Family Camp out/Graduation

Friday, June 10 at 6pm-Sunday, June 12 at 10am

Graduation is Saturday, June 11 at 7pm

Treasure Valley Scout Reservation

Below is our camp out food list.  As people sign up for things, this page will be updated so check back often.  

FOOD LIST--

Dave Chaplin--3 packages of hot dogs (needed by noon Sat)

Jason Kupfer--3 packages of hot dogs (needed by noon Sat)

Jaiden Butler--48 hot dog rolls (needed by noon Sat), 2 bags of shredded lettuce (needed by 4pm Sat)

Wyatt Fay--2 bags of frozen mixed vegetables, 2 containers of sour cream, 1 bag of potatoes (needed by 4pm Sat)

Hunter Sherman--100 paper plates (needed by noon Sat)

Rhyan Bray--1 bottle of ketchup (needed by noon Sat)

Nick Cunningham--1 bottle of mustard, 1 small bottle of relish (needed by noon Sat), 24 lunch sized bags of cool ranch doritos (by 4pm Sat)

Ayden Stevens--100 plastic cups (needed by noon Sat), 2 packages of bacon (needed by 4pm sat)

Eric Snay--5 lbs ground beef, 2 yellow onions, 6 tomatoes (needed by 4pm Sat)

Cody Brown--2 packages of fresh mushrooms, 2 packages of sliced, cut butternut squash (needed by 4pm Sat)

Jacob Belanger--5 lbs of ground beef, 4 packets of beef stew mix, 24 lunch sized bags of regular doritos (needed by 4pm Sat)
Isaac Gravel--3 bags of potato chips (needed by noon Sat)
Kristofer McDaniel--3 jars of mild salsa, 3 cans of sliced olives (needed by 4pm Sat)

Brady & Owen Ryan--1 package napkins, 2 boxes of instant hot cocoa mix (needed by noon Sat)
Matt Carney--2 packages of taco cheese, 2 packs of bacon (needed by 4pm Sat)

HERES WHAT WE STILL NEED

2 bags of taco cheese (needed by 4pm Sat)

2 packages of bacon (by 4pm Sat)

4 boxes frozen breakfast sausage (by 4pm Sat)

2 boxes of instant cocoa mix (by 4pm Sat)

WHAT TO BRING TO THE CAMP OUT

*Your family's food item

*sleeping bag & Pillow

*air mattress (if you want one)

*extra sets of clothes

*raingear (poncho, raincoat, etc)

*toothbrush, toothpaste

*flashlight

*s'mores stuff if you want s'mores

*waterbottle filled with water

*light jacket/sweatshirt

*bug spray & sunscreen

*scout uniform

*recreation items (football, frisbee, fishing poles, etc)

*wear comfy shoes, preferably sneakers or hiking shoes.  No flipflops, sandals, crocs, etc. 

We do not need tents, as the Valley has their summer camp tents up.  These are canvas tents that do not zipper shut and they are on wooden platforms. However, if you'd like to bring your own, you certainly may.  If you do not bring an air mattress or some type of ground mat, you will be sleeping on the wooden platforms which are basically just decking.  Not super comfortable!

Memorial Day Parade

It's hard to believe it's that time of year again, but the Memorial Day Parade is just around the corner!  The West Brookfield Parade will take place on Monday, May 30 starting at 9am.  Anyone who is marching with the cub scouts should arrive at the Elementary School between 8:30 and 8:45am  IN FULL UNIFORM please!!  Wear comfy shoes, sunscreen, and bring a water bottle.  The parade lasts roughly 2 hours and finishes up at the American Legion (next to NB Savings Bank).  The Legion usually provides refreshments for the parade participants following the completion of the ceremonies.  We'd like to get as many scouts as we possibly can to march with us, as in years past we've lost a lot of scouts who'd rather march with the sports groups.  Let's show West Brookfield that we're proud to be Cub Scouts!!

The Warren Memorial Day takes place on Sunday, May 29.  If any of our boys, especially those from Warren, want to march in that parade, please let Amy or Ryan know ASAP so it can be arranged.  The parade there begins at 1pm.  

If anyone has questions, please contact us!

Treasure Hunt!!

Everybody mark your calendars for Saturday, May 14!!  We will be holding a geocaching treasure hunt pack meeting all over West Brookfield!  We will start at 3pm with an instructional session on how to use the equipment and even try a few practice finds around the common.   What is geocaching, you ask?  Geocaching is essentially a treasure hunt, but you use a handhld GPS device and a set of longitude/latitude coordinates to lead you to the treasure, or cache (typically a type of Tuppeware container).  We will be hiding some caches around the town and giving every group a GPS to use to find these caches.  Each cache will contain some surprises, but also a puzzle piece.  Once you collect all the puzzle pieces, you'll have the very last, very special, set of coordinates where a very secret prize awaits!  Parents will be very much needed for this event, as we will need adults to drive the boys from one location to the next.  Trust us when we say that geocaching is addictive and SO MUCH FUN!!

We are asking that boys wear their pack 118 t-shirts (the new ones, preferably) and their hat.  While hiding the caches, we found that the ticks are already horrible this year (we pulled off 6 total) so bug spray will be necessary, as will sunblock (because we all know it will be hot and sunny that day--at least that's what we're hoping for!)  Feel free to bring bottles of water and small snacks, as we're not really sure how long this event will last.  

