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.

We need scouts to help our community retire flags that are old, worn, or otherwise ready to be retired from service. This is one way that Pack 843 helps out in the community!  Please join us for the ceremony, during which we will honor and burn the flags being retired.

Wednesday May 24 at 6:30pm, Fairview Park, Lafayette Pavilion

We’ll be running this in shifts, starting at 6:30, 7:00, and 7:30, so come as you are able and not everyone will be expected to stay for the whole time. Leaders will also be on hand to help scouts work on any requirements or skills that are still needed to earn their rank.

Come join your friends in Pack 843 as we race against other cub scout packs in the area!  The race is on Saturday May 13 from 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM. 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! See a leader with any questions and sign up on the pack website at http://pack843.org/sign-ups/?sheet_id=200

Registration closes May 5.

We hope to see everybody this Friday at 6:30 in the South Fayette Elementary School gym for our March pack meeting. We’ll have awards as well as a fun Science/STEM demonstration. See you there!

The winners from our Pack’s Pinewood Derby got to race against winners from other Packs at the district competition this past weekend. Everyone showed well and some of our kids took home honors

Kellen S. was the fastest Webelo and placed 3rd overall!

Landon S. was the fastest Wolf and placed 2nd overall!

Nice work scouts!

Pack 843 is heading to the ballpark!! We will join the Washington Wild Things for some summer fun with a baseball game and sleepover at the ballpark on Saturday, June 3rd! Gates open at 6PM and game time is 7:05PM. After the game stick around to play catch, watch a movie and camp out in the outfield. 

All scouts and leaders will receive a Wild Things Scout Patch for attending.

We have multiple different ticket options for the game:

1. Overnight tickets which are $18. These include the game ticket, post-game activities, movie, sleepover, breakfast, and a scout patch (the patch is for Scouts and Leaders only).
2. Additional Tickets for anyone who is neither a Scout nor a Leader but wants to attend the game. These tickets are $10 and are just the game ticket.
3. Ticket and Patch package. These are perfect for Scouts and Leaders that want to attend the game but can’t stay overnight. They are $10 and include the game ticket as well as the scout patch (Only Scouts and Leaders can get this ticket).

Advance registration and payment are required for this event prior to May 28th.
Please sign up here: http://pack843.org/sign-ups/.

Payment can be made via cash, check or PayPal (matt.bizzack@gmail.com).

You must provide your own tent, sleeping bags and overnight items. If you need to borrow a tent or sleeping bag, let us know and we will work something out!

If you have further questions regarding this event, please contact the event coordinator,
Matt Bizzack at matt.bizzack@gmail.com.

Just a reminder that the Frontier District’s Pinewood Derby is this Saturday, March 4th. If you have Cub Scouts who will be participating, and have not already registered, please do so as soon as possible. 

Here is the link to the listing on the Council calendar with the event and registration information: https://scoutingevent.com/527-frontierpinewood

Scout Days are a celebration of scouts all across Western PA and their families and friends while enjoying a baseball game.   Participating Scouts will receive a Pittsburgh Pirates scout patch. Scouts and Troop Leaders will have the opportunity to go on the warning track at PNC Park to be recognized during a special pregame salute.

Available Scout Days:

Sunday, May 21^st 1:35pm vs. Arizona Diamondbacks.

Saturday, June 10^th 4:05pm vs. New York Mets

Sunday, August 27^th 1:35pm vs. Chicago Cubs.

Ticket Prices:

Lower Level – $30

Upper Level – $20.

Each ticket includes a donation to Scouts of America.

To purchase tickets, please visit www.pirates.com/scouts