May 23: May Pack Meeting – Advancement Day!
May 23, Tuesday, 6:00pm to 8:00pm // DIFFERENT DAY OF WEEK
Updated Location: Gale Ranch Middle School MPR, 6400 Main Branch Rd, San Ramon, CA 94582 // DIFFERENT SCHOOL
Attire: Full CLASS A uniform, with shirt tucked in, for Scouts and uniformed leaders
// optional cultural attire for parents and siblings
Theme: Multicultural Potluck – Bring your family’s favorite dish to share!
Please [ RSVP ] here.
Bring: refillable water bottle + a multicultural dish to share with 10-20 people
Please use the link to [ SIGN-UP ] for the following 2 items:
1. Please indicate the type of dish you plan to bring for 10-20 people. If possible, please also bring any serving utensils needed for your dish.
2. Please help make this event go smoothly by volunteering and meet your minimum parent volunteer hours to save your volunteer deposit check. Volunteer before, during, or after the event
CONGRATULATIONS, Pack 1776 scouts and families!
Let's celebrate good times with good company and a multicultural potluck! We'll celebrate our cubs, parents, and our amazing volunteers for a wonderful year of learning new things and inspiring all of us to incorporate the scout law into our daily lives. On Advancement Day, we will cheer all scouts and those who have earned their den rank through completed den adventures. We will also recognize the amazing volunteers and our Den Chiefs whom we couldn’t do without. Join us for this celebration!
For all in-person pack or den events and activities, please follow the SRVUSD COVID guidelines. If you are sick or are experiencing symptoms, please stay home and stay safe.
Feb 8: February Pack Meeting – NOVA Wild with the Oakland Zoo
Date/Time: February 8, 4:00pm to 6:00pm (please note the date & early time)
Location: Tassajara Hills Elementary School MPR
Attire: Class A uniform
Volunteers (we need you!): Please email [email protected] if you can help us setup the MPR at 3:30pm and/or cleanup at 6:00pm
Join us for a special visit from the Oakland Zoo! Learn about wildlife, hear interesting facts about our ecosystem, and get up close and personal with a couple of cute critters. We’ll also have a den project during the meeting to put our learnings into a colorful form. Our hats off to Mr. Kevin for organizing this meeting!
Feb 24: Blue & Gold Banquet + AOL Graduation & Bridging
Come celebrate the 113th birthday of scouting in the USA at the pack's annual Blue & Gold banquet where we will have a ceremony for AOLs who will receive their Arrow of Light awards and bridge over to Scouts BSA for their onward scouting journey. The pack will host a catered dinner and fun entertainment -- Germar the Magician -- for Pack 1776 scouts and immediate family.
[ RSVP ] by February 1 with the number of people attending and indicate number of vegetarian and non-veg meals for your party in the poll.
When: Friday, February 24, 2023, at 6-9pm
Where: Tassajara Hills Elementary School MPR
Wear: Class A uniform
Bring: Refillable water bottle per person
Please volunteer to help with set up and clean up.
Schedule:
6:00pm Doors open & Dinner served
6:30pm Ceremonies commence AOL & Bridging
8:00pm Germar the Magician
9:00pm Clean up
See you at the party!
Pack 1776 Blue & Gold Committee
For all in-person pack or den events and activities, please follow the SRVUSD COVID guidelines. If you are sick or are experiencing symptoms, please stay home and stay safe.
SCVGMS 61st Annual Gem and Mineral Festival
Date: April 16 & 17, 2016
Time: 10am - 5pm
Location: Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, 344 Tully Road, San Jose
Show admission: Free for children under 12 and scouts in uniform. Adult $5 advance purchase or $6 at the door.
Kids area admission: $5 per Wolf; $6 per Webelos; Non-scouting sibling and other Cub Scouts $3.50; free for adults, unless they'd like a patch and rock bag.
Awards: Wolves can earn their Collections and Hobbies Adventure; Webelos can earn their Earth Rocks! Adventure.
Cub scouts are invited to Visit the Santa Clara Valley Gem and Mineral Society Festival and Kids Area at the Fairgrounds on April 16 and 17. Learn about geology, get a beginning rock collection, a rock bag, a patch, and more ! Choose a day and time slot to visit and send in your registration form and check by March 31st.
See the SCVGMS Kids Area page for more details.
This is not a Pack 1776 event but a community event open to Scout groups.
Read, Write and Win Amazon Gift Cards!
From Boys' Life website:
Write a one-page report titled “The Best Book I Read This Year” and enter it in the Boys’ Life 2015 “Say Yes to Reading!” contest.
