Gilroy Gardens Campout is Official

We have enough scouts and adults signed up to make it an official campout. There are about 25 Cubs, parents and siblings planning on attending the campout. Remember siblings are the responsiblity of their parents.

We will meet Saturday October 25th at Lincoln Elementary School at 1:30pm. Carpools will be put together by parents. I will need to collect vehicle information from parents driving as per Boy Scouts of America policy.

Parents: The following rules apply to this campout. Boy Scouts of America requires the following: No alcohol maybe consumed by any individual during a Scout Outing. Tobacco may not be used in the area of any Scout (should not be smelled or seen by scouts.) Scouts wishing to sleep with an adult may only share a tent with their parent or legal guardian. Scouts may sleep with other scouts. Scouts are not allowed to enter an adults tent.

If you are attending the campout please bring full payment of $45 per person to the meeting on October 6. We must buy Tickets from Gilroy Gardens during the week of October 6th to secure our spots. Please pay in cash or make check payable to Boy Scouts of America, Pack 112.

IMPORTANT POPCORN DATES

September 22 - Official Popcorn Kick-Off
October 13 - Turn in Popcorn Orders and Collected Money
November 10 - Pick up Popcorn Orders at Cub Meeting
November 17 - Turn in Balance of any remaining Money

Remember You are selling Scouting. Be a good representative of Scouting! Wear your uniform and always say Thank You.

Possible Campout on October 25, 2008

We have just been informed of a Campout opportunity at the Gilroy Gardens in Gilroy, California. We will spend the night on the park grounds on Saturday night and then attend interactive activities on Sunday. We will also be able to ride the rides on Sunday. There is an entry fee that includes 3 meals, Dinner, Breakfast, and Lunch. The price is $45 per person. Each cub going must attend with a parent or legal guardian.

This campout will be open to the entire family. Siblings of scouts will be the responsibility of parents. All attendees (3yr +up) will pay the same $45.00 per person.

The full price regular ticket is $42.99 and the Discount entry price is $29.99 so the $45.00 price is not bad considering we get to spend the night, eat, attend classes, receive a souvenir camp patch and ride the rides.

I will need parents to begin signing up at our next meeting on September 15th and will need to collect $25 per person to reserve spots at our meeting on September 22nd. Final Payment of $20 person must be paid at our meeting on October 6th.

We will discuss this at our next meeting during recreation time. Please come on time at 6:00pm. I apologize for the late notice, but I just found out about this. More information on Gilroy Gardens is available at : http://www.gilroygardens.org/

Troop 116 Visitation and Popcorn Kick-OFF

Troop 116 has invited our Pack to visit them on Monday September 22nd. We will enjoy a Pop Corn Kick off Celebration with them

This celebration will start the Popcorn selling season. Remember Popcorn sales supports our pack's activities and awards.

We will meet at our regular time of 6:00pm at Lincoln school and then Caravan down to the Madera United Methodist church to meet Troop 116 at 7:00. All parents are encouraged to attend this meeting with their cub.

Pop Corn Song

PopCorn Song
By Mark Wesling, inspired by Renee Wesling

It’s movie night, and we’re all around
And we hear a sound, what can that be?

(Chorus)
It’s Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop, Popcorn
It’s Pop, PopPop, PopPop, Pop, Popcorn
It’s Pop, Pop, Pop, PopPop, Popcorn
It’s Pop, PopPop, Pop, PopPop, Popcorn

We jump up and down, we know that sound
We look around, what can that be? (Repeat Chorus)

We look around, we know that sound
It’s getting faster, what can it be? (Repeat Chorus)

We’re awfully hungry, We know that sound
We look around, yeah, what can it be? (Repeat Chorus)

It’s getting faster, we know that sound
We look around, what can it be? (Repeat Chorus)

We love that sound, we look around
It’s getting faster, we know that sound (Repeat Chorus)

Pack 112 Dens Have A Great First Meeting

We had a great meeting for our first Den gathering. Each of the Dens created their own Den Flag. We have some very creative and Artistic Scouts in our Pack! Guests and new buddies are always encouraged currently we have 3 tigers, 4 wolves, 4 Bears, and 4 Webelo I's. We also assigned Numbers to each of the Dens.

Den Numbers are as Follows: Tigers-Den 8; Wolves-Den 7; Bears-Den 6; Webelos I-Den 5; and Webelos II-Den 2.

Thank you to all of the Parents who stepped up and helped out! Cub Scouts is a family oriented program and Cubs with involved parents are more successful and have more fun. Take advantage of the Cub Scout activities and teach them responsibility. Cubs should always help out with cleaning and set-up whenever possible.

I did not get to review this at our meeting but each Cub should bring their handbook to every meeting. We will try to sign off on activities we did in the meeting and also review what cubs and parents have done at home. The handbook is a great resource for home activities. A parent can work on any of the activities at home and sign off on the activity in the book. The cub's den leader will review their progress and record it in the advancement log.

NEXT WEEK - September 15, Cubs will make flag stands for their new flags, create den yells and calls, And work on Bobcat. All Cubs should review the Bobcat rank at Home. I hope to award rank to all of our Cubs at the September 29th Pack Meeting.