Pack 843 Pinewood Derby will be held on Saturday, January 23rd at Crossroad Church on Boyce Road across from Ardolino’s Pizzeria. Weigh in will occur on Friday, January 22nd from 6:30 – 8:00 PM. You will be required to leave your car for the races on Saturday. Races on Saturday will be by rank so we have small groups in the church. Masks must be worn at all times. Also new this year, a team of parent volunteers will be handling the cars between races. We are asking for all scouts to sign-up in advance so we can create a schedule that will allow enough time between ranks to wipe down common areas. Please sign up here prior to January 21st. https://pack843.org/sign-ups/?sheet_id=164
** if you still need your Pinewood Derby car, contact Karen Billingham at karen10903@gmail.com
There is no better way to get into the Christmas spirit than to start of the holiday season with us at Camp Guyasuta!
Activities:
Ride through our display
Crafts
Games
Bonfire
Concessions
Writing letters to Santa
Pictures with Santa!
Camp Trading Post will be open and there will be food for sale.
Advance tickets can be purchased online. $10.00 per person Now until November 25 Wristbands will be mailed to you. Register here: https://scoutingevent.com/527-2020christmasguyasuta
Pre-purchased Wristbands will be mailed until November 20, 2020. Then they can be picked up at Camp Guyasuta before Wednesday, November 25 or on Saturday, November 28 at the event.
AOL Scouts hold the transition bags that the Pack created for children entering foster care. The bags will be delivered to the Foster Love Project in Dormont, PA.
Over 30 scouts and their family members attended the Pack meeting on a rainy and windy November Sunday. Despite the weather we enjoyed sharing our Den skits, receiving advancements and participating in a service project. The Pack created transition bags for children entering foster care. The bags contain essential items that a child would need their first night in foster care. The bags will be taken to the Foster Love Project in Dormont which will distribute them to foster care agencies in the greater Pittsburgh region.
Bear Den Advancements
Every Scout in Den 13 has now achieved their Bear Rank. Congratulations!!
Wolves Zooming from their meeting.
Webelos performing Penguin Soup
Bear Den 13 performing Not Enough Parachutes
Landon Whitewood in Den 14’s version of The Viper is Coming!
Over 30 Scouts and their families attended the October Pack meeting on Sunday, October 25th. They enjoyed an afternoon of socializing, decorating their Den’s tent and painting pumpkins. The highlight of the afternoon was Tent & Treating around the decorated tents to receive candy from Den leaders and parent volunteers. Thanks to all of the families who attended and made this afternoon so enjoyable and fun!
Lions receiving their advancements.
The Tigers were excited to show off their costumes and get their advancements.
Den 7 & 8 receiving their advancements.
The scary Den 14 members!
Den 13 had quite a showing in advancements. Landon received his Bear Rank.
The Webelos receiving their advancements.
The AOL’s and Christian receiving their advancements.
Tent and Treat!
AOL tent with Den Leader, Karen Christoff.
Webelos tent with Den Leader Scott Crull.
Bear Den 13 Tent
Solve the riddle to receive your pumpkin.
Tigers painting pumpkins.
As part of a service project, the Scouts colored Scouting pictures to put in the Foster Love Project placement bags next month.
Cub
Scouts Popcorn Fundraiser is available on the Trail’s End App
Trail’s
End Popcorn is our main fund-raising source 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. Did you know, in addition to popcorn for sale, there is also chocolate for
sale? And…the Scouts can also be supported with a
donation to the American Heroes fund.
IT PAYS TO SELL!!!
We are asking all scouts to sell an amount of $425 of popcorn. This will greatly aid the Pack as well as your individual Scout. If your scout sells $425 in popcorn, the profit earned would pay for their dues for next year. Dues for 2021 will need to be paid late November 2020. If your popcorn sales are $425 or greater, then you will not owe any money at this time. Your Scout can also use the funds raised to pay for Resident Camp, Day Camp, or even reimbursements for uniforms and items purchased at the Scout Shop.
Landon Whitewood selling popcorn at the 2019 Chili Cookoff.
Please note: All sales must be entered into the Trail’s End app for your scout and our Pack to receive credit. To set up your Trail’s End account and start selling popcorn, follow the directions below.
TRAILS
END APP for Popcorn Sales
Download the app from the App Store or from Google Play. Click Register and follow the prompts to set up your account. When setting up your account, please make sure you have chosen the following:
Council = Laurel Highlands
District = Frontier
Unit = Pack 843
There
are two ways to participate in the fundraising sales:
Your
scout can do Door-to-door sales with a parent or another scout.
We
have online sales (no shipping cost for orders over $30) – This is great for
family members that live far away, but can also be used for neighborhood sales.
Scouts MUST be in uniform to sell popcorn if
they choose to sell door to door.
To make an online sale:
On
the bottom of the app…click “ONLINE”
Click
“Start Sale”
Tap
the item your customer wants to buy to increase the quantity.
Click
“CHECKOUT”
You
can now either share the order with your customer so that they can pay on their
own device, or enter their payment information in manually.
To share, click the backwards arrow with three dots to share via mobile number.
To enter manually…enter name, email, phone, shipping address, city, state &
zip code…then hit checkout. Then enter the customer’s credit card information,
zip code and 3 digit security code.
The
customer will receive an email about their order, as well as one when the order
ships. Their order will be shipped directly to the customer.
PLEASE NOTE: We are encouraging customers to use their own
credit card to pay for their order. However, if a customer wants to pay cash/check,
you must have them make the check out to you.
You will then have to enter their order into the Trail’s End app, including
their address, but use your credit card to pay for their ordered items.
TRAILS END TRAINING Trail’sEnd offers some training videos in their app. Go to the collapsible side menu, click Training to view resources from Trail’s End. From training videos to door hangars, to business card templates, this page has it all!
If you need assistance, feel free to contact Barbara Reese at harbie1@yahoo.com or call/text to 412-508-0771.
Our monthly Pack meeting will be held on Sunday, October 25th at the large pavilion at Fairview Park from 1:00 to 3:00PM. We will paint pumpkins and have a Tent & Treat. Wear your not too scary costume. Advancements will be awarded to the Scouts as well.
Almost 20 families gathered for our monthly Advancement Ceremony. The ice cream social was a hit as well. Thanks to all the parents and families for attending with their Scouts.
Proud Bears receiving their advancements. The Tigers were excited to receive their belt loop advancements.
We had our second Pack Family Campout over the weekend of September 11-13. It was a grand success! We camped, hiked, fished, kayaked, played and swam at Raccoon Creek State Park over the lovely weekend. The Scouts and their families cooked their own French Bread Pizza dinner and explored Dutch Oven cooking with some delicious deserts.
We can’t wait for spring so we can go camping again!!
