Apologies to all of you but we have heard from Crossroads Church and the date will need to be moved to 2/1 for the Derby race. Which means we will be moving the weigh-in date to evening of 1/31. We thought we had the our choice of the last two weekends of this month but were not able to secure the church location until 1/31 & 2/1. I will have cars available at the elementary school this evening if you have not picked up your car yet. Specific times for race will be sent shortly.

Pinewood Derby is postponed and tentatively planned for January 24-25 pending confirmation of the venue’s availability. This year the venue has changed to Crossroads Church 1120 Boyce Rd, Upper St Clair, PA 15241. Derby setup will remain unchanged from years prior with weigh-in Friday night and racing on Saturday, expect more information and confirmation of date later this week.

Den Meetings begin again this week. Unless your den leader has communicated a different meeting time/location, plan on Wednesday 6:30 at your respective South Fayette school.

Reminder that Hoagie sales are ongoing for those looking for a way to earn money for their scout accounts. Orders must be placed by the Wednesday, January 22 meeting. To print forms, see December 19th email or contact Caterina Massimino @ wmassiminobsa@yahoo.com or 412-498-5540. Any orders must be picked up at the Feb 5th den meeting at the elementary school.

Caroling will be on THURSDAY, December 19^th at Country Meadows – Please be there at 6:30pm.  We only have a few signed up. It would be great if we could get a few more scouts! please click here to sign-up. 

Hoagie sale order forms are now available (listed below) I will have them at Country Meadows this evening. Orders forms can be turn in at the Pinewood Derby weigh-in on Friday, January 17th, or at the Elementary School (cubmaster desk) during your Den meeting on Wednesday, January 22nd. Hoagies will be delivered to the Elementary School on Wednesday, February 5th.

Reminder – Holiday Party Pack meeting is from 3:00 – 6:00pm today at South Fayette INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL Cafeteria. We are also finalizing our Re-Charter paperwork tonight. IF you haven’t paid your dues for 2020, you will have 1 last chance during today’s Holiday Party. After tonight, if you wish to continue with scouts and you haven’t paid your dues, you will need to fill out another application and pay dues before attending any scout activities in 2020. Hope to see you at the party!

Also, you should all be working on your Pinewood Derby Cars. Race Day will be here in about a month!

If you have not yet paid your dues for 2020, please contact your Den leader.  We are working on the recharter documents this week.  Failure to pay dues before we file our paperwork will result in your scout being dropped from our roster during the recharter process. At that point, in order to continue after we file our documents, you will need to fill out another application and pay dues for 2020.

December Pack meeting is on Sunday, 12/15 from 3:00 – 6:00pm at the INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL Cafeteria.  Please click here to sign up. Scouts are asked to bring the following:

• Lions/Tigers – side dishes- salads, beans, potato salad, pasta, noodles, rice, veggie tray etc 
• Wolves/Bears- snacks- assorted, assorted chips, dips, cubed cheese, pretzels, sliced summer sausage, buffalo chicken dip, etc 
• Webelos/AOL- desserts- cupcakes, cookies, candy, fruit, chocolates, etc 

Caroling will be on THURSDAY, December 19^th at Country Meadows.  However, Dens 12 & 14 will have a different night and different location (please see email from Den Leaders).  Country Meadow can only have 20 scouts so please click here to sign-up.  We are still working on another location for caroling.  If you have any ideas, please text Karen at 412-780-9757.  There will be no regular scheduled Den meetings on Wednesday, 12/18.

Reminders: Den meetings tonight at the school unless your Den leader has communicated otherwise.  Also, DUES for 2020 need to be paid tonight.  When you pay your dues, you will receive your derby car.  If your Den will not be at school this evening and you cannot stop by the school to drop off your payment then you MUST drop off your payment to me by this Saturday (12/7).   We have the deadline complete the Pack recharter paperwork in the next week and dues have to be paid in order for us to include your scout on the Pack roster for next year.  Dues paid will cover scout dues for entire 2020 calendar.  If you have any questions, please text me at 412-780-9757 . 

