Author Archives: Shannon Settlemire

Cub Scout Day Camp at Speas & the Council This Coming Week

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Hi Everyone,
I know that some of our scouts are attending the district day camp scheduled to begin tomorrow at Speas Elementary.  Liza Wearn sent me a link from the old hickory website that has some additional information.
If you didn’t get an email from the Camp Director or have questions, please email, text or call me and I will help you get some additional information.
The council does not share who has signed up for day camp with the pack leaders, so if your child is signed up to attend, please let me know so I can request the records of what each of our scouts completes at Day Camp for awards.
Take care-
Shannon
336-692-4519

Pack Day Camp Celebrity – Paul Couture

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Hello Scout Families,
As many of you are aware, I was fortunate to be able to volunteer at the District Cub Scout Day Camp last week. While I was working with council representatives and many boy scouts, venture crew and sea scouts, we were visited by The Winston Salem Journal.
Our own Wolf, Paul Couture, was in the photographs in the article. Here is the link to see Paul and many other boys from our community.
 
Have a great week.
Shannon

Pack Dash Game – Sunday, June 28th 5pm – Last Call For Tickets

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Hi Everyone,
I hope your summer is off to a great start! For those of you in town, we have a pack visit to the Dash planned for Sunday, June 28th. The game begins at 5:00 pm. The tickets are $13 a person. Please see the pack website for more information.
 
Please let me know if you have not signed up your family and would like to by Monday, 6/22/15.
Take care-
Shannon

Resident Camp June 17th – 20th Details

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Resident Camp 2015 – Racing Towards Adventure!
June 17 – 20, 2015
Camp Raven Knob (See below for Address & Contact Information)
Campsite: Piney Ridge B (See below for more details)
Packing Check List: (See below for suggested list),

Raven Knob Address/Contact Information: Raven Knob Scout Reservation 266 Raven Knob Road Mt. Airy, NC 27030. Office Phone: (336) 352-4307 Fax: (336) 352-3445 – See more at: http://www.ravenknob.com/ .

Check in/Pack Picture: Please be at camp by 1:00 pm on Wednesday, June 17th, so we can get checked in, have the pack picture taken and then have time to set up the campsite before dinner at 6:00.

Forms:

◾Medical Forms – Every attendee (scouts and parents) needs a medical form completed, parts A and B only. If you didn’t turn in a medical form to me, please bring it with you to camp. You will go over these forms with the medical staff at check in.
◾Outdoor Permission Forms – Every scout must have an outdoor Youth Protection form. If you didn’t turn one into me, please bring it to camp. You will give this form to the medical staff at check in.
◾YPT Card – Every adult attending camp must have taken the youth protection course after which you will print the YPT Card at the end of the on-line course. If you have not turned in your Youth Protection Training card to me, I need as soon as you can get it to me. This year, we cannot check in as a pack without showing one for every adult registered for camp. This is a brief on-line course. This link has more information about the course: Youth Protection Training On the right side of that webpage you will see instructions about how to take the course. If you turned these in to me then I have them and you are set.
◾Swim Check Forms: If you came to swim checks with me at my pool then I have your swim check form and will turn it in with the aquatic staff. We have had two opportunities to do swim checks. If someone needs more, please contact me. You can also get the forms off of our pack website and do them at your pool or at Resident Camp in the lake with the boy scouts staff after check in.

Meals: All meals are eaten at the dining hall. I turned in a form for all of our food allergies. We will also have s’mores one night at our campsite as a pack.

Campsite: The Piney Ridge B Campsite has platform tents and cots with mattresses. You do not need to bring tents, Raven Knob will provide platform tents. I have been told that each tent has two cots & mattresses. See attached camp map. Some of you may remember the Piney Ridge campsites from the parent/son camporee this fall.

Campfire: Each year there is an opening and closing campfire for Resident Camp. During the closing campfire, the scouts are required to wear class A uniforms but they may also add a funny piece to their uniform to go with the camp theme. Last year, we had flowered lays to go with the Sand, Sun and Surt theme. This year the theme is Racing Towards Adventure. I called the camp and they told me that you can wear car racing items but anything that is related to a particular real professional car racer must be licensed “fanwear”. You cannot make homemade car racing paraphernalia that relates to any professional car racer.

