NEWS Pack Re-charter has started. Once a year we all “sign up” for another year of scouts. Just send me $15 (plus $5 if your son wants Boys Life) and you will be signed up. If you son is not interested in staying in Cub Scouts, just let me know. PICTURES have been added from the PINEWOOD DERBY. Use the links on the left side of this page Pancake Breakfast- We will work with Troop 5 to host a pancake breakfast after 9 AM and 11 AM Masses on Sunday Feb 14. Tickets are just
$5 for the breakfast You can purchase uniforms at the Sandscrest Scout Shop which is open Mon-Fri from 8 AM-4 PM. To see where patches belong on your uniform, click here A great resource for Cub Scouts, including explanations and ranks is here Click here for a Virtual Handbook, listing what your scout can do to earn advancements. Click to find out how to earn Beltloops Directions to Sandscrest Scout Reservation, 192 McColloch Drive, Wheeling, WV 26003
Exit Interstate 70 in Wheeling, WV at Exit 2A (Oglebay Park/National Rd) Follow Route 40 (National Rd) East for ½ mile (past fast food and other retail) At traffic light by Sheetz and Tim Hortons turn LEFT onto Route 88 Follow Rt 88 0.9 miles to GC&P Rd. Turn LEFT at Convenient Food Mart. Follow GC&P Rd about 3.2 miles. Just past Table Rock Lane, the road to Sandscrest is on the RIGHT. The sign says “Dead End” with a smaller BSA Camp sign. Go down this road and we will meet in the parking lot.
Great job this year on our Religious emblems! Tigers and Wolves (1st and 2nd Grade) worked on the Light of Christ and Bears and Webelos worked on Parvuli Dei.http://www.nccs-bsa.org/emblems-awards/emblems.php
Since 2001, 102 religious emblems have been earned by Cub Scouts at St Michael Parish!
Each year about 50,000 scouts earn Scouting’s highest rank : Eagle Scout. However, only about 25,000 scouts earn the Parvuli Dei or Light of Christ medals each year.
| Calendar of Events Overnight with the Nailers is February 13. Scouts and parents sleep over in the Arena meeting room after the game. In the past, they have had inflatable games, skating, games and pizza for the overnight. Cost of overnight is $10 per person, which includes a game ticket. If you just want to go to the game, you can get a ticket for $8. You can send the money with a note telling me how many overnight and how many game tickets. If you can’t come with your son, please designate an adult who will be staying to be in charge of your son for this event. Scout Sunday is February 14 (yes, the morning after the overnight). We will celebrate Scout Sunday by attending 9:00 AM Mass at St Michaels (our charter organization). Scouts will sit in reserved pews and will process in at the beginning of Mass. I need volunteers for greeters and gift bearers. Pancake Breakfast- a new event, we will work with Troop 5 (the older Boy Scouts) to host a pancake breakfast after 9 AM and 11 AM Masses on Sunday Feb 14. This will be a fundraiser as well as a chance to thank St Mikes for supporting our scouting program. We will need volunteers for cooking, serving, cleaning up, etc. Tickets are just $5 for the breakfast and I will be sending a few to everyone as soon as I get them. Finally, Our Blue/Gold Celebration will be on Feb 21. This is the annual celebration of Cub Scouts birthday, and we will be holding our Cake Auction again this year. Each Cub scout will bring an undecorated cake to the meeting and will decorate it according to the “secret theme” announced at the meeting. After we eat dinner, the cakes will be auctioned to the highest bidder. This has been big fun in the past and the scouts have shown great creativity.
Highlights this year include: * "Welcome Back" campfire * Raingutter Regatta * A spring trip plus all of the other fun stuff like the Pinewood Derby, Blue Gold Birthday cakes, and Crossover Camping. |