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Wolves Soar at the Miramar Airshow

img_9714Den 4 families spent the day at the Miramar Marine Corp base last weekend for an impressive display of military and civilian air power. Scouts were able to see and touch dozens of aircraft of all kind, climb up jets and walk through a vast C17 cargo plane.  Among fiery explosions, the Marines made a landing from helicopters and secured the runway.  The boys could almost touch the military tanks as they rolled by our spot on the tarmac.  The show ended with the famous Blue Angels doing acrobatic maneuvers directly overhead.  Thanks to Art Narmi who initiated and coordinated this awesome outing.  Check out more impressive pictures in the Wolf Photo Album.

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Webelos II Kayak the Upper Newport Bay

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The Webelos 2 Cobras den headed south today to the Newport Aquatic Center and took a two hour kayaking tour of the upper Newport Bay with a naturalist. The naturalist guided us up the bay into the estuary, and educated all of us on the aquatic and bird life in the bay. We saw great blue herons, skimmers, snowy egrets, and may other birds. It was an exciting adventure with the bonus of avoiding the scorching heat in Brea that morning. In addition to the tour, Casey J. and Kalel G. earned their Naturalist activity pin. Pictures of the outing are in the den 1 photo albums.

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Wolves Take Flight

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The Wolf Den took to the sky last Friday evening when they built and flew their hand made kites. Using scissors, a saw, a yard stick, and a few raw materials, the boys crafted a version of Ben Franklin’s classic Diamond kite. Once completing the exacting steps, the boys managed to get the kites in the air despite the lack of any type of wind.  A special thanks to Paul Hinz who prepared all the materials and helped bring the kites to life. See the pictures of the great kite adventure in the photo albums.

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Christmas Boat Parade 2010

Pack families are invited to join in on our December outing at the 102nd Annual Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade on Friday, December 17 at 7:30 pm.   We will have seats reserved for us on the lawn of the Newport Sea Base.  The Sea Scouts will be selling hot chocolate and goodies, so all you need to bring is a warm blanket.

Beautiful multi-million dollar yachts, kayaks, canoes and other small boats will light up the harbor as a dazzling array of holiday lights and music fill the air. Many of the boats will be decorated with animated Christmas scenes accompanied by music and costumed carolers.  

Tickets are only $5 per person.  The pack has purchased a limited number of tickets, and they will be sold on a first come, first serve basis.   Please contact Jim Remley to arrange to purchase your tickets as soon as possible to secure your spots.   Checks made out to Cub Pack 811 or exact cash will be accepted. 

This is a great way to share in some Christmas Cheer with our pack family.

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Popcorn Fundraiser Information

Hi scouts,

I wanted to give you all the important information about our popcorn and first aid kit fundraiser.

I. Pack Goals
We want to raise all the money we need to fund our Scouting Program and reduce the out of pocket expenses for your parents. Our pack goal is $15,000 which is about $175 in take home orders per scout (that’s just 9 chocolately caramel crunch or 9 first aid kits).
II. Important dates
September 25-26: Sell popcorn at the Church after each mass
October 1-2: Sell popcorn and first aid kits at the banks (Banco Popular, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America on Imperial Hwy.)
October 17: Show-n-Sell raffle at October Pack meeting (1 ticket for each Church shift and 3 tickets for each Bank shift)
October 29: All Take Home Orders are due to me or your den leaders
November 20: Take Home Popcorn/First Aid kit distribution at St. Angela
December 4: All Take Home money is due

II. Take Home Orders
There are two order forms, the popcorn and the first aid kits. If you need any, please let me know. You can also download the popcon order form HERE.

IV. Trail’s End Prizes
Please refer to www.trails-end.com for the popcorn prizes. Once we get the each scouts total popcorn sales (show-n-sell and take home orders) Mr. Wemple will notify them as to what prize they are eligible for. These prizes will be given out in either the December or January pack meeting.

