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| One of the most popular activities for the scouts to participate in is the Pinewood Derby. The pack gives out kits to each scout member to build their own small wooden model of a derby car. Each January, the scouts then race the cars in competition at the school. The cars are sent down several tracks with the help of gravity and the time is recorded. There are awards given to scouts for placing in the race as well as for presentation of car styles. |
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| Held each February, the Scouts and their parent go to a Boy Scout style camp and stay in indoor cabins for two nights. The boys sing songs, perform skits, hike as well as other fun stations of learning. While it can sometimes get cold outside, the scouts always have a big campfire around which they have fun. This is one of the events where the Scouts participate in retiring American Flags. |
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| For more than 20 years, Scouts have collected food to help feed almost 100,000 families who depend on the generosity of their neighbors to help them feed their children during tough times. We help each February/March through our Scouting for Food program. Your scout leader will distribute bags provided and you will ask your friends and neighbors to fill the bags with nonperishable food, place the filled bags out for Scouts to pick up. The scouts bring the bags to the next pack meeting and they will be distributed to homes in need. |
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| During Scouting Anniversary Week in February we celebrate with a "birthday party" called the Blue and Gold Banquet. The blue and gold banquet is one of the highlights of the year, bringing families together for an evening of fun. The purpose of the blue and gold banquet is to celebrate the pack's anniversary, thank pack leaders and other adults who have helped the pack, and inspire the leaders, Scouts, and parents. The banquet is similar to a regular pack meeting, but each scout and/or den is asked to prepare a "birthday" cake for the banquet. There are competitions for best taste, best presentation and several others. In addition, we sing songs, perform skits, and a talent show. |
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| This activity is held at the beginning of the summer in June. The scouts get an opportunity to fish. We always encourage siblings and parents to participate, many of whom have never been fishing before. The Fishing Derby is one of the few opportunities where we are in the public eye as scouts in uniform. The awareness helps facilitate our organization in the community. |
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| Held for a full week each July, the scouts of all ages will participate in this Boy Scout style day camp. The dens rotate through each station held at camp to include knot tying, archery (all boys learn how to safely and properly shoot a long bow), BB guns (all boys learn gun safety, proper handling, and shooting of approved BB guns) and learning about other scout pastimes. Scouts participate in songs, skits and joke telling. They also get to earn “coups” for completing scout like behaviors and completing scout tasks. |
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| Do you have what it takes to build a boat, and then blow it ten feet down a raingutter in a winning style? Ahoy, mates! This could be the sailing regatta of the century! Although the seas are only 10-foot lengths of raingutter filled with water, and the ships a mere 6 inches long, the race is a very exciting event held each August. Each scout will build their own boat with supervision and help from parents or other family members. They provide the wind for the sail with their own lung power! *** Pack participation in these summer activities allows our Pack to earn the National Summertime Pack Award. |
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| While at Camp Oest, Cub Scouts, Webelos and parents get excited about all the amazing activities taking place. We entertain with skits, plays and, of course, songs. In addition, the scouts participate in a variety of programs including Archery, B.B. Guns, Crafts, Nature, Pool and waterfront sports. Camp Oest allows entire packs or dens or just parents and scouts to come together and just have FUN! |
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| Webelos Woods is designed to give first and second year Webelos Scouts and their parents a preview of the Boy Scouting experience. The program, held each October, emphasizes Boy Scouting values, procedures, methods and skills. It is an introduction to Boy Scouts being a "boy led" program as opposed to the "adult led" program used in Cub Scouts. Also, there is the thrill of camping in the outdoors in a tent at a Boy Scout style camp, which will encourage a desire to continue Scouting. While there, the boys will get to do archery, knot tying, pioneering and other fun stations of learning. |
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| Each fall, Scouts who participate in the annual Boy Scout Popcorn Sale not only prove that they have what it takes to earn their own way and pay for their own Scouting program, but can earn badges, too. By selling popcorn, Scouts can complete a number of requirements for rank badges, Webelos Activity pins, Boy Scout merit badges and more. |