I’ve added several training opportunities to the ScoutTrack Calendar, check them out.

Parents, it is highly recommended that you attend a training or two as your scout progresses through the ranks.  Each rank is different and unique, they shift and  morph as the scouts grow.

If you can’t make one of the trainings just posted, there will be more, don’t wait for the last minute, take it early, let it sink in, then take it again!

Coming up on March 31st is Scout Night with the Austin Toros at the Cedar Park center.  This event will be unique as there will be a TAILGATING session for our District!  Check the calendar in ScoutTrack for more information.

Summer is coming fast, Summer Day Camps are filling up everywhere, a number are already booked, check the Council website for more information.  Our best choices are bolded below

DAY CAMPS  CLICK HERE to choose one of the following camps and register
June 4-6, 2012       Camp Mabry Day Camp
June 4-8, 2012       SW Wilco Park Day Camp
June 5-7, 2012       LBJ State Park Day Camp
June 5-8, 2012       Old Settler’s Park Day Camp
June 11-15, 2012   Blanco Vista Elem-San Marcos
June 11-15, 2012   Northeast Metro Park Day Camp
June 12-15, 2012   San Gabriel Park Day Camp
June 18-22, 2012   Emma Long Metro Park Day Camp
June 18-20, 2012   Live Oak Day Camp Gonzales Texas
July 9-13, 2012      Day Camp at Camp Tom Wooten

Pack 165 {ROCKS!} recommends Session 1 for Cub Scout Resident Camp,   If you haven’t been to one, your scout(s) will have the time of their lives and never want to leave.  Parents willing to volunteer helping may be able to have their children (scouts and siblings) attend for free.  Let me know if you are interested.
CUB SCOUT SUMMER CAMPS
June 29-July 1, 2012 – Cub Scout Summer Camp Session 1
July 2-4, 2012 – Cub Scout Summer Camp Session 2
July 5-7, 2012 – Cub Scout Summer Camp Session 3

BEAR AND WEBELOS PARENTS

WEBELOS EXTREME!   (THIS MEANS ALL CURRENT BEARS!)

WEAC will fill fast, Send those BEARS and WEBELOS, for the BEARS, this will be their first real taste of BOY SCOUT camping and adventure.
July 15-18, 2012 – Webelos Extreme Adventure Camp (WEAC)

Campouts more than 72 hours require a physical – Concentra Health is offering a discounted (only $30.00)  physical for Scout Camps.  Present the flyer and your BSA Medical Form.  There are four locations, our closest is on Louis Henna near Target.

The flyer can be found here.

Our next PACK MEETING is April 9, the day after Easter, see you there!

Yours in Scouting,

Tony

A special thanks to:

• Lisa Kimble, Ms. Gibby and Jodi Hawkins for the organization and running
• the Order of the Arrow dancers who put on a Great show
• and Lisa Kimble”s dear friend Lisa, who ut on a great show of live music for us.

Spring break is next week, our next pack meeting is April 9, followed by the Spring Camp-out at Berry Springs in Georgetown on April 14/15.

Have a great month!

Yours in Scouting

Tony

The Fiery Phoenix put on a great demo on how to set up a tent, great job!

Several bulletins

Scouting for Food / Souper Bowl of Caring – 2nd place in the District 3rd 4th place in the council with 1210 pounds. PACK 165 ROCKS!!!!!

Blue and Gold – March 3, 5PM – 8 PM
Tickets are still on sale – look for a follow up email on when/where to get last minute tickets

Need a few volunteers to setup Friday night, and during the event.
The Order of the Arrow dancers will be performing Native American dances

Spring Camp out
will be at Berry Springs in Georgetown – great park for camping.
Email Nancy Gibby to sign up.

USS LEXINGTON
The Fall trip will be to the USS Lexington – ALWAYS a scout favorite. Mark the date, Nov. 10.

Summer Camps
Day camps in Chisholm Trail
Resident Camp at Tom Wooten (Lost Pines Scout Reservation in Bastrop). Lost Pines/CTW were NOT affected by the fires!!!!
Pack dates June 29 – July 1. This will get you home and rested up for July 4th

TWO WEEKS UNTIL BLUE and GOLD! Email Lisa Kimble for tickets or more information (or myself)

Yours in Scouting.

