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

Join us in 2023 at Camp Independence!

Step into the Past: Mission to Mesozoic

Explore the lost world of dinosaurs and help our intrepid adventurers find their way home! 

Join our Pack July 14-16 at Laurel Highlands Council’s Camp Independence, for the ultimate Cub Scouting camping experience. Scouts, their leaders, and parents/guardians stay overnight 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, climbing, hiking, swimming, fishing, boating, campfires, and more! And the Webelos get the option of staying an extra day through the 17 for more fun!

Camp is $240 for Scouts to spend three days and $105 for adults when paid by 4/1 and $320 for the four day (extra day for Webelos) and $140 for adults.

Please contact Jon Spink with any questions or if you’re interested at jon.spink@gmail.com

Last weekend Feb. 3-5, 8 scouts and 7 adults went to the Council’s camp Camp Independence for a great and cold weekend of fun with hiking, slingshots, fire branding and other lumberjack games, and plenty of good times as a group. Come join us next year!