Our assignment for Big Sweep this year is Bethabara Park.  Please meet at the shelter next to the Visitor’s Center at 9 am this Saturday, October 7th.  Shane Harterink is the Leader in charge of this event.  Should there be any issues please contact him at 336-830-3264.  Please wear your Class B uniform shirt.  If you do not have one, any t-shirt will do.  You may want to bring a dry pair of socks and shoes.  This is a waterway cleanup, so please prepare accordingly.  Please print and fill out the attached waiver, and bring it with you for each member that will be participating.  Most importantly, have a safe and FUN time cleaning our wonderful city park!

Enjoy your weekend,

Hope

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I hope everyone is having a safe and wonderful Labor Day!  Just a reminder that tomorrow evening is our Pack Open House at 7pm.  The boys will be in the Family Life Center, being led in creative activities that the Webelos decided upon, while the new parents meet in the Welcome Center with Mr. Mack Moore, Al Hadley, and the other Leaders. Please be sure to have your Scout invite all those friends who might want to join.  Open House promises to be a fun time for all.  This is a Class A Uniform event for those who have their uniform.

We do have two sign-up deadlines tomorrow evening.  The Wake Forest Football game and our Pack Trip to the Greensboro Science Museum both are due tomorrow evening.  Please see me in the Welcome Center in order to sign up for these events.

Please join us for our Pack Movie and Ice Cream Night Saturday at 6pm in the Mt. Tabor UMC Fellowship Hall.  Don’t forget to bring a friend if you can.  Parents, I will send out the link to update your Scout’s health forms in a separate email for easier access.

We will have our first den meeting of the school year, Tuesday, August 29th at 7 pm.  Please have your Scout wear their Class A Uniform.  (If they have one.). We are so excited to get the Scout Season (school year) under way!  Mt. Tabor UMC has asked that we use the basement “Scout Entrance” for our den meetings.

Parents of Lions, you will meet on Tuesday as well and discuss what to expect with the new Lion program.  You will also be discussing the best time for the boys to meet.  You will get to meet the Lion Guide, Mr. Trevor Setzer, and Mr. Mack Moore.

Wake Forest Football Sept. 16th, 3pm –  $15 per ticket  Deadline September 6th

(This event is open to friends and family)

Greensboro Science Center Sept. 23rd 9am – $11.50 each for 3-8 or anyone not       participating  in the ropes course). $35 each with ropes course.  2 and under  free.).  Deadline September 6th (friend and family event)

God and Family Course every Tuesday 6-7pm Oct. 1st-Nov. 14th (Excluding Halloween)

Parent/Son Camporee Oct. 27th – 29th – $25 per person (Scout and Parent Only Event)  Deadline TBD

Upcoming:

August 1st – Online Popcorn Sales Began

August 26th – Movie and Ice Cream Night 6 pm

August 29th – Den Meetings 7pm

September 5th – Pack Open House 7pm

September 16th – WFU Football 3pm

September 19h – Den Meeting 7pm

September 23rd – Greensboro Science Center 9am

September 26th – Pack Meeting and Popcorn Kick-off 7pm

September 29th – Door-to-door popcorn sales begin (Blitz Weekend)

October 3rd – God & Family Course 6pm

October 3rd – Den Meetings 7pm

October 7th – Big Sweep Winston Salem 9am

October 10h- God & Family Course 6pm

October 17h – God & Family 6pm

October 17th – Den Meetings

October 24th – God & Family 6pm

October 24th – Den Meetings 7 pm

October 27th-29th  – Parent/Son Camporee

October 29th – Popcorn Sale Ends

October 31st – NO MEETING

I look forward to seeing you all soon,

Hope

It’s so hard to believe it is August already.  I don’t know if everyone is having as much trouble with the time flying by as I am, but it feels like summer break just began.

We will have our annual Movie Night and Ice Cream Sundae time with a twist of Invite a Friend (or two or three) and parents can update/fill out information while the children are occupied with the movie.  That will be Saturday, August 26th at 6:00 pm, in the Fellowship Hall (dining area) at Mt. Tabor UMC.  Please just shoot me an email or text to let me know how many will be attending so we can have enough ice cream.  Also let me know if there are any allergies that would prevent your child from eating ice cream.  (I want to be sure to have enough alternatives for those who need it.)  Please make every attempt to join us.  I would like to get as many of the medical forms completed as possible on that night.  You can also go to this link at our Pack934.org website and complete Part A (1 page) and Part B (2 pages) of the health forms.  We all need to update them to ensure we have the correct information for this school year.

We will begin our den meetings on Tuesday, August 29th at 7pm.  We invite all dens, including our new Lions to come that night!  Parents of new Tigers and Lions (1st grade and Kindergarten) as well as the boys, will be learning how Cub Scouts works.  The Lion’s Guide, Mr. Trevor Seltzer and our wonderful Cub Master, Mr. Mack Moore, will be asking the parents of the Lions to make some suggestions regarding timing of the Lions meetings and such…

There are several dates in September that you may want to put on your calendar, in addition to our normal meetings.

                             Tuesday, Sept. 5th – Pack Open House 7pm (Fun and Games

                                                              led by our Webelos while Leaders and

                                                              Parents are talking.)

