Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, pack 118!!  We hope everyone had a great Christmas and is looking forward to the hope and promise the new year will bring!

We've been busy behind the scenes lately!  2016 is a big year for our pack as it is our 70th year!  There will be lots of surprises and special events to commemorate this epic milestone!  

At our December pack meeting, all the boys received a Raingutter Regatta kit.  (if you didn't attend, we will have extra kits at the next den meetings, starting January 5) These kits are relatively easy to assemble and decorate, but please don't wait until the last minute to do them.  We will hold our Raingutter Regatta pack meeting on Tuesday, January 19th at 6:30.  The boys will bring their completed boats to this pack meeting and will race against other boys in their den.  Why is it called a "Raingutter Regatta"?  The boys' boats will race in actual raingutters!  It's lots of fun to watch!  We will have a special activity for any siblings that want to take part.  If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact our cubmaster, Ryan LaRoche, at evannpd@charter.net

All that being said, we hope everyone has a happy, healthy, and safe new year!

Celebration of Giving

Everyone should have received our December edition of the Cub Scout Courier by now.  If you have not, please email Ryan at evannpd@charter.net.  They were sent to all families via the USPS, so check your mail box or your PO box.  

We will be having our next pack meeting on Tuesday, December 15 starting at 6:30pm at WBES.  This will be our first annual Celebration of Giving event.  If you took a tag from our giving tree back in November, please bring your donation to this event so we can prepare to present it to the receiving family.  We will have a variety of giving activities for everyone to participate in.  Adults will be wrapping our gifts and organizing all food donations; we'll be making fleece blankets to donate to the local fire department; we'll be making "Angels for Aiden" to help a young boy fighting cancer; we'll be making "Postcards for Paris" to cheer up a young girl from town who is also fighting cancer; we'll be making special gifts for the entire school staff.  There will also be our much anticipated bobcat ceremony for all our new boys who have yet to earn this prestigious award.  (Parents of these boys should be prepared to go up on stage) 

We hope to see everyone next Tuesday!  Enjoy your week!  

Giving Tree Update

As promised (although a little later than advertised), here is the list of numbers and more specific information for our Giving Tree tags.  If the tag you chose does not have a number written on the back, then you don't need to worry about any of this information.  Remember, we'd like all donations back to us at our December pack meeting on December 15.  

#s 1-12 were all for toys

Our family has one young son who is 8 years old.  He enjoys school and doing things outdoors.  Loves to read books as well.  We do have tags that were specifically for books, but you can never have too many books.  He would probably enjoy educational type toys as opposed to say, army men, for example.  Non-violent toys only please!  (no guns, fighting games, etc)

#s 13 & 14 were for slippers

Our young man is a shoe size 1 or 2.  We had originally assumed there'd be more than one child to purchase for, but since there's not, if one of the people that chose this tag wants to buy socks or boots, that'd be great too.  

#s15 & 16 were for pajamas

Our young man is a size 8-10.  Nice warm PJs will help him get through cold winter nights!

If for some reason you have a tag that you cannot purchase the item for, please contact Ryan immediately so that the item may be purchased by someone else.  We're very excited to help this family out and are hoping to make this a yearly tradition for the pack.  We thank you all in advance for your donations! 

Giving Tree

At our pack meeting in November, we put out a Giving Tree. 

 On this tree we hung lots of tags with items listed on them.  Items such as food, toys, and clothing items decorated the boughs.  Families were asked to take a tag from the tree, purchase the item listed, and bring the item back at our next pack meeting on December 15.  All of the items collected will be donated to a local family who needs a little brightening of their holidays this year.  If you took a tag with a number on the back, you need to check back here in the next week to find out what specific information goes with your tag.  This may include sizes, genders, colors, likes, etc.  We are still in contact with folks about getting us this information.  Please stay tuned!

Respect Rally Next Tuesday

Our November pack meeting will take place next Tuesday, November 17 from 6:30-7:30pm at WBES.  This will be our annual Respect Rally.  This year, we have a very special guest coming to give the kids an active, informative, unforgettable demonstration about respect.  If you have not received your November Cub Scout Courier by either mail or email, please contact Amy at 49ALL80@gmail.com so we can make sure we have your correct address.  

Check your mailboxes!

It's that time again!  November Cub Scout Couriers are in the mail, so make sure you check your boxes.  For those of you who receive it by email, you should see it in your inbox.  If you'd prefer to receive our monthly newsletters by email, please let us know by emailing Amy at 49ALL80@gmail.com.  

We hope everyone is enjoying the 2015-2016 scout year so far.  It's only going to get better from here, so tell all your friends!!

Pack Meeting...Next Tuesday!

Don't forget that next Tuesday, October 20, is our next pack meeting!  We will be having some fall fun starting at 6:30pm at WBES.  As of right now, it is planned to be outside, so please dress for the weather.  In the case of rain, we will simply move all the fun indoors.  There will be a variety of games and activities for everyone to enjoy, so bring the whole family!

At this same time, our Tiger den is working on their first service project and they've decided to collect supplies needed for the Second Chance Animal Shelter.  Please bring any donations to this pack meeting so the boys can present them to the shelter the following week.  Everyone should have received a "wish list" for the shelter with their last newsletter, but in case you need a refresher, check out Second Chance's website here:  http://www.secondchanceanimals.org/wish-list.html

Thank you everyone!  See you Tuesday!