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Cub Scout Den Meetings Next Tuesday, 9/29/15 & More

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Hello All,

Wow! What a Popcorn Kickoff at the Pack Meeting on Tuesday! Please remember that door-to-door Popcorn sales begin tomorrow, Friday, 9/25/15. This is blitz weekend! So have your scout put on his Class A uniform and sell some popcorn!
If you were not able to come to the pack meeting this week, please visit with Amanda at the sign up table beginning at 6:45 pm on Tuesday, 9/29, or you can email me with questions and to set a goal on how much popcorn you think you will sell this season. Setting your goal will earn your scout a camouflage wallet to put all his popcorn prize gift cards in. The boys are crazy about these wallets. Your scout must set his sales goal by October 6th for your scout to receive his wallet.
Just a reminder that each boy needs to bring his popcorn order form with him to each den meeting during popcorn season to be placed into the drawing to win prizes. The more each scout sells the more tickets he gets to put into the drawing.  Please click here for Popcorn Prizes handout and Popcorn Sales plan handout to see the popcorn handouts from last Tuesday’s meeting.
Our pack is fortunate to keep growing and growing. The Old Hickory Council is spreading the word about Cub Scouting. We had lots of surprise scouts come on last Tuesday. Welcome to them!  When you jump in membership up 35-40 families, you have some growing pains.  If you are new and need some help sorting all of this information out, please contact me.
This Tuesday, 9/29/15, we will have our den meetings in our den rooms. I realize we have even more new scouts so I will be putting up signs to help everyone find our meeting rooms. Please enter again through the church office. If you need to use an elevator we have one, please email, call or text me for directions before next Tuesday.
We usually wear our class A uniforms to den meetings but if you are new and have not had a chance to get to the scout store or need some help figuring it all out. We understand, please contact me for assistance.
Sign ups
Our council moved our deadline out by a few days on the Parent/Son Camporee. This is your last chance to sign up. If you are interested, please email, call or text me by Monday, 9/28th.
Current sign ups are Big Sweep, Wake Forest Football Game & Sleepover, God & Family Classes and Webelo I and Webelo II Camping Trip. Tuesday, 9/29/15, is the deadline to volunteer for the Big Sweep.
Pack Calendar Dates:
9/29/15 – Den Meetings – Den Rooms
10/3/15 – Big Sweep
10/6/15 – Den Meetings – Den Rooms
10/13/15 – God & Family Classes Begin – Den Rooms
10/13/15 – Leader’s Meeting – Youth Commons
10/20/15 – Den Meetings – Den Rooms
10/27/15 – Pack Meeting – Family Life Center <<Turn in Popcorn Order Forms>>
11/3/15 – Den Meetings – Den Rooms
11/10/15  – Leader’s Meeting – Youth Commons
11/12/15  – Pick up Popcorn
11/17/15  – Den Meetings – Den Rooms <<First day to turn in Popcorn Money>>
11/24/15 – Pack Meeting – Family Life Center <<Second day to turn in Popcorn Money>>
12/1/15 – Airbound Party << All Popcorn Money Due>>
 
For our new scouts, I usually post a copy of these messages on the main page of the website as well.
Take care-
Shannon Settlemire
336-692-4519 – cell

Transportation Museum Trip Meeting Place

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Dear All,
We are looking forward to the Transportation Museum trip tomorrow. When you arrive, please meet us at the Barber Visitor Center in the grassy area to check in with me.
Check in is at 1:45 pm for the pack train ride.
I will be establishing a text group for this trip so we can let each other know status, road conditions and I like to keep everyone connected on trips.
Take care-
Shannon
336-692-4519 – cell

A Small Change to the Transportation Museum Plan for Saturday

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Dear Transportation Museum Travelers,
I hope you are all well tonight. I wanted to let you know of a small change in plans for Saturday’s trip. Everything is the same except we will not be doing the potluck dinner part of the trip. I am hoping that I caught everyone before you bought or cooked anything for Saturday.
So we will ride the train together and then you are free to explore the museum and stay as long as your family wants to enjoy the museum.
Please contact me with questions.
Take care-
Shannon
3336-692-4519 – cell

