First Hike of the Year and Outdoor Pack Meeting
Date/Time: Saturday, October 17, 2pm
Location: Redwood Regional Park,
Canyon Meadow Staging Area (directions)
Cost: $5 parking
Attire: Class A
Bring: Personal water bottle and jacket.
Our Outdoor Pack Meeting will be on Saturday,
Oct 17, 2pm at Redwood Regional Park at the Canyon Meadow Staging Area through the Redwood Gate entrance of Redwood Road. Click on above links for park map and directions.
Carpooling is encouraged due to parking fee of $5 and limited spaces. We will go on a pack hike, conduct the Bobcat face painting ceremony for our new scouts, perform skits with our dens, and have S'mores at the end of the hike. The meeting starts at 2pm. Bring your popcorn order form !
***DEN LEADERS: please have your den prepare a skit for the meeting. Click here for skits ideas.
See you there !
Coloma Outdoor Discovery School
Date: 10:30am April 5th (Tuesday) - noon April 7th (Thursday)
Location: Coloma Outdoor Discovery School, 6921 Mt. Murphy Road, Coloma
Age: 3rd to 6th grade
Cost: $200 per child, $75 per adult chaperone
RSVP: Pack Form and Check payable to Pack 1776 (due 9/30/2015)
Scout Forms: BSA Medical, Coloma Medical & Waiver (due 1/31/2016)
Chaperone Form: Coloma Adult Medical and Waiver (due 1/31/2016)
Must Read: Student Handbook, Chaperone Handbook
Contact: Grace Dagen
Dear Pack 1776 Bears and Webelos Parents,
For the 2016 Spring Break (April 5-7), we invite your scout and qualified siblings to the three-day, two-night Coloma Outdoor Discovery School's Gold Rush program. Campers will experience the Gold Rush era, where stories, songs, skits, and characterizations all help to convey the social and economic community of early Coloma. They will walk in the footsteps of the 49ers and experience some of the challenges of surviving away from home.
Day 1: Campers will get hands-on experience creating a shelter, washing laundry, baking cornbread, and panning for gold. Then, they will partner up for a foot stompin' good time at the Hoe Down! They will learn where the 49ers came from and how they got here.
Day 2: Campers will continue their adventures into the town of Coloma and the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park. They will also learn about the plants and animals of the Sierra foothills on a three mile hike. In the evening, a guest presenter will bring to life native and local lore. Campers will learn how local people use plants in their daily lives and the importance of the American River in the discovery of gold.
Day 3: Campers will learn about miners of today. Campers will learn that what they need to survive hasn't changed much... or has it?
The three day program is only available to 3rd through 6th graders. It begins on Tuesday, April 5 at 10:30am and concludes on Thursday, April 7 at noon. The cost is $200 per scout and includes two nights’ accommodations, breakfasts, lunches and dinners. Click here for more information, or watch a video (password: CODS-only)
We need volunteer drivers to take the boys to and from camp, but we only need two adult chaperones per ten campers to stay. Adults pay $75 for room, board & participation. Male chaperones preferred, as they will be sleeping in the cabins with the boys.
To Sign Up:
If your scout is interested, please reserve his space by completing this form and depositing a $200 check (written to Pack 1776) in the Pack mailbox at the Coyote Creek office by September 30 (refundable up to January 31). Waivers and medical forms can be downloaded from the header of this post and are due January 31.
Yours In Scouting,
Grace Dagen
Webeloree Registration Opened Today
Attention Webelos den leaders and parents,
Online registration for the October 3-4 Webeloree is now open! Registration deadlines for the Oct 3-4 and Oct 24-25 events are 9/21 and 10/12 respectively but both of these popular overnight camping events for 4th & 5th graders and their parent(s) can fill up in less than a week, so sign up early !
Go online at http://www.bsa-mdsc.org/events/cub-scout-events/webeloree to register. (Click on the green arrow on the bottom right to view the October event). Enjoy beautiful Camp Herms and work on four Webelos/Arrow of Light Adventures from the new program (Aware & Care, Into the Woods, Earth Rocks, Camper). More info on the district website.
Save the Date for Webel-o-ree
The Webel-o-ree is a fun overnight outing for Webelos & their parents to enjoy. Working with Boy Scouts, Webelos will complete fun activities to earn four activity pins. This Webel-o-ree is open to all first and second-year Webelos. All Webelos attending will receive a custom Webel-o-ree patch and the activity pins earned at the event!
Registration for the October 3-4 event will open Monday, August 17th, 2015.
Registration for the October 24-25 event will open Monday, September 14th, 2015.
Both of these WILL SELL OUT so save the date and register as soon as registration opens.
See more info on this flyer.
2015 Art & Wind Festival – Cotton Candy
Date/Time: May 24-25, 2015, 8:30am - 6pm (2 hour timeslots)
Location: Booth #382 by the tennis courts
Attire: Class A uniform
RSVP: SignUp Genius
It’s that time of the year again! We are asking the entire Pack 1776 Cub Scout family to participate in the sales of our Cotton Candy Fundraiser at the 2015 San Ramon Art & Wind Festival. We will be at booth #382 by the tennis courts
Pack 1776 gets a major funding boost from this event and we definitely need volunteer support from all of our dens.
