Over 30 scouts and their family members attended the Pack meeting on a rainy and windy November Sunday. Despite the weather we enjoyed sharing our Den skits, receiving advancements and participating in a service project. The Pack created transition bags for children entering foster care. The bags contain essential items that a child would need their first night in foster care. The bags will be taken to the Foster Love Project in Dormont which will distribute them to foster care agencies in the greater Pittsburgh region.

Every Scout in Den 13 has now achieved their Bear Rank. Congratulations!!

Over 30 Scouts and their families attended the October Pack meeting on Sunday, October 25th. They enjoyed an afternoon of socializing, decorating their Den’s tent and painting pumpkins. The highlight of the afternoon was Tent & Treating around the decorated tents to receive candy from Den leaders and parent volunteers. Thanks to all of the families who attended and made this afternoon so enjoyable and fun!

Cub Scouts Popcorn Fundraiser is available on the Trail’s End App

Trail’s End Popcorn is our main fund-raising source that helps our Pack do all that we do. This allows the Pack to pay for books, advancements, pinewood derby cars, rain gutter regatta boats and park pavilions for pack meetings, just to name a few. Did you know, in addition to popcorn for sale, there is also chocolate for sale?   And…the Scouts can also be supported with a donation to the American Heroes fund.

IT PAYS TO SELL!!!

We are asking all scouts to sell an amount of $425 of popcorn.  This will greatly aid the Pack as well as your individual Scout. If your scout sells $425 in popcorn, the profit earned would pay for their dues for next year. Dues for 2021 will need to be paid late November 2020. If your popcorn sales are $425 or greater, then you will not owe any money at this time. Your Scout can also use the funds raised to pay for Resident Camp, Day Camp, or even reimbursements for uniforms and items purchased at the Scout Shop.

Please note: All sales must be entered into the Trail’s End app for your scout and our Pack to receive credit. To set up your Trail’s End account and start selling popcorn, follow the directions below.

TRAILS END APP for Popcorn Sales

Download the app from the App Store or from Google Play.
Click Register and follow the prompts to set up your account.
When setting up your account, please make sure you have chosen the following:

Council = Laurel Highlands

District = Frontier

Unit = Pack 843

There are two ways to participate in the fundraising sales:

• Your scout can do Door-to-door sales with a parent or another scout.  
• We have online sales (no shipping cost for orders over $30) – This is great for family members that live far away, but can also be used for neighborhood sales.

Scouts MUST be in uniform to sell popcorn if they choose to sell door to door. 

To make an online sale:

1. On the bottom of the app…click “ONLINE”
2. Click “Start Sale”
3. Tap the item your customer wants to buy to increase the quantity.
4. Click “CHECKOUT”
5. You can now either share the order with your customer so that they can pay on their own device, or enter their payment information in manually.
   To share, click the backwards arrow with three dots to share via mobile number.
   To enter manually…enter name, email, phone, shipping address, city, state & zip code…then hit checkout. Then enter the customer’s credit card information, zip code and 3 digit security code.
6. The customer will receive an email about their order, as well as one when the order ships. Their order will be shipped directly to the customer.

PLEASE NOTE:  We are encouraging customers to use their own credit card to pay for their order. However, if a customer wants to pay cash/check, you must have them make the check out to you.
You will then have to enter their order into the Trail’s End app, including their address, but use your credit card to pay for their ordered items.

TRAILS END TRAINING          
Trail’sEnd offers some training videos in their app.  Go to the collapsible side menu, click Training to view resources from Trail’s End.  From training videos to door hangars, to business card templates, this page has it all!

If you need assistance, feel free to contact Barbara Reese at harbie1@yahoo.com  
or call/text to 412-508-0771.

Our monthly Pack meeting will be held on Sunday, October 25th at the large pavilion at Fairview Park from 1:00 to 3:00PM. We will paint pumpkins and have a Tent & Treat. Wear your not too scary costume. Advancements will be awarded to the Scouts as well.

Almost 20 families gathered for our monthly Advancement Ceremony.
The ice cream social was a hit as well. Thanks to all the parents and families for attending with their Scouts.

We had our second Pack Family Campout over the weekend of September 11-13. It was a grand success! We camped, hiked, fished, kayaked, played and swam at Raccoon Creek State Park over the lovely weekend. The Scouts and their families cooked their own French Bread Pizza dinner and explored Dutch Oven cooking with some delicious deserts.

We can’t wait for spring so we can go camping again!!

We will be having our Den Meetings at the large pavilion at Fairview Park on Wednesday, 9/23. Meetings will start at 6:30pm (unless you received other instructions from your Den Leader).

Scouts and family members attending need to bring:

• Chair
• Mask
• Water bottle
• Jacket (evenings can be cool)

Your Den Leader may also request items a scout may need if they are working on requirements (example: backpack with items a scout should have if they are going for a hike).

Your Den Leader may also have meetings at other locations if it is needed for the requirement. Example: A visit to a fire station. Your Leader will communicate to scout parents in their den if that would occur.

If you have any questions, please reach out to your Den Leader.

Fairview Park Rotary Pavilion, 6:30-8 PM

Our monthly Pack meeting will be held on Friday, September 25th at Fairview Park Rotary Pavilion from 6:30 to 8:00PM. We will have an Ice Cream Social with single servings of ice cream and toppings distributed by Scout Leaders. Advancements will be awarded to the Scouts as well.

Please note, the playground will be off limits to Scouts during the Pack meeting. This is to ensure the Scouts are focused and to prevent unattended play. Please bring a camp chair and a mask for all participants. This will be great opportunity for everyone to meet our new scouts and their families. We hope to see you there!

We will be having our Den Meetings at Fairview Park on Wednesday, 9/15. Meetings will start at 6:30pm (unless you received other instructions from your Den Leader).

Scouts and family members attending need to bring:

• Chair
• Mask
• Water bottle
• Jacket (evenings can be cool)

Your Den Leader may also request items a scout may need if they are working on requirements (example: backpack with items a scout should have if they are going for a hike).

Your Den Leader may also have meetings at other locations if it is needed for the requirement. Example: A visit to a fire station. Your Leader will communicate to scout parents in their den if that would occur.

If you have any questions, please reach out to your Den Leader.

Wedenday, 9/10, will be our first in-person den meeting since March. Our meetings for this fall will be held outside at the large pavilion at Fairview Park and will start at 6:30 (unless otherwise communicated by Den leader). We will be using the areas around the pavilion as well as the pavilion. We will not have access to the kitchen area. Please remind the scouts & parents to:

• bring chair(s) – Pavilion will be used for New Scout sign-ups
• water bottles – we will not have access to water at the park
• wear masks – MASK ARE REQUIRED for scout activities – even outside activies

Also, this weekend, 9/11 – 9/13, we be having another Family Pack Camping Weekend at Raccoon State Park. Please sign-up on our website sign-up sheet AND contact Deb Whitewood (email: whitewoodd@msn.com) to make sure she has all the information needed for this weekends activities.