If you'd like more information about geocaching, feel free to visit www.geocaching.com.  For those families wishing to do so, there are tons of geocaching GPS apps that you can download to your phone if you want to help with the search.  However, we are asking that the kids be able to do most of the navigating.  

Happy April Vacation!

Happy April Vacation, everyone!  While it may be time to take a break from your schoolwork, it's the perfect time for extra cub scout fun!  Join us for the following...

Tuesday, April 19 @ 6:30pm

State Police Academy

(follow New Braintree road into New Braintree.  You will see the academy on your left hand side.  Look for the big golf ball type thing in the sky.)
Please wear uniforms!!  We will be getting a VIP tour of the academy.  Please park out front and wait for everyone to arrive.  This is also when all camp registration forms are due to Amy!

Friday, April 22 from 9am-3pm

WB Elementary School

This is our annual day of service for the elementary school.  We will be doing a variety of service projects that Mrs. Mucha has asked that we do.  If you can come even just for an hour, please do!  If you did not participate in our Scouting for Food, this will be one way for you to receive your first rocker patch! Please wear your class B t-shirts and hat.  Bring a water bottle.  We will provide lunch for those that are there around lunch time.  We will welcome any rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows, and clippers.  You might want to bring garden gloves as well.  

Saturday, April 23 @ 2pm

West Brookfield Town Hall

This is our Arrow of Light den's crossover ceremony.  These 6 boys have been working very hard to complete all their requirements needed to cross from cub scouts into boy scouts.  Please join us as we say goodbye and wish them well.  

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Ryan at evannpd@gmail.com

Scouting For Food Routes

As promised, here is the list of the Scouting for Food routes.  Please remember that all bags and flyers need to be passed out to as many homes on your route as possible by this Saturday, April 2.  If you have any questions or concerns about your route, please email Ryan at evannpd@gmail.com.  

Jacob B--North Main St
Roman B--Pleasant St
Cody & Caleb B--Longhill Road
Talon C--Madden Road & Shea Road
Nick C--Wickaboag Valley Road
Wyatt F--Center of Town
Isaac G--New Braintree road
Keegan J--Central Street
Gage L--West St
Nathan M--Ware St
Kristofer M--Maple St & Winter St
Gabe M--Woods Rd
Nick O--Sheldon Drive and your end of New Braintree road
Dennis P--Bemis Rd
Eric S--Pierce Road
Dylan S--Lake Street & Cottage St.
Ayden S--Birch St
Morgen & Jacob S--Wigwam Rd
Richie T--Foster Hill Road
Max K--Chapman Ave & Char-Mil drive (just up the street on the opposite side of the Boy Scout meeting Hall)

Our out of town boys can collect in their own town or we can assign you a WB route.  Just let Ryan know if you need one!

Thank you everyone!  Please do your best to give out all of your bags!!

Scouting For Food

The April Cub Scout Couriers have been sent to everyone via email.  We will have some paper copies with us at scout meetings for the next week or so in case you'd like a hard copy and don't want to print it.  

Boys will be receiving some information regarding our upcoming Scouting for Food mission.  The Sharing Cupboard (the local food pantry that serves both West Brookfield and Warren) is desperately trying to fill their shelves for the spring so we're holding a food drive to help them out.  Boys will each receive 20 paper bags (35 for families with 2 or more scouts), flyers for each bag, an information sheet, and an assigned route.  The principle is pretty simple.  Boys staple flyers to the bags and then boys and parents drop off bags to houses on their route (in most cases their own neighborhood) by Saturday, April 2.  Then, on Saturday, April 9, families will go back to the homes they dropped bags off to and pick up the bags that are hopefully full of donated food.  We will meet on Saturday the 9th between 11am and 12 noon at the Congregational Church which houses the Sharing cupboard to drop off all of our donations.  

Things to note...

--There should be no need to enter any homes for any reason.  Bags can be left right outside the door and will be left at the end of the driveway for pick up.  

--Boys should wear their uniforms when dropping bags off and when picking them up again. 

--If boys want to work together, that's great!  We do ask that if boys buddy up, that both routes get covered. 

--Boys from towns other than WB will not be assigned a route.  They may choose to deliver bags in their own neighborhood and then follow the pick up procedures on the 9th, or we can assign a street not yet covered in West Brookfield.  Just because boys are from out of town doesn't mean we don't want them to participate.  We certainly do!

--By midweek, all boys and their routes will be listed here on the blog.

--If you have a problem with drop off, pick up, your route, etc, please contact Ryan at evannpd@gmail.com

We want to thank everyone in advance for all the help that will be involved in this.  This is the first time we are trying this Scouting for Food in this manner, so we're going to do our best to make this work.  We will certainly be open to ideas for next year on how to improve!

Congratulations!

Many congratulations to all of our scouts for a terrific pinewood derby!  The cars looked fantastic and we certainly hope all the boys are proud of what they accomplished-trophy or not.  A huge thank you to Kelly and the bear den for putting on an awesome carnival!   A lot of hard work, time, and creativity was put in over many weeks of planning and we all certainly appreciate the efforts of the boys who had to run the games.  All that being said, we can't thank everyone enough for all your help during and after the derby.  A huge thanks to all the leaders who helped out with setting up, cleaning up, running the derby, etc.  A huge thanks to all the boy scout and high school volunteers.  A huge thanks to the parents who ran concessions, cleaned up the cafeteria, and who didn't complain (too much!) about us going way over on time.  We have the best pack around, and this is why!!