Pinewood Derby

Please let us know ASAP, via comment here or email to Sis. Truitt, if your scout is planning on participating in the Pinewood Derby on January 12th and if he does not yet have his car kit. We'd like to get kits distributed to all of the boys this week. Christmas break is a great time to get your car put together - Pinewood Derby is coming up fast! If he received a car kit but will not be able to come, please let us know if he would like to have someone race his car for him. If not, then we will ask you to return the kit to us for use at another time.

Winter Day Camp

Winter Day Camp registration has closed, so if your scout is still interested in going but did not register before now, please let me know and I will get his name added to the waiting list. Right now it's a short list, so there is a chance....

Winter Day Camp

If you have not RSVP'd yet about Winter Day Camp, please do so as soon as possible. The camp fee will be paid for by the ward. I need to hear from you within a week, by December 9th, so that there is time to get some forms filled out and mailed in (this will greatly speed up our check-in process) and also so there is time to work out chaperones and driving arrangements. The camp will be December 27-29, from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Please contact Sis. Truitt with any questions.

Pack Meeting, Thursday, November 29th

Please remember and plan on being part of Pack Meeting next Thursday evening in the cultural hall of the McDowell building! This will be Pack 377's last pack meeting for this calendar year and it's going to be fun. We are combining the November and December themes of Citizenship and Respect. We've got a few advancement awards to present to some of our hard-working scouts, and then we've got a couple of games for everyone to play. Here's a hint for one: Brush up on your knowledge of the Cub Scout Promise - parents too, there's going to be some competition! For the other game, a request: We are asking each family to bring two empty but wrapped boxes - nothing deeper than perhaps 'shoe box size' or bigger than perhaps a 3-ring binder. Those aren't very specific dimensions, but just not too big. The wrapping doesn't have to be fancy, either. The boxes will be stacked in a certain way for the game. We will begin at 6:30 p.m., so please be there by 6:25 p.m. to put your name in for a chance to win a little treat from the "Early Bird Drawing." Also, remember to be in full uniform - we have a special guest coming to help with the uniform inspection. If you need a refresher on what the full uniform is, please read the "Your Uniform" section in your Cub Scout handbook. It's going to be a great evening. We're looking forward to seeing you!

Stake Cub Scout Day Camp

What a great looking group of Cub Scouts!  They were up bright and early, ready for a fun day.

Let's not forget two of our wonderful den leaders - these amazing ladies did so much to help that day!

Stake Cub Scout Day Camp took place on Saturday, November 3rd.  The boys participated in a service project and a hike, they learned how to tie some knots, they got to punch their names into metal discs for their own dog tags, and then cooked their own lunch.  It was a busy, but fun, day.  Watch for details from the boys' den leaders for what achievements they were able to pass off that day!

Faith in God correlation to Cub Scout achievements

The church website has some great information about Cub Scout achievements that are also able to be passed off as Faith in God requirements.  Please see the following site for details:

Faith in God & Cub Scout Achievements 

Wolf den - Bowling!

Gannon

Wyatt

Pierce

Price

The lovely ladies from Price's family - Thanks for your help!

Roger - closely supervised by Gannon and Price

Luke

Price and Gannon - so photogenic!

Archery class in January

We have reserved 10 spots in the Archery 101 class at Usery Park on Saturday, January 5th, 2013.  As of the end of pack meeting tonight, 8 spots are still available.  Please let me know if your cub scout wants to attend that class. 

The decision is made.  We will be offering the option of the  Winter Day Camp the 27th-29th of December to our pack and not the summer camp next June.   We realize that it is during a holiday break, but we run into the same conflict of people going out of town right after school gets out in June as well.  The winter camp will be much cooler than the summer camp and also about $30 cheaper! 

If we register by October 15th, the cost is $45 per boy.  After the 15th you may register up until December 1st for $50.  After December 1st there is an additional $5 fee.  This is still $20 less than the summer camp, so if your holiday plans aren't decided until that time you will still come out ahead on the price. 