Items need to for stockings need to be in individual size packages so they can easily fit into stockings. (Example: nuts need to be in individual serving packets, not one large can.) Also, items cannot contain chocolate, as chocolate may melt.

If you have any questions, please ask your den leader. All items should be dropped this evening if possible. Unable to have the items at the school this evening? You can drop them off at 7022 Clubview Drive. Bridgeville NO LATER than Sunday, 11/24.

• Ideas: Individually wrapped and packaged- no bags, no chocolate, no pork products
• Instant Drink Mixes
• Energy Bars
• Granola Bars
• Beef Jerky
• Franks Red Hot
• Tabasco Sauce
• graham crackers
• regular crackers
• cookies
• GUM
• non-chocolate candy
• nuts
• trail mix
• dried fruit
• shampoo
• body wash
• deodorant
• baby wipes
• tooth paste
• dental floss
• hand sanitizer
• Lip Balm
• Vicks
• Eye Drops
• Entertainment- Crossword, word search, magazines, playing cards

If you have this evening free, it is worth your time to see this event.  It will be on Tuesday, November 19 at 7:00pm.  This event will be at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall.  Great Event for Scouts and Families!  This year the event will be on Stardust musings and Memories

This is a FREE event and will include a series of engaging and intriguing demonstrations specifically designed to educate the audience about the transition from the Big Bang to stars to stardust, to cosmic dust, to atoms! Audience volunteers will become part of David D’Emilio’s rocket launch crews, hydrogen and oxygen balloons will explode to make water and the connection between stardust and colorful fireworks will be explained using prisms and diffraction gratings.  David D’Emilio is a veteran chemical demonstration expert at the University of Pittsburgh Chemistry Department.  This is a great event for every age.

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Our NOVEMBER PACK MEETING is this Friday, 11/15, at the South Fayette Middle School Auditorium. We will have opening ceremony at 7:00pm followed by awards ceremony. This will be followed by the Dens performing skit(s) or other presentations for the audience. During this time, I will be at the back of the auditorium collecting dues for 2020. Dues paid in August – October for the new scouts covered dues through the end of the 2019 year. Dues for the year 2020 are $160 per scout (reduced fee of $140 if you have a volunteer position that was mentioned at our October Pack meeting). We still have open positions for anyone interested in volunteering for a position. It is not to late to get reduced rates. If you sold popcorn, you should receive an email today letting you know what your dues are (if any) after your popcorn sales. When your dues are paid your scout will receive a pinewood derby car kit. Our pinewood derby race in in January.

POPCORN PICKUP this Saturday morning – If you have a popcorn order that has not been filled and picked up previously, your popcorn order will need to be picked up on Saturday, 11/16, between 9am – 11:30am at the Popcorn Kernel’s house – 7022 Clubview Drive, Bridgeville. If you are unable to pick up your popcorn during this time, please text the popcorn kernel at 412-780-9757 for other options.

Again this year, we will be collecting items to fill stockings to send to our soldiers overseas. Last year we collected enough items to fill 25 stockings. If possible, we would like to do more this year. If you would like to participate, the list of items needed are listed below. Simply purchase any of the items and bring the items to our Pack meeting on Friday or to your Den meeting on Wedneday, November 20th. Items need to be individual size packages and should easily fit in stockings. (Example: nuts need to be in individual serving packets, not one large can.) Also, items cannot contain chocolate, as chocolate may melt.

If you have any questions, please ask your den leader. All items need to be dropped off no later than our November 20th Den meeting.

• Ideas: Individually wrapped and packaged- no bags, no chocolate, no pork products
• Instant Drink Mixes
• Energy Bars
• Granola Bars
• Beef Jerky
• Franks Red Hot
• Tabasco Sauce
• graham crackers
• regular crackers
• cookies
• GUM
• non-chocolate candy
• nuts
• trail mix
• dried fruit
• shampoo
• body wash
• deodorant
• baby wipes
• tooth paste
• dental floss
• hand sanitizer
• Lip Balm
• Vicks
• Eye Drops
• Entertainment- Crossword, word search, magazines, playing cards