January Pack Meeting Recap
We started 2012 off on a great foot with the Pack meeting held tonight. We have our new 2012 Pack T-Shirts that are given to all Scouts. We also saw some great Den awards including a Bobcat award, several beads, and some Webelos Activity Pins. Our Tiger den is preparing to visit a Fire Station so they performed a skit with the Scouts dressed up as firemen (or, fire victims).
For our game we had a whole box of styrofoam peanuts. The Scouts and siblings were split into four teams to see who could fill their bucket the highest - it’s not as easy as it looks! Afterwards, the Scouts pitched in to clean up, too!
Box of Peanuts
Four teams ready to go!
Carry as many as you can!
Fill the bucket carefully!
Everyone helps clean up!
Snowball Fight an Annual Highlight for December Pack Meeting
Pack 163’s annual snowball fight was a success again this year. The tradition pits the kids vs. adults in a “snowball” (wadded newspaper) fight.
Our Cubmaster Robert Cook read the original set of rules, which included rules that the kids could only throw one snowball while the adults could throw as many as they wanted. Also, the kids would have to throw standing backwards and between their legs. Understandably, our Scouts wanted no part of these “fair rules” and instead anyone could throw anything anytime. Good times were had by all.
Scout Saturday at Hiller Aviation Museum - January 14
For January, I would like to invite all Dens to the Scout Saturday on Jan. 14, 2012 at Hiller Aviation Museum at the San Carlos Airport.
Scouts and Scout leaders in uniform will be admitted to the Museum at no charge. Explore the Museum’s collection of over 40 different historic aircraft, observe airport operations at busy San Carlos Airport, find out more about Interest Patch and Merit Badge programs offered throughout the year and attend presentations by two former Scouts who led exemplary careers in aviation. Eagle Scout/USAF Colonel William Wardwell (Retd) will speak at 11 AM.
More information about Scout Saturday at Hiller Aviation Museum
Note: There is no carpooling planned and you are welcome to visit any time during the day, there is no specific time for the pack.
Niles Festival of Lights Parade Info
I have finally received the information for the Niles Holiday Festival of Lights Parade. The parade will be on Friday November 25th starting at 6:30pm and will last about an hour. We are unit number 49 and will stage/line up in the Sullivan Underpass (please see map below) I’d like everyone to meet at 6:00pm in this lot. Parking is usually challenging during this event, so please plan on extra time to park far away and walk to the lot.
This is a great community event and is always lots of fun. The theme is Festival of Lights, so lets see if we can go with that theme and do it Boy Scout Style. If you have a battery powered camping light (the ones you carry), or the small headlights you wear on your head, or small decorative lights you can wear or carry, let’s bring those. We will have our banner and we will need two scouts to carry and two more to carry our flags. It is always cold during this event, so make sure you bundle up.Unfortunately if it is cold, our scout uniforms won’t be seen.
Please review the attachments. Participants in the parade are no longer allowed to pass out throw items into the crowd. What a bummer, that was one of the fun parts.
The staging information on where to line up is included along with a map. Please let me know if you are planning in joining in the fun.
This is a great family event, so bring out the whole family to walk. Wagons work great for the younger siblings, if they get tired they can hop right in.
Please let me know if you have any questions,
See you on Friday,
Ruth Dalton
Pack 163 at Niles Parade 2011
Pack Meeting on November 15
Hi All,
Just a reminder that we will be having our next pack meeting on Tuesday, November 15.
We will be at the Brookvale Elementary MUR (gym), starting at 7 pm.
If you can arrive earlier, that would be appreciated to help set up the room.
Also, I will have some leather pieces and punches set up so that the scouts can make designs or whatever (before the pack meeting).
Webelos 1 (Den 5) will be doing the flag ceremonies.
Bears (Den 4) will be handling tickets for the raffle
Wolf 1 (Den 3) will be performing a skit or song for us
Wolf 2 (Den 6) and Tigers (Den 2) will be bringing desserts for the raffle
Please be prompt.
Regards,
Robert Cook
Cubmaster, Pack 163