Memorial Day Grave Decoration
Date: Saturday, May 26, 2012
Time: 8:30am - noon
Location: Golden Gate National Cemetery, 1300 Sneath Lane, San Bruno (map)
Attire: Full Class A, footwear suitable for walking in wet grass
Cost: Free
Further info: Flyer and Flag Planting Instructions
Event Leader: Jeff Kahsen
RSVP: Evite by May 18th
Pack 1776 families,
We will be participating in Flag Planting at the Golden Gate National Cemetery this year. (Note that this is not the same cemetery we went to in previous years!) Scouts, friends, and family welcome. Scouts will receive a patch. Please RSVP via evite by Wednesday May 16 to reserve your spot.
Event will begin at 8:30am sharp.
Scouts must be in Class A Uniforms.
Stella Lei
Pack Meeting – Tomorrow in the MPR April 18
Hi Cub Scouts of Pack 1776!
Don't forget, we have a Pack Meeting tomorrow, Wednesday evening at the MPR, 7:00.
Many of you will be advancing to the next levels of scouting. You have worked so hard this year in your den meetings under the guidance of our World Class Den Leaders and parents, that you have completed your achievements.
Awards Chair Ammy Pluth picked up all of the necessary awards. (She loves to shop, by the way).
Tigers are graduating to Wolves
Wolves are graduating to Bears
Bears are graduating to Webelos I's
Remember at our last meeting, Webelos I's graduated to Webelos II. Pretty cool, now it's your turn.
We will sing a couple of songs. Since you guys are grown up, I say we pull out the Marshall Amp and Gibson Les Paul, save the acoustic for camping.
Plus, Committee Chair Steve and I have a surprise graduation present for you. It's a surprise. That means you have to see it for yourself! You'll need it for our last pack meeting of the year in May.
Get Ready to Rock and Roll Forward Tomorrow!
Pack 1776 Spring Camping
Pack 1776 Families,
Come join us for some spring camping at beautiful New Brighton Beach State Park!!
The campground is located about one mile from downtown Capitola and is a short walk to a half mile long beach backed by bluffs that offer amazing ocean views and is forested with cypress and Monterey pine. Raccoons, deer and other animals inhabit this wooded upland as well as the park’s grassy coastal terrace where the campground and picnic area are situated. Migrating monarch butterflies winter in the park’s groves. The campground has ample bathrooms and showers and the average high temperature in May is 72° and the average low is 49°.
As always, the cost is minimal - $15/person/night which covers the site, food, and all activities. If you decide to stay only one night, please let us know which night you are staying.
** All scouts who sign up will receive their very own mess kit to use during the trip and to keep as their own **
We also highly encourage all other family members to bring their own reusable dining sets for meal times to reduce our trash and our Pack footprint.
Payment MUST be received BY May 1st to secure your spots! This is to allow for proper planning and selection of helpers. No excuses please. A standard policy of No Refunds applies. We are limited to 33 campers for this trip so get your payment in early.
Please feel free to contact me with questions via email.
Scott Spears
Camping Chair
[email protected]
March Hikes
Pack 1776,
Thanks to Camping Chair Bernard, we will be having not one, but two hikes this month. Scouts, friends and family are welcome to these hikes. Evites will be coming your way. Please reply so we get a headcount for patches. Hikes detail below.
Thanks,
Stella the webmaster
Hike # 1: Presidio Historic Trail
Date: Saturday, March 17, 2012
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Presidio of San Francisco. Meet at the Visitors Center and Officer's Club (map)
Cost: Free
Attire: Class B
Award: Presidio Historic Trail patch for scouts
Detail: Trail map (bmp) & info (doc)
RSVP: Evite by Monday, March 12th
San Francisco Bay Area Council established the Presidio Historic Trail Program over four decades ago. It has a trail for Cub Scout Packs and Boy Scout Troops. The Cub Scout Trail is about 3.5-miles as it starts from the Visitor Center, down to Fort Point and then around to Battery Chamberlin. The Boys Scout Trail is between 6.4 to 8.1 miles depending upon whether the troop hikes all across the Golden Gate Bridge and back.
Hike # 2: Forest Conservation Day
Date: Saturday, March 24, 2012
Time: 1:45 PM - 4:45PM
Location: Sanborn county park (map)
Cost: $6 park entrance fee
Attire: Class B
Award: Forest Conservation Days patch for participating scouts
Detail: Forest conservation day flyer (pdf)
RSVP: Evite by Monday, March 19th
We will be having a 2-3 hour interactive, hands-on hike with a forester through the redwood forest and the oak woodlands of Sanborn Park. Included will be tree identification, and instruction/activities on geology, soils, wildlife biology, native culture, fire fighting, forest products, demonstration of a vintage 1882 Steam Donkey, and more!
This is a great opportunity to fulfill requirements of the Webelos forester and geologist activity pins, Bear elective #15 (water & soil conservation), Wolf elective #18 (outdoor adventure), belt loops and pins for geology and wildlife conservation, etc. Cloth patches commemorating this event will be available for participating scouts.
Spring Camping – SAVE THE DATES!
