What: November Pack Meeting
When: November 10, 2011 at 7pm to about 8pm
Where: Woodside Multi-Use Room
Who: All Pack 380 Scouts and Families Welcome!
We have a great time planned for the scouts at our November Pack meeting!
We are trying to line up a Boy Scout Troop to perhaps lead our scouts with some fun activities related to camping.
We'll hold our raffle drawing for some special prizes and recognize the scouts for their tremendous work in selling popcorn in October.
Also, we're looking forward to the Tiger Cubs and their skit/song held over from the last Pack meeting.
We look forward to a great turn out!
Monday, October 31, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Good Turnout for October Pack Meeting!
We had a terrific turnout for the October Pack meeting. Thanks to all the scouts and parents, grandparents and adult leaders for making it to the meeting.
The meeting started on a super note with the Wolf den leading the Pack with the opening flag ceremony and the pledge of allegiance. Way to go Wolf Scouts!
We had a ton of awards that were handed out to returning scouts because we hadn't handed out any awards since the end of year advancement ceremonies at the end of the last school year. In total, two Wolf Cubs and five Webelos were awarded for their achievements. For the Webelos, the big achievement was their Webelo badges. Way to go Webelos!
The other award was a special one for us. It was the Summer Time Pack Award, which is awarded to packs that continue with activities throughout the summer. On hand to award the award to Cubmaster Llata, was Unit Commissioner Bernie Zurlo. This is a recent first time achievement for Pack 380. Way to go Pack 380!
The boy scouts from Troop 370 and their leaders were on hand to lead our cub scouts through knot tying activities and a T-shirt game. The boys had a great time!
The raffle was once again a hit as some delicious cookies were raffled off.
A couple of reminders to all Pack 380 families:
Fall Fest on October 21 at Woodside Elementary - Pack 380 has been assigned the 6pm to 7pm shift for the milk bottle toss game and the 6pm to 7pm shift for the bean bag toss game. If you can help out, please show up at these booths at 6pm.
Popcorn Booth Sales on October 22 from 10am to 2pm at Safeway Store - Pack 380 will be at the Safeway store at Treat Boulevard and Clayton Road from 10am to 2pm to sell popcorn. One incentive to help sell popcorn is that each scout will get one raffle ticket entered in his name for the November grand prize drawing for each hour worked. Let's see if we can top the $850 in sales from two weeks ago!
Next Pack Meeting: November 10, 2011 at 7pm
The meeting started on a super note with the Wolf den leading the Pack with the opening flag ceremony and the pledge of allegiance. Way to go Wolf Scouts!
We had a ton of awards that were handed out to returning scouts because we hadn't handed out any awards since the end of year advancement ceremonies at the end of the last school year. In total, two Wolf Cubs and five Webelos were awarded for their achievements. For the Webelos, the big achievement was their Webelo badges. Way to go Webelos!
The other award was a special one for us. It was the Summer Time Pack Award, which is awarded to packs that continue with activities throughout the summer. On hand to award the award to Cubmaster Llata, was Unit Commissioner Bernie Zurlo. This is a recent first time achievement for Pack 380. Way to go Pack 380!
The boy scouts from Troop 370 and their leaders were on hand to lead our cub scouts through knot tying activities and a T-shirt game. The boys had a great time!
The raffle was once again a hit as some delicious cookies were raffled off.
A couple of reminders to all Pack 380 families:
Fall Fest on October 21 at Woodside Elementary - Pack 380 has been assigned the 6pm to 7pm shift for the milk bottle toss game and the 6pm to 7pm shift for the bean bag toss game. If you can help out, please show up at these booths at 6pm.
Popcorn Booth Sales on October 22 from 10am to 2pm at Safeway Store - Pack 380 will be at the Safeway store at Treat Boulevard and Clayton Road from 10am to 2pm to sell popcorn. One incentive to help sell popcorn is that each scout will get one raffle ticket entered in his name for the November grand prize drawing for each hour worked. Let's see if we can top the $850 in sales from two weeks ago!
Next Pack Meeting: November 10, 2011 at 7pm
Monday, October 10, 2011
October Pack Meeting
Looking forward to seeing all Pack 380 scouts at our second pack meeting of the year!
