This weekends hike through Pennypack

With the lack of interest, our planned hike for this Saturday, May 19th has been cancelled. We are sorry for any inconvenience.

 

With our scouting season coming to an end there are a few important dates to remember:

  • May 21st-The Lions, Tigers, Wolves, and Bears will be meeting at the firehouse at 6:30 for the firehouse tour.
  • June 2nd– The End of the Year Award Assembly
  • June 9th– The Raingutter Regatta Recruitment event-bring a friend to introduce them to scouting.
    The Raingutter Regatta is a racing event for Cub Scouts that is the sailboat equivalent of the pinewood derby!

Tonight’s Riversharks Game

Blue Crabs vs Riversharks

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Tickets:

Tim O’Keefe will be in front of the box office at 5:45 PM to give out tickets, patches & wrist bands.  He will be wearing his Pack 155 Class B Tshirt.  Tim will be going into the game no later than 6:10 PM.  YOU MUST MEET HIM BEFORE THEN.  If anyone wishes to meet with him before 5:45 to get their tickets they can reach him on his cell phone 215_219_0059.

The Parade:

The parade is at 6:15 PM and will meet at the visitors dugout along the 3rd baseline.  The Cub Scouts who wish to participate in the parade should wear their Class A Shirts.  It is recommended that they wear their Class B shirt underneath to wear during the game.

Release Form:

Everyone is require to sign a release form.  One is attached to this post for you to print and fill out. Tim will have additional copies with him at the game.

Overnight Packet (click link to the left)

NOTE: PLEASE SEE THE EVENT PAGE FOR UPDATED INFORMATION IN DETAIL, http://cubpack155.org/x/1S

 

 

Klondike Derby Photos

I posted the photos I have from the Cub Scout Klondike Derby to our Facebook Page since the photo gallery on the site isn’t up and running yet.  Right now it is just the photos I had and a couple from another parent.  As other parents send me their photos, I will be sure to add them.

The boys had a blast and what you see here is only a fraction of the activities that were available for them to take part in.  Of course Pack 155 had the most prominent pack flag out there, and the boys knew that it is actually an official flag of the United States and treated it with the respect any flag would treat the current U.S. flag with.

Great job guys!

 

Welcome 2012

We hope that everyone had an incredible Holiday Season.  With the crazy amount of Christmas Cookies and New Years Snacks around, I am sure the little ones are abound with sugar induced energy while the rest of us feel like we are stuck in slow motion.

We start off the new year on January 9th and we have a few things going on this month that we want to give some advance notice on.

Rechartering

January is rechartering month for us.  We need to recharter the pack and part of that requires that we have the remainder of the dues turned in.  This is vital therefore all dues are required to be paid in full by January 16th.  There are only a handful of people left who still owe dues and it would be ideal if we could have them on Monday the 9th, but January 16th is the absolute deadline and we will not accept checks post dated after that date.

Handbooks

The boys should have their handbooks by now and we would like for them to bring their books to all den meetings unless we are meeting somewhere other than the gym.  That said, we would like to start off the new year by going through the boys handbooks and making sure everything is signed off that needs to be signed off.  Please be sure that you bring the hand books on Monday January 9th.   If you do not have a handbook, please talk to one of the leaders and we will see what we can do to assist you with tracking your son’s progress.

Cub Scout Klondike

The Cub Scout Klondike this year is going to be held on January 21st.  Nancy will talk to the parents about the Klondike on Monday the 9th.  There is not a whole lot of time to get ready for this but we need an accurate head count and will need to collect the cost of the Klondike right away.

Emergency Preparedness

This month we would like to hit on Emergency Preparedness again.  At the end of the month, the Tigers, Wolves and Bears will be getting two American Red Cross training courses for free; First Aid for Children Today (FACT) and Basic Aid Training (BAT).  While the Webelos are welcome to take these courses, we are planning to provide them with the official American Red Cross First Aid Training as well as CPR which will include the option to test for officially First Aid and CPR certifications.  Volunteer Scouters are also welcome to earn the Emergency Preparedness Award.  If as a leader, you are interested in what is required for you to earn the award contact Tom for information.

Fundraising

We are gearing up for our first fundraiser.  We will be selling Krispy Kreme Donuts by the dozen in the form of certificates.  The buyers get them cheaper than in store and the pack raises money at the same time.  More on that soon.

Pinewood Derby

The Pinewood Derby will be coming up.  At the next meeting lets discuss plans for the derby.

Trips, Outings and Camping

We have some ideas in mind but at this time let’s hear from you. Throw some suggestions our way for not just camping/overnighters but what about day trips that relate to what the boys need to work on?  Any ideas?

 

Scouting For Food 2011

Today Troop/Pack/Crew 155 did our part in the Boy Scouts of America’s Scouting for Food tradition. Scouting for Food is the nation’s largest one day food drive.  We proudly netted 1,836 food items weighing in at 2,949 lbs. To put that into another perspective that is a mere 51 pounds shy of 1.5 tons of food that we collected and dropped off at a local food bank this weekend. [Read more…]

Scouting for Food 2011 Part 1

Thanks to all who came out and assisted with our bag distribution this past Saturday.  We were able to get all of the bags out in a short period of time and the kids had fun getting them out.

Scouting for Food not only benefits the community and teaches the kids how to be a member of the community that others can be thankful for, but it also helps them with achievements and electives in their books, as well as requirements for earning different belt loops and pins.

Don’t forget, tonight we will meet at the Firehouse.  Please  see the calendar for the details.

 

‘Scouting For Food’ covers the following;

  • Citizenship Belt Loop Requirement 3