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

Pack News

Some reminders:

Oct. 21 - next Den Meeting

Oct. 23 - Bojangles Scout Night - a percentage of sales on this day at Bojangles is donated to our council

Oct 25 - possible Pumpkin Patch recruitment event.

Oct. 28 - October Pack Meeting and School Uniform Day (scouts are encouraged to wear their uniforms to school)

Nov. 1 - Pack popcorn sales end, all order forms and money are due at noon on this day.

Den Leaders

We currently have two Tiger den leaders, one Wolf leader, and one Webelos leader.  Over the past few weeks, you've seen the den meetings and how they can run.  My prep time for those was about 1-3 hours per den meeting, not counting a trip to Walmart for supplies.  We have resources for you that script the meetings if you would like that much detail.  I will help you get going.  

Now is the time: we need you as parents to step up and commit to being a den leader or assistant den leader.  We need one more wolf leader (2nd graders), two bear leaders (3rd graders), and one more Webelos leader (4th and 5th graders).  I can't sustain this on my own and we must be in compliance with the BSA two-deep leadership policy.  Parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, neighbors, whoever is willing can be a den leader.  If we do not get leaders we will have to consider options such as suspending or disbanding dens without leaders or asking boys to transfer to the Sylva pack.  

Being a den leader is fun.  If you are thinking about it, feel free to contact me and/or go to myscouting.org, create an account, and take the Youth Protection Training and the Leader Position Specific training for your boy's den.  That will give you a better idea of what is involved.