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!
May Pack Meeting Featuring Special Guest Mayor Wasserman
This month we will be having a special guest speaker at the pack meeting, Fremont Mayor Robert Wasserman. Be sure to arrive early, ahead of our starting time at 7 pm on Tuesday, May 31st.
The den assignments are:
- Den 1 (Webelos 1) Skit/Song
- Den 3 (Tigers) Tickets
- Den 4 (Wolf) Flag Ceremony
- Den 5 (Bear) Desserts
- Den 6 (Tigers) Desserts
Pack Meeting October 26 (Costumes, Pumpkins)
Here is what we will be doing next Pack meeting on October 26.
We will have costume contest and pumpkin decorating judging this time.
- The pumpkins must be already cut and/or colored. Artificial lights or candles can be used inside of pumpkins (for Jack O’ Lanterns).
Here are the Den assignments
- Den 1 (Webelos 1) Flag Ceremony
- Den 2 (Webelos 2) Desserts with Den 3
- Den 3 (Tigers) Desserts with Den 2
- Den 4 (Wolves) Skit / Song
- Den 5 (Bears) Ticket sales
New Pack Tshirts
Our new Pack tshirts are here!
All Cub Scouts of Pack 163 receive a shirt when they join the Pack! This year, we went with a different kind of design but our name is still proudly shown. New shirts were distributed at the January Pack meeting and we’ll have these at upcoming meetings for those who missed them.
Parents can also purchase shirts for $10.
Brand new Pack 163 website
If you’re reading this then you probably know that this is a brand new website for Pack 163. I wanted to spend a little time to describe why we’ve changed the site and what we hope to accomplish.
First, let’s remind everyone that Kevin Stephens set up the initial Pack 163 website a few years ago. That site had a lot of features that people liked, including links to photo libraries and a calendar. Most importantly, there was a wealth of information about Scouting, hike information, events, and more. Much of the info from the old site has been incorporated here (or, will be soon…). The old site is archived for your perusal.
One of my main goals for redesigning the site was to make it even easier for families of potential new Scouts to understand what we’re all about. That is why there are prominent Join and Contact tabs at the top, as well as links to current and past events. Our Join page describes the cost for joining our Pack but also where to get uniforms and other supplies, for example.
I also felt the blog format would make it easier for both new and existing families to see “what’s new” and thereby visit the site more often. The inspiration for this comes not from my past blogging or even from my professional experience as a Web Producer. It actually comes from our Tiger Den leader Julie Crossman (my wife) who has blogged extensively. If she can blog about something that is happening in our lives, then she can blog about Den meetings or other events in her Den. And if she can blog, so can our other Den leaders and committee members…
It’s easy to blog and therefore we can hopefully keep everyone in the Pack updated with what happened in the past, what’s happening in the future, and maybe even what’s happening right now. And that’s really the big difference between this new site and the old one: because this is based on a blog platform it will allow more than just the “webmaster” to update the site, which means we have a much better chance of keeping everything up to date.
So, please kick the tires here at the new site. In the coming days we’ll be adding more pages, including the backlog of Trail Trekker pages. Down the line we may have a page dedicated to each Den, too. Please pass feedback to your Den leader or directly to myself (kevin@kevdo.com).