Suggested Packing Check List:
◾Cub Scout Rank Book (the boy scouts that run the sessions can sign off on completed parts of loops, pins and badges)
◾Medicine
◾Flashlight
◾Lantern
◾Water bottles
◾Swim suits
◾Towels/washcloths
◾Shower shoes
◾Class A Uniform
◾Class B t-shirts
◾Shorts/Long Pants
◾Underwear
◾Socks
◾Pajamas
◾Closed-toe shoes (no open-toe shoes are allowed when walking around camp)
◾Soap/shampoo
◾Second pair of closed toe shoes
◾Toothbrush/toothpaste
◾Sunblock
◾Bug repellant
◾Sheets/sleeping bag/blanket/pillow
◾Hat
◾Jacket
◾Rain gear
◾Alarm Clock (optional)
◾Duffle bag, suitcase or backpack – to bring clothes & toiletries to camp
◾Light, string backpack to carry to sessions (water bottle, rank book & session schedule)
◾Fishing gear (optional)
◾Notebook & pencil/pen
◾Extra batteries
◾Camera (optional)
◾Money for the Camp Store (t-shirts, walking sticks, candy, ice cream, pocket knives)
◾Frisbees/campsite games (no waterguns are allowed this year)

Daily Camp Schedule:

◾7:00 am Reveille
◾7:30 am Waiter’s Call
◾7:45 am Assembly in front of dining hall
◾8:00 am Breakfast
◾Leader’s meeting (after breakfast)
◾8:45 am – 9:00 am Walk to Session One
◾9:00 am –10:15 am Session One
◾10:15 am – 10:30 am Walk to Session Two
◾10:30 am – 11:45 am Session Two
◾12:00 pm Waiter’s Call
◾12:15 pm Lunch
◾12:45 pm –1:30 pm Rest Period
◾1:30 pm –1:45 pm Walk to Session Three
◾1:45 pm –3:00 pm Session Three
◾3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Walk to Session Four
◾3:15 pm – 4:30 pm Session Four
◾4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Pack Free Time (Campsite activity, fishing, visit museum, visit trading post)
◾5:30 pm Waiter’s Call
◾5:30 pm – 5:45 pm Walk to Dining Hall
◾6:00 pm Supper
◾Vespers (after Supper)
◾7:00 pm –9:45 pm In-campsite activities
◾10:00 pm Taps (please be in your campsite at this time)

Dining Hall Tables: Our Pack will be assigned tables in the dining hall for the duration of our stay at Resident Camp. It is every scout in our group’s responsibility to clean up the tables after each meal. This includes clearing all the dishes and trash, taking the trash to the dumpster, wiping down the tables and sweeping the floor under the table. It is expected that each scout will perform a particular role each meal.

Waiter Duty: Every Scout gets the chance to be a “waiter” at camp. That means that you and your scout(s) will go to the Dining Hall 15 minutes early when it is your turn and set up our pack tables. You will be responsible for getting the silverware, cups, drinks and meal specific extras for our tables. If you are late or don’t remember to go, our pack tables will not be ready when the pack comes to eat. Most Scouts like to be waiters because they get to be first in line to get their food!

Campfires: Opening & closing Campfires are Class A

Dinner/Supper is Class A

Online Pictures Posted on the Raven Knob website during Camp – the Raven Knob staff will take pictures during Resident Camp post them on the website.  Click this link to see RK site.pictures from last year’s boy and cub scout camps.  You have to scroll down to see all the weeks of camp. They will post this year’s pictures on this page too.

Please contact me 336-692-4519 or Stefano 336-749-2949, if you have questions or arrival updates.

Summer Cub Scout Dates and Incoming Fall Scouts

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Hello All,
Summertime is almost upon us.   I wanted to remind you that the deadline to sign up for Scout Day Camp is June 5th. I have the forms on our pack website but you sign up through the Old Hickory Council. Let me know if you need a copy of your medical forms or need any other help.
Please remember that you can email, text or call me to sign up for the Dash Game (June 28th/5:00 pm/tickets $13 per person) and the Summer Movie & Ice Cream Night (July 11th/6 pm-9 pm/ Youth Commons (wolf meeting room)).
Lastly, I would love to invite any new incoming scouts (Tigers or other levels) for the Fall to come to the Pack Summer Movie Night. Please pass on any names and contact information you have to me or forward the families this email.
Take care-
Shannon

Spring Family Camping Trip Details

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Hi Spring Family Campers!
 
We are very excited about the upcoming pack family trip to Stone Mountain. As many of you are aware, this is a big undertaking and for this to be as fun as possible for our families, we will need lots of help to get everything there and back.  Below is a list of volunteer opportunities for the Spring Family Camping Trip, please email me back and let me know if you are available to help with any of these.
 