Tony

Webelos cross-over ceremony on Sunday Jan 22rd, Duck Pond at 1 pm.
Scouting for Food – Sean Maguire
Report to State Parade – 2/4 – Ms. Gibby
Blue and Gold – March 3
University of Scouting – 1/21/2012
Citizenship discussion with Williamson County Judge Allen 1/25 4PM

Cross-Over -

WEBELOS II Crossover is Sunday 1/22/2012 at 1 PM.   It is held at the duck pond at the intersection of Great Oaks and Hairy Man Rd.  (http://g.co/maps/hf8cu).   We recommend that ALL scouts who can attend do.  This is the culmination of your scout’s Cub Scout time.  It’s a great time and the as of now, the weather for Sunday will be more enjoyable than last years!

Scouting for Food

Sean Maguire has neighborhood assignments and will have the flyers in the next couple of days.  Den Leaders need to get with him to pick up the flyers.   Suggested distribution is Saturday 1/21 with food collection the week after.

Report to State

Please contact Ms. Gibby to sign up for Report to State.  This is our annual parade downtown.  After the parade, the Capital Building will be open for tours.   We have a great time every year.

Blue and Gold

Every year we celebrate the birthday of the Boy Scouts of America with our annual Blue and Gold banquet.  This year the B&G is March 3rd at First Baptist Church of Round Rock.  Please see Lisa for tickets ($5 each)

University of Scouting

Annual training day held by the council, this year is 1/21.  Great training for all leaders, and there are classes for parents too!   A list of classes can be found here: http://bsacac.org/my_files/course_catalog_pdf.pdf

WEBELOS Citizenship Merit Badge

Many thanks to our Assistant Cubmaster, Mike Sheppard for leading the meeting, to Troy Tiritilli for organizing the Cake Bake and judging, and to the pack as a whole.   I have been truly touched by the card you signed.  It is little things like the card that drive me to keep striving to live up to the role that our Pack deserves.

Pack 165 really does ROCK!

POPCORN!

Congratulations to Den 3 who sold the most popcorn with the most scouts participating!!

Lad’n'Dad Cake Bake!

Here is a list of the winners for the Cake Bake, congrats to all who entered and did your best!

Tigers

1.  Alexander Hartline
2. Hunter Biegart
3. Ashton McEntarffer

Wolf

1. Connor Trammell
2. Riley Green
3. Jacob Nelson

Bear

1. Trevor Baese
2. Aidan Hartline
3. Ethan Patterson

WEBELOS

1. Drew Tiritlli
2. Michael Stidham
3. Thomas “T.C.” Campbell

Overall Prizes

• Biggest Cake – Geoffrey Daniels
• Best Cub Scout Theme – Hunter Oden
• Most Original – Dylan Wallis

On the Spot

• Jonathan Dube
• Jack Darling
• Matthew Sheppard

For more information please  see the Council’s website http://www.presidentschallenge.org/BSA_564/ to sign up and get more information.

A note, one parent reports that after a four week gap in the tracking activity, the website required her scout to start over.   Keep up with the tracking!

November 13, 2011

Time 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM  (cake drop off 6:35 – 6:55)

Pack Theme “Citizenship“

CAKE CONTEST AND AUCTION

RULES

• No cooking or cleaning help from Mom (Lad and Dad (or other adult)
• No store bought cakes (cake mixes can be used)
• Cakes must be edible
• All cakes must be on a give away tray/board
• Limit 1 purchase per scout (if you bring a cake, you must buy a cake)
• $20 limit on bids, $4 minimum raise
• $20 to buy back your own cake

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Cakes will be judged by outside guests and prizes awarded in the following categories

1.)  JUDGES CHOICE (Best Decorated Cake) *

2.)  Largest Cake

3.)  Best Cub Scout Theme

4.)  Most original “Citizenship” Cake

* 1st, 2nd, 3rd places will be given per rank.

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

It was a bit of a drive, but so worth it.  Saturday morning Texas centered activities followed by an afternoon at the Birth Place of Texas (http://www.birthplaceoftexas.com/) learning about the 175+ years of Texas history.  The WEBELOS managed to pick 4.5 pounds of cotton, while the bear (with less cotton to pick and fewer scouts), picked 3.5 pounds in less time… those Bears put their heart into it and ran out of cotton.  The poor little Tigers and Wolves had nothing left to pick!

Saturday night the boys learned how to take the raw cotton and pull it into threads.   We ended the night with a campfire (using battery powered lanterns) and a Texas Flag retirement (buried not burned, official but not preffered).

While we didn’t have as many as we would have liked, we had a good time.

To all who weren’t able to make it, we missed you and hope all is well!

YIS

Tony