Our February Pack meeting is our Annual Blue & Gold Banquet. This event will be held at the Fairview Firehall (Sunset Room) on Sunday, February 23rd from 3-6PM. The Pack meeting will start with our Opening Ceremony and Advancements for all Dens. Buffet dinner to follow. After dinner we will have the Arrow of Light Ceremony for our AOL Scouts followed by the Crossover Ceremony for our AOL scouts crossing over to a Troop.

Please refer to this form: http://pack843.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Blue-and-Gold-Announcement-2025.docx To purchase tickets, complete the reservation form at the bottom of the flyer and either return with a check for the proper amount made payable to “Pack 843” by mailing the form to:  Deb Whitewood 173 Greenwood Drive, Bridgeville PA 15017

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Email Deb Whitewood at whitewoodD@msn.com with the NAME and RANK of your Scout, and the number of Arrow of Light Scouts, Adults, Cub Scout or Children under 2 years of age. THEN make a payment via ZELLE to the Pack 843 Account administrated by Matt Bizzack at 724-350-2846.

This year we have five scouts crossing over to local Troops. This is a great event where the younger scouts learn about the Arrow of Light award and have exposure to local Troops. We encourage all scouts and families to join us for this event. Since there is a buffet dinner, there is a cost for this event which can be paid by cash, check (made out to Pack 843) or your scout account. If you have any questions, please email Deb Whitewood at whitewoodd@msn.com

On Sunday, December 8, Pack 843 will gather at the Oakdale Community Center for our next Pack meeting. All families are invited to come celebrate the many holidays taking place at this time of year! We’ll meet from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM, but please consider coming early to help create crafts for the pack to sell at the holiday mart at the school on Dec. 13 – 14. We’ll be there at 2:00 PM to create and build. All families are asked to bring a dish(or dishes) to share, preferably from your family’s cultures/heritage. We will have some of the usual basic items (pizza, chips, fruit, cookies) and fun activities for our scouts to keep the time festive. The Oakdale Community Center has plenty of space for you to plug in your crock pots to keep the food warm until we eat – room to plug in Crock Pots, and a microwave to reheat anything if needed. Please sign up to let us know you’re attending and what you’re bringing. Please indicate the number of people attending in the “Item Quantity” field and the item you are bringing in that field.

Sign-ups!

On Wednesday, December 11th Pack 843 will be caroling at Celebration Villa at Lakemont. We will gather at 6:15PM and sing from 6:30-7:30PM. The residents are always very appreciative of our visit, so please come if you are able. Scouts and leaders should wear Class A’s.

Please sign up in advance so we know who to expect and how many song books to print.
Sign up here: https://pack843.org/sign-ups/

The Arrow of Light Cub Scouts led an entertaining evening of Scout Skits on November 15th. All the ranks participated by performing a den song or skit. Crowd favorites were “Go Bannanas” and “Emergency Broadcast System.”

The Pack collected a variety of items to create placement bags for the Foster Love Project. These bags will be given to children entering foster care or experienceing other distressing situations. Thank you to everyone who participated.

On Sunday October 27, we’ll gather for our next Pack meeting at the Fairview Park Rotary Pavilion from 1-3 PM for a Tent or Treat and some Halloween fun! The scouts and their families can come in costume if they wish and decorate tents with the rest of their den. The pack will supply treats for the trick-or-treaters. Hope to see you there! Please sign up to let us know you’re coming to have some fall fun!

Sign-ups!

It took three tries, but Pack 843 finally was able to successfully perform the color guard duties on Sunday, September 8th at PNC Park prior to the Pirates baseball game.
A big THANK YOU to all the families who stuck it out. It was all worth it to see the smiles on these Scouts’ faces!

We have had so much fun on our Pack Family Campouts at Raccoon Creek State Park!  Our fall campout will be held September 20-22 at the Sioux B Camping site. This is a primitive camping site with vault toilets and water nearby. There is plenty of room for families to set up tents and for the Scouts to play.

On Saturday, we are going to be joining the Laurel Highland Council for its Cub Scout Fishing Derby where the Cub Scouts can fish, and work on advancement requirements such as knot tying, fire building, setting up a safe campsite, first aid, and tree & plant identification. Signup with the Laurel Highlands Council is required for the Fishing Derby event. You can follow this link to sign up: https://scoutingevent.com/527-CubFishingDerby

Our schedule will look something like this:
Friday after 4PM– arrive at camp, set up tents, families cook their dinners, kids play and parents hang out by the campfire. Lights out by 10PM for the kiddos.

