Cub Scouts Pack 8 Charlotte Mecklenburg

Apache District 2012 Spring Cuboree - Grimes Scout Camp April 20-22

Signups are here to get headcount :
http://www1.mysignup.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?datafile=springcuboree

Please join Pack8 at the Apache District Spring Cuboree this year at Grimes Scout Camp. Pack 8 will be there participating and hopefully volunteering. Lunch on Saturday will be provided.

Location for Grimes Scout Camp can be found here:
http://www.mycampgrimes.org/directions.phtml

Instructions on payment will be sent separately.

Please come out and join us for the 2012 Crossover and celebrate our Webelos II who are moving up to Boy Scouts and who have Earned their Arrow of Light Awards at Belk Scout Camp.

The festivities start at 6:00pm with a quick Pack Meeting to hand out Awards, followed by the Crossover Ceremony at the lake front starting at around 6:30pm, and culinating with a campout.

If you plan on Camping - please signup up here, so we can gauge the headcount.
http://www1.mysignup.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?datafile=pack8crossover

Please come out to the 2012 Blue and Gold Ceremony held on 2/25/12 at the St. Matthews Elementary School Cafeteria. The Ceremony kicks off at 2pm and will include honors for our Leaders, Volunteers, Scouts as well as a Den Chiefs.

We'll also be announcing the winners of this year's Pinewood Derby.

PLEASE SIGN UP HERE TO ALLOW US TO GET AN ACCURATE HEAD COUNT.

http://www1.mysignup.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?datafile=bsapack8_org

Webelos campout at Andrew Jackson State Park on September 24th. It is for one night, starting at noon on Saturday, returning the next day. The cost to participate is $10. For this campout, we'd like it to just be scouts and parents. We want the boys to be able to focus on Webelos tasks as much as possible.

A practical necessity of providing a great Cub Scouting program is the need for fundraising. Traditionally the Pack has used popcorn sales to fund pack activities and we strongly encourage participating in the popcorn program as a way to teach confidence in interacting with adults through sales and to foster a sense of commitment and contribution. Given the busy lifestyle and heavy commitments many of our families have today, however, the Pack Leadership has responded to requests for other options for our families to contribute their ‘fair share’ to the pack fundraising.

To provide our children with a high quality scouting experience, we need a contribution for each Scout of $100. Where the money goes is illustrated at the bottom of this article. The Pack offers two options for covering this fee. You can either pay the fee directly OR you can commit to selling at least $350 in popcorn, which returns approximately $100 in commissions to the Pack. Note to Webelos II parents - if your son will be crossing over to Boy Scout Troop 8 this year, the activity fee covers both Cub Scout and Boy Scout fees for this year.

Please choose one of the following options: (click read more to see the options)

Come on out for a fun-filled day of a fishing derby, games and activities, followed by our Pack meeting and optional overnight campout. This event is open to all Pack 8/Pack 613 Scouts and families (older and younger siblings too!) as well as those thinking about joining Cub Scouts. The Fishing Derby will include casting contests, fishing contest so bring your pole, and your tackle… and join in the fun to win prizes.

Dinner and breakfast will be provided (Please plan on bringing your own Lunch on Saturday)

Belk Scout Camp in Mint Hill, NC has primitive sites (bring your own tent) and platform tents (e-mail us if you want to use a platform tent), with running water bathrooms available. Directions are on the map of fun places

Click the read more link for more information and a schedule of activities! Open the attached file to get a camping list!

The 2011 Graduation ceremony was a great success!! 82 Scouts participated with a crowd of 168 wellwishers to witness their sons advanced to the next Scout rank with the aid of the fantastic "Chronographic Transmorgifier"!!

Congratulations to all who advanced! Watch the video!

if you have trouble playing the video when you click the picture below, try this link instead.

A reminder to any parents who wish to have the Professor use the transmorgifier to have their sons skip their teenage years that we take all major credit cards!

Pack 8 just earned its qualification for the Pope Paul VI Catholic Quality Unit Award - this award recognizes achievement by the Pack through more than 25% of Cub Scouts earning their corresponding religious award & knot, adherence to Diocesian and BSA leadership and training requirements, performing service projects for its chartering Church & community, participation in religous activities, and learning about church-related vocations. Those Cub Scouts who have earned their religious award and/or knot are entitled to wear the National Catholic Quality Unit Award patch - great job, Pack 8!

Scouts who achieve $1,000 or more in popcorn sales earn membership in the Millenium Club! To celebrate, the 2009 Millenium Club members and one of their parents were treated to a day at the US Whitewater Center. Scouts enjoyed family-friendly whitewater rafting on the Center's waterways, enjoyed bungie jumping, zip lines, rope obstacle courses, biking, hiking, and rock climbing walls! Below is a picture of several Millenium Club scouts from Pack 8 in their Class B uniforms having a great time in the white water!

If you missed our open house, you can still get all the information here.

Questions? Contact Cubmaster Mike Husak at 704 264 5893 or at michael.husak@bankofamerica.com.