The final Pack Meeting of the year will be the Spring Picnic on Sunday, May 17th. This will be held at Fairview Park from 3 to 6 PM.
Activities will include advancement awards, crossover to the next rank, games and events. The bear dens will be doing a demonstration rocket launch.
The main course and drinks will be provided. All families are asked to bring one side dish or dessert:
Last name “A” – “L” –> Dessert
Last name “M” – “Z” –> Side Dish
Please sign up using the Website Signup Page.
Laurel Highlands Council has put together some information about the new Child Protection Legislation, and how it affects Cub Scouting. You can read about it in this link (also available on our Resources page). These new requirement will begin to affect our leaders in July, with full compliance required before we recharter in December.
Friday, April 24th we will be holding our April Pack Meeting and the Raingutter Regatta. The event will be held at the Zion Lutheran Church at 7:00 PM. We will try to begin PROMPTLY, so that we have time for the race! A few reminders:
Our charter organization, the Zion Lutheran Church, is holding their Spring clean up day this Saturday, April 25th. It starts around 9:30 Saturday morning for a few hours, or however long people can help. The more hands the better – to help with pulling weeds, doing mulch and cleaning up around the property.
Any scouts who are available Saturday morning are encourage to pitch in. Please wear your scout uniform, so that the church can see that the Pack is grateful for their sponsorship! Bring work gloves if you have them.
On Friday, June 5th (the last day of school for South Fayette), Pack 843 will be serving as 
the Honor Guard for the Washington Wild Things. Our pack will be be going onto the field at Consol Energy Park in Washington and presenting the colors for the National Anthem. Afterwards, we will have field box seats for the game.
The cost of the tickets is $11 for parents and siblings. For Pack 843 scouts, we will lower the price to $5 a ticket. All scouts MUST be in uniform to go onto the field. The game begins at 7:05, but we will need to assemble earlier (6:25) to get prepared.
Kick off your summer vacation the right way–by joining your fellow scouts on the field! Look for a sign-up sheet at the next den meeting.
The deadline to secure the early bird rates for resident camp is the end of this week, March 27, 2015. The early bird rate is $265, which represents a savings of $25. A deposit of $75 is needed to secure the early bird rate.
If you are interested in attending resident camp, please email Mark Gubinsky at mark@gubinskylaw.com or 412-860-6931.
Photos from the last Pack Meeting, featuring some visitors from the Wild World of Animals, are now posted on the Photos/Videos Gallery page. I hope everyone loved it as much as I did!
There was a boy’s winter coat left at the church after the meeting. If you’re missing a coat, please drop an email to the Cubmaster.
The Pack 843 Raingutter Regatta will be held during our April Pack Meeting. That will be at 7:00 on Friday April 24th. All the boat kits for the Raingutter Regatta have been distributed. If you did not get a boat kit yet, you should contact your den leader.
There are some new rules for this year, available on the “resources” page or directly from this link. In summary: Make the boat look like the one on the box — no box or cup sails are allowed.
Reminder — the Pack Meeting for Pack 843 is Friday, March 20th, 7:00 PM at the Zion Lutheran Church. We will be watching a presentation from the Wild World of Animals, so don’t miss it!
As a reminder, we will be accepting hoagie order forms AND payments at the Den Meeting this Wednesday, March 18th at the South Fayette Elementary school. Bring in your completed TURN-IN SHEET, along with the full payment due. Checks should be made out to “Pack 843”.
If you can’t make it Wednesday, we will also accept the hoagie forms on Friday, March 20th at the Pack Meeting (7:00 at the Zion Lutheran Church).