  • Bring Side Dishes/Salads/Desserts to go with our cookout for the Friday Night. Please email me and let me know what you are planning to bring so we don’t double up.
  • Bring coolers with extra ice in them for the weekend. We always need extra ice.
  • Jordan Peterson & Stefano Marsella have done an amazing job of packing most of what we need up but we need some vehicle space to carry it all to Stone Mountain. If you have any available space in your car/van/truck that we could use to carry some items, please let us know. We are planning to put everything in the vehicles starting at 1:00 pm on Friday, if that time is not convenient, email me anyway and we can work something else out.
  • Pack Kitchen/Eating & Meeting area Canopy – help putting up the big Pack Canopy at the camp. We need 6-8 people.
  • Kitchen Helpers – we need help unpacking the kitchen, working in the kitchen and packing it up to go back. If you can help with any part of this, please let me know.
  • Campfire – Anyone with musical or slightly musical talents (the kids don’t care, they just want to have fun) to help at our Saturday Night Campfire. We have scout song books to help.
  • Pack Hike Help –   We will need parents to volunteer to be the lead/tail, so if you know this is a strength of yours, please volunteer.
  • Dutch Oven Dessert Contest – On Saturday Night, we will have a dutch oven dessert contest. We have dutch ovens that may be borrowed. I will need to know if you plan to enter the contest so we will make sure we have enough desserts for dinner Saturday. It is recommended that you bring parchment paper or dutch oven liners to make it easier to clean afterwards. Also, you will need to bring charcoal and a chimney. We will also be taking dessert donations for Saturday night (in addition to Friday night)- let me know.
    Here are links about the Dutch Oven Cooking from our pack website:

We seriously need your help, please email me back about any of these.
 
Camping Trip Details:
 
Where are we going and how do I get there?
We are staying in the group camping site at Stone Mountain State Park. The address is 3042 Frank Pkwy, Roaring Gap, NC 28668. The park hours are 8:00 am to 9:00 pm. Please plan to arrive before 9:00 pm or you will not be able to come in to the park. If you are arriving Saturday, you can enter as early as 8:00 am.

Directions:

From 421 N:
  • Take Hwy 421 N to I-77 N.
  • From I-77, take Exit #83 (Hwy 21 N, Sparta, Roaring Gap) (LEFT Exit)
  • Go about 13 miles to Traphill Road/ State Road 1002 and turn Left. Look for the brown state park sign.
  • Go about 4 miles to John P Frank Pkwy and turn right. Look for the brown state park sign.
  • Once you go through the gate and past the visitor’s center, look for the road to the camping area and turn right.
  • The group camping area is on the left.
Site assignments: We have all four camp sites reserved (they are all in close proximity). The scouts will be assigned to a site by rank. If you have multiple scouts in different dens, you may choose which site to set up your tent. Please click here to see a quick and dirty site map from my memory.
  • Webelos II: 1st site to your left, closest to the food area
  • Webelos I: Site at the end/back
  • Bears: 1st site to your right
  • Wolves: 2nd site to your left
Parking: Parking is available in front of the camp site; however, if we don’t all fit there some of us will need to park by the visitor center after unloading.
What should I bring:
 

It will be hot so pack with that in mind, suggested items to bring:

  • Chairs
  • Tent
  • Sleeping bags – light weight
  • Air mattress (there is power at the bath house area)
  • Ear plugs
  • Pillow
  • Flashlight
  • Lantern- helpful if you have extras to bring to put around campsite
  • Toiletries- there are showers available
  • Towels
  • Shower shoes
  • Sunscreen
  • Bugspray
  • Sunglasses
  • Hat
  • Cup for hot drinks and water
  • Comfortable shoes and clothes
  • **Scout’s Class A Uniform**
  • Rain Gear, ponchos
  • Refillable Water bottle
  • Any personal medication
 Dogs: You are welcome to bring your dog if it is friendly around other dogs, strangers and children. 
 
What’s on the menu?
(Subject to change, as needed)
 
Each Den is assigned a meal to be in charge of, this includes the boys as well as the parents.
 