There are still afternoon openings available and we encourage you to click here to sign up now !
In an effort to ensure that everyone has an equal opportunity to participate, please note the following guidelines:
1.) At least one parent is required to be with their participating scout in this fundraiser but the entire family is most welcome to join and have fun.
2.) Each shift must have at least 1 Scout Leader present. There will be no more than 4 scouts present inside the booth during any shift.
3.) Try to remember to maintain a Scout attitude while participating in this fundraiser. Don't forget that you are all perfect 1776 Gentlemen. We should always thank those who we have asked and always wish them a good day, to encourage proper attitude demonstrating good manners and conduct.
Please contact Marcos Perez if you have any questions.
Bingo Night
Date: Friday, May 8th, 2015
Time: 5:30pm - 8:00pm (First game starts at 6:30 p.m.)
Location: Coyote Creek Elementary MPR
Cost: $5 (includes bingo, pizza, drinks, cookies and raffle ticket)
Attire: Class A uniform
Once again, Pack 1776 scouts, along with Coyote Creek girl scouts, are invited to help call out the letters and numbers during the game.
If your cub is volunteering, you must purchase a ticket ($5/per person) and he must be in his Class A uniform.
Tickets will sell out fast due to a maximum capacity in the MPR.
Kids must be accompanied by a parent/guardian or adult chaperone.
Hope to see you there !
Summer 2015 Camping
Date: Monday, August 10th – Wednesday, August 12th, 2015
Location: Tuolumne Meadows Campground, Yosemite National Park
Contact: Hartwell Lin
Please use the form below to submit your interest by May 15th. We will then review the interest list and publish a list of attendees and stand-by list based on available space and volunteer hours by May 25th.
Spring 2015 Camping
Date: Friday, May 1st – Sunday, May 3rd, 2015
Location: Little Basin Camp Grounds, 21700 Little Basin Road Boulder Creek
Directions: Getting to Little Basin
What to Bring: Packing Check List
Required Form: Health and Medical Form
Contact: Ashok Sharma
Please mark your calendars. This year's highlight will be a larger campground with kitchen facilities. Restrooms are only a short walk from the campsites.
Please use the form below to submit your info by March 20th. Your timely response will help us plan food, logistics, activities, costs, submit the tour plan, book the guided tour etc. to make this another great camping trip !
The cost is $40 for each adult and $30 for each youth (scout or sibling). Cost covers the site, food, some activities, belt loops, and patches. Payment needs to be submitted by April 24th.
April “Bike Hike”
Date/Time: Saturday, April 25, 2015, 4:30pm
Location: Sycamore Park and Ride to Hap Magee Ranch Park and back.
Distance: 2.8 miles one way - approx. 6 miles total
Time: Allow 60-70 mins
Attire: Class B uniform
Award: Bicycling belt loop
Meeting Point: Sycamore Park and Ride Lot
Contact: Hiking Chair Siddharth Bhatia
RSVP: Evite
Trail:
Take the Iron Horse Trail going north starting at Sycamore Valley road. Head on to Camille Ave and bear right. Cross Danville Blvd to head to Hap Magee Ranch Park. Kids can take a break at the park and have some snacks and water and get ready for the journey back. See map below.
What to Bring:
Bikes .. duh !!
Helmets .. duh again..!!!
Water and Snacks
Basic first Aid kit (optional)
Parents:
We would want as many of you bikers as possible. We'd like to maintain a ratio of at least 1 parent biker to every 4 scouts biker. We will be going out in groups of 4 to 5 to avoid clogging up the trail and we would need 1 parent on bike to monitor the group. This trail has a lot of bikers and joggers and we want our scouts to be safe on the trail and we would need a lot of parents on bikes to ensure safety.
We will go over bike safety rules and do a quick helmet inspection before we start. Siblings on bikes welcome.
Absolutely no racing or horseplay permitted.
Hiking Chair Sid
Pack Meeting – March 11 – Cake Decorating Contest
Date: March 11, 2015
Time: 7-8pm
Location: MPR
Hi Everyone,
Our annual cake baking contest is coming up soon on March 11 ! We wanted to pass along the ground rules so that you can be ready to bring in the most spectacular cake you can.
Every Cub Scout (including Siblings) is encouraged to enter a cake in the cake decorating contest! The Cub Scout and an adult should plan, bake and decorate their cake together. Pick one of the categories below and HAVE FUN! Remember this is a project for the kids! The adult should be there to assist, but let the kids have fun creating something wonderful.
RULES:
- Cake check-in will take place from 7:00 – 7:15 pm.
- Do not put any names or den numbers on the cakes. You will be issued a number for your cake when you check-in.
- The entire cake must be completely edible.
- No store bought cakes please. You may use boxed cake mixes, icing mixes or pre-made icing and decorations but you must mix and decorate your own cake.
- Crackers, cookies, candy and other solid foods may be used for decorations.
- A cake may be judged in only one category award and the cake’s appropriate category will be selected by the judges.
Awards will be given for the following CATEGORIES:
- Tallest Cake
- Funniest Cake
- Most Original or Unique Cake
- Most Patriotic
- Most Creative
- Most Appetizing
- Best Sports Theme
- Best Cub Scout Theme
- Judge’s Choice
Looking forward to see everyone's creations !
Pack Commitee
