Concord Pack 380 cub scouts sponsored by Woodside Elementary PFC in Concord, California. This page is only a supplement to the Mount Diablo Silverado Council website where council and district activities are listed for all cub scouts in the Council region.
We have scheduled a Pack hike in Tilden Park. This will be our first event of the year after Information Day - maybe a chance to meet new scouts joining Pack 380 or interested in checking us out. Also, if your scouts have friends who might be interested in scouting, this might be a good way to learn more about scouting as our leaders plan on attending this event.
Meet at the Little Farm at 2pm. Pack a light snack and water. We will spend some time with the animals and then go on a hike. You can bring lettuce or celery only to feed the animals.
We brought the 2012-13 year for Pack 380 to a close with an awesome campout at Camp Tamarancho in Marin County. The weekend was filled with hiking, fishing, flag ceremonies, tacos, orange bomb dessert, hand-made ice cream, a B-17 motor, orienteering, map reading, waffle dogs, the Pack 380 swing, fort making, creek exploring, campfire skits and repeat-after-me songs, and wild life that included a fox, a snake, a deer, salamanders and other assorted creatures.
One of the highlights was the ice cream that the scouts made on their own with a lot of shaking and jumping. Take a small ziploc bag and fill it with half and half cream, vanilla extract, sugar and frozen berries and seal it well. Place the bag inside another larger bag and fill the larger bag with ice and rock salt (or as the box says, "ice cream salt"). Last step is to shake and shake until the mixture hardens into ice cream. As some of the scouts said, "this is the best ice cream that I've ever had and I made it myself!"
Another highlight were the waffle dogs made by our Master of the Grill, Mr. Christy. Imagine if you will a corn dog, but inside the dog is a breakfast sausage and the outside is breading from waffle mix. Now imagine making this over heat in a cast iron waffle maker as below.
These dogs were absolutely incredible!
Another big hit was the fishing at the lake that was on the campgrounds. The fish were not biting much but the scouts got plenty of time to practice their casting. On the first day, the best was could do was to catch a canoe. The second day Xander came through for us and caught a fish.
Another activity on the second day was a two to three mile hike. The highlight was tracking down the location of a B-17 9-cylinder motor that is the only remaining item from a B-17 that crashed on the site in the 1940s. The motor is located on the Redwood Trail next to a totem pole.
The orienteering featured four check-in points in total. The first point was the A-frame at one of the other camp sites. The second point was at the rifle range with the reward being water which hit the spot given the mid-day sun. At the third stop at the climbing wall were the "gummie" worms that were quite gooey again due to the mid-day heat. The final stop was the fishing hole where appropriately the reward was goldfish crackers.
The evening campfire program came together due to the leadership of our girl scout, Bonnie. In addition, several of the parents chipped in provide guidance to our scouts. The most memorable moment might have been the "tipping" of our cubmaster.
We wrapped up the final morning with a lesson on Leave No Trace. Using what they learned in the lesson, our scouts did a great job in sweeping our site to make sure that we were going to leave it in even better condition than how we found the place. Way to go scouts!
If anyone has ideas for the campout for next year, let us know!
Our scouts had a great time at Scout Day with the A's! Here's a little slide show to show some of the festivities. In addition to our Pack 380 scouts, we also had the following packs and troops represented in our group: Troop 317 (Buddy's new Boy Scout troop), Troop 484, Troop 370, Pack 444 (Owen's buddy), and Girl Scout Troop 31941.
The day started with games, crafts and other activities prior to the parade. After the parade, the scouts watched the A's come back to win a thrilling game and enjoyed snow cones, hamburgers, hot dogs, frozen lemonades, pizzas, churros, peanuts, garlic fries and other baseball food.
Thanks to Sam's mom for getting the ball rolling for our Pack to attend this fun event!
We have our monthly pack meeting scheduled for this Thursday, May 16, at 7pm at the Woodside Multi-Use Room.
Please come prepared looking your sharpest in your Cub Scout uniforms as the main activity for the meeting will be advancement of all scouts including a bridging ceremony for our two fifth grade Webelos to Boy Scouting.
We will also have a treat at the end of the meeting to celebrate the advancement of all scouts. Way to go scouts!
The following is the planned agenda for the meeting:
Agenda
0. Gathering Activity
1. Opening Flag Ceremony (Webelos)
2. Announcements, including Friends of Scouting
3. Awards
4. Bridging Ceremonies for Buddy and Patrick to Troop 317
We had great weather to plant trees with City of Concord staff and officials to commemorate the city's status as Tree City USA as presented by the Arbor Day Foundation. The city has been so designated now for 32 years now, including 31 consecutive years, the longest existing duration of any city in the Bay Area. Quite a nice accomplishment!
Six scouts along with siblings and parents made it to this event to represent Pack 380. Way to go scouts!
Our very own Cubmaster Llata is the "Tree Guy" for the City and he wanted to make sure that all of you get the chance to help green our fine city.
Concord's Arbor Day Celebration will be held Saturday, April 20 at Ygnacio Valley Park in association with Earth Day. The ceremony begins at 1:30 p.m. with a tree planting. The public is invited to attend.
We have our monthly pack meeting scheduled for this Thursday at 7pm at the Woodside Multi-Use Room.
In the original schedule, our theme was Cooking, but we've improvised to make the meeting about preparing a snack or a healthy after school treat so even though we won't be cooking please come prepared with an appetite as you'll get to try your hand at making fruit salad and GORP. What is GORP? Well, be sure to come to the meeting to find out!
The following is the planned agenda for the meeting:
Agenda
0. Gathering Activity
1. Opening Flag Ceremony (Tiger Cubs)
2. Announcements and Awards
3. Food Pyramid, Healthy Snacks, and Hiking Snacks
