Our Pack Meeting and Talent Show will be this Friday, Nov. 20th at 7:00 in the Middle School Auditorium. If you still owe dues for the year, we will have people there at 6:15 to begin taking the dues money. Please come early so nobody has to miss the show!
All scouts who have their dues paid in full will get to take home their Pinewood Derby car kit that night.
The Boy Scouts of Troop 2 in Bridgeville will be holding their annual Pancake Breakfast this weekend — Sunday November 22nd. The event takes place at Holy Child school in Bridgeville, from 8 AM until 1 PM. All you can eat pancakes and sausage! The cost is $6 for adults, $4 for seniors, and $3 for children under 5 OR for scouts in uniform!
Tickets are available at the door, OR look for a Troop 2 member at Friday’s Pack Meeting, and buy a ticket from them.
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The next den meetings will be on Wednesday, November 18th at the Elementary School. Check with your Den Leader if you don’t know the exact time. We will also begin collecting the yearly dues, which are due before we recharter in December. You can avoid the rush at the Pack Meeting if you stop by the front desk and pay your dues now!
On Friday, November 20th we will hold the Pack Meeting at the Middle School Auditorium at 7:00 PM. The scouts will be performing skits and songs for our annual Pack 843 Talent Show. All scouts who have their yearly dues paid will receive their Pinewood Derby car kits at this meeting.
Attention all Cub Scouts! The Pack received this invitation to an Advancement Class that will be held this Saturday:
My name is Eric Diffendal. I am the Den Chief for Pack 848 and I belong to Troop 248. We have been planning Cub Scout Advancement Classes for the scouts to earn new advancement electives. This program will be on Saturday, November 14 from 9-1 at the Oakdale Community Center. We are inviting you and your pack to participate in this event.
Please see this document for information about the classes. Note that lunch will be served, and there is no cost.
If you are interested in going, please go to the signup sheet and register. I promised a head-count by Thursday, so don’t delay!
Tomorrow, NOVEMBER 7th, is the pickup date for ALL Popcorn sales. If you sold popcorn and turned in an order form, you MUST pick up your popcorn tomorrow at Oakridge Fire Hall.
If you are unable to pickup your popcorn during this time, you will need to make arrangements for someone to pickup your popcorn.
Popcorn Pickup on 11/7/2015:
WHEN: between 12 – 2 pm tomorrow.
WHERE: Oakridge Fire Hall
HOW: Come into the Fire Hall. Locate your popcorn – sorted by DEN #. Check your order. SIGN the release sheet to verify you checked your order and have your popcorn. Take your popcorn and prizes home.
Due to a GREAT Fundraiser, we are in need of five (5) large vehicles (vans, pickup trucks, trailers, large SUVs) to help us pickup our popcorn:
WHEN: Saturday, November 7th. at 8:40am
WHERE: 115 Industry Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275. This pickup is at the RIDC Park West – close to Sam’s Club in Robinson.
NEED: Pick-up Popcorn and deliver to Oakridge Fire Hall
Also NEED: Sorters (at the Fire Hall) to sort popcorn and prizes by Scout
We have approximately 200 cases to pick up from RIDC Park West, drive to Oakridge Fire Hall and sort before noon. No one can pick up their popcorn until all the orders have been sorted and checked. If you are a sorter, you can take your popcorn as soon as we are finished.
I am creating a signup sheet. Please let me know if you can do popcorn pickup and delivery, sorting or both. If you can do both, that would be great. Also, based on past experience, it goes much faster if we have adults only. We also have more room in each vehicle for popcorn.
As always, I really appreciate your help with our popcorn fundraiser.
Thanks to all the scouts and their families who braved the cold to attend the October Pack Meeting and Hayride this weekend. The Wolf den put on a great event, and I saw a lot of smiling scouts!
I understand that the popcorn sales were HUGE this year, so we can all look forward to a great year. At the top of the list were the 14 scouts that sold $600 worth of popcorn, and got to throw a pie at their poor ol’ Cubmaster. And now, without further ado, here is the head-shot you have all been waiting for. Thanks, Logan!