V. Show-n-Sell
Please sign up through our website for the shifts. We need a minimum of 4 boys at each mass and 8 boys at each bank shifts. In order for you to be eligible for the raffle, you MUST sign up online and show up.
We will keep record of who was at the shifts to make sure our scouts get the number of raffle tickets they deserve. A scout can earn up to 14 tickets if he works every shift

VII. Pack 811 Prizes
The Den who sells the most will receive a party, courtesy of the Pack.
Any scout who sells $1200 in Take Home Orders (Popcorn and First Aid Kits) will receive a new iPod Touch.
The top seller of the Pack will receive an iPod Touch.
On October 17, Mr. Wemple will be raffling off 4 new iPod shuffles. A scout can only win 1 iPod shuffle.

VIII. Last Words
While it is preferred that you collect the money at the time of the order, it is not required. It may be easier to collect it when you deliver the popcorn but I’ll leave that up to you.
Be Safe and Enjoy Yourselves!

Thanks,
Christian Lising

Hi scouts,

I wanted to give you all the important information about our popcorn and first aid kit fundraiser.

I. Pack Goals
We want to raise all the money we need to fund our ENTIRE Scouting Program and reduce the out of pocket expenses for your parents. Our pack goal is $15,000 which is about $175 in take home orders per scout (that’s just 9 chocolately caramel crunch or 9 first aid kits).
II. Important dates
September 25-26: Sell popcorn at the Church after each mass
October 1-2: Sell popcorn and first aid kits at the banks (Banco Popular, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America on Imperial Hwy.)
October 17: Show-n-Sell raffle at October Pack meeting (1 ticket for each Church shift and 3 tickets for each Bank shift)
October 29: All Take Home Orders are due to me or your den leaders
November 20: Take Home Popcorn/First Aid kit distribution at St. Angela
December 4: All Take Home money is due

II. Take Home Orders
There are two order sets, the popcorn and the first aid kits. If you need any, please let me know.

IV. Trail’s End Prizes
Please refer to www.trails-end.com for the popcorn prizes. Once we get the each scouts total popcorn sales (show-n-sell and take home orders) Mr. Wemple will notify them as to what prize they are eligible for. These prizes will be given out in either the December or January pack meeting.

V. Show-n-Sell
Please sign up through our website for the shifts. We need a minimum of 4 boys at each mass and 8 boys at each bank shifts. In order for you to be eligible for the raffle, you MUST sign up online and show up.
We will keep record of who was at the shifts to make sure our scouts get the number of raffle tickets they deserve. A scout can earn up to 14 tickets if he works every shift

VII. Pack 811 Prizes
The Den who sells the most will receive a party, courtesy of the Pack.
Any scout who sells $1200 in Take Home Orders (Popcorn and First Aid Kits) will receive a new iPod Touch.
The top seller of the Pack will receive an iPod Touch.
On October 17, Mr. Wemple will be raffling off 4 new iPod shuffles. A scout can only win 1 iPod shuffle.

VIII. Last Words
You do not need to collect the money at the time of the order. It may be easier to collect it when you deliver the popcorn but I’ll leave that up to you.
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Bears visit the Gridiron

The Bear Den will be attending a Servite football game together on Friday, October 22, 2010 at Cerritos College (11110 Alondra Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650) as they play St. John Bosco High School.

We will meet at the Cerritos College parking lot at 6:30 pm for those who would like to tailgate before the game. The whole family is invited to go with the scouts. We will purchase the tickets ahead of time so we don’t have to wait in line in Cerritos.

The ticket prices are: Adult $8, Children $1, Senior $5. Deadline for sign ups is Monday, October 11. Please forward payment to Brigette Barron.

Please sign up here

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Bears to Visit the Richard Nixon Library

The Bear Den will be receiving a guided tour of the Richard Nixon Library on Friday, September 10, 2010 from 3:15-5 pm.  We must meet at the library early because the tour will begin promptly at 3:15pm.   

