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.
Stanford Basketball Scout Days
Scout Days are not Pack 1776 events but rather community events open to Scout groups.
Blue and Gold 2016
Date: Friday, February 19th
Time: 6:15 pm - 8:45 pm
Location: Coyote Creek MPR
Cost: None
RSVP: Evite
Dear Pack 1776 Scouts and Families,
Come Celebrate Scouting with Us!
The Blue and Gold Banquet is where we celebrate the Birthday of the Cub Scout Program. We will be celebrating the 106th birthday of Scouting and having a ceremony for Webelos IIs who will receive the Arrow of Light Award and "bridge" to their journey into Boy Scouts. A catered dinner and fun entertainment by magician Phil Ackerly, a 4-Time Gold Medal Winner, are provided at no charge to Pack 1776 members and their immediate family.
Please RSVP by February 15th with the number of people attending and any vegetarian preference.
Schedule:
6:15 Welcome! Door Opens
6:30 Opening Flag Ceremony (Webelos II)
6:35 Greeting & Commence Dinner
6:50 Friends of Scouting
7:00 Recognition
7:10 Arrow of Light Ceremony
7:55 Closing Flag Ceremony (Webelos I)
8:00 Entertainment by magician Phil Ackerly
8:45 Clean Up
See you at the party!
Pack 1776 Blue and Gold Committee
January Hike – Bishop Ranch Regional preserve
Date/Time: Sunday Jan 31, 2016, 2-4pm
Location: Bishop Ranch Regional Preserve
Meeting Point: Trail entrance at Morgan drive
GPS coordinates: 37°44'58.4"N 121°57'47.0"W
Parking & Fees: Park on Morgan drive. No paid parking available.
Attire: Class A or B uniform (dress in layers)
Award: Opportunity to enjoy our neighborhood open green space
RSVP: Evite
Contact: Hiking Chair Siddharth Bhatia 408.431.8037
What to Bring:
Plenty of water and snacks
layers of clothing appropriate for the weather
binoculars, camera (optional)
In January, let's explore areas in our community where we can go for a short hike. The Bishop Ranch Regional Open Space Preserve offers quiet and solitude on 444 acres just a short distance from San Ramon Valley subdivisions. Watch for animals such as deer, red-tailed hawks, and turkey vultures.
The trail will be a short 2.5 mile loop comparable to our last two hikes so it should take about 90 mins to complete. Elevation gain will be about 400 feet which is similar to the 350 feet we had at our last hike in Coyote hills regional park.
Pinewood Derby 2016
Date/Time: Saturday, January 24th, 2016 Noon to 3pm
Location: Coyote Creek MPR
Attire: Class A
Bring: Reusable water bottle and Readiness to cheer on your fellow scouts
Our Annual Pinewood Derby will be held on January 24 from noon to 3 PM in the MPR! There will be racing, design competitions, and pizzas. Please be conservation minded and bring your own reusable bottle - fresh filtered water available from the nice refillable station in the MPR. We will once again have an open class for adults and siblings. Additional kits may be purchased for $5. Contact Surat Perez to purchase more kits. Wear your Class A uniform!
The mandatory inspection and car impounding is on January 23 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Ajay's Home.
Even though Pinewood Derby car is a team project for scouts and their adults, we encourage scouts to do as much of the car building as possible. For those new to scouting or just need a refresher course, here are some helpful websites:
If you need help cutting the wood block, you can take it to Alamo Hardware on Sunday, January 10 at 6:00 PM or Monday, January 11 at 4:00 PM. The store staff will cut each car for $5. You can also use their equipment to sand, align the wheels, and fine-tune various details. To minimize wait time, advance sign-up is required.
Each car must pass inspection on January 23 by the official inspection committee before it will be allowed to compete. Once a car passes inspection and is entered into the race, only the race committee members can touch it. If the car loses a wheel, or is otherwise damaged, the racer has 5 minutes to make repairs.
On the day of the event, cars will race in multiple heats. Only their best time will be used. All participants will receive a medal and patch for participating. Trophies will be awarded to the fastest three cars in each rank, and the overall fastest three cars in the Pack. We will also give trophies to 1) Best Paint Job, 2) Most Unique, and 3) Most Patriotic.
