For our pack meeting this month, we’ll be meeting at the Hendersonville Pavilion at Hendersonville Park On April 27th at 1:30 PM. Please see the location here:

https://goo.gl/maps/X7ca3GhaPi15VUtC9

The pack meeting will start at 1:30, but we’ll gather early to gather everyone’s food they collected for Scouting for Food. The pack meeting will have our usual announcements, advancements that the scouts have earned, then a discussion about bicycle safety, and then go for a ride on the nearby Montour Trail! Please make sure to bring water for the ride and if you want it afterward. After we all get back from our ride, the pack will provide an ice cream treat for everyone, so please sign up to let us know how much to get! Hope to see you there!

Please sign up here: https://pack843.org/sign-ups/?sheet_id=232

Here’s more information on the Scouting for Food collection:

Come join your friends in Pack 843 as we race against other cub scout packs in the area!  The race is on Saturday May 10 from 8:30 AM – 2:00 PM at the Settlers’ Cabin Wave Pool parking lot (https://maps.app.goo.gl/g3HZGMdXSLruB3VL6). Races include a downhill/gravity race, a slalom, a circular track with scouts pushing each other, and a distance push!  We have 2 Cubmobiles and will bring as many scouts as want to attend, but we do need a team to be able to participate!  All riders need to wear shoes and a helmet, so bring your bike helmet! Ask a leader for more information. Please see this page on the council page for more information and to sign up.

Please also sign up on the pack website at https://pack843.org/sign-ups/?sheet_id=231

On Friday, February 28, we spent the night at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium. During the night, scouts solved mysteries, encountered numerous zoo animals, and searched for clues after dark at the zoo. A great time was had by all!

On March 15, we will meet for our March Pack Meeting at the Pittsburgh Botanical Gardens in Oakdale (https://maps.app.goo.gl/rwL1gL8egLaJsJq38) to do some Geocaching. Their staff will lead us on a discussion of using technology and a program of finding caches in their garden. We’ll start with recognizing our scouts’ advancements at 9:30 AM. Then, the guided program will start at 10:00 AM and run until 11:30 AM. To cover admission to the garden, the pack will cover costs for leaders, scouts are asked to pay $5.00 and parents/siblings $10.00. Please sign up on the website here and you can pay with a check (get it to your den leader) or via Zelle.

Please see the sign up page here: http://pack843.org/sign-ups/?sheet_id=230

Please contact Jon Spink with any questions about this opportunity or to pay at jon.spink@gmail.com

Join our Pack July 11-13 at Laurel Highlands Council’s Camp Independence, for the ultimate Cub Scouting camping experience. Scouts, their leaders, and parents/guardians stay overnight two nights for three days at the camp, part of the council’s Heritage Reservation, nestled in the Laurel Highlands wilderness. The camp has many activities for the scouts to enjoy, like BB guns, archery, slingshots, climbing, hiking, swimming, fishing, boating, campfires, and more! For more information, see the council webpage for this event at: https://scoutingevent.com/527-2025CampIndependence

Camp is $275 for Scouts to spend three days and $120 for adults. Spots are still available! Please contact Jon Spink with any questions or if you’re interested at jon.spink@gmail.com

**Update!!**

Camp is expensive, we understand! The costs, as outlined earlier, are $275 for youth and $120 for adults when registered and paid by April 1. In order to help, our pack is offering a $50 campership for those scouts attending summer camp for the first time. This means, if this is your first time going to summer camp, you’ll pay $225. We are also offering $30 off for siblings attending. If you have two kids going to camp, each will have $30 of their fee covered by the pack (and our council is offering the exact same discount for siblings.) Please let me know who is interested and we’ll figure out your total. Payment can be made to the pack with a check or by Zelle.

The camp has launched a new webpage for the camp facilities:

Summer Camp

Please contact me, Jon Spink at jon.spink@gmail.com if you’re interested in attending the camp session. I’ll make sure you are registered with the pack’s slot – no need to register yourself!

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 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!

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

Join Pack 843 at Cross Creek Lake on Sunday, July 21st from 9am – 2pm for Lake and park fun!

There is a lot to do:

Playgrounds

BMX Biking Course

Hiking

Fishing

We will have plenty of supplies for fishing to help teach scouts if needed!

Scouts do not need licenses or equipment, adults need a license if they want to fish, but do not need one if they just want to watch and help.

Feel free to invite friends and other families that may be interested in scouting as well in the coming fall!

Snacks and drinks will be provided. Pack a family lunch and picnic at the pavilion we have rented!

We will be at Pavillion 3. See link to map below.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/kQUEss9tDzS9hS6M6

And for more information about the park itself:

https://www.visitwashingtoncountypa.com/listing/cross-creek-county-park/786

Please sign up at the pack website:https://pack843.org/sign-ups/?sheet_id=220