The scouts should be wearing their Class A uniforms.  The admission for our 13 scouts will be free.  I reserved space for 9 adults whose admission is $10. Unfortunately, we will not be able to bring siblings to this event. 
Please let us know if you plan to attend so we can organize rides.  
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Popcorn Show-N-Sell Sign Ups

For all those who are new to our Pack, our scouts sell popcorn to fund activities we do throughout the year.  We sell popcorn in two ways: TAKE HOME SALES, where we take advance orders from friends and family member, and SHOW-N-SELL, where we sell popcorn directly to customers.  For anyone who sells, he will be eligible for a number of prizes from BSA, and very special prizes from Pack 811.

By now, you have already received your TAKE HOME ORDER sales sheet and I hope you have started taking orders for popcorn.  The Take home orders will be due on October 29, 2010 and the popcorn will be delivered on November 20th.  There will be big prizes for scouts who sell a lot.  We’ll go into more detail at the Pack meeting.

As has been our tradition in years past, we will be selling popcorn at St. Angela Merici Church and the Brea Financial district ( Bank of America, Banco Popular, and Wells Fargo)  off Imperial Highway.  For each session a scout works at the church, he will receive 1 ticket, and for each session at the bank, 3 tickets.  The more times you sell at these locations, the higher your chances of winning some awesome prizes (they start with the letter i).

Please check your calendars and sign up for as many sessions as you can.  We will need at least 2-3 parents at each mass and at least 4-5 parents at each bank session.

>> Please Click Here to Sign-Up <<

Good Luck Scouts!

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Congratulations Regatta Sailboat Captains!

Pack 811 Scouts became  Sail Boat Captains last weekend,  blowing their home crafted sail boats down a treacherous rain gutter.  Colorful boats shaped in a variety of shapes, including a pirate ship and a floating mouse, hit the rain gutters at lightning speed.  All scouts should be very proud of the great sportsmanship shown during the event.   All scouts clearly strove to “Do Their Best”!

Congratulations to the following race winners:

Pack Champions:

1st Place: Matthew R.

2nd Place: Braden H.

3rd Place: Hunter E.

Den Champions:

Tiger Den: Steven B. (1st. Place), Trent E. (2nd Place), Diego B. (3rd Place)

Wolf Den: Braden H. (1st Place), Matthew R. (2nd Place), Jacob B. (3rd Place)

Bear Den: Grant E. (1st Place), Tyler B. (2nd Place), Andrew J. (3rd Place)

Webelos Dens: Hunter E. (1st Place), Alex S. (2nd Place), Christopher G. (3rd Place)

Winners of the design contest will be announced at the September Pack Meeting.  A special thanks goes out to the Elsenpeter family for hosting the event, and providing the precision raingutter race ways.  Check out the Pack Photo Albums for more pictures of the race day.

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Popcorn Mailer is Coming this Week

It’s Popcorn Season!

Dear Scout and Parents

Our annual fundraiser is selling Trail’s End Popcorn.  This one fundraiser provides us the funds for our pack events and den activities
throughout the year.
Some exciting new changes are coming this year from Trail’s End such as the new packaging, new popcorn, and new prizes.
On top of that, Pack 811 has put together special  prizes for our scouts.  I’ll give you a hint: It starts with an “i” and ends with “pods”.  More information coming in September.
Watch for the popcorn order forms in the mail this week and start taking orders now.

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Bread of Angels

Our next Pack 811 event will be supporting the Bread of Angels held on Saturday, August 7th. Last year when we sold the Scout-O-Rama coupon books we committed the profits from the sales to the Bread of Angels (formerly known as Hospitality Saturday) to help feed those in need. This is a wonderful opportunity for the Pack to give back to our community, support the Church’s mission and present a wonderful life lesson (or two!) to our young boys.

Parents and siblings 14 and older will be needed to help in the kitchen and in the hall to help serve the guests. The scouts and siblings under 14 are needed to help take orders (for lunch only; breakfast is self-served) and serve food to the guests. (The boys will not be able to help in the kitchen due to their young age.) Order taking will be easy; the guests will have a paper menu and they will select their choices by marking boxes and handing the paper/menu back to the scouts who will present them to the kitchen. The boys can serve and interact with the guests during the day.

