January Newsletter

Upcoming Dates

February

6-12  Anniversary Week

6  Scout Sunday

12  Pop Can Fundraiser @ Mill City

19  Pop Can Fundraiser @ Lyons

22  Pack Meeting 6:30 @ Grange: Blue & Gold Banquet

22  $50 Camp deposit due

25-26  Lock-In @ Albany

Cub Scout Lock-In

The 19^th annual Cub Scout Lock-In will be at the Albany, Oregon, Fairgrounds. The event starts on Friday, February 25 at 6pm with opening ceremonies. Activity booths, archery, BB’s and much more will keep scouts entertained until about 11pm, when our closing ceremony begins. After that, grab your sleeping bag, pillow, and plan on watching space movies all night! For those that do sleep, we will wake everyone up at about 7am, on Saturday morning, provide a light breakfast, and the event will wrap up.

Register online for this event (http://www.doubleknot.com/Registration/CalendarDetail.asp?ActivityKey=888873&OrgKey=1471).

 Register by Jan 31 (date change) for early bird pricing: $13 per attendee (adults and youth). Starting at midnight on Jan. 31, the fee will be $20.

Anniversary Week

Scouts have the opportunity to earn the Anniversary Participation award segment by promoting scouting to the general public. They can do this by wearing their uniform to school or church, inviting friends or family to the Blue & Gold Banquet, inviting a friend to a den meeting, writing to your local newspaper about scouting or a scouting event.  

Blue & Gold Banquet

Every year, we celebrate Cub Scouting’s birthday.  This event will be held on February 22; 6:30 at the Grange. 

We need parents to help with the following:

·         Set-Up

o    Tables & Chairs

o    Decorations

o    Blow up balloons

·         Welcome Table

·         Run activities

o    Pin-the-Badge on the Scout

o    Musical Chairs

o    Clothespin Drop

o    Cupcake Decorating

·         Prep & cake and ice cream

·         Clean-Up

·         Bring or make

o    CD Player & music for musical chairs

o    A “Scout” for Pin-the-Badge (like Pin-the Tail) activity

o    Cupcakes

o    Jelly roll pans for cupcake decorating

o    Ice cream

Let us know what you would like to help with.

Pinewood Derby

Thursday, February 10, Scout Cabin

We are hoping to hold a Pinewood Derby workshop so that parents/scouts can learn trade “secrets”.  If you are interested, RSVP by phone or email to Jill by February 3.

Our Pinewood Derby track is a little old and hurting; it’s on its last leg.  Who wants to take it home and

nurse it back to health?

Pop Can Fundraiser

We need parents to help run the Pop Can Fundraiser on Sat., Feb. 19 in Lyons. We need parents to:  check boys in & out, help at work area at the Grange, coordinate transporting cans/bottles for redeeming, cleaning up work area, thanking and thanking again the stores that let us redeem containers. This has been a successful fundraiser in the past.  Let Jill know how you would like to help.