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Get Ready Pinewood Racers!

Greetings Pack 811 Racers!
Our annual pinewood derby will be held on Sunday, January 27th. Click on the image on the right for the details and official rules. Note that all cars must be turned in on Saturday, January 26th.

Since we now have a new track with a lower overall rail height, the minimum clearance under the car has been reduced. This should allow for the standard triangular BSA Derby Flat weights to be installed under the car.  See the Derby rules for the allowable clearance.  We also added several new design categories for our creative scouts to compete in.  Please be sure to read all the rules for a few other additions for this year.

We are once again including both siblings and parents in this year’s event. You can contact Paul Hinz if you need extra car kits or stop by the local Scout Shop in Anaheim. Scout entries should include their own “BEST” contribution.

A workshop will be held on December 14th prior to movie night for those that need a little help getting started. Check the Pack Calendar for any updates.  Some useful hints can also be found on line. Check out the Resource Library for some links. We are looking forward to another great event!

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Catholic Events

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and survived Black Friday!

Moving right along to the Christmas season, the Diocese of Orange Scouting Committee is offering a Cub Advent Day next Saturday.  It is run like a day-camp, with activities and crafts centered around the meaning of Advent and the birth of Christ.  Adult leaders and Boy Scouts will coordinate the event, and parents are welcome (but not required) to stay and participate.  Here are some details:

LOCATION: St. Bonaventure Catholic Parish, 16400 Springdale Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92649

DATE: Saturday, December 1, 2012

TIME: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm (9:00 am start)

COST: $15.00 per Scout, includes crafts, snacks and a cool patch.

RSVP: By Thursday, November 29, 2012. Tickets are available online at:  http://www.occatholicscouting.org/

For further information, contact Dani DeGrood at degrood@wwdb.org.

Also, our new bishop, Kevin Vann, will be formally installed at a ceremony on Monday, December 10, at 2:00, at the Bren Events Center on the UCI campus.  Bishop Vann is a great supporter of Scouting and is welcoming Scouts to attend the ceremony in uniform.  Unfortunately, the day and time are not convenient for most students and parents.  However, if you and your Scout would like to attend, please let me know and I will let you know where to meet.

Finally, I would like to again congratulate the Cubs and Webelos who earned their religious emblems, and thank the parents for supporting our Catholic Scouting program at Pack 811.  We continue to build an incredibly strong “Fun With A Purpose” program for our boys.

Light of Christ

Issac C
Adam C
Kai D
Billy J
Dean K
Jeffrey M
Justin R
Christopher S

Parvuli Dei

David A
Jacob B
Diego B
Trent E
Jacob G
David L
Ian M
Jake Q
Connor R

Yours in Catholic Scouting,

Jim Root
Religious Emblems Coordinator

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Winter Camp Sign Ups

Hi Pack Campers –

As discussed at the pack meeting, we are now taking sign-ups for our Winter Family Camp trip on January 5th and 6th.  We will be staying in group cabins at Camp Pollock – a scout facility in the San Bernardino Mountains near Lake Arrowhead.  We will be leaving Saturday morning and returning Sunday afternoon.  The camp provides the lodging, and four meals for $55 per person.  They also have sleds / disks for our use.  You would only need to bring a sleeping bag and a change of warm clothes.  The cabins do have small kitchens if you would like to bring snacks.

The camp requires non-refundable payment in advance to make the reservation.  The pack will make the advance payment this week if you commit to attending via our signup form here:

SIGN UP FORM

This should be a fun, easy trip for all, and a chance for our boys to visit the snow (hopefully) this winter.  We encourage carpooling when possible.  All drivers should plan on carrying snow chains.  Payment can be mailed or dropped off to me at my house, by December 2nd.

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Five Guys Burgers & Fries Fundraiser Event

Pack Families,

As announced today at a fantastic pack meeting, on December 6th, all day, is a great opportunity for you and your friends and family to support our Pack. The new Five Guys Burgers & Fries in Brea (in the Gateway Shopping
Center near Rite Aid) is hosting us for a fundraiser. Twenty percent of the total sales from those who bring a flyer will go toward our Pack. Please click on the image on the right to open the flyer.
Don’t be shy in sending it to everyone you know!

