Final Pack Meeting - June 2nd

Our final Pack Meeting will be Monday, June 2nd at the Rec Center in Cullowhee.  We have reserved the picnic shelter between the swings and basketball court. Our pack meeting will start at 6:00 and will include giving out all the final awards our boys have earned.  After that, we will have a hot dog supper and then time for the boys to play.  Your whole family is welcome, of course.

I'm asking each family to bring one side dish and/or one dessert to share.  We will provide hot dogs, buns, condiments, paper products, and water (our pack avoids sodas). 

Please contact me if you have any questions.

-Lee Nickles, Cubmaster
828.399.1657

Yard Sale

Please be reminded that Boy Scout Troop 914 is having a yard sale to benefit our Pack tomorrow (Saturday) from 8 am until noon.  I believe I mistakenly said it would be held at Cullowhee Methodist.  That is incorrect; it will be held at Wholesale Supply in Sylva, beside Speedy's Pizza. 

Here is a link to their address in Google Maps if you need it:
http://goo.gl/y08Vul

I encourage you to come and support our scouts!

Cub Parent Weekend

Some last-minute details for Cub-Parent Weekend:

Unless your family signed up for an adirondack cabin, please be sure to bring a tent.  I HIGHLY recommend you label your packs/gear, perhaps with masking tape and marker, with your name and our pack number - 914.  They will be taken to our camp site for us. 

Directions:

Here are directions from the church where we normally meet to Camp Daniel Boone:
http://goo.gl/1gcdKm

The camp also made this map which can be helpful:
http://www.campdanielboone.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=ggqefCS01Y0%3d&tabid=147&mid=617

If you're not sure of the way, be at the church a few minutes before 9 am and go with the group.  I have to go up early so I will see you there.

-Lee Nickles, Cubmaster

Pinewood Derby Cancelled - Will Reschedule

I just saw on wlos.com that Jackson County Schools are going with early dismissal at 12:30 pm, so our Pinewood Derby is cancelled.  We will reschedule tentatively to hold it during our Pack meeting on Monday, Feb. 24 at 6 pm.

Upcoming:

Cataloochee District Pinewood Derby Race - March 1 at the National Guard Armory in Sylva.

For more info:
http://www.danielboonecouncil.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=3CHyybMkUZE%3d&tabid=105&mid=559

Please remember
No meeting on Feb. 17 due to President's Day

Parents & leaders meeting scheduled for next Thursday evening, Feb. 20th at 7 pm.

Pack News

Greetings Pack 914,

No School, No Scouts

We will NOT have den meetings on Monday Nov. 11 due to the Veteran's Day holiday.

Please note that we have permission from the council to combine the Wolf and Bear (2nd & 3rd grade) dens and they will be working through requirements (and massive fun) together.

Popcorn Pickup - *need a volunteer*

Our popcorn order has been placed - thank you all for your efforts at this fundraising event for our scouts.  These funds keep our costs down and pay for awards for the boys and events.

We need to pick up our popcorn order in Sylva on either the afternoon of Thursday, Nov. 14 or anytime during the day Friday, Nov. 15. I'm having a colonoscopy on that Friday (fun!) so I'm not available.  We need someone with a minivan, truck, or good sized SUV to pick up this order.  It's about 15 medium sized boxes and they will help you pack your vehicle.  Let me know if you can as I need to give the council a 30 minute window in which we'll send someone.  Call or text: 828.399.1657.  I'll coordinate with you about getting it to our scout closet at Cullowhee UMC.

We will distribute popcorn orders to each scout at our den meeting on Monday, Nov. 18.

Rechartering

Every calendar year we must "recharter" as a pack.  Your Pack Committee completes the paperwork necessary to show that we're keeping BSA policies and actually have scouts.  We just turned that in for 2014 and I want to thank Eric Hester, our Pack Committee Chair and Roy Osborn, our Chartered Organization Representative (from Cullowhee UMC) for their work on that.

Thank you all,

-Lee Nickles, Cubmaster