Date/Time: October 13 (Thursday) at 7pm
Location: Woodside Elementary Multi-Use Room
1. Opening Flag Ceremony [Wolf Cubs]
2. Awards [Cubmaster]
- Special Pack Award
- Individual Awards
2. Awards [Cubmaster]
- Special Pack Award
- Individual Awards
3. Popcorn Sale Update [Popcorn Colonel]
- Next Booth Sale on October 22 (Saturday)
- Next Booth Sale on October 22 (Saturday)
4. Skit [Tiger Cubs]
5. Scouting for Food [Cubmaster]
6. Troop 370 Activities
- Knot Tying
- Game
7. Raffle [Wolf and Bear Cubs]
8. Closing Flag Ceremony [Webelos]
8. Closing Flag Ceremony [Webelos]
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Upcoming Webelo Activities
The following are upcoming activities for our Webelos:
October 8 - Shark fishing with Troop 370, leave at 6pm from the Salvation Army Church at 3950 Clayton Road [contact Russ Wortham at 689-2095]
October 17 - Earn Engineering Activity Pin with Troop 465, starts at 645pm at Concord United Methodist Church at 1645 West Street, Concord [RSVP with Mike Roark at 681-1192 or contact Den Leader Llata].
October 25 - Campfire n' Smores and flag retirement with Troop 364, starts at 7pm at Clayton Valley Presbyterian Church at 1578 Kirker Pass Road, Clayton.
November 19-20 - Webelos Weekend with Troop 317 which be an overnight campout at Sugarloaf Open Space, 2161 Youngs Valley Rd in Walnut Creek; this will be a good one to attend since they will do activities for our scouts to earn Outdoorsman and Readyman activity pins.
Please contact Den Leader Llata if you are interested in attending any of these activities. Some scouts have already signed up, but we can still add other Webelo scouts from our pack to the list.
October 8 - Shark fishing with Troop 370, leave at 6pm from the Salvation Army Church at 3950 Clayton Road [contact Russ Wortham at 689-2095]
October 17 - Earn Engineering Activity Pin with Troop 465, starts at 645pm at Concord United Methodist Church at 1645 West Street, Concord [RSVP with Mike Roark at 681-1192 or contact Den Leader Llata].
October 25 - Campfire n' Smores and flag retirement with Troop 364, starts at 7pm at Clayton Valley Presbyterian Church at 1578 Kirker Pass Road, Clayton.
November 19-20 - Webelos Weekend with Troop 317 which be an overnight campout at Sugarloaf Open Space, 2161 Youngs Valley Rd in Walnut Creek; this will be a good one to attend since they will do activities for our scouts to earn Outdoorsman and Readyman activity pins.
Please contact Den Leader Llata if you are interested in attending any of these activities. Some scouts have already signed up, but we can still add other Webelo scouts from our pack to the list.
2011 Popcorn Sales Update
We had our first day of booth sales at the Safeway store and sold over $865 worth of popcorn! Way to go Pack 380 scouts! I think this breaks our record for largest single day of sales!
All unsold Show N Sell product (this is the popcorn for booth sales) needs to be returned to the Mt. Diablo Silverado Council Office (800 Ellinwood Way, Pleasant Hill) between October 10 & October 31. However, at this rate maybe we'll have to ask for more popcorn to sell! Every hour spent at booth sales means one raffle ticket for our grand prize drawing at a Pack meeting after popcorn sales are finished.
All Take Orders (these are the individual orders either on the form or in person) need to be submitted by October 31 in order for scouts to receive their prizes, including the Zyclone ring blaster for selling $600 in popcorn through individual sales. Remember every $50 in individual sales also earns our scouts one raffle ticket for our grand prize drawing.
We'll probably need to collect the individual orders and have them into our Popcorn Colonel, Mr. Lang, by no later than October 28 (Friday) so he can get everything into the system.
All unsold Show N Sell product (this is the popcorn for booth sales) needs to be returned to the Mt. Diablo Silverado Council Office (800 Ellinwood Way, Pleasant Hill) between October 10 & October 31. However, at this rate maybe we'll have to ask for more popcorn to sell! Every hour spent at booth sales means one raffle ticket for our grand prize drawing at a Pack meeting after popcorn sales are finished.