PARENTS:  Adults are free, so if you would like to attend one or more days with your scout, please let us know.  Please see the attached link for details on the dates and what the registration fee covers.  http://www.grandcanyonbsa.org/event/1153326

LEADERS:  If you are available at that time, please let me know.  We will discuss scheduling options for who goes when at our next meeting.

If you know you will be in town and would like your scout to attend this camp, please post a comment on the pack blog to let us know.  It is easier for me to sort and organize comments on the blog than it is to track them all in my email inbox.

We will complete early registration on October 14th.  We can edit the existing registration if you are not able to be sure of what your schedule is yet for that time, but please be aware that refunds are not given.  Substitutions may be made, but no refunds.

September 26th - Pack Meeting

Logan and Evan picking one of the cheers for the evening.  They both received their wolf badges this night.  This was a great pack meeting.  We had great  participation and a lot of fun cheering with and for each other!

Bro. Liles pouring out a big glass of wolf's blood for Logan and Evan and their lucky parent.  He works hard to track down a wolf, get some blood from it (and then let it go, of course) and then transfer it into the official green "Wolf's Blood" container for this ceremony.  Here is my interpretation of everyone's expressions:  Evan - "What.  Is.  That."  Logan - "Hmmm...who can chug this the fastest - mom? or dad?"  Sis. Skabelund - "Not it!"  Bro. Skabelund - "Oh, come on, honey...it's just a little blood!"  Bro. Post - "I have got this one in the bag!"  Avery - "Give it to me!  Me!  I'll do it!"

The brave souls.  Perhaps we need slightly smaller portions for the slightly smaller boys, though....

Evan worked so HARD to finish that drink!  He earned an extra round of applause!

 

 

 

 

Stake Cub Scout Day Camp

Mark your calendars!  Stake Cub Scout Day Camp is Saturday, November 3rd from 7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at Usery Park.  The boys will be helping to clean hiking trails, doing a hike that will help them pass off some requirements, learning to tie various knots, navigating an obstacle course, cooking a hot dog lunch, participating in a ceremony to retire a flag...and that's just part of the agenda for the day.  It's going to be a really fun and productive experience for the cub scouts, but we need a head count for the stake to help them with their planning for food and other supplies.  Please post a quick comment about whether or not you think your cub scout will be able to attend.  Thank you!  Normally I would do something like this as a poll, but for some reason that option is just not working on this site today....

Archery class at Usery Park

There is an opportunity for at least 10 of our cub scouts to attend a morning archery class over two sequential months: an Archery 101 class one month and then Archery 202 the next.  Please post a comment below stating whether December/January or January/February would be best for your scout if he were to take these classes.  They are free of charge at Usery Park - LaDawn and I both have park passes there, so we can get a group in for "free."  Right now we're simply determining the level of interest and then we can pursue it further.  If December/January is best for the majority, then we need to register fairly quickly, so please let us know ASAP!

New info site for Pack 377

Hello scouts and families of Pack 377!  Due to the former web site no longer being hosted, we are switching to the simple format of a blog to keep you informed on the comings and goings of Pack 377.  Since the families are as vital a part of the program as the scouts, it's important for you to stay in the loop.  This is part of our effort to facilitate that.  Please check back here often for updates on upcoming activities, summaries and pictures of past activities, and other helpful links and information.  If you have a question about something pack-related, please ask it here.  Chances are someone else has the same question and the asking/answering of it on this site will benefit everyone.

The scouting program year effectively starts over with the new school year (September through May, for the main part of the program) and we are excited about this new year!  There are lots of fun activities planned, including a recruiting activity at Zaharis Elementary's Meet the Teacher Night and a summer swim activity toward the end of August.  Check back here for more details soon!

Because information (including pictures) about our children will be posted here, this is being set up as a private blog, accessible by invitation only.