Meeting this coming week, we will have the Carolina Raptor Center’s Birds of prey shows at 6:30 & 7:30.
This is a little tricky so let me explain: There is not a “Pack Meeting” so if you didn’t buy tickets to the Raptor Show, don’t come expecting a meeting. Take the night off.
Additionally, these shows are not at Mt Tabor UMC. We are using Highland Presbyterian Church Activities Center located in the parking lot beside the building marked 2319 Cloverdale avenue in Winston Salem. Please enter through the side door from the parking lot.
Please have your scout wear his class A uniform.
This Tuesday is the deadline to sign up for the Blue & Gold Banquet so if you are not coming to one of the Raptor Shows and you want to sign up for the Blue & Gold Banquet, please contact me via text or email so I can give a good headcount for the food.
We are continuing the sign ups for Yorktown and Summer Resident Camp.
Upcoming events on the Calendar:
2/22/16 – 7:00 pm Webelo II Den Visits the Boy Scout Troop – Youth Commons
2/23/16 – 6:30 pm Pack Meeting/Carolina Raptor Center Visits the pack/ 7:30 pm second show – Highland Presbyterian Activities Building 2319 Cloverdale Ave.
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) Pie Throw
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 2319 Cloverdale Ave.
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 – Carnival
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 Campground
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
7/11/16 – 7/15/16 – District Cub Scout Day Camp at New Philadelphia Moravian church
Take care-
Shannon
336-692-4519

Last Pinewood Derby Reminders

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Good Morning All:
We were excited to see so many racers last night at the car weight in. Please remember that Pinewood Derby Race Day is a Class A Uniform Event.
There is no handling the cars unless authorized until racing is over.
The schedule for racing today is below:
8:00 AM – Tiger Den
9:00 AM – Wolf Den
10:15 AM – Bear Den
11:15 AM – Webelo I Den
12:30 PM – Webelo II Den
1:30 PM – Den Winners return for a run off.
3:00 PM – Parent & Sibling Competition
Good luck!
Shannon
336-692-4519

Pinewood Derby Reminder This Coming Friday, 2/19 & Saturday, 2/20

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Dear All,
I hope you are all well. I wanted to remind you about the upcoming Pinewood Derby next Friday, 2/19/16, 5 PM – 7 PM  and Saturday, 2/20/16, (see den times below).
I know this information has been on the website for several months but I am concerned about our new scout families and we are making some timing changes.  We were able to borrow a larger track that will allow us to race more cars at one time.
As previously annouced and on the pack Pinewood Derby webpage, the location is not at Mt Tabor UMC but at Burkhead UMC located at 5250 Silas Creek Pkwy, Winston-Salem, NC 27106. When traveling to Burkhead UMC from Mt Tabor UMC, please turn right from Silas Creek Parkway onto Pensby road on the left side of Burkhead UMC. Everyone should park behind the church and enter in the first door on the right as you drive into the back parking lot. I will put up some signs.
Each of dens will have their own race time:
8:00 AM – Tiger Den
9:00 AM – Wolf Den
10:15 AM – Bear Den
11:15 AM – Webelo I Den
12:30 PM – Webelo II Den
1:30 PM – Den Winners Return for a run off.
3:00 PM – Parent & Sibling Competition
The Venture Crew from Maple Springs Church will operate a snack bar from 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM. They will have serve breakfast, lunch, snacks, drinks, coffee and hot chocolate.
Our Pack Pinewood Derby rules have been posted on the website for many months but in case you missed them I am attaching them to this message as well. For our Pinewood Derby veterans, the rules are the same as they have been for many years, however, one small change occurred earlier this year, we now allow the use BSA Colored Wheels on the cars.
If you need help, please remember you can contact our Pack Pinewood Derby Expert, Kendall Frederick and by phone at 336-749-5801.
Kendall has also agreed to run the “PWD Car Fix It Table” at the weigh in/Inspection night on Friday. He can help with small issues but you must come Friday evening with the paint and glue dry on your car.
Take care-
Shannon

Reminder Cub Scout Popcorn Pizza Party, Den Meetings This Tuesday, 2/16/16, Sciworks Sleepover Sign up Deadline & More

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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.