Cub Scout Pack Meeting Next Tuesday, 9/22/15

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Dear All,
Thank you for your patience during our very first paperwork party this past Tuesday. No one at my house has confessed to getting our (blank) paperwork wet at this point and I appreciate your waiting while we had to make emergency copies for everyone to fill out. I can assure you that the current paperwork is now encased in plastic. I know this held up some other parts of the party and I thank you for waiting. I am very grateful for all the support and help that was offered. There were many heroes of the night! I will try to name everyone and my apologies if I miss someone.
Thank you to the Webelo II Den, Carmen Bridges, Amanda Treadway, Justin Treadway, Al Hadley, Joanne Mitchener, Sheri Nebinger, Andy Nebinger, Alex Lee, Courtney Shields, Sally Gupton, Stacy Stevens, Rebeccah Byer, Mack Moore, Michael Nebinger & Brad Wood.
There was also a pair of black framed reading glasses left in the Fellowship Hall after the party, please let me know if they are yours.
This Saturday, 9/19, is the trip to the Transportation Museum. The communication for this trip has gone out. If you signed up but did not receive an email about it, please contact me.
I usually post a copy of all of these pack announcement and reminder messages on the main page of the website, www.pack934.org, as well.
We meet again next Tuesday, 9/22/15, at 7:00 pm at Mt Tabor UMC. This will be a pack meeting, where all the dens meet together. It will be held in the Family Life Center which is located on the other side of the Fellowship Hall. (Just for reference, we had our paperwork party in the Fellowship Hall this past Tuesday.) Due to our church’s construction project, the Family Life Center is temporarily set up as the church sanctuary. We may need your help keeping the children off of the sound equipment in the room. Please be watchful.
This will be a Class B, Cub Scout t-shirt, event. If you don’t have a class B t-shirt yet, any t-shirt is fine. For the boys who have earned awards, those will be given out, we will discuss our upcoming popcorn fundraiser and we will be playing a game outside, weather permitting.
Please enter through the church office as you did this past Tuesday and come in through the fellowship hall.
You can turn in any stray paperwork and sign ups will continue as well. Current sign ups are Big Sweep, Parent/Son Camporee, Wake Forest Football Game & Sleepover, God & Family Classes and Webelo I and Webelo II Camping Trip.
 
Pack Calendar Dates:
9/22/15 – Pack Meeting  – Family Life Center
9/29/15 – Den Meetings – Den Rooms
10/3/15 – Big Sweep
10/6/15 – Den Meetings – Den Rooms
10/13/15 – God & Family Classes Begin – Den Rooms
10/13/15 – Leader’s Meeting – Youth Commons
10/20/15 – Den Meetings – Den Rooms
10/27/15 – Pack Meeting – Family Life Center
Take care-
Shannon
336-692-4519 – cell

Transportation Museum Trip Details – 9/19/15

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Hello Cub Scout Friends,
We are all looking forward to seeing each of you at the Transportation Museum this Saturday.  The address is 411 S. Salisbury Ave. Spencer, NC 28159. It is about a 46 minute drive from Mt Tabor UMC.
I checked the weather and it looks really good for Saturday.
This is a class B uniform, cub Scout t-shirt, event. If you don’t have a cub scout t-shirt yet, any t-shirt will work.
We are meeting there at 1:45 pm. We have a pack train ride set up. The train ride is 25 minutes long. Your tickets also cover the turn table ride as well.
After the train ride, you are welcome to go where your scouts and children want to explore on the grounds. We will meet at the picnic shelter (there is only one) around 4:30 pm to have a potluck dinner. I am told there is a big field around the shelter and the kids can play after eating.
As far as the food, please email me back with what food you are planning to bring if you didn’t list it on the sign up sheet so I can make sure we are covered. We could use main dishes, desserts & sides. You can drop off your food at the picnic shelter when you arrive at the Transportation Museum. We have 45 people signed up to attend the trip on Saturday!
I will post a copy of this message on the pack website as well.
Take care-
Shannon
336-692-4519 – cell

Cub Scout Den Meetings & Parent Social on 9/15/15

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Dear All,

I hope you are all well. On Tuesday, 9/15/15 we have our den meetings and our parent social & paperwork party from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm. The den meetings will be in our new meeting rooms at Mt Tabor UMC. You can enter through the old scout entrance or through the church office.  Please remember that these will be the first meetings for many of our new scouts and even though we have pack members who are planning to be in the parking lot to direct them, they may still need help finding their way.
Please remember that while door-to-door popcorn sales have not started, the on-line popcorn sales season is in full swing. Please visit our popcorn page on the pack website for information on setting up an on-line account and the football tickets prize.
 
