Pack 60

It’s Pinewood Derby Time!!!

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:28:06 +0000

The big event of the year, Pinewood Derby, will be held on Saturday, January 21 starting at 7:30 AM. We will need parent volunteers to make this work so please raise your hands. The schedule will be:

Registration Times: (races will follow immediately after registration)
Webelos II 7:30 – 7:55
Webelos I 7:55 – 8:15
Bears 8:35 – 8:55
Wolves 9:10 – 9:30
Tigers 9:45 – 10:05
Pack Finals 10:25 – 10:45

Volunteers are needed for the following:
Registration and weigh in
Staging
Starting
Running the cars from the finish to the Staging
Various others

Please let Pinewood Chairman Frank Detraglia (fdetraglia@netcracker.com) and Cub Master Mike Cavanaugh (rmcavanaugh@verizon.net) know how you can help out.

Thanks and see you all on Jan. 21.

November is Service Month!

admin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:22:32 +0000

This month’s activities for the scouts of Pack 60:

1. Scouting for Food. Please distribute bags for food donations the week of Oct. 31. Donations will be collected on Saturday morning, Nov. 5 at the Pack cleanup.
2. Pack Cleanup at the Sudbury United Methodist Church (SUMC). Please be there at 8:30 AM sharp, and we will help with the ourdoor cleanup at the SUMC until 10:30 or so.
3. Pack Meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 15. The usual time and place (6:45 PM at the SUMC). The theme will be “First Aid” led by pack parent Dr. Benjamin Schneider.

Finally, I’d like to ask all scouts and dens to think about what you can do for your community during service month.

Pack Meeting Monday, October 17 – Fossils & Dinosaurs!

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:15:18 +0000

We look forward to seeing everyone at our monthly Pack Meeting, featuring a really cool Fossils & Dinosaurs show given by Fun With Science Programs. The Cub Master chalenges all scouts to invite a friend who may be interested in scouting to attend! if you get a friend to attend, you’ll receive the recruiter badge for your uniform!

http://funwithscienceprograms.com/

Pack 60 Fall Camp out September 17 at Nobscot Scout Reservation!

admin — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:02:43 +0000

It’s time for our first Pack meeting/Event of the 2011-2012 scouting year, our annual Pack camp out which will be held on September 17 at the Nobscot Scout Reservation in Sudbury.

Here is a general list of supplies that each family will be responsible for providing:

Water bottle
Bug repellant
Tent
Sleeping bag
Pillows
Toiletries (Include Purell or other hand sanitizer)
Sleeping pads
Warm Clothes
Flashlight
Personal Toilet paper
Pajamas
Raincoat
Cub Scout Uniform
Personal Snacks

Here is the Family Camping Schedule. Dinner and breakfast will be served.

Saturday:

2:00 -4:00PM Arrival at Nobscot Scout reservation – Ellisland camping area.
2:00 -4:00 Den activities – den leader’s discretion
4:00 – 5:00 Scavenger Hunt
5:00 – 6:15 Dinner (Provided)
6:15 – 6:45 Clean up
6:45 – 7:30 Campfire/Pack Meeting/Welcome of Tigers
7:30 Departure for those that are not staying overnight
7:30-9 Hike or Storytelling at the Campfire or in your tents
9:00 pm Lights out
Sunday:

8:00 am Light Breakfast (provided)
9:00 Break Camp
10:00 am Leave Camp
Directions to Camp Nobscot:

Camp Nobscot is on Nobscot Road on the Sudbury/Framingham line. On Google map. Park and follow signs to Ellisland.

We will try to organize the camping areas by den so that your group can stay together.

Remember: A scout is always prepared!

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Water Bottle Rocket Launch! Monday, Aug. 22

admin — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:36:27 +0000

The very popular Water Bottle Rocket event will be held at 6:00 PM on Monday, August 22 in the rear of the Sudbury United Methodist Church. Please have each boy bring an empty 2 liter plastic bottle to decorate and use as a rocket. This event is open to all boys (and siblings) from grades 1-5, and we encourage scouts and parents to invite friends to join us and experience the fun of scouting. See you then!

Campout and Fishing Derby – June 17 & 18 @ Maynard Rod and Gun Club

admin — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:02:58 +0000

We have confirmed the date of our campout and fishing derby. We will arrive at the Maynard Rod and Gun Club ( 45 Old Mill Road in Maynard) for our campfire and campout on the afternoon of Friday, June 17. We can begin setting up camp at 4:30 PM with the campfire/awards being held at approximately 6:45. Grilling is encouraged!

Fishing in the adjacent pond is the next morning, Saturday, June 18. We will plan on having our camp cleaned up and vacated by noon on Saturday.

More details will follow, but please mark these dates down in your calendars.

Sudbury Clean Up

admin — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:17:57 +0000

Dear Parents of Pack 60,

As many of you may know this Saturday, April 30th is Sudbury Clean Up Day. Let’s get together and do our part by helping. Pack 60 has been assigned to the Loring School on Saturday from 10am-11am. Bags will be provided for the clean up. Come join in the cleanup we would love your help!!! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 978-579-7923

Hope to see you Saturday

Anne Childs

Friends of Scouting

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:32:00 +0000

Every year each Unit needs to collect Scout registration fees that go directly to National BSA to maintain standard programs and membership. Units also need their own activities fees to operate their Unit’s programs — so does our Council. Annually the Knox Trail Council embarks on a campaign to raise the funds to keep our council in operation. This campaign to raise operating funds is called FRIENDS OF SCOUTING (FOS).

Please consider donating to this fund:

http://www.doubleknot.com/Registration/CampaignDetail.asp?ActivityKey=928694&OrgKey=323

Battleship Cove sleepover!

admin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:07:15 +0000

It’s back by popular demand!! Ask any kid who has been in Cub Scouts what their favorite activity was and chances are they will say the sleepover at the Battleship Cove!

This year’s details:

From: Saturday April 2nd (arrive 11am to 3pm)

To: Sunday April 3rd (between 9am and 4.30pm – your choice!)

Where: Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA.

Cost: $55 per person

YOU GET

Two days’ paid admission with overnight lodging on board a National Historic Landmark
Full, nutritious dinner, breakfast, and box lunch served in the battleship’s Officers’ Wardroom
Feature films shown on board Big Mamie
A rotating schedule of knot-tying and Morse Code classes, flag-folding presentations, story-telling, and historical reenactments
A free 16-page souvenir guide with a pull-out map of Big Mamie
Free admission to the Marine Museum.
Memories for a lifetime!!

For more info see the Battleship Cove Flyer

How do I sign-up?

To sign up please make out a check to Sudbury Pack 60 for $55 per person, write the names of the attendees on the memo section of the check and mail or drop off the check at the following address or bring your check to the Blue and Gold dinner on March 12th:

Dan Arthur
68 Hopestill Brown Road
Sudbury, MA

This event is known to book up, so get your registrations in!

Blue and Gold

admin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:02:28 +0000

Come join us for the BLUE and GOLD Banquet

Loring Elementary School
March 12, 2011
5:00pm–7:00pm

The purpose of the blue and gold banquet is to celebrate our pack’s anniversary and bid farewell to those Webelos who will transition to Boy Scouts. Come enjoy dinner and desert and be entertained by the best scouts in the industry!!