Friday dinner: Webelo II Den
  • Hot dogs & Vegetation Options
  • Salads (variety- fruit, pasta, potato, green)
  • Desserts
  • Lemonade
  • Water

Saturday breakfast: Wolf Den

  • oatmeal
  • cereal
  • grits
  • hard boiled eggs
  • sausage
  • fruit
  • juice
  • coffee
 Saturday lunch: Bear Den
  • sandwiches
  • chips
  • fruit
  • dessert
  • lemonade
  • water
Saturday dinner Webelo I Den ** Scouts wear class A Uniform **
  • Pulled Pork
  • Roasted Chicken
  • Cheese quesadillas for vegetarians
  • Baked beans
  • Carrot sticks
  • Salads
  • Dutch oven desserts

Sunday breakfast: All Remaining Scouts

  • cereals
  • yogurt
  • fruit
  • oatmeal
  • juice
  • coffee
What’s on the Schedule?
(Subject to change, as needed)
Friday:
Arrive /Set up camp – 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
Setup the canopy tent (Jordan, Stefano, Anyone else?)
Dinner prep – 5:30 pm Webelo Den – scouts & parents
Dinner / Clean-up – 6:45 pm-8:00 pm Jordan, Stefano, Others, Webelos-prep/clean-up
Lights out 10:00 pm
Saturday – May 30, 2015
Morning:
 Breakfast Wolves-prep/clean-up – 7:30 am-8:45 am – Tiger families need to come to the kitchen at 7:30 am
 Family Hike / Service Project – 9:15 am-11:45 am
 Meet Park Ranger at Lower Trailhead Parking Lot for safety comments, pass out vests, gloves, bags –
 Begin hike Loop (2.5 miles): 
9:15 am-9:30 am 
Wolf Rock Trail (1.5 Miles, Moderate, Red Square Blaze)
Intersect Cedar Rock Trail (1.0 Miles, Moderate, Red Circle Blaze)
Stop at Homestead before hiking back to Lower Trailhead Parking Lot.
Afternoon:
 Lunch Bears-prep/clean-up – 12:15 pm-1:45 pm – Bear Families need to come to the kitchen as soon as we return from the hike
 Den Specific Time – 1:45 pm-3:00 pm
 Scouts prepare for camp fire skits – Den leaders coordinate
 Whittling Chip Wolves – Shane Harterink coordinates
 Free time/Family time – 3:15 pm–5:00 pm
Scouts and parents may go to water holes, hike around campsite
Prepare for Dutch-Oven Contest 
Evening:
 Dinner Webelos I-prep/clean-up– 5:30 pm-7:00 pm
 Campfire 7:15pm – 9:00pm:
 Songs and Music playing –
 Skits (Den Leaders)
 S’mores and Dutch-Oven contest
 Flag Ceremony – Shane Harterink coordinates 9:00 pm-9:30 pm
 Lights out – 10:00pm
 
 Sunday – May 31, 2015
Morning:
 Breakfast All remaining scouts prep/clean-up – 7:00 am-8:15 am
 Vespers (Stefano Marsella coordinates) – 8:30 am-8:45 am
 Pack up and departure
 

My cell number is 336-692-4519 and Stefano Marsella’s number is 336-748-2849 if you need to call the camp; however, cell reception can be spotty.

I will send out more messages, if needed.
 
Take care-
Shannon

Rank Advancement This Tuesday, Camp Cards Money/Cards Due, Final Sign up for Spring Family Trip & Summer Events

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Hello Scout Families,
We wanted to remind you that next Tuesday, May 26th, is our Rank Advancement Ceremony. It will be held in the Mt Tabor UMC sanctuary at 6:30 pm.  This is a class A uniform event, all the way!
Setup is being handled by the Bear Den, the Webelo Den will have the Flag Ceremony and our Tiger and Wolf Dens will help with greeting, opening the doors for our guests and handing out programs. We know that it is not easy to get to the ceremony early especially with the earlier start time, but those wolves and tigers that can come early, please come by 6:15 pm. Bear and Webelo dens, please coordinate with your leaders for timing.
This Tuesday is a big deadline night! Please pay any camp card money owed or return any cards that you couldn’t sell. Our pack can return any unsold cards to the council. This is also the last night to sign up for the Spring Family Camping Trip.  If you have signed up but have not paid, please bring your $25 on Tuesday.
Please remember that the deadline to sign up for the Scout Day Camps is June 5th.
Summer Dates:
We also have two new summer events! Join the pack to watch a Dash Game on Sunday, June 28th at 5:00 pm. The tickets cost $13/person and include a hat, game board recognition and our group of seats together. This is a class B uniform event. You can sign up for this event until June 21st. You can sign up at the Spring Family Camping Trip (SFC), Resident Camp (RC) or you can email, call or text me.
On Saturday, July 11th, we have a Scout Movie Night  from 6 pm until 9 pm in the Youth Commons (Wolf Meeting Room). We will have popcorn and an ice cream sundae bar. As with the Dash Game, sign ups for this event will continue through the summer. You can sign up at SFC, RC, the July 6th Day Camp or you can email, call or text me through July 9th. This is a class B uniform event as well.
Fall Dates:
Our first den meetings of the fall will be on Tuesday, August, 25th at 7:00 pm.
Our Open House Night will be September 1st at 7:00 pm.
Have a great holiday weekend.
Shannon