🚨Calling all Scout Pictures! – We are putting together a slide show of all the pictures taken of our Pack 934 scouts this year for the Blue & Gold Banquet. Please send any pictures you have to Kendall Frederick. You know how the boys love to look at pictures of themselves and their friends.
 
🔥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.
Upcoming events on the Calendar:
2/15/16 – 7:00 pm Webelo II Den Visits the Boy Scout Troop – 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 – Sign up Table Room 309
2/16/16 – 7:00 pm Den Meetings – Den Rooms
2/16/16 – 7:50 pm – Bobcat Ceremony – Fellowship Hall
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) Pie Throw
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 – Carnival
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 Campground
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
7/11/16 – 7/15/16 – District Cub Scout Day Camp at New Philadelphia Moravian church
Take care-
Shannon

 

 

 

Cub Scout Leaders’ Meeting and Scout Sunday Picture

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Dear All,
I hope you are all well. There will be a leaders’ meeting on Tuesday, 2/9/16, at Mt Tabor UMC at 7:00 PM in the Youth Commons at Mt Tabor UMC. So the boys have Tuesday off!
We have had a fun and busy scout weekend! The Lock-in Friday night was awesome! Marshmallows were launched, marbles were shot, small planes were flown and one den blew up a volcano outside. Thank you to all the parents that volunteered to help during the night. 女There was a small stuffed lion left at the lock-in, please contact me if it belongs at your house. The WFU Basketball Scout Day on Saturday ended in a 20 point loss to the Seminoles and I know that David and I will eventually come to terms with the loss. Scout Sunday was well attended by both the Cub Scout Pack and our big brothers in the Boy Scout Troop.  A ton of food was collected during the services for Scouting for Food! Please click here to see a Scout Sunday Picture from the Ignite service (courtesy of the Stevens family). We would love to have any other pictures taken by our families!
Please remember to bring in your Scouting for Food donations for the Bread of Life Food Pantry at Northwest Baptist Church next Tuesday on 2/16/16. Also on 2/16/16, we will have the  Pizza Party for the top 15 Pack Popcorn Sellers at 6:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall at Mt Tabor UMC. Our den meetings will be held in our usual den rooms from 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM at Mt Tabor UMC. Additionally, our Bear Den is working hard on the decorations for the Blue & Gold Banquet, they would like to take pictures of each den on Tuesday, 2/16/16, please have your scout wear his class A uniform for those den meetings on 2/16/16.
⏳The deadline to sign up for the Sciworks Sleepover was extended to 2/16/16. The sleepover will be on March 11th. It is $30 for one scout and adult to attend. Please contact me or come to the sign up table on 2/16/16 to sign up. This year’s program is planned to be all about geology. Every boy I know loves rocks and wants to learn about them…… and maybe I do too! 🌚Please remember that you do not have to spend the night to participate, but the boys really like that part.
Upcoming events on the Calendar:
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) Pie Throw
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

 

 

 

Pack Lock-In Details

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Dear All,
This message has the details for Friday’s pack lock-in. We all seem to be playing catch up from the “Snow Break” so if you have not signed up and intend to bring your scout, please do so! We are working on our pizza and drinks order and we want to make sure that we have enough food.
We are looking forward to the pack lock-in at Mt Tabor UMC, this Friday, 2/5. Our leaders have been feverishly planning the loops that the boys will complete.
For security purposes, we need to have each scout and parent sign in through the Church Office. We will have a “sign in” table at the end of the first hallway in the office.  The sign in table will open at 5:45 PM. We hope to have all the scouts in their den rooms by 6:00 PM.
Please remember that cub scouts is not a drop off activity. However, if your scout is a wolf scout (in the second grade) or older, you can make arrangements with another pack parent to chaperon him at this event.
You can take your scout to his den room and then put your overnight supplies in the Family Life Center against the wall. Please keep the middle of the FLC clear for our annual kickball event.
Please have your scout wear his class B or cub scout t-shirt to the lock-in.
The tentative schedule for the night is as follows, (we will make adjustments as the circumstances dictate):
  • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM – Den Loops – Den Rooms – Wolves will be in the Youth Commons instead of the Fellowship Hall
  • 8:00 PM –  Dinner – Dens will eat staggered so there is room for everyone – during dinner PWD Wizard, Kendall Frederick, will answer questions about PWD car building. – Fellowship Hall
  • 8:30ish PM Kickball in the Family Life Center – scouts will join the game after they finish eating
  • 9:30ish PM the Movie Minions begins (air mattress set up & getting ready for bed)
  • Lights out after the Movie
  • Please remember that we must be out of the Family Life Center by 9:00 AM on Saturday
  • Breakfast is on your own
What to bring:
  • Air Mattress
  • Air Pump
  • Extra blankets (sometimes it is cool in the family life center at night)
  • Pillows
  • Toiletries
  • PJs
  • Change of clothes
  • Flashlights
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Take care-
Shannon
336-692-4519 – cell

