April Pack Meeting
Date: Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Coyote Creek Elementary MPR
Attire: Class A uniform
Our April pack meeting 4/13 will be action packed:
- Graduation Celebration! (Be sure your son had completed all his rank requirements and that ScoutTrack had been updated accordingly.)
- An awesome craft. Hint: it's featured in the same movies which also inspired the title image of this post.
- Cake Contest! Get creative and decorate a cake. All participants will receive a cake decorating patch. This year's winners will also get medals.
- Eat Cake! Even if you didn’t make a cake, you get to sample all of them!
April Hike – Little Yosemite
Date: Saturday, April 30, 2016
Time: 10:00am
Location: Little Yosemite, Sunol Regional Wilderness, Sunol
Meeting Point: Parking lot near the Old Green Barn Visitor Center
Attire: Class A or B
Awards: Trail Trekkers Cub Scout Patch/Progressive Hike Award
Parking Fee: $5
RSVP: Evite
Contact: Hiking Chair Siddharth Bhatia
Little Yosemite is a scenic gorge with gorgeous waterfalls and pools.
Details
The Canyon View Trail is an excellent hike for Cub Scouts and a great way to get to Little Yosemite. The trail begins near the Visitor Center, at the bridge that crosses the creek. After crossing the bridge, turn right and head upstream. The Canyon View trail is well marked. The trail goes up a ridge (or two) and proceeds along the hillsides that border the creek. Along the way, you'll see some nice views of the creek and canyon. About halfway, the trail drops down into Jacobs valley. Stay on the trail until you get to Cerro Este Road and turn right (toward the creek) and follow the road to Little Yosemite. When you get to the outhouse on Camp Ohlone Road, cross the road where you will find a path that will take you down the very steep sides of the creek's banks, to the ancient piles of boulders called Little Yosemite.
This is a perfect place for boys to study rocks and have lunch. Remember collecting specimens is not allowed. Watch for poison oak.
Hikes can return the same way they came, or via the Ohlone Road for a different view of the park. To return via Ohlone Road simple climb back up the bank to the road (stay on the trail), downhill. Notice how different the vegetation is here by Alameda Creek, compared to the Canyon View Trail. Eventually you will cross a bridge, pass a gate and find yourself in a remote parking area. Stay on the paved road all the way back to the Visitor Center.)
Getting there:
Go south on I-680 and exit at Calaveras Road/Highway 84 just south of the town of Pleasanton. Turn left onto Calaveras Road and proceed to Geary Road, which leads directly into the park.
Oakland A’s Scout Day
Date/Time: Sunday, May 22nd, 2016 1:05pm
Location: Oakland Coliseum
Attire: Class A uniform
RSVP: Evite
Please join us for at the Oakland A's vs the Yankees which features a pregame festival and an on-field parade. This event is open to Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of all ages, as well as their families and friends. All uniformed Scouts and leaders will receive a commemorative Scout Day patch. See this webpage for more details.
We have reserved 100 lower level seats. These will go first come first serve to those that pay sign up and pay. Tickets are $20 per scout (subsidized by the pack) and $30 per additional family member. Please sign up and submit your payment via check to our drop box in the office.
Since there are limited seats, we are asking everyone to not sign up unless you are positive you are going to go. Once you sign up, you are committed to purchasing the tickets, There will be no refunds. If you cannot make it, it is your responsibility to find someone to take your tickets.
More information to come as the date nears!
If you are purchasing for tickets for more than one scout, please make note so we can make sure you receive the discounted cost for more than one ticket.
Upcoming BALOO Training Opportunity
Dear Pack,
Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation (BALOO) is a one-day training event, presented by the council, that introduces Cub Scout leaders and parents to the skills needed to plan and conduct pack outdoor activities, particularly overnight events and camping.
There are 2 upcoming training dates, click on the dates for registration links, and the location names for maps:
04/09 Camp Herms
04/23 Camp Fetterman
Completion of this course is mandatory for at least one adult on a Pack overnighter.
Topics include:
- Aims and Purposes, Health and Safety, Planning
- Equipment, Campfire Planning and a Camp Fire Demonstration
- Round Robin sessions on:
- Stoves, Lanterns, and Fire Safety
- First Aid and Sanitation
- Nature Hikes and Games
- Cub Scout Cooking
See more info on the Council's website. Registration fees are reimbursable by the Pack upon completion of the training.
Hoot Owl Hike
Date/Time: Saturday, April 16th, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Sycamore Grove Park in Livermore
Cost: $10 per person. RSVP and Pay by February 26th 6pm to guarantee your spots.
