Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, Pack 118!!!

We hope you are all enjoying your school/work vacations!  May you all have a wonderful, safe new year!  Cub Scout Couriers will be in the mail within the next couple of days, so watch your mailboxes!!!

Merry Christmas Pack 118!

Thank you to all those families that attended our Christmas Around the World pack event last night.  It looked like the boys were having fun, while learning about some pretty cool traditions in other countries.  A HUGE thank you to Doug, Deanna, Cherie, Amy and Joan for putting together and running stations last night.  They are all a part of our pack committee/pack leadership and they did a great job!  (If you'd like to be on our committee, comment on this blog and we'll be in touch with you!)

Every boy that attended last night received his Space Derby rocket kit.  A few notes on that...our space derby race will be held on Tuesday, January 22.  We're going to shoot for 6:30-7:30, but plan on it going a bit later, no later than 8.  We will be sending out official building rules in our January Cub Scout Courier, so please don't start building rockets until you receive that.  Properly built rockets will save a ton of time on race day.  If you find that you're missing parts, please email Ryan at evannp@charter.net  Boys that didn't attend last night will receive their rockets at their first January den meeting. 

Being that this is a special time of year when people like to help each other, and in light of the tragedy last week in Newtown, a scout mother contacted us with a link to a website that gives a few options for lending a helping hand to those families in Connecticut.  If you have a moment, please feel free to check it out.  http://manchester.patch.com/articles/how-to-help-families-affected-by-newtown-school-shooting-26246878 

Lastly, we want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and safe New Year!!

 

Thoughts and Prayers

Pack 118 would like to ask everyone out there to send their deepest thoughts and prayers to the community of Newtown, Connecticut and to all the children and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School.  To all those families who lost young children, sisters, brothers, moms, dads, etc., we're praying for you.  Such a tragedy hits home to us all, especially in the scouting world where we work with young children and promote respect.  How someone could do something so vile is beyond belief.  Please, hug your children an extra time tonight.  Tell them how much you love them.  Enjoy every minute you can with them.  You just never know...May all those little victims rest in peace. 

Traditions Around the World

This is just a reminder to everyone that next Tuesday, December 18, is our December pack event from 6:30-7:30 in the cafeteria.  Our theme will be "Traditions Around the World" which will allow kids (and adults!) to learn about, and participate in, some holiday traditions in different countries.  They'll also get a sneak peak at what scouting is like in some of these countries.  Every child that attends this event will receive a small gift.  We are hoping to have Santa join us, but we haven't been able to "get in touch with him".  If you know how to do so, please email Ryan at evannpd@charter.net 

We will have a few fundraisers available for sale at this event as well; our pack cookbooks ($10), mixes in a jar ($7) and hot/cold corn packs ($5-$8).  This is also a great time to turn in Sharks ticket orders as well as neckerchief contest forms.  More forms will be available if someone still needs them. 

We hope to see everyone next Tuesday!

Thank you!

We wish to send out a HUGE thank you to all those families that helped out for our White Christmas bake sale (especially the Sickenberger Family for the popcorn machine!)!  We managed to raise roughly $130 to put toward summer camp! 

Even though sales were pretty good, we still have a bunch of the cranberry corn bread and also the friendship soup gifts in a jar left over!  They will be available for purchase at our December pack event on December 18th.  They are $7 each, which will be put toward camp. 

Also available for sale is our Pack 118 cookbook!  Joan Cook has worked her tail off to get these done and they look GREAT!!  Thank you to everyone who turned in recipes for her to use!   These will be for sale until we run out--we only have 50 copies!  The cost is $10 each, all the proceeds to benefit upcoming pack events. 

Don't forget about the Worcester Sharks tickets!!  If anyone is interested in buying tickets to the January 19th scout night, please see your den leader for an order form, or email Ryan at evannpd@charter.net  Tickets are $12 for scouts and $13 for everyone else.  Ideally, we'd like to place our order before the end of December, so get those in soon! 

Our Extreme Neckerchief Makeover contest is still in full swing!  Get creative and help us design our new neckerchief!!  Anyone can enter--scouts, siblings, parents, grandparents, etc.  See your den leader for an official entry form.