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:. 

• We have Show-n-Sells (where we stand in front of a store, like LOWE’S, and have our table with popcorn and sell).  Show-n-Sell hours will earn an hourly rate based on sales and donations. Last year the hourly rate was about $45/hour for sales with additional $20/hour for donations.
• Your scout can do Door-to-door sales with a parent or another scout.  
• We have online sales (no shipping cost this year) – great for family members that live far away
• We would like to do some organized neighborhood selling if possible – will be asking for ideas and help organizing. 

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.

Popcorn Sign-ups still available for this Sunday and next week sheet is now posted and ready for you to sign up!

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.

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.

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.

Pack 843 will be running a booth at the South Fayette Community Days on Saturday, August 24th,  The event runs from 11 to 5 at Fairview Park.  We want to get as many scouts there IN UNIFORM as we can, to help show the community our involvement, and to recruit your friends to join our Pack!

Scouts, please register on the sign-ups page for a two hour time slot.  We’d like to have at least 2 scouts there at all times, but if there are more, that’s okay! We will have flyers to hand out to potential new scouts!

At the event we will have Nerf Gun target game. Scouts will need to run the game and make sure we practice safe target shooting. We also need scouts to talk about all the fun adventures they experience at scouts.  Sign up now to join in the fun!

We are trying a Pack 843 Swim Day end of summer event this year. Event will be on August 17th at Scott Township Pool (address: 301 Lindsay Rd., Carnegie, PA).. Pool Hours are 11:00am – 7:00pm. Come for a few hours or all day. There is a sign-up sheet for those wishing to participate. Pool prices: Adults is $6.00, Children $5.00. Families can bring snacks and drinks. There is also a concession stand at the pool. Please click here to sign up if you are interested. We need to give the Pool manager a rough count by August 7th,

If you would like to attend the Pirates Game on July 22, 2019, please CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP.  Sign up Deadline is THIS SUNDAY, June 9th. If you originally signed up for the June game that had to be reschedule, you must sign up on the new list for the July 22nd game.  We need to place a final order for tickets. 

If you have any questions or need any other information, please contact Mel Melville at melmelville@verizon.net.  Thank you!