The parent social & paperwork party will be in the church fellowship hall. Please bring in your completed paperwork or come to the party and fill out it. We will have access to the church copier if you want us to make copies of your insurance cards for your medical forms. This year, we have a couple of new forms that we need from each scout family. They are our pack volunteer form and our pack image permission form. Each current scout family needs to fill out medical forms, outdoor permission form, volunteer form and an image permission form.
While we will have paper forms at the party, our forms are also available on-line at: Link to Cub Scout Application, link to Medical Forms, link to Outdoor Permission Form, link to Pack Volunteer Form and link to Image Permission Form. Please remember that we need two medical forms – one for the scout and one for the adult going with the scout. Every time we fill out medical forms, we get the question who is the Unit Leader, please write in Brad Wood.
We will also have the pack t-shirts and the 934 uniform patches on sale at the parent social. We will be holding the sign ups at the parent social as well.
If anyone would like to bring light snacks to share at the parent social, feel free to do so. I will bring food and drinks. In fact, I will be baking all weekend so please come and eat! It is my birthday this month so please come by and have a snack with me.  I also have the church snow cone and popcorn machines for the party. *Please note: All food especially the snow cones may only be eaten in the fellowship hall or in the parking lot as we can not have the food in other areas the church.*
If anyone would like to volunteer to help at the parent social, we need help showing the new parents around, with the t-shirt sale, making copies, handing out popcorn and snow cones and collecting forms. Even if you can only spare a few minutes, it would be deeply appreciated.
Tuesday, 9/15/15 is the deadline to sign up for the Transportation Museum visit. It begins at 1:45 pm and includes dinner under the picnic shelter.
Please remember you can pay with check, cash or credit card at the meetings.
Calendar Dates:
9/15/15 – Den Meetings & Parent Social/Paperwork Party
9/22/15 – Pack Meeting  – Family Life Center
9/29/15 – Den Meetings
10/3/15 – Big Sweep
10/6/15 – Den Meetings
10/13/15 – Leader’s Meeting
10/20/15 – Den Meetings
10/27/15 – Pack Meeting
 
Take care-
Shannon
336-692-4519 – cell

Pack 934 Leaders’ Meeting 9/8/15 & More Information

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Hi Everyone,

What a great Open House on Tuesday! A big THANK YOU to everyone who helped make it a success. I hope everyone had fun. This Tuesday, September 8th is a pack leaders’ meeting from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm in Youth Commons at Mt Tabor UMC.

On Tuesday, 9/15/15 we have our den meetings and our parent social & paperwork party from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm. The den meetings will be in our new meeting rooms at Mt Tabor UMC. You can enter through the old scout entrance or through the church office.  Please remember that this will the first meetings for many of our new scouts and even though we have pack members who are planning to be in the parking lot to direct them, they may still need help finding their way.
The parent social paperwork party will be in the church fellowship hall. Please bring in your completed paperwork or come to the party and fill out it. We will have access to the church copier if you want us to make copies of your insurance cards for your medical forms. This year, we have a couple of new forms that we need from each scout family. They are our pack volunteer form and our pack image permission form. To be clear each current scout family needs to fill out medical forms, outdoor permission form, volunteer form and an image permission form.
While we will have paper forms at the party, our forms are also available on-line: Link to Cub Scout Application, link to Medical Forms, link to Outdoor Permission Form, link to Pack Volunteer Form and link to Image Permission Form. Please remember that we need two medical forms – one for the scout and one for the adult going with the scout. Every time we fill out medical forms, we get the question who is the Unit Leader, please write in Brad Wood.
We will also have the pack t-shirts and the 934 uniform patches on sale at the parent social. We will be holding the sign ups at the parent social as well.
If anyone would like to bring light snacks to share at the parent social, feel free to do so. I will bring some sacks and some drinks.
If anyone would like to volunteer to help at the parent social, we need help showing the new parents around, with the t-shirt sale, making copies and collecting forms. Even if you can only spare a few minutes, it would be deeply appreciated.
Sign ups: Current sign ups are Transportation Museum visit, Big Sweep, Parent/Son Camporee and Wake Forest Football Game & Sleepover. Tuesday, 9/15/15 is the deadline to sign up for the Transportation Museum visit. It begins at 1:45 pm and includes dinner under the picnic shelter.
Calendar Dates:
9/15/15 – Den Meetings & Parent Social/Paperwork Party
9/22/15 – Pack Meeting  – Family Life Center
9/29/15 – Den Meetings
10/3/15 – Big Sweep
10/6/15 – Den Meetings
10/13/15 – Leader’s Meeting
10/20/15 – Den Meetings
10/27/15 – Pack Meeting
 
Take care-
Shannon
336-692-4519 – cell

This Coming Tuesday, 9/1/15, Pack Open House @ Hope Presbyterian Church

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Dear All,
We hope these first few days of school are going well for everyone.
This coming Tuesday, September 1st is our Open House Game Night from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm.
Please remember that our location has changed for this event from our home church to Hope Presbyterian Church located at 2050 Peace Haven Rd.
 
