The software module that sends out email notifications received an update yesterday that was designed to include several fixes and tweaks. It turned out that the fix, included a bug that prevented two keywords, one of which was the ###NAME### keyword, from showing the correct details while sending post notification emails.
As luck would have it, our post was published approximately 5-10 minutes before the fix was released which resulted in notification emails going out with incorrect names. We have applied the fix to resolve this issue and apologize for the mishap that occurred this morning
Welcome back to a new scouting season. In addition to welcoming back our returning scouts we would also like to wish the best to our scouts who crossed over into the Boy Scouts at the end of the previous season. Your pack wishes you the best of luck and hopes you enjoy your learning experience in the Boy Scouts.
As we get back into the swing of things with our weekly meetings starting back up on Monday, September 11th. We have our Open House Monday September 25th. This is the time of the year for returning scouts to bring in any friends or family interested in scouting. So have your scout bring a friend and if that friend joins and pays their 2018 dues in full, the referring scout earns their recruiter badge, shown to the right.
The Lion program was designed to introduce kindergarten-age boys and their families to the fun of Scouting. It is still considered a pilot program and Pack 1776 will be running a Lion Den again.
Cub Scouts is a family program and as such girls have always been allowed to take part in pack activities such as holiday parties and camping trips. Cub Scout aged females have also always been allowed to participate in district and council run activities such as fall fest, and day camp. In accordance with this, our pack is open to allowing cub scout aged girls to fully participate in our cub scout program. While they cannot officially register as a Cub Scout nor wear the official uniform, as a family member of someone in the cub scout program, they are welcome to participate and get the same experience. The key to allowing this, is that the potential scout must be related to someone within the pack, whether it be another scout or an adult. Again, I must stress the importance of this – the only way that they can participate in the program and ensure that they are covered by the program, is that they must be a family member of someone in the program.
For returning scouts, your new handbooks have already been paid for and will be distributed by or at our first Pack Meeting. It is around this first pack meeting that we start getting knee-deep into advancement, and it will be around the time we are picking up the awards and Bobcat rank patches. As they start to become available we will distribute them.
According to National Supply, we should have the eclipse patches for those that attended our Eclipse Viewing Picnic, in October. The same day that the National Supply Group announced the patches, they went into a back order status. From there they continued to extend the last day of purchase until finally closing the ability to purchase on Sept 4th. We are told they are due in sometime in October – hopefully they will get here sooner.
Don’t forget to keep an eye on the calendar. Click the Calendar link at the top of this page and bookmark it. We are getting ready to populate it with our planned activities as well as a bunch of optional activities that you can do with your scout which would be fun and may help them earn requirements. Additionally, one of our leaders has volunteered to make a printed monthly calendar to hand out instead of our biannual printed calendar. We are working on the details but we have some additional ideas in store to go with this that you may find useful.
We have added a new feature to the website, so that when a new post is made it automatically emails everyone that is subscribed. This serves two purposes: 1) You will always get notified when we post something new to the website, and 2) We no longer have to manually create a follow up email for those really important posts we want to get out. We took the liberty of importing all parents into the list and the email you received notifying you of this post is the first email. We plan to add improvements to this to try and prevent ‘den-specific’ posts from notifying you, but we aren’t quite there yet.
The Roosevelt District is hosting a Cub Scout Fun Day on Saturday September 16th, at Wissinoming Park, from 10:00 AM until 3:00 PM. It will be a fun filled day of Cub Scout Activities and Games. The event is free for activities and events; there will be food and refreshments available for purchase. As with most scout activities this is a rain or shine event. All scouts are invited to bring a few of their friends to show them what Cub Scouts is all about. Pack 1776 will have applications available for anyone that is interested in signing up. Additionally, Den Leader and Cubmaster Position Specific Training will be available for anyone interested in learning what being a Den Leader or Cubmaster is all about.
Our August camping trip, our final Summer activity, to Hickory Run State Park is just a couple of weeks out. It is time to start collecting headcounts and payments.
Blue & Gold
June Camping Trip
Camp Cards
I would like to thank everyone who came out this weekend for our 2017 Pinewood Derby. It was a huge success and it appeared that all of the boys had a great time. I would like to thank those who volunteered their time to help run the derby and make the event the success that it was. Thank You!