Attire: Class B uniform
Award: Participating scout will receive a Hoot Owl patch, and a Trail Trekkers patch if he doesn't have one already.
Meeting Location: To be determined (see directions to the 2 possible locations below)
Note: Scout only, no siblings. One parent per family.
Must read: Hoot Owl Guidelines, Directions, Hike Detail
Hello Pack,
This is a special hike for a few reasons: It is a night hike. It is a ranger led hike. It is a fee based hike. It is limited to 18 people so please note the following limitations: Scouts only - No siblings. One parent must accompany their scout(s).
Please register quickly as seats are limited.
The hike lasts one and a half to two hours and begins with a ranger-led introduction to nocturnal animals and adaptations of nighttime critters, followed by an easy hike of one to one and a half miles.
Everyone is expected to use their night vision during the program, so please leave your flashlights at home.
Blackhawk 500
Date/Time: Saturday, April 16th, 2016 10:00am to 1:30pm
Location: Blackhawk Auto Museum
Attire: Class A uniform
Entry Fee: $15
Attention all Cub Scouts – Come join us for fun and competition with your PWD cars at the Blackhawk Automobile Museum on April 16th, 2016 - there will be Speed Racing, a design competition, an open class and other categories. During the event the whole family can tour the Blackhawk Museum’s magnificent auto collection and other fabulous exhibits.
Register here before the March 5th deadline. All Cub Scouts may enter.
March Pack Meeting
Date: Wednesday, March 9th, 2016
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Coyote Creek Elementary MPR
Attire: Class A uniform
At our March Pack Meeting, the Children's Discovery Museum will work with our Tiger through Webelos I scouts to:
- Investigate the laws of physics after creating two different types of catapults
- Discover the potential and kinetic energy that your catapults hold
- Measure the force as they compare the distance of a projectile as it springs into action
Each scout will make two different catapults which he can take home. Siblings of any age are welcome to work along with their cub scout brothers. Siblings 2nd grade or above might be able to work individually on their own projects if there are any extra material available after all cubs received their kits.
Come join us for some fun !
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.
Overnight Encampment on a Tall Ship
Date: 7:30pm May 14th (Saturday) to 8:00am May 15th (Sunday)
Location: Balclutha, 2905 Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco
Cost: $30 per participant
Max participants: 35
RSVP: Pack Form and Check payable to Pack 1776
Contact: Siddharth Bhatia
Avast, me hearties! Spend a night going back in time and experience first-hand what it was like to work and sleep aboard a permanently moored turn-of-the-century tall ship. Celebrate San Francisco's maritime heritage and travel back to the "Age of Sail". Try your hand at traditional maritime tasks such as raising a sail, swabbing the deck, rowing a longboat, and riding a bosun's chair into the rigging.
What to bring:
Sleeping bag, warm clothes, pillow if desired, personal items you need (toothbrush, etc). No electronic items allowed.
Eat dinner before arriving at the pier. Feel free to bring your own late night snacks.
Breakfast (bagels, croissants, danish, juice/milk etc.) will be provided by the Pack the next day.
Parking:
Free parking is available on the first come first served basis at the north end of lower VanNess next to the aquatic park, or in the nearby Ghirardelli square parking garage at a discounted rate for overnight parking. Carpooling strongly encouraged.
Whats included:
Tour of the Balclutha. This can either be on Sunday morning after breakfast or Saturday evening.
Activities on the Balclutha. The last time scouts learned about pulleys and swabbed the deck.
Tour of the remaining boats that are part of the San Francisco Maritime Association (including the USS Pampanito) on Sunday.
Due to the limitation on the number of attendees, this is open to Scouts and 1 parent/guardian only. We will open it up to siblings if we have open spots available.
Please RSVP and drop off your check in the pack mailbox. Your check secures your spot (response to the form does not). Please make your check payable to Pack 1776 and include your scout's name, Den number, and your email address so we can reply with confirmation.
Hope to see you onboard.
Sid
Shooting Sports Day in Livermore
Date: Saturday, March 6th, 2016
Location: Ranchos Los Mochos, 18450 Mines Rd, Livermore (map)
Cost: $15 per scout, $10 per person late fee after 2/27/15
Attire: Class A uniform
Bring: Completed Shooting Sports permission slip
The San Francisco Bay Area Council will host a Shooting Sports Day at RLM on March 6th.
The day will begin with check in at 8:30 am. Archery and BB Guns sessions will begin at 9:00 am and run until 4:00 pm with a one hour lunch break from 12-1pm. Food will not be provided - bring your own lunch.
More information and registration available at SFBAC's webpage.