All Take Orders (these are the individual orders either on the form or in person) need to be submitted by October 31 in order for scouts to receive their prizes, including the Zyclone ring blaster for selling $600 in popcorn through individual sales. Remember every $50 in individual sales also earns our scouts one raffle ticket for our grand prize drawing.
We'll probably need to collect the individual orders and have them into our Popcorn Colonel, Mr. Lang, by no later than October 28 (Friday) so he can get everything into the system.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Pack 380 Popcorn Sales - October 8 and 22 at Safeway Store, 10am to 2pm
We have our first day of popcorn sales this weekend at the Safeway Store at Treat and Denkinger.
Our time slot is from 10am to 2pm. Please let your den leader know if you are able to pitch and help sell popcorn or encourage your family and friends to drop by to support your local scouts.
About 30 to 35 percent of the money earned from these sales goes directly to our pack. Another part of this goes to the local scout council. This money goes to support all of the many scouting activities.
We have a second date for selling popcorn at this same Safeway store on October 22 at the same 10am to 2pm time slot.
Thanks for your help and support!
Our time slot is from 10am to 2pm. Please let your den leader know if you are able to pitch and help sell popcorn or encourage your family and friends to drop by to support your local scouts.
About 30 to 35 percent of the money earned from these sales goes directly to our pack. Another part of this goes to the local scout council. This money goes to support all of the many scouting activities.
We have a second date for selling popcorn at this same Safeway store on October 22 at the same 10am to 2pm time slot.
Thanks for your help and support!
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Scout Day at the Food Bank
Pack 380 was represented by Scout Ryan from Den 5 and Scouts David and Ethan from Den 1 at Scout Day at the Food Bank. The food bank that we visited was the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano located on Nelson Avenue in Concord which has been in operation since 1979. This is the same food bank where what's collected during Scouting for Food is delivered.
Apparently, Scouting for Food was to be a national scouting one-time "good turn" in 1988. Instead it turned into an annual event. Last year, Scouting for Food turned in 165,000 pounds of food in one day. The record for most food collected was 204,000 pounds in 2006. This food helps the food bank make it through the holidays. Last year, the food bank distributed 26,000 Thanksgiving baskets through various agencies.
We'll be placing door hangers on November 12 in the neighborhood around Woodside Elementary. The following Saturday, November 19, will be the big day when we go around the neighborhood to collect food left out on doorsteps.
The food bank does the collecting of food but relies on other agencies to get the food distributed to needy families. They sometimes have needy families that come to the food bank warehouse, but they are not able to distribute food directly. They are starting a food card system of some kind to deal with this situation.
Other fun facts that we learned:
Apparently, Scouting for Food was to be a national scouting one-time "good turn" in 1988. Instead it turned into an annual event. Last year, Scouting for Food turned in 165,000 pounds of food in one day. The record for most food collected was 204,000 pounds in 2006. This food helps the food bank make it through the holidays. Last year, the food bank distributed 26,000 Thanksgiving baskets through various agencies.
We'll be placing door hangers on November 12 in the neighborhood around Woodside Elementary. The following Saturday, November 19, will be the big day when we go around the neighborhood to collect food left out on doorsteps.
The food bank does the collecting of food but relies on other agencies to get the food distributed to needy families. They sometimes have needy families that come to the food bank warehouse, but they are not able to distribute food directly. They are starting a food card system of some kind to deal with this situation.
Other fun facts that we learned:
- The warehouse can have up to 1.5 million pounds of food at one time on-hand.
- They turn over the food five or six times in one year with this amount of food equal to the amount of food that can fill up about 70 train cars.
- The food bank serves about 132,000 people each month. This is more than the population of Concord.
- The food bank also hands out toys, bicycles and other items for kids.
- One of their unusual donations was a very large shipment of M&M peanuts.
- Another memorable donation was a very large shipment of stuffed animals.
- They have been able to cut back on how much they spend on electricity by installing $700,000 of solar panels on their roof.
- They have very large drive-in refrigerators that they keep at about 40 degrees. We got to walk into two of these.
- They also have a very large freezer that they keep at something like 7 degrees below zero. We got to walk into this one too.
- A tour of the food bank
- A station where we made a banner to advertise Scouting for Food (food pick-ups are scheduled for November 19)
- A classroom session where we learned about the people that the food bank helps
- A chance for us to pack boxes of plums that came from a farm
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