nvite a Friend Game Night This Week, Spring Family Camping Trip and New Summer Events

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Hello Pack Family,

I know you have been hearing about this week’s “Invite a Friend” game night for several weeks in the pack emails, well – its here! This coming Tuesday, 5/19, please bring any friends, siblings or cousins who are interested in joining our pack.
There will be games and drawings for prizes! We will also have popsicles on the breezeway to end the fun evening. We will begin at 7:00 pm in the Family Life Center. Please have your friends’ parents come and stay to talk with Brad and pick up any information.
For our current scouts, this is a class A uniform event. Drawing tickets are awarded for full uniform including an additional ticket for your scout remembering his belt! All 934 cub scouts are invited whether they invite a friend or not.
Have an interested friend who can’t make it on 5/19? Give their parents our pack email or have them call Shannon at 692-4519.
On Tuesday night, after we check in all the scouts and visitors,  parents can return to the sign up table to reserve a spot for the Spring Family Camping Trip, pay any fees, turn in camp card money and pick up any paperwork.
Next Meeting: May 26th – Rank Advancement in the Sanctuary 6:30 pm; Class A Uniform! This night is the final deadline for turning in your Camp Card Money and signing up for the Spring Family Camping Trip.  Bring your camera.
No Bummer Summer! Scouts need something to do? Come see your scout friends when you are in town! 
  • Resident Camp – June 17-20
  • June 28th (Sunday) 5:00 PM Pack 934 goes to the Dash Game
  • July 11th (Friday) 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Cub Scout Movie Night & Ice Cream Bar Mt Tabor UMC Youth Commons
  • Day Camp – July 6-10 or July 13-17

Fall Dates:

  • First Den Meeting of the Fall – Tuesday, August 25th (WSFCS first day of school is Monday, August 24th
  • September 1st Open House
  • Parent – Son Camporee – October 9th weekend
Take care-
Shannon
336-692-4519

Cub Scout Pie Night Pictures & Leader’s Meeting This Week

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Hi Pack 934 Families,

This coming Tuesday, 5/12/15, is a Cub Scout Leader’s Meeting in the Youth Commons (wolf meeting room) at 7:00 pm.

The next meeting, May 19th, is an  “Invite A Friend Game Night” in the Family Life Center at 7:00 pm. This is a Class A Uniform Event.

Coming up:

  • May 26th – Rank Advancement in the Sanctuary – has a different start time than usual 6:30 pm; This night is also the final deadline for turning in your Camp Card Money to Stacy. Last official meeting of the scout year.
  • Resident Camp – June 17-20
  • Day Camp – July 6-10 or July 13-17
  • First Den Meeting of the Fall – Tuesday, August 25 (WSFCS first day of school is Monday, August 24th)

More Pie Night pictures: Thank you to the Nolan Family!

Have a great weekend!
Shannon

Cub Scout Golf Loops and the Andy Burton Mini Golf and Golf Tournament May 15th & May 16th

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Hi Everyone,

I wanted to send you some information about an upcoming event sponsored through Mt Tabor UMC. In memory of a youth member, Andy Burton, whose life was cut short at 15 years old, the church has the Andy Burton Memorial Golf Tournament. Andy’s parents wanted the funds from this event to support the many mission efforts of the Mt Tabor UMC Student Ministries.

This year there are two parts to this event. For all you golfers out there the golf tournament will be on Saturday, May 16th at 1:00 at Salem Glen Golf Course. It is a Captain’s Choice Tournament.

This year, the committee has added a family cookout and mini golf tournament for us non-golfers and children. There will be music and food as well as prizes on Friday night, May 15th at Smiley’s mini golf course. When I read this I thought, the boys could earn some of their requirements for their cub scout golf loops and pins.

You can register for both events at Youth Website. Greg and Amanda will have fliers about these events at the sign up table tonight.

Take care-
Shannon