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P.S. The next den meetings are this Wednesday, October 21st at the South Fayette Elementary School. Remember to start planning your skits for the November Pack Meeting!
The Pack 843 Fall Hayride and October Pack Meeting is this Sunday, October 18th. If you haven’t signed up yet, please use the to do so right away!
The event will be Boy’s Home Park (near Hogan Field, Boy’s Home Rd. off of Battle Ridge Rd.) from 3:00 until 6:00. Please dress for the weather, and bring a chair if you’d like.
IMPORTANT: This is the LAST chance to turn in popcorn orders! Here are two steps that willl help the process move faster for everyone:
See you at the Hayride!
First a reminder: The next den meeting will be at the South Fayette Elementary School on Wednesday, Oct. 7th. Times vary by den, so check with your Den Leader if you aren’t sure.
The Fall Hayride will be on Sunday, October 18th at Boy’s Home Park, 3:00 to 6:00 PM. There will be food, games, a hayride, and the October Pack meeting, all rolled into one! Scouts are asked to pre-register, and everyone is asked to bring a side or a dessert. Stop by the front desk at the den meeting to sign up, or use
All popcorn orders are due by the Hayide AT THE LATEST. You can turn them in at this Wednesday’s den meeting if you won’t be at the Hayride. Remember these goals:
Popcorn sales are NOT mandatory but do help defray your cost.
If you sell 1 item of popcorn – dues for 2016 will be $80. If you don’t sell any popcorn, your dues will be $100.
If you have $350 of popcorn sales – the amount due for dues for 2016 will be $0.
If you have sales totaling more than $350 – a percent of the sale value, over $350, will be credited to your son’s Cub Scout account. This money can be used to pay for resident camp, day camp and uniforms as the Flag Store.
Sign up on PACK843.org website if you are going to Shoot-O-Ree:
October 3rd (Shoot – O –Ree) – If your Scout sold $200 or more in popcorn, he is eligible to go to the Shoot-O-Ree this weekend. You will need to sign up your scout just like you do for popcorn show & sell (PACK843.org under Signups). If you signed your son up at the last den meeting, I put your son’s name on the list. However, please check to make sure your son’s name is on the Sign-up sheet. Your son must have $200 worth of popcorn sales AND sign up in order to go to this event at Camp Guyasuta. If you can shoot it, they will have it (BB Guns, Archery, sling shot, basketball and more). If you sell $600 of popcorn, you child will also get to try the climbing wall (There is a place on the sign-up sheet for letting me know if your child will be doing the climbing wall). The address for Camp Guyasuta is 300 23rd Street, Sharpsburg, PA 15215 (the website has directions www.campguyasuta.org). If you are going to the Shoot-O-Ree you MUST SIGN UP on our website by 9am Thursday (10/1).
FINAL SHOW & SELL INFORMATION:
I will be putting out the sign-up sheet for the final Show & Sell out Tuesday morning. Due to the large number of kids wanting to do Show & Sell but unable to find slots available, I am requesting that any family with over 5 hours of Show & Sells wait until Oct 10th to sign up for the final weekend of sales.
ALSO NOTE: THERE IS A FEW TIME SLOTS that opened up this weekend. I need a few scouts to fill these spots.
POPCORN DUE DATES AND DELIVERY:
October 7th (Den meeting) – I will be collecting Popcorn order forms and money. This is the LAST Den meeting before our cutoff date.
October 18th (2nd Pack meeting) – FINAL DATE TO TURN IN YOUR POPCORN ORDER. I you have not previously turned in your popcorn order form, you must do so at the picnic. If I do NOT have your order form at this time I cannot order your popcorn.
November 7th – PICK UP your popcorn. I will send out more information on Location and time. In the past we have used the Oakridge Fire Hall and pickup was from 11am – 1pm but that will depend on the volume of popcorn ordered.
If you have any questions please email me at popcorn@pack843.org