This event is on Saturday, September 28 from 10am – 4pm, at the Pittsburgh Zoo,,,please click here to register. If you joined our Pack in August or September this year, your scout’s registration is FREE.
Learn about the many animals including 22 threatened and endangered species
Special scavenger hunt with the Science in Scouting Theme
Attend meet the Keeper session and special feedings
Scouts MUST be in uniform. Scouts work in 1-hour blocks, 2 scouts per block. If your scout has not worked a prior sale, you may sign up at any time.
If you have worked hours from prior show-n-sells this year, please wait until Thursday prior to the sale weekend to sign up for hours. We have over 100 scouts and this will allow others a chance to sign up. You are allowed a maximum signup of 2 blocks per scout per weekend until Friday prior to event.
On Friday, prior to event weekend, you may sign up for more hours. However, remember the kids have to stand and sell for the hours they signed up for and more than 2 hours at a time my be difficult for most kids. If you are unable to work the time slot you signed up for, you must notify the popcorn kernel.
If you are signing up for the first hour of the sale, plan to pickup popcorn, table and money box from Popcorn Kernel’s house and setup. If you are signing up for the last hour, plan to take down our setup and return all unsold popcorn, table and money box to Popcorn Kernel’s house.
We have a popcorn signup sheet with available shifts for this Sunday. Each shift is 1 hour long. You are allowed to sign up for 2 shifts per scout per day. However, if shifts are still available on Friday morning, please feel free to sign up for more shifts. We need at least 1 scout per shift but would prefer 2 scouts per shift. Link to sign-up sheet. If you are opening or closing for any show-n-sell, you will be responsible for setting up or closing the show-n-sell. Opening means you will need to pick up the popcorn, table and money box at my house. Closing means you will be responsible to returning money, table and all remaining popcorn to my house.
Being the third Wednesday of the month we will be having our den meetings at the school at 6:30pm (elementary school for K-2nd grade or intermediate school for 3rd-5th grade) unless told otherwise by your den leader.
Friday September 20th is the first pack meeting of the school year. It will be at Cecil Park at the large pavilion near the tennis courts starting at 7pm. We will start with opening ceremony followed by awards ceremony. We will also have popcorn tasting and meet the new scouts. Scouts should come in uniform.
Popcorn update: We have had several show-n-sells so far and will soon be posting another sign-up. If you have ideas for new locations, please let the Cubmaster know. We are also looking for individuals to organize show-n-deliver sales in neighborhoods for scouts to do wagon sales on a Saturday morning.
I just placed signup sheet on our site for THIS SUNDAY, 9/15, for another Show-n-Sell at Giant Eagle in Robinson. We also STILL have available time THIS Saturday, 9/14. This is a great way to earn money (and prizes) for you scout. If you sell $425 of popcorn then your dues will be covered for next year! SIGN-UP NOW by clicking here.
There is a new app this year for popcorn (trails end). There is also training for parents – app.trail-end.com. Please take a few moments to put this app on your phone and watch the training video.
Trail’s End Popcorn is our main fund raising event that helps our Pack do all that we do. This allows the Pack to pay for books, advancements, pinewood derby cars, rain gutter regatta boats and park pavilions for pack meetings, just to name a few.. There are several ways to participate in popcorn sales:.
This coming weekend we have a Show-n-Sell at Giant Eagle in Robinson – link for sign-up sheet. The Pack has one door for sales. The signup sheet is on our website. I am working on a few more sites in the coming few weeks. Scouts MUST be in uniform to sell popcorn.
We are asking all scouts to sell an amount of $425 of popcorn. If your scout sells $425 in popcorn, the profit earned would pay for their dues for next year – no money for dues would have to come out of your pocket. IT PAYS TO SELL POPCORN! Scout profit after dues paid will go to their scout account and funds in their scout account can be used for any event (example: Pirate Game) or purchase (uniform, camping gear) related to scouts.
***IMPORTANT *** If you opt NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE POPCORN FUNDRAISING for the Pack, we will require an additional $40 in November when we collect the Dues for 2020.
OUR NEXT DEN MEETING IS ON WEDNESDAY, SEPT 18.
OUR FIRST PACK MEETING IS ON FRIDAY, SEPT 20.
If you are in K – 2nd Grade, your Den Meeting will be at the Elementary School. If you are in 3rd – 5th Grade, your Den meeting will be at the Intermediate School. Den Leaders will need to Review the Rules of the classroom with their scouts and provide a signed copy of the Rules to the Cubmaster before the end of the evening.
If you are a new scout, please make sure you are at the school at 6:30 this evening. You will receive your scout book, Pack 843 patch and find out your Den number.
If you have any questions, please text the Cubmaster at 412-780-9757.
Our first weekend for Popcorn Show-n-Sell is this weekend at Lowe’s in Robinson – you still have time to sign up. I just posted hours for next Sunday for Lowe’s in Robinson. Reminder, you can sign up for 2 hours for every weekend. HOWEVER, IF there are slots available on Wednesday then you can sign up as many hours as you would like.
Scouts must be in Class A uniform – Blue scout shirt, neckerchief, slide and belt. If your Scout is a Lion, Class A uniform is a Blue Cub Scout T-Shirt. Click here to get to sign up sheets.
Our first weekend for Popcorn Show-n-Sell is this weekend at Lowe’s in Robinson. Popcorn Show-n-Sell locations are hard to get this year. If you are interested in selling, sign up for this weekend.
Reminder, you can sign up for 2 hours for every weekend. HOWEVER, IF there are slots available on Wednesday then you can sign up as many hours as you would like.
I will be out of town this weekend and will need parents to be responsible to get the popcorn set up and taken down. I am looking for more locations for future weekends and would welcome help locating places that will allow us to have a popcorn show-n-sell.
Click here to get to sign up sheets.
We have a booth at South Fayette Community Day’s event this Saturday. We still need a few volunteers in the afternoon. I will be there in the morning to set up but have family in from out of town. Volunteers need to make sure the kids are safely using the Nerf Guns. Parents will just need to hand out information and answer questions about our Pack and Scouts (some questions you may be asked… Do we allow girls in our Pack? When do you meet? What activities does the Pack do? How do I sign up?).
If you signed up to help, THANK YOU! IF you are able to give an hour to help, please sign up on the sheet so we know who will be manning the booth. We need at LEAST 1 Adult and 1 Scout for each hour. Helps to have 2 when possible.