Date: Friday, May 18, 2012 3:00pm – Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:00pm
Location: New Brighton State Beach
SAVE THE DATES!! New Brighton Beach State Park is located about one mile from downtown Capitola, California. New Brighton’s half mile long beach is backed by bluffs that offer amazing ocean views and is forested with cypress and Monterey pine. Raccoons, deer and other animals inhabit this wooded upland as well as the park’s grassy coastal terrace where the campground and picnic area are situated. Migrating monarch butterflies winter in the park’s groves. The campground has ample bathrooms and showers and the average high temperature in May is 72° and the average low is 49°.
Details will follow in an Evite and will be posted here. Stay tuned.
SAVE THE DATES!!
Scott Spears
Camping Chair
Pack Meeting – Wed March 7 – Cake Decorating Contest!
Hi Pack 1776 Scouts and Families!
Just a friendly reminder that this coming Wednesday, March 7 at 7:00 is our month Pack Meeting Extravagana!
The big event - Cake Decorating!
"Cubmaster John, have you lost your mind?!!!"
Yes, and if any of you find it, please let me know.
Seriously, we will have our very first Pack Cake Decorating Competition. Kind of like the Pinewood Derby, but you can eat the winners.
This is a Scout/Parent procedure. The scout, under the guidance of mom or dad, bakes and decorates his own cake, brings it to the meeting. ALL ingredients must be edible. No soldiers, beyblades, plastic straws, cement. Just food - Cake mix, sugar, food coloring, marshmellows, tofu, Slim Jim beef stick, etc.
A panel of judges will pick winners in the following categories:
Spirit of '76 - Three cheers for the red white and blue. Flags, patriotic theme, etc.
Tallest - Think, Mount Everest, but edible.
Longest - Think, The Bay Bridge, but crossable
Are You Going to Eat That? - Think, most likely to be eaten because it's beautiful and looks delicious LOOKING.
Take Your Cake and Eat It! - Think, "Get that thing away from me and out of the house!" Gross, ugly, creepy, gummy worms crawling out of it, dirt made from ground Oreos.
Out of this World - Space the final frontier. Planets, stars, comets, space ships, stellar. (Stella? She IS a star!)
Cultural - We have families from all over the world, work with the scout on a cake which comes from Italy, or the Philipines or India or Greece. You get the idea. Be proud of your roots, and share them with us.
We'll add a few more categories. Winners get a Cake Decorating Patch, and special prizes. Everyone gets to have fun.
Remember:
NO Store Bought
NO Non-edible components
NO "Dad did the whole thing himself, and I'm getting credit for it" (just like Pinewood Derby, it's the scout's project)
Siblings are welcome to bring cakes too, even as small as a cupcake, but they won't be in the competition.
After, if you want to share your cake, great. If you want to bring it home and put it mnext to your Soccer Trophy, great.
Sound like fun? Be prepared to be bombarded with more reminders.
Cubmaster John
Bingo Night – Tomorrow
Hi Everyone,
Just of few notes on Bingo Night:
Scouts who signed up on the Evite, but did not sign up/pay their $5/head to the PTA should not attend. The school is very strict about this, and has a list at the door. Pack 1776 isn't running this event, we're just guests, helping out, so the PTA is calling the shots.
Scouts who are paid in full, signed up on evite, please remember to wear your Class A (fancy duds) uniforms. No stage time, without the proper gear. Also, we'll behave like gentleman scouts, given that we'll have a big audience. No shyness either, we'll have fun together.
Scouts who did not sign up on the evite, but are going, feel free to join us. Come in your uniform.
Ada and I will be preparing a final list tomorrow before the event as you arrive. One by one, I'll be calling guys to the stage for individual rounds, along with a girl scout, and we'll read the numbers/letters.
We'll keep in moving along, just like Blue and Gold, so they can exit the MPR on time.
Sound like fun? It is. That's show biz!
Cubmaster John
Blue and Gold is this Friday!
Pack 1776 families,
Blue and Gold is this Friday! Have you looked at the evite lately? 179 people!! Together with our guests and volunteers, this will be our biggest B&G ever! Thank you everyone for the overwhelming response! We'll see you all at the banquet.
Happy 102nd Birthday, Boy Scouts of America! 
Stella the Webmaster
Pinewood Derby Results
What a fun and exciting event!!! I hope everyone enjoyed it. Here are the results from Pinewood Derby Chair Harry.
- Heat Results
- Group Standings
- Group Statistics
- Design Awards
- Best Paint: James S.
- Most Creative: Brian L.
- Best Military Vehicle: Joshua D.
- Most Realistic: Andrew L.
- Most Detail: Nicholas F.
- Funniest: Emmett L.
- Most Futuristic: Ryan F.
- Spirit of Scouting: David X.
- Judges Choice: Jack P.
Don't forget to check out the pictures on the Pack photo site.
Pinewood Derby Race this Weekend
Gentlemen and Ladies, Start Your Engines!
The Pack 1776 Annual Pinewood Derby is this Sunday from Noon to 3 PM in the MPR! The mandatory inspection and car impounding is this Saturday from 10:00AM to 1:00PM at the Beck home. If you cannot attend please call Harry Beck to have your scout's car impounded earlier this week.
All scouts who build a car will receive a medal and Pinewood Derby drivers license (thank to Macey) commemorating the event. Scouts with the best designed and fastest cars will earn trophys. Pizza will be served at 1:00PM.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Harry Beck
The Pinewood Derby Committee
