Get out of the house this winter at Heritage Reservation’s Cub Scout Winter Weekends! Cub Scouts and their families are invited to join us for a weekend of fun and friends. Have some with outdoor STEM activities too!

Our pack will stay in the Potomac Homes overlooking Lake Courage at Camp Independence. Cafeteria style meals are provided in our dining area at Pathfinder Lodge. Come with your personal gear and enjoy winter with its exciting program features. Choose from several weekends – each of which is open to Scouts from any Pack. Winter Weekends at Heritage Reservation are a tremendous opportunity for Cub Scouts and their families to enjoy a fun-filled day in the great outdoors while experiencing the beauty of winter.

Day passes are available for those families that wish to come up for the day and enjoy the winter fun!

Siblings welcome!

Program Features

• Shooting Sports (BB, Archery, Giant Slingshots)
• STEM Activities
• Games
• Nature Hikes
• Saturday evening campfire for Full Weekend Participants

Activities are subject to change. Should there be sufficient snow, some activities may be switched out for sledding and/or snowshoeing.  All needed equipment is provided. 

Our council’s camp is in the Laurel Highlands at:

Camp Independence

300 Heritage Rd

Farmington, Pennsylvania 15437

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gpbhkQYhn5Kbsti89

The cost is $130 per person for the full weekend. Day passes are available to come up on Saturday for $40 for youth and $20 for adults.

Please reach out to Jon Spink at jon.spink@gmail.com with any questions and to pay for your spot and ensure that medical forms and adult clearances are in order.

All participants will need to complete health forms, parts A and B:

https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/HealthSafety/pdf/680-001_AB.pdf

Here’s a packing list for the weekend:

https://scoutingevent.com/Download/52724317/OR/WW_Packing_List.pdf

Our pack has a table at the school holiday market on December 8 from 4:00 – 8:00 and December 9 from 10:00 – 2:00. Please sign up to volunteer at the table for an hour to help sell the crafts we have made.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040E4AADA72CA0FB6-46044782-holiday#/

Happy Holidays!

All of our scouts and the families are invited to join our December pack meeting, the Holiday Party!  We will have a pot luck style meal and activities planned by the Bears. This will be Friday, December 15, at 6:30pm in the Elementary School cafeteria.  PLEASE sign up on the sign up sheet and note what you will be bringing!  Please note the number of attendees under the ‘Item Quantity’. We encourage families to bring any unique or special family/cultural recipes!  Because of this, we are not assigning anyone a type of dish to bring – so bring something to share with our fellow scouts!

The signup sheet is here:

Please sign up to come out and help the Pack make crafts on Nov. 29 from 6-8. We will meet at the South Fayette Fire Station on Millers Run Rd. The address is: 661 Millers Run Rd, Cuddy, PA 15031

https://maps.app.goo.gl/NPWfgRyeqqkQBFb69

We have a table at the school holiday mart this year, to show that we are a part of the community and to sell crafts for students to buy for their families and friends. Please come out and help the pack and help out the school that does so much for us!
The sign up sheet is here:
https://pack843.org/sign-ups/?sheet_id=207

Thanks for coming out and having fun at our monthly Pack meeting and Tent or Treat. The scouts received their advancements they have been earning with their dens and got to make a pumpkin craft, set up and decorate a tent, and go trick or treating! And the rain didn’t deter us!

Our October Pack Meeting will be held at the Rotary Pavilion in Fairview Park on October 29th from 1-3PM. Dens will gather at 1PM to build and decorate their tents, then the Scouts will parade through the tents collecting candy provided by the Pack. Scouts can have fun doing a pumpkin craft. Scouts and siblings are invited to wear a costume to this event.

In addition to Tent and Treat, 2024 dues will be collected so parents and guardians of returning Scouts, don’t forget your checkbook to renew your scout’s membership for this year. Once your Scout’s dues are paid, they will receive their Pinewood Derby kit. The Pinewood Derby will be held in January, so get your kit early so you have plenty of time to work on it. Please note, it you have a new Scout who just signed up in September or October, you will only owe us the Pack fee, as you have already paid your national and council fees with your application, so please remember to pick up your Scout’s Pinewood Derby car at this Pack Meeting.

Please sign up with scouts and siblings planning on attending so we have an estimate of how many will attend. We ask that you volunteer to bring a package of non-candy treats, trinkets, or drinks. Please also sign up with what treats you will be contributing. The sign up page is https://pack843.org/sign-ups/?sheet_id=206

The Cub-Out is the 2023 Cub Scout Event for all new and existing Cub Scouts in the Laurel Highlands Council.  The event will take place at Camp Independence, Heritage Scout Reservation on Saturday, September 30^th.  Cub Scouts and their families will participate in several different stations throughout the day, including fishing, shooting sports, nature, crafts, rocket launches, a Lego Pinewood Derby and so much more!

Registration begins at 9:00 AM.  Program stations run from 9:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M.  Families can purchase lunch at the event for a small fee, or may bring their own lunch.  New Scouting Parents will have the opportunity to learn more about Scouting during lunch in the Independence dining hall.  This day offers fun for the whole family!    

Please register with the council at

https://scoutingevent.com/527-73035-179607

Please also sign up on our page, so I can coordinate everyone participating with our pack: Pack Signup

Last night, the scouts from our pack joined with many others from our council to enjoy a night at the ballpark! We saw the Washington Wild Things win the game and then got to sleepover on the field at the stadium. We didn’t get much sleep, but had a great time! I hope everyone can come join us for this event next year!

Thanks to everyone for coming out for our May pack meeting yesterday. We had great weather for a fantastic picnic to wrap up the scouting year. We had advancements that the scouts earned, picnic food, and played games. We had a great time!

Thank you so much to all those who participated in our pack’s Scouting for Food collection! The pack collected 8 boxes of food and baby diapers totaling 140 pounds of donations for the Bridgeville Area Community Food Bank. This made for a great help to our community.