Scout day at OSV

This coming Saturday, March 31st, is Boy Scout day at Old Sturbridge Village!  It's a cool event that the village does to accommodate our scouts and even takes care of some of each ranks requirements!  Boys and adults get a special discounted rate for the day.  (Boys should wear their uniforms) Boys that have gone in the past had a great time!  It's worth checking it out!  Click on the link below to check out OSV's website about this event!

http://www.osv.org/activities_events/event_calendar_more.html?ID=486&DateID=1767

Pinewood Derby Update!!

Congratulations to all of the boys that participated in our annual pinewood derby this past Saturday!  Out of our 52 registered boys, 38 built and raced a car.  And all those cars looked amazing!  We had a wide variety of cars...from a turtle, a shark, and a snake, to the Mystery Machine, an Army tank, and even a Bruins car!  We even had a special parents and siblings race that proved to be a lot of fun!  Everyone "did their best" and it certainly showed!  Below you'll find our list of top finishers for each den!

Tigers:     1--Gabe, 2--Bryan, 3--Nicholas
Wolves:  1--Nicholas, 2--Michael, 3--Scott
Bears:     1--Teylor, 2--Daniel S, 3--Evan
Webelos:  1--Kai, 2--John, 3--Justin
Cobra Patrol:  1--Josh, 2--Jacob, 3--Phillip

The winner of our parent/sibling race was Kaitlyn
And the winner of our crowd favorite car was Brandon!

A HUGE thank you to the "pit crew"...Doug, our computer guy; Amy G, our car runner; Mark, our official "eyes" at the end of the track; and Amy L, official car check-in person.  Thank you also to everyone who attended and helped us clean up after.  It truly is appreciated!  Congratulations everyone!

photo courtesy of Bob Potvin

photo courtesy of Bob Potvin

Sundaes a success!

Thank you to everyone who helped out at our Ice Cream Social yesterday!  The boys managed to raise almost $350!! Thank you to all the boys that worked the tables (and flagged down cars!), thank you to the parents who stayed and helped out and donated toppings and scoops, and a HUGE thank you to Stop and Shop and Hannaford for donating most of our stuff!  The boys had a good time and everyone enjoyed their ice cream.  (Even a puppy dog got a "sundae")

With this event over, it's time to push our pinewood derby!  Don't forget that check in night is this Friday, March 23 from 6-8 pm in the science lab.  Our derby will begin at 3pm on Saturday the 24th.  Check in night is just that, a check in.  Come in.  We'll weigh your car, make sure it's good and you can leave!  Simple as that!  If you cannot make it Friday night, you MUST be there at 2:30 Saturday afternoon to get your car checked in and ready to go, otherwise you risk not being able to race!  Make sure to follow the specs as outlined on our pinewood derby rules page to the right.  If you have questions, please call Ryan at (508)867-8367.  We'll also be collecting returnable cans this weekend so bring them up!

Camp season is around the corner and our essay contest is currently going on.  If you want to earn some camp cash, write an essay about what the cub scout motto ("do your best") means to you.  We will have 1 grand prize winner that will receive a FULL campership!  We're hoping to collect enough cans to give out more, smaller camperships as well. All entries must be given to den leaders by April 3rd.  The winner(s) will be announced at our pack meeting on April 13th. 

Sundaes on Sunday

Maybe you've heard by now, maybe you haven't, but we're hosting a super yummy fundraiser this coming Sunday, March 18th.  We're hosting an ice cream social where people can make their own ice cream sundaes!  We'll be hosting this at the school from 1-4 on Sunday.  The cost is $3 for kids and $5 for adults.  All the money raised will go toward our Ecotarium trip in April.  We're looking for volunteers to help work the event, even if it's just for a little while.  Adults and scouts are needed, so if you're willing and able, please let Ryan know.  We're also looking for people to donate sundae toppings.  Stop and Shop has donated whipped cream, cherries, bananas and chocolate syrup (among other necessities) and Hannaford has donated all our ice cream.  We're still in need of fun sundae "stuff" though.  Examples...nuts, candies, caramel syrup, butterscotch syrup, chocolate chips, oreo cookies, strawberries, etc.  If you'd like to donate any toppings, please contact Ryan as well.  We're hoping to do a lot of business so tell everyone you know! 

Congrats Pinewood Racers!

A HUGE congratulations to all 7 boys who attended the district pinewood derby yesterday!  Brett D, Cole D, Nathen L, Teylor S, Nathaniel O, Nicholas O, and Justin H all did a great job building their cars and racing them!  Although we only took home 1 trophy (Congratulations Brett!) they all had a good time and got some good ideas on how to make their cars faster!  Watch out pack 118!  These guys have FAST cars!  Congratulations also to Pack 128 of North Brookfield who won the huge traveling trophy! 

Don't forget that our pack pinewood derby is only a couple weeks away on March 24th!  Check in night is the 23rd! 

District Pinewood on Saturday

Just a reminder to everyone that the Massasoit District Pinewood Derby is this coming Saturday, March 10th.  It will be held at the East Brookfield Elementary School from 1-4pm.  Please take note that this is not the pack 118 pinewood derby and is just an extra event the boys can attend.  The cost to enter is $5 per car and every entrant will receive a patch.  Cars will race by den (so only tigers will race tigers, and so on).  There will be trophies for the top 3 in each den race, as well as the HUGE traveling trophy for the fastest car overall!  It's a great way for boys to "test" their cars before our pack does our race.  District rules are the same as the pack rules, so be sure to check out the link for that to the right!  Hope to see you there!  (Did we mention that it's our very own Cubmaster that's running this event?  Check it out!)