                             Saturday, Sept. 16th – Wake Forest Football, Scout Day 3:00                                                                      $15 each.  Deadline Sept. 6th

                             Tuesday, Sept. 19th – Den Meetings 7pm

                             Saturday, Sept. 23 – Pack Trip to Greensboro Science Center                                                                   9am (Details below) Deadline Sept. 6th

                             Tuesday, Sept. 26th – Pack Meeting 7pm / Popcorn Kick-off

The sign-up sheets for WFU Football and the Pack Trip will be available for at Movie Night.  Both of these events are open to families.  The WF game is open to friends as well.    Because the deadline for both of these events is so soon after we start back, I wanted to be sure I got the dates to you now.

The Pack Trip to Greensboro Science Center has a couple of options.  8 years of age and older may participate in the SkyWild Ropes Course.  (8 and 9 year olds MUST have an adult to participate with them.)  The cost for the ropes course and the Science Center is $35 each.  Anyone from 3-8 or anyone not participating in the course may purchase Science Center tickets for $11.50 each.  Children 2 and under are free.  We will meet beside the ticket window at 9am to enter together.

As most of you know, we sell popcorn as our BIG fundraising event.  (ONLY fundraiser for our pack for the last 2 years at least.)  While door-to-door popcorn sales start at the end of September, on-line popcorn sales usually begin the 1st of August.  (Yes, I’m a little late getting this to you.  Please forgive me.)  This is a great way to get popcorn to those who live out of town and not have to deliver it personally or ship it yourself.  If you created an on-line account last year, please use that account, but do go back and ensure the UNIT TYPE is correct.  It should say “Pack”.  Please click this link to see the special Online prizes and incentives as well as a video of how to set up your online account for those who are new or did not set one up last year.

I have updated the website at Pack934.org with the events through January for the upcoming season.  I will complete the remaining events shortly.  I just wanted to remind you all that the website is a great place to get information.  When it is time to think of work scheduling and your scout’s schedule, the website will have the information as up to date as we can keep it.

I also have a goal this year to utilize our facebook page to update you all as well as the group emails, so if you have a facebook account, please make sure you follow us.  (Only members can see our page and we have control over who our members are.)

If you made it to the end of this email, thank you so much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to learn what’s coming up in our scouting world!  I believe you should be up to date and well informed.  If you should have any questions, my number is below, you may call, text, email, facebook message, ect….

I look forward to seeing everyone soon,

Hope Pirtle

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Just a friendly reminder that Rank Advancement will begin at 6:30 pm Tuesday, May 23rd.  I would hate for anyone to miss the earlier beginning time.  We will be in the Sanctuary upstairs.  The scouts will need to be in their Class A Uniform (Full Uniform) for this special night.

Tomorrow night be the last night to sign up for Dash Tickets.  It will also be the last night we will meet to turn in the remainder of Resident Camp balance.  Please stop by the sign up table for either of those items.  I will be closing the sign-up table in time to assist with the Ceremony, but will be open after the program as well.

I look forward to seeing you all there,

Hope

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 We are looking forward to our Spring Family Camping Trip this weekend.  If you missed the previous email, we will be at Camp Raven Knob this year.  The address is 266 Raven Knob Road, Mt. Airy, NC 27030 .  It will take approximately one hour to reach the destination.  Some of this information was covered in the last email, but I am including so you can have all the info in one place.  

Suggested items to bring:

§  Chairs
§  Tent
§  Sleeping bags
§  Ear plugs
§  Pillows
§  Flashlights
§  Lantern- helpful if you have extras to bring to put around campsite
§  Toiletries
§  Shower Shoes
§  Towels
§  Sunscreen
§  Bug spray
§   Hat
§  Cup for hot drinks and water
§  Comfortable shoes and clothes

We don’t have a strict schedule for the weekend.  There will be a hike.  You can bring fishing poles if you would like to fish in the lake.  Breakfast should be around 8 am and Lights Out at 10 pm.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call, text, or email me.

I look forward to seeing you there,

Hope

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This is a reminder, there is no Cub Scout Meeting this week.  This is your last chance to sign up for Spring Family Camping if you have not done so.  We will be camping together this weekend at Camp Raven Knob, 266 Raven Knob Road

We will be pitching our tents in the Johnson Training Shelter area at the bottom the valley.  (Please click here to see the map.  Johnson Training Shelter is at the very end of the road on the left side looking at the map.)

The plan for meals is:

     Friday- bring your own dinner (or eat before you come)

     Saturday – Breakfast: Breakfast Burrito Bar (eggs, cheese, sausage, ect,,,)

                     Lunch:      Sandwiches and fruit

                     Dinner:     “Pig Pickin” (chicken for those who can’t eat pork only)

                                     baked beans, and slaw

                     Dessert:    Dutch Oven treats (Bring your favorite recipe!)

     Sunday –  Breakfast:  Muffins and Fruit

The set up and serving of each meal will be handled by the dens as follows:

     Bears – Saturday breakfast

     Wolves – Saturday lunch

     Webelos – Saturday dinner

     Tigers – Sunday breakfast

We are trying to encourage the boys to eat somewhat healthy.  You are welcome to bring a cooler with additional items for your family, but please be mindful that young boys will want whatever it is that they see you drinking or eating, so we encourage you to bring healthy items as well.

See you at camp,

Hope

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Just a reminder there will be no scouts tonight or next Tuesday.  If you have not signed up for Spring Family Camping and you would like to attend, please just let me know.  If you are not going on the Camping Trip, we will meet again, Tuesday, May 23rd for Rank Advancement.