There are two shifts available to serve. The Breakfast Shift is from 7:30 to 10:30 (breakfast is served from 08:30am-10:00am) and the Lunch Shift is from 10:00 to 1:00 (lunch is served from 10:30am-12:30pm). We need more staff to help with lunch than we do breakfast. The uniform for this event will be the Pack T-shirts; keep the Class A (fancy blue shirts) at home to keep them clean! Parents, you might want to bring a kitchen apron if you have one.

Signing up for the event is easy! Just click on the link below. If you have any questions, please contact Cubmaster Dean Gialamas.

> Sign Up Here <

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Wolves at the Beach

The Wolf Den will have a day at the beach on Saturday, August 14, 2010, from 3:00 through the evening.   We will congregate in Huntington Beach between Magnolia & Brookhurst.  Enter parking at Magnolia and drive towards Brookhurst.  We will aim for the fire rings between Lifeguard station 7 & 8.   Parking is $15/ day.

We will share a pot luck dinner, a marshmallow roast and some great company.  Please bring your own beverages, chairs, towels & blankets. If you have firewood you want to contribute, that would be appreciated!

Please RSVP and sign up here:

Beach Outing Signup

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Day Camp Update

Greetings Parents and Day Camp Volunteers!

Day Camp is just a few days away.  This year, Pack 811 will be the largest contingent at the camp.  Thank you to all of you parents who signed up to volunteer at camp — you are helping us demonstrate to others how seriously we take the Scouting ideal of Service.

Here some some essentials about camp:

Dress should include the camp T-shirt, shorts or jeans, comfortable closed-toed shoes, and a layer of sun screen.  A den hat is advisable.  We will be distributing the camp T-shirts at the Bike Rodeo this weekend.  Your Den Leader will have your shirts available the first day of camp for those who can’t make the Rodeo.

Check-in time is between 8:00 and 8:20. On Monday morning you will check in at the main camp tables, and on every other day you will sign in and out with your Den Leader.  DO NOT drop off or pick up your child without signing in or out — doing so will trigger a mandatory camp-wide search procedure.  Pick up time is between 3:15 and 3:30.  If your scout will be dropped off or picked up by another parent, they must have a signed release from you.  There will be no charge to enter Craig Park for drop off and pick up during the above times.  If you are late or early, you will be required to pay the entrance fee ($3) to drive into the park.  For those Volunteers who did not make the training sessions, you can pick up an all day parking pass from your den leader (you still need to enter and exit during the above times).

Everyone who attends camp should bring a sack lunch, water / Gatorade, and sun screen.  A camp chair or blanket is advisable.

Following are the parent volunteers acting as Den Leaders during the week.  Please look for them for the daily sign in and out:

  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Tigers  Rox B / Lena Q Roz E / Vic G Elva P / Rox B Jeff M / Rox B  Carlos Q / Roz E 
Wolves Jim R / Jeff H Jeff H / Robin B Jim R / Matt C Amy H / Mari R Jim R / Shawn J
Bears  Patty D / Roz E  Patty D / Darlene R / Jim R  Patty D / Roz E Dean G / John D 

 

The Tiger den is looking for a rolling ice chest and wagon to use for the week.  Please contact Roz if you can provide one.   All others who signed up to volunteer can contact Margaret Palmer to sign up for one of the activity stations if you haven’t already done so.

See you Monday morning!

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Bears go for the Video Game belt loop

Bears and parents,


We will be having a summer meeting on Sunday, August 15, from 5-7pm at the Elsenpeter’s home.  

While our boys are earning the Video Games belt loop, Roz and I would like to  present to you the Activity outline for the year.  We will break down the monthly activities and expenses and give us a chance to get input from you on how we can make our Bear year the best and funnest for our sons. 

Thanks in advance for your support.

Regards,
Christian and Roz