Cub Scout Den Meetings and Events Planning Committee Meeting This Week – 2/2/16

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Hello Everyone,
I hope you are all well. This is a busy week and weekend for Cub Scouts! Below is a list of what is happening:
Tuesday – 2/2/16 – 6:00 PM – Events Planning Committee – Boy Scout Room (room 120); Boys can be in the game room near the Boy Scout Room.
Tuesday – 2/2/16 – 7:00 PM – Den Meetings
Tigers (1st grade) – Room 301
Wolves (2nd grade) – Fellowship Hall
Bears (3rd grade) – Room 306
Webelos I (4th grade) – Boy Scout Room 120
Webelos II (5th grade) – Room 305
Friday – 2/5/16 – Pack Lock In
Arrival Time 5:45 PM – 6:00 PM; please be in your den rooms by 6:00 PM
Saturday – 2/6/16 – WFU Basketball Scout Day Game at Noon
Sunday – 2/7/16 – Scout Sunday
Higher Ground – 9:00 AM
Ignite – 10:55 AM
Sometimes, no matter how much you plan, events just fall together!
This week, is the deadline to sign up for the WFU Basketball Scout Game, Carolina Raptor Visit, Scout Sunday & the pack Lock-in. If you are going to miss the meeting on Tuesday and want to attend these events, please contact me.  We are also continuing the sign ups for the Sciworks Sleepover in March (deadline of February 9th).
Please remember to pick up your Scouting For Food Door Hangers and/or your Pinewood Derby car kit at the sign up table. The sign up table will be located in room 309.
Please note the Pie Throw has been rescheduled to happen right after the Blue & Gold Banquet.
Upcoming events on the Calendar:
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) Pie Throw
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
336-692-4519

Reminder – No Cub Scout Pack Meeting or Pie Throw for Tonight and an Events Committee Meeting

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Hi Everyone,
What a big snow break we have had! I just wanted to remind you that we are not meeting tonight. We have a policy of No School, No Scouts. So if Public School is cancelled then Scouts is cancelled as well.
We will be having our den meetings next week on 2/2/16 at 7:00 PM at Mt Tabor UMC.
Prior to the Den Meetings on 2/2/16, we are having a meeting at 6:00 PM in the upstairs Library for any parents interested in volunteering to coordinate pack events or help shop for event supplies. We invited those that specified that they were interested on the parent volunteer forms but if we accidently missed you, please let me know.
We would love to have all the help and new ideas we can get!
Take care –
Shannon
336-692-4519

Potential WS/FCS School Cancellation and Tomorrow Night’s Pack Meeting

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Dear All,
I hope you are well. You probably recall the pack wide email I sent out earlier this month pointing out the Pack Inclement Weather Policy on the website. Please click here to view the policy.
 
Our policy states that if there is no school then there is no scouts. So if the WS/FCS system cancels school for tomorrow, then we will not meet, our Pie Throw will be rescheduled and our sign up deadlines will be extended.
Please contact me with questions or concerns.
Take care-
Shannon
336-692-4519

Cub Scout Reminder – Pack Meeting & Pie Throw This Tuesday, 1/26/16 – New Location

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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