October Pack Meeting

Last night was our October Pack meeting, there was a ton of energy, you could almost see the sparks flying off the scouts heads!

Bulletins:

-Pack trip Houston Zoo sign-up
     - night was the last chance to sign up
-Membership renewal
     -We have less time that last year, please get with Robin to renew.
-Lad-N-Dad bake-off next month
     -Troy Tiritilli is looking for an energized parent or two to help with logistics. Please let me or him know if you can spare a little time to help out
-Popcorn Take Order still going on
     -One week left, everyone needs to get with Sarah to turn in the order forms and money
-Training
     -Leadership notes – We need all of our leaders to finish their training. Your training shows your commitment to your scouts, the parents and helps the Pack on our Journey to Excellence. In order to meet the MINIMUM level, we have to have 100% of our leaders finish basic training: YPT, This is Scouting and Leader Specific Training.
-Tiger Adventure Day
     -Tiger Adventure Day at Camp Tom Wooten is coming up. Registration and more details are available at our councils website http://www.bsacac.org/event/tcadfall2011

Mike Sheppard presented the Duty God program, we had especially high interest this year!  This a very good program that really helps the scouts gain a better understanding of their relationship to their faith.  Let Mike or I know if you want more information.

We inducted 21 scouts into the Bobcat rank, the Spirit of Scouting shone on all the scouts, proving their worth and their own spirit!

By request I improved on my botched song from the fall campout.  I brought the words for Kumbaya and was surprised to find that almost all of the scouts jumped up on stage to help me with the song.  I guess you could say it was the introduction of the Pack 165 impromptu a cappella choir.  The scouts did great, putting on a great performance for the parents!

While out of cycle, we did conclude with awarding the Texas Badge to all the scouts that came to the fall campout at Camp Bovay.  We had an excellent time out there.

And as of today, the Pack 165 {ROCKS!} website is now official and active.  There will be a brief period over the next the few weeks while we finish building it out, tweaking things here and there.

 YIS

Tony