Yours in Scouting,

John Koos
Assistant Cubmaster

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Brea War Memorial Dedication

On Veterans Day, Sunday, November 11, we will be going to the unveiling of the new Brea War Memorial outside City Hall.  You may have seen the construction along Birch Street in front of the Curtis Theater.  We believe this is a great opportunity for the boys to be a part of Brea’s history and to honor the many servicemen and women who have paid the ultimate sacrifice or who served in the armed forces.

The program starts at 1:00pm and runs about an hour and a half.  We want to get there at about 12:30 to try to grab seats for the boys. Given how many people who will be attending, there will not be enough seating for all.  We request that the boys who attend be mindful of the occasion and give appropriate respect through the uniform.  Many current and former military service members will be there and they will certainly have their uniforms in pristine condition.

The following is the link from the City’s website, for more background:  http://www.ci.brea.ca.us/article.cfm?id=2580

Yours in Scouting,
John Koos

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The Act Food Drive is Here!

Dear Pack 811 Families:

Our Pack’s biggest service project is coming up in the next few weeks.  Our Cub Scouts will be assisting the ACT Office with their annual food drive.  This is a great event to show our scouts that their service can make a big impact to those who are less fortunate.
Saturday, November 3, and Sunday, November 4, our Scouts will distribute grocery bags after all the Eucharists. We need a minimum of 6 scouts for each Eucharist to cover all the Church exits. You do not have to attend the particular Eucharist you signed up for.  All you need to do is show up before the Eucharist ends and spend 15 minutes or so distributing grocery bags.  Scouts must wear their class A uniform.

Saturday, November 10, and Sunday, November 11, our Scouts will assist with the collection of grocery-filled bags from parishioners before each Eucharist.  We will have tables at the plaza where parishioners can drop off their food donations.  The scouts will bring the food they have collected to the ACT office for storage.  We need the help of at least 8 scouts (6 to cover each Church entrance and 2 to cover the tables) and their families for each shift.   Collection of the food is a huge task and the more help we have, the easier the job will be.  If you have a wagon, please bring it with you. The boys enjoy loading them to carry the food.  Scouts must wear their class A uniform. Please click on the link below to sign up for your shifts.  If you can spare the time, please sign up for more than one shift for each weekend.  It is greatly appreciated.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP

The ACT Office really counts on the help of our Cub Scouts during their Annual Food Drive.  Let us show them that Pack 811 is not only about fun but also about serving the community.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at jgspielman@sbcglobal.net

Yours in scouting,
John and Carla Spielman

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Tigers Visit Fullerton Police Dept.

The Lightning Tigers made a visit to the Fullerton Police Department on Friday, October 12, 2012 where they were greeted by Councilman Greg Sebourn.  The tour through the police station included visits to the dispatch (911) communications room and holding cells (jail).  The most exciting part of the tour was sitting in the patrol car and having the motorcycle officer turn on his siren and lights!



The Tigers ended their tour with a visit to the Fullerton Council Chambers at City Hall and took pictures in the arias where our Mayor and Council members sit during their meetings.  Thank you Councilman Sebourn for helping arrange Den 2’s Go See It!

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Enjoy Some Pizza While Supporting the Pack

** PLEASE MARK THE DATE **

On Thursday, October, 18th, Red Brick Pizza will be donating 25% of their food bills to the pack if the customer mentions “Pack 811” when ordering.  Red Brick Pizza is located on Birch Street next to the Theater.  They are open from 11am to 9pm.  Fundraising can’t get any easier than this! Please invite your friends and families to join us on the 18th to enjoy some fantastic pizza while supporting our boys.  Remember to have them mention our pack, or better yet, bring the flyer on the right with them. Please also be sure to thank the staff at Red Brick Pizza for their generous donation.

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Popcorn Fundraiser: It’s almost over!


Hi Scouts and Scout Families,

As quickly as popcorn season got here, it is now almost over.  All of you did a terrific job at the Show-n-Sell at the church and the banks. 46 scouts sold close to $3000 in product in those three days. Those scouts are now eligible for the raffle of the iPods and other cool prizes at our pack meeting on Sunday, October 21st at St. Angela Abraham Room.