Saturday morning– families cook their breakfasts, kids play
Saturday 8:30AM to 12PM – fishing derby and activities at the lake
Saturday 12PM to 1PM – lunch
Saturday 1PM to 4PM – swimming at the lake
Saturday 4PM to 7PM – dinner – tinfoil meals or dutch oven (Pack provides)
Saturday 7PM to 9:30PM – Scouts play and hang out by the fire
Saturday 10PM – Lights out for the kiddos

Sunday morning– families cook their breakfasts, kids play
We have the campsites until 3PM on Sunday. Families can choose to enjoy the amenities at the State Parks, including fishing, swimming and boating. Families choose when they would like to pack down their tents and head home.

All families will bring their own food and prepare their own meals, with the exception of the dinner on Saturday. We will have tin foil pockets for dinner that evening which adult leaders will assist the Scouts in preparing in a sanitary manner. There will be a $5/person or $20/family charge for this dinner meal. Exact payment expected at the campsite.

We understand that some Scouts and their families would prefer to not camp overnight, yet would like to join us for the activities on Saturday. We suggest meeting us at the lake no later than 8:30 AM so that you can join us for the fishing derby and activities (pack your own lunch), lake activities in the afternoon and cooking a tin foil meal for dinner at the campsite. Please wear closed toed shoes and bring a water bottle. Parents will want to bring a camp chair as well.

Here is the link to sign up for this campout: https://pack843.org/sign-ups/
(You will need to sign up both for the campout and the fishing derby.)

More information will be emailed to the participants prior to the event. If you have questions, or need equipment, please email Deb Whitewood at whitewoodd@msn.com.

On Sunday, September 22^rd we will hold our first Pack meeting of the year. We will gather from 3-5PM at the Lafayette Pavilion in Fairview Park. We will have an ice cream social, and the Scouts will be able to try out the Cub Mobiles, play Gaga Ball, and so much more! Scouts should wear their uniforms if they have them. Parents and siblings are invited to attend the Ice Cream social. Please sign up here so we can have enough ice cream: https://pack843.org/sign-ups/?sheet_id=223

*Den Meetings at South Fayette Elementary School Cafeteria/Intermediate School Cafeteria or Library, First and Third Wednesday of each month

August 2024

Aug. 28 – Sign up night 6:30 @SF Elementary School Cafeteria

September 2024

Sept. 4 – First Den Meetings

Sept. 6 – Pirates Color Guard

Sept. 18 – Den Meeting

Sept. 22 – Pack Meeting – Ice Cream Party 3:00PM Fairview Park

Sept. 28 – Cub Out – Camp Independence

October 2024

Oct. 2 – Den Meeting

Oct. 16 – Den Meeting

Oct. 27 – Pack Meeting – Tent or Treat – 1:00-3:00 PM Fairview Park Rotary Pavilion

November 2024

Nov. 6 – Den Meeting

Nov. 20 – Den Meeting

Nov. 15 – Friday Night Skit Night – 6:30 MS Auditorium

December 2024

Dec. 4 – Den Meeting

Dec. 8 – Pack Meeting – Holidays Party – 3:00-5:00 pm Oakdale Community Center

Dec. 18 – Den Meeting

January 2025

Jan. 8 – Den Meeting

Jan. 15 – Pinewood Derby build night – Oakdale Community Center

Jan. 22 – Den Meeting

Jan. 25 – Pack Meeting – Pinewood Derby – Crossroads Church

February 2025

Feb. 5 – Den Meeting

Feb. 19 – Den Meeting

Feb. 23 – Pack Meeting – Crossover – TBD

March 2025

Mar. 5 – Den Meeting

Mar. 19 – Den Meeting

Mar. TBD – Pack Meeting – Blue and Gold Celebration

April 2025

Apr. 2 – Den Meeting

Apr. 16 – Den Meeting

Apr. 27 – Pack Meeting – Bike Rally on the Montour Trail

May 2025

May 7 – Den Meeting

May 18 – Pack Meeting – Picnic – 3:00-5:00 Fairview Park Rotary Pavilion