Thank you for participating in Pack 788! Leadership is getting very excited about our summer activities and the upcoming scouting year. The scouts in our Pack 788 have many friends outside of Pack 788 and I am sure they keep in touch with all of them during summer break. All of the parents of Pack 788 are involved in the community and see other parents at events and functions during the summer, so we wanted to let everyone know that we are in the new Cub Scout recruiting season. We have great summer events planned; Water Night (water bottle rocket launching) and Rain Gutter Regatta (Race the fish!) and we are extending an invitation for our scouts to invite their friends who may be interested in joining Pack 788.
The basic thought of this offer is to get your current Cub Scouts to help recruit their friends into the pack. Studies show that current Cub Scouts will stay involved if they are participating with their friends. We have always had a “boys recruit boys” philosophy, but we wanted to make everyone aware of the ability to invite their friends interested in joining Pack 788. This year we are counting on you to help them become salesmen for Scouting. Your current Cub Scout will have more fun if their friends join with them, and they will stay in Scouting longer. There will be less negative peer pressure when their friends are also Scouts.
Help Pack 788 recruit boys into the great program that 788 offers, a program that will positively affect the lives of the boys and their families!
If your friend is interested in joining Pack 788 and wants to attend one of the summer events just email their name, address and parents’ email address and I will send them a personalized invitation via email. (john@awtresources.com or (804) 647-0952)
This year Pack788 is providing one new T-Shirt (Class-B) to every scout in the pack. If you have not done so already, please provide your Den Leader your scout's T-Shirt size at the next Den Meeting. We are also taking orders for extras or adult T-Shirts for $15 per shirt. There will be very limited size exchanges available after the order is recieved. We must order the shirts by next Tuesday in order to receive them by the campout.
If you are unable to make the next Den Meeting, please email cubmaster@pack788.org your scout's size and any extra orders. The sizes available; YS, YM, YL, AS, AM, AL, AXL, A2X, A3X
(Remember to order one size larger .... all of our scouts are growing like weeds!)
The 2017 Pine Wood Derby has concluded. What a great race! All of our scouts, siblings, families, friends and leaders had a lot of fun!
Special thanks go out to all of the volunteers who helped setup the event, worked the event and cleaned up after the event. In my six years of leading this event this was the smoothest PWD ever! It was hard to believe that it was smoother than last year’s! This success is credited to all of the volunteers and scouts who showed tremendous character during this, at times very competitive event.
What a great race! All of our scouts, siblings, families, friends and leaders had a lot of fun!
Special thanks go out to all of the volunteers who helped setup the event, worked the event and cleaned up after the event. This year's event this was the smoothest PWD ever! It was hard to believe that it was smoother than last year’s! This success is credited to all of the volunteers and scouts who showed tremendous character during this, at times very competitive event.
We had a few special results during this year’s event.
The races were the FASTEST we have ever seen.
The average heat speeds looks like a roller coaster, dropping 8 to 9 mph from heat to heat and then building back up over the next few heats.
During the Adult/sibling races we had a couple of siblings that had average speeds that would have placed in this year’s PWD. Pack 788 scouts better watch out in the future!
Ideas are already being discussed to make next year’s PWD even better experience for our Scouts. If you have any suggestions, please email them to your leaders. They will pass them along to the next year's Race Commissioner.
IT WAS A BLAST ……. THANK YOU AGAIN! <<< SEE ATTACHED AWARDS REPORT >>>
The Scouting Year is starting again and there are lots of important dates and information coming your way. Please read the announcements on the weekly email carefully, take note of and write down the upcoming events/dates, and visit the website (pack788.org) for everything you need to know.
The 2017 Pine Wood Derby has concluded. What a great race! All of our scouts, siblings, families, friends and leaders had a lot of fun!
What a great race! All of our scouts, siblings, families, friends and leaders had a lot of fun!