The book can be fiction or nonfiction. But the report has to be in your own words — 500 words tops. Enter in one of these three age categories:
8 years old and younger
9 and 10 years old
11 years old and older
First-place winners in each age category will receive a $100 gift card from Amazon.com. Second-place winners will receive a $75 gift card; third-place winners, a $50 gift card.
Everyone who enters will get a free patch like the one on this page. (And, yes, the patch is a temporary insignia, so it can be worn on the Boy Scout uniform shirt, on the right pocket. Proudly display it there or anywhere!) In coming years, you’ll have the opportunity to earn different patches.
The contest is open to all Boys’ Life readers. Be sure to include your name, address, age and grade in school on the entry.
Send your report, along with a business-size, self-addressed, stamped envelope, to:
Boys’ Life Reading Contest
S306
P.O. Box 152079
Irving, TX 75015-2079
Entries must be postmarked by Dec. 31, 2015 and must include entry information and a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Click here to read the winning essays in the 2014 contest.
Aquanaut Adventure Pin
When: Friday, August 21st 7:00 to 8:30 pm
Where: Cal High Olympic Pool
Details: $4 Youth/Adult Pool Entrance Fees
What to Bring: swimsuit, towels. and class B T-shirt
Calling all Webelos I or II, any boys 11 or older, and their parents ! You are invited to have FUN in the water and complete your Aquanaut Pin with Troop 1776 !
Work on Aquanaut requirements with the Scoutmasters and older Boy Scouts of Troop 1776, get a free swim lesson, play Minnows & Sharks or earn bragging rights by riding the GIANT SLIDE or jumping off the HIGH DIVE!
Scoutmaster David Verespey
Troop 1776
Webelos Naturalist Program in Brentwood
Date/Time: Saturday, March 28 10:00 a.m. – noon
Location: John Muir Interpretive Center 19 Walnut Blvd., Brentwood, CA
Cost: Free
Bring your Webelos out for an adventure. Naturalist John Mottashed will lead your Scouts on a nature hike to complete seven of the 12 Webelos Naturalist Badge requirements: visit a nature center; watch for birds; learn about bird flyways; identify poisonous plants and reptiles; watch at least six wild animals; identify birds and plants that live in our area; learn about the importance of aquatic ecosystems and wetlands. Call 925-688-8010 to register your Scouts.
Read, Write and Win Amazon Gift Cards!
From Boys' Life website:
Write a one-page report titled “The Best Book I Read This Year” and enter it in the Boys’ Life 2014 “Say Yes to Reading!” contest.
The book can be fiction or nonfiction. But the report has to be in your own words — 500 words tops. Enter in one of these three age categories:
8 years old and younger
9 and 10 years old
11 years old and older
First-place winners in each age category will receive a $100 gift card from Amazon.com. Second-place winners will receive a $75 gift card; third-place winners, a $50 gift card.
Everyone who enters will get a free patch like the one on this page. (And, yes, the patch is a temporary insignia, so it can be worn on the Boy Scout uniform shirt, on the right pocket. Proudly display it there or anywhere!) In coming years, you’ll have the opportunity to earn different patches.
The contest is open to all Boys’ Life readers. Be sure to include your name, address, age and grade in school on the entry.
Send your report, along with a business-size, self-addressed, stamped envelope, to:
Boys’ Life Reading Contest
S306
P.O. Box 152079
Irving, TX 75015-2079
Entries must be postmarked by Dec. 31, 2014 and must include entry information and a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Click here to read the winning essays in the 2013 contest.
Webelos Naturalist Program in Brentwood
Date/Time: Saturday, November 22 10:00 a.m. – noon
Location: John Muir Interpretive Center 19 Walnut Blvd., Brentwood, CA
Cost: Free
Pre-registration is required and limited to 20 participants. Back by popular demand! Bring your Webelos out for an adventure. Naturalist Briana Moore is a BSA trained Scout Leader who will lead your Scouts on a nature hike to complete seven of the 12 Webelos Naturalist Badge requirements: visit a nature center; watch for birds; learn about bird flyways; identify poisonous plants and reptiles; watch at least six wild animals; identify birds and plants that live in our area; learn about the importance of aquatic ecosystems and wetlands.
Call Oliver Symonds at 925-688-8010 to register your den.
National Summertime Award
Scouts who participate in 3 summer Pack activities will receive the National Summertime Award. The following activities are eligible:
- Art and Wind Cotton Candy Fundraiser
- Pampanito Overnighter
- Cub Scout Day Camp
- Webelos Weekend
- Marin Headlands Hike
- MDSC Family Flight Day
- Flag Hill Hike
Dens with an average attendance of at least half their members participating three summer pack events will also be eligible for a colorful den participation ribbon.
Please let me know if your scout qualify for the summertime award by Sept 8th.
Thanks,
Surat Perez
Awards Chair