For those of you who are interested in selling bags of popcorn in your own neighborhood or Show-n-Deliver, we have some inventory left.  Click HERE to go to our Pack store and order some of the remaining popcorn.  Supplies are very limited and will not last long.  We’ll arrange a pick up with you.

The Take Order forms for both the popcorn and first aid kits are due by Friday, October 26.  I must have those in or else we cannot order your products.  If you have been collecting money along with your orders, we can take those too.  Please exchange all collected cash for a check made out to the pack prior to turning your money. You can either give them to me or to Mr. Remley.

Popcorn distribution will be on Saturday, November 17 at St. Angela and all the money will be due on Friday, December 7.

I can’t tell you how terribly proud we are of all of you.  We are so close to earning enough money for our new Pinewood Derby Track.  Don’t stop until you hit your goal!!!

Yours in Popcorn,

Christian Lising
Popcorn Kernel
Pop Doc
King of Pop…corn
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Bank Show and Sell

Hi Scouts and Scout Families,

My goodness, you all did so awesome at the Show-n-Sell at the church this past weekend!  We are so proud of all of you.  This Friday, September 28 and Saturday, September 29 will be the last of the Show-n-Sell days. As before, all scouts and leaders should wear their Class A uniforms.  We will be selling at both entrances of Bank of America and at the entrance to Banco Popular (or Popular Community Bank) in Brea.

We still have a couple of openings for Saturday 12:30 – 2:00pm.  Please sign up HERE if you are interested.

Following are the Scouts scheduled to work this weekend, along with the bank door they should report to. ***Please bring some water and a little snack with you as it may get a little warm***

Friday, September 28
3:00-4:30 pm
Alexander Reed (Banco Popular)
Ben Wemple (Banco Popular)
Sam Wemple (Banco Popular)
Matthew Di Mario (Bank of America)
Mitchell Di Mario (Bank of America)
Eric Steffan (Bank of America)
Stephen Gialamas (Bank of America)
Braden Hinz (Bank of America)
Collin Hinz (Bank of America)

4:30 – 6:00 pm
Matthew Remley (Banco Popular)
Ian Remley (Banco Popular)
Nicholas Lising (Banco Popular)
Jonathan Lynch (Bank of America)
David Ladjevic (Bank of America)
Grant Elsenpeter (Bank of America)
Trent Elsenpeter (Bank of America)
Art Narmi (Bank of America)
Noah Girgis (Bank of America)

Saturday, September 29
9:30 – 11:00 am
Jonathan Lynch (Banco Popular)
Matthew Biederstadt (Banco Popular)
Jacob Biederstadt (Banco Popular)
Damian Castorena (Bank of America)
Ian McBenttez (Bank of America)
Adam Pelayo (Bank of America)
Carlo Villanueua (Bank of America)
Tyler Barron (Bank of America)
Diego Borne (Bank of America)

11:00 – 12:30pm
Matthew Di Mario (Banco Popular)
Mitchell Di Mario (Banco Popular)
Jacob Gambino (Banco Popular)
Matthew Remley (Bank of America)
Ian Remley (Bank of America)
Aidan Halderman (Bank of America)
Jared Dinsay (Bank of America)
Kai Dinsay (Bank of America)
Ethan Duron (Bank of America)

12:30 – 2:00
John Root (Banco Popular)
Adam Cralley (Banco Popular)
Available Spot (Banco Popular)
CJ Trujillo (Bank of America)
Joshua Williams (Bank of America)
William Johnson (Bank of America)
Dean Koos (Bank of America)
Available Spot (Bank of America)
Available Spot (Bank of America)

Yours in Scouting,

Loan Lynch
Christian Lising
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Church Show-n-Sell

Hi Scout Families:

This Sunday is our first Show-and-Sell event at the Church.  All Scouts and Leaders should wear their Class A uniforms. We will be selling at the front entrance to the church, the side entrance to the plaza near the parking lot, and the back entrance near the church office.  Unfortunately, we will not be allowed in the plaza.

Therefore, we will need a two small tables per shift and would appreciate if any parent could bring one.  You will be able to take it home after the shift.

Note, we still have openings at the banks next weekend.  Please sign up HERE if you are interested.

Church Sales Scout Name (Sept 23)
After 7:30 mass 8:35am – 9:05am
Damian Castorena
Jonathan Lynch
Justin Rivera
Isaac Carvalho
Nicholas Lising
Carlo Villanueva
After 9:30 mass 10:40am -11:10am
Matthew Remley
Ian Remley
Aidan Auner
David Auner
Matthew Di Mario
Mitchell Di Mario
After 11:15 mass 12:15pm – 12:45pm
Justin Spielman
Ethan De Los Rios
William Johnson
Connor Rice
Diego Borne
CJ Truillo
After 5:00 mass 6:00pm – 6:30pm
Art Narmi
Aidan Halderman
Daniel Gutierrez
Jacob Warner
Christopher Sikes
Ethan Duron

**Note:  Only the boys listed above should attend

Yours in Scouting,
Loan Lynch
Christian Lising
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2012 Popcorn and First Aid Kit fundraiser

Hi Scouts,
Our fundraising season has officially started.  We sell Trail’s End Popcorn and RightResponse First Aid kits to raise money for our pack’s activities. You should have received the popcorn order forms in the mail by now and I will be passing out first aid kit order forms at our next meeting.  There are a number of great prizes from OCBSA this year and I hope you get out there and start selling right away.

As good as OCBSA rewards our scouts, you know that we, at Pack 811, do it better.  We have special prizes for the top two sellers and some awesome prizes for those who sell a large amount of popcorn and first aid kits.  I’ll give you the details about them at our first Pack Meeting on September 16.

As an incentive, we will raffle off an iPod Shuffle and some other prizes for any scout who brings in just $100 in orders to our September Pack Meeting.

We sell popcorn and kits in THREE WAYS.  The first is by Take-Order. Using the order forms,  you simply “take orders” from friends and family and deliver their popcorn and kits on November 17.  The second method is Show and Sell.  We will be selling popcorn and kits at S.A.M. church on Sunday, September 23 and Bank of America and Popular bank on Friday September 28 and Saturday, September 29. Each scout is limited to one shift for the Church AND one shift for the banks.  Please click here to sign up for the shifts.  Any scout who participates will be in a drawing for 1 of 4 iPod shuffles.  A shift at church is 1 raffle ticket and a shift at the bank is 3 raffle tickets.


The last method is Show and Deliver.  You order your own bags of popcorn and kits which you can sell directly to customers door to door beginning September 22nd.  Please click here to place your order no later than September 3.  Please choose the amount carefully because you are responsible for all the popcorn and kits you order.  There are no returns.  Also, the Show and Deliver popcorn cannot be used to fill your Take Order Sales.  In other words, you cannot double count.

In the past, the money earned through popcorn helped fund all of our outings and awards.  This year, we will be saving it to purchase something truly awesome for the Pack that will benefit our scouts for many years.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us. I have extra order sheets if you need them.  Good luck and happy selling.

Yours in Scouting,

Christian Lising
Popcorn Kernel

Loan Lynch
Popcorn Kernel

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Bread of Angels Service Project – Saturday Aug 25

Hello everyone!!  Pack 811’s next summertime event will be this Saturday, August 25th to assist the Bread of Angels Ministry in serving meals to those in need in Orange County.  Those of you who participated in this event last year, you might recall the overwhelming emotions and joy in the faces of those we served.  For those of you have not yet had the opportunity to assist, you will find this both a memorable and rewarding experience.  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.  This even qualifies for some scout activities (for example, Tigers e11, Wolf 11d, Bear 1b or 3f, Webelos 8e)

We will need two shifts of helpers for the event.  First shift will be from 7am to 9:30am and the second shift will be from 9:30-12:00pm.  All the meals are prepared by the Bread of Angels staff in the Church Hall at St. Angela Merici.  Parents and siblings over 14 years of age may 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.

We will also have the boys conduct a flag ceremony with a pledge of allegiance recital, which was a BIG hit last year.  The uniform for this event will be the Pack T-shirts; keep the Class A 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 > HERE <and complete your information. If you have any questions, please contact Webelos II Den Leader Dean Gialamas at dean.gialamas@gmail.com or