There will be drawings, prizes and popsicles.
This is a Class A Uniform Event. Please remember that the boys receive drawing tickets for bringing a friend interested in cub scouts and for wearing their Class A Uniform.
In the beginning of the Open House, we will be focused on getting all the boys checked in and in the Worship Center to play games before we start any of the sign ups.
Upcoming Dates:
9/8/15 – Leader’s Meeting – Youth Commons, Mt Tabor UMC
9/15/15 – Den Meetings (new meeting rooms at Mt Tabor UMC) & Parents’ Social & Paperwork Party (Fellowship Hall). Also this is the Deadline to sign up for the Transportation Museum Trip.
9/19/15 – Transportation Museum Trip – Please arrive by 1:45 pm.
9/22/15 Pack Meeting – Family Life Center Deadline to sign up for the Parent Son Camporee.
9/29/15 Den Meetings
10/3/15 – Big Sweep
 
Take care-
Shannon
336-692-4519

Pack Open House Information

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Cub Scout Pack 934

Open House

Tuesday, September 1st, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Hope Presbyterian Church

located at 2050 Peace Haven Road
Winston-Salem, NC  27106

Games and Drawings

Current Scouts, wear Class A Uniform
Prospective scouts wear comfortable clothes

Email or Call (336-692-4519) with Questions

Welcome to a New Cub Scout Year!

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Hello Cub Scout Families,
We are all excited to start a new Cub Scout year!
Calendar Dates: We have a lot coming up so here are the dates for your calendars.
Our first Den Meetings will be on Tuesday, August 25th 7:00 pm. We will continue meeting at Mt Tabor UMC but in light of the construction project, we will be meeting in a new part of the church. Please enter the church through the same scout entrance that you used last year and you will be directed from there.
In the new meeting location, will we have a separate sign up room for our sign up table as well as an additional parent room. We are hoping this will ease our long lines of the past. Next week on the sign up table, we will have a trip to the Transportation Museum on 9/19/15, Wake Forest Football Game  & sleepover on 10/30/15, Community Clean Sweep 10/3/15 and Parent Son Camporee 10/9/15.
Our Open House Game Night is Tuesday, September 1st at 7:00 pm. Due to the construction, we had to find an alternate location to have the Open House.  We are very grateful to Hope Presbyterian Church for coming to our rescue! They are located around the corner from Mt Tabor UMC at 2050 Peace Haven Road. We will have our open house on their campus.

New Curriculum Changes: As you may remember, we mentioned last spring that the National BSA has a new cub scout curriculum going into this place for this fall. There are some changes for our boys. The three changes we will begin showing the boys on Tuesday are:
  • The Boy Scout handsign replaces the Cub Scout handsign
  • The Boy Scout Oath replaces the Cub Scout Promise.
  • The Boy Scout Law replace the Cub Scout Law.
This information is all in your son’s handbook for their current rank. It may help him to make the transition if you go over these changes before the meeting on Tuesday.

Medical & Outdoor Forms:  Its a new scout year and we all know what means. Its time to complete new scout paperwork.  Medical forms are only good for one calendar year so most of our scouts and parents need a new medical form. For Cub Scouts, we only need parts A & B filled out of the BSA medical form.  If you are turning in a printed PDF medical form each year, please adjust your child’s age and check and update the other information on the form so it contains current phone numbers, addresses and insurance information. Here is the link for the Medical Form. The number one question I am asked everyone year when parents are completing the medical forms is  – who do I put down as Unit Leader on the medical form? It is the Cubmaster, Brad Wood.
Last spring, we learned that we need to keep an outdoor parental permission form on file for each scout. If you son went to Resident Camp this summer then I have an outdoor form for your scout. If he didn’t go to that summer camp, then you can assume I need this form filled out. Here is the link for the Outdoor Parental Permission form.
 
During the Den Meetings on 9/15/15, we are planning a Parents’ Social and Paperwork Party in the Fellowship Hall at Mt Tabor UMC. Please come by and visit with other families as well as turn in your paperwork. I will have access to the church copier to copy insurance cards and other important documentation to make this process more convenient. We will have a separate table for new scouts as they will have additional paperwork to fill out. If you want to turn in your paperwork earlier than 9/15, we are happy to take it but please come by the parents’ social and meet the new parents.
We look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday, August 25th at 7:00 pm.
Shannon