Reminder that the Blue and Gold Banquet is this Sunday, Feb. 28th from 3:00 to 6:00 at the Fairview Fire Dept. Banquet Hall.  Scouts who have registered for the event should come in full uniform.

Don’t forget the cake contest!   Each Scout and an adult partner are challenged to bake and decorate a Scout themed cake.  Some examples are camping, achievements, activities, good deeds, etc.  There will be ribbons for 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd place.  The entire cake, including decorations, must be edible. No paper, toothpicks etc.  Only the thing it sits on doesn’t have to be edible, but that can’t be part of the decoration.   Judging will be done by our visiting Scoutmasters.

Day Camp is an opportunity for Scouts to gather and participate in some great scouting activities:  Games, nature, crafts, scout skills, and of course archery and BB-gun shooting!  Pack 843 will be attending Day Camp at Settler’s Cabin Park on June 22-24.  Camp will run from about 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM.

The cost for camp will be $60 if you register and pay before April 30th.  After that date the cost goes up to $85.  As a bonus, anyone who registers and pays at the Den Meeting this Wednesday (Feb. 24) will receive a BONUS camp T-shirt!

Parents are not required to stay with their boys each day, but our Pack is expected to provide adult supervision.  We ask each parent to volunteer one day to spend at camp with the scouts.

Stop by the front desk at the den meeting for more information, or to sign-up for camp.

The deadline to register to attend Blue and Gold is Wednesday, February 17th! If you have not sent in your registration form or mailed it in over the weekend, please EMAIL your count asap: hand.liz@gmail.com. By Thursday we need to give Fairview a count of how many to expect.

You can then send me your registration form and check. Don’t forget, if you wish to use your scout account, you will need to fill out a scout withdrawal form.

Looking forward to seeing you all there.

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Reminder — no den meetings tonight, due to scheduling conflicts at the school. The next den meeting will be on Feb 24th.

Pack 843 will be attending Resident Camp at Heritage Scout Reservation, Camp Independence, on these dates:

 Webelos (Current Bears and Webelos I’s):  July 6, 2016 – July 9, 2016

Cub Scouts (Current Tigers and Wolves):  July 9, 2016 – July 12, 2016

Cost for the camp will be $196 for cub scouts / webelos (early bird rate is $181);  $106 for parents (early bird rate is $96).  Deposit of $75 is due by March 15, 2016 to take advantage of the early bird rate.  Final payments are due by May 1, 2016.

More information will be circulated as it is provided by the District. 

 For more information in the meantime, contact:

Mark Gubinsky
mark@gubinskylaw.com
412-860-6931

Weigh-in for the cars will be held on Saturday, January 16th from 10 AM to Noon at the Oakridge Fire Hall (where we had the Holiday Party).  All cars MUST BE AT THE WEIGH-IN in order to race!  If you are not available at that date and time, please make arrangements with another scout to bring your car to the weigh in.

Help will be on hand to make last-minute adjustments to the cars, and then they will be kept until race time.  Please bring your car in a small box with some padding, so that it can be safely collected and stored.

All Pack 843 Cub Scouts and their immediate families are invited to attend this annual buffet dinner, our yearly celebration of Cub Scouting!  We will be recognizing the achievements and advancements within the Pack, as well as celebrating the Webelos II scouts crossing over into Boy Scouting.  The event takes place Sunday February 28th from 3 to 6 PM at Fairview VFD Banquet Hall.

All boys are invited to participate in the Cake Contest*.

Scouts must be in full uniform for this event.

Ticket prices are as follows:

• $14.95 for adults and non-scouts 10 years of age or older
• $7.95 for Cub/Boy Scouts (of any Pack or Troop) and children under 10 years of age
• Pack 843 Webelos II scouts and children under 3 are FREE

To purchase tickets, complete the reservation form at the bottom of this flyer and include  a check for the proper amount made payable to “Pack 843”.  Then:

• Return it by mail to: Liz Hand, Webelo 2    1099 Harding St.     Bridgeville PA 15017
• OR give it to your den leader to forward to Liz
• OR turn it in at a pack event (weigh-in, Pinewood Derby, or a den meeting)

* Cake contest details:  Each Scout and an adult partner are challenged to bake and decorate a Scout themed cake.  Some examples are camping, achievement activities, good deeds, etc.  There will be ribbons for 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd place.  The entire cake, including decorations, must be edible. No paper, toothpicks etc.  Only the thing it sits on doesn’t have to be edible but that can’t be part of the decoration.  After the competition the cakes will be served for desert so we would like as many participants as possible.  Place the Scout’s name on the underside of the cake so the competition is as anonymous as possible.  Judging will be done by the 3 Scoutmasters from the Boy Scout Troops that our Webelos II Scouts will be joining.

Is everyone hard at work on their cars?  The 2016 Pack 843 Pinewood Derby is just around the corner! Before you begin building, be sure to review the Official Pack 843 Pinewood Derby Rules (pdf)

Just like last year, you are required to use official BSA wheels and the supplied axle nails.  You car cannot exceed 5 ounces, or the dimensions posted in the rules.

Weigh-in for the cars will be held on Saturday, January 16th from 10 AM to Noon at the Oakridge Fire Hall (where we had the Holiday Party).  All cars MUST BE AT THE WEIGH-IN in order to race!  If you are not available at that date and time, please make arrangements with another scout to bring your car to the weigh in.

Races are on Saturday, January 23rd at the Zion Lutheran Church.  Times are set by den level:

10:00 AM Tigers (First Grade)
11:30 AM Wolves (Second Grade)
12:30 PM Bears (Third Grade)
2:00 PM Webelo I (Fourth Grade)
3:00 PM Webelo II (Fifth Grade)
3:30 PM Winner Race

After each race segment, there will be a Sibling’s Race.  Brothers and sisters of the scouts are invited to build a car (or borrow a car) and run race heats!

The Pack 843 Holiday Party and Carnival is this Friday, December 11th,  7:00 PM at the Oakridge Volunteer Fire Department hall.. Activities include our monthly pack meeting and advancements, holiday crafts, and the Bear’s Carnival.

Registration must be completed by Noon Thursday, so sign up NOW on the sign-up page!

If you have not paid your dues for the 2016 year, you must pay them or make arrangements before the end of the party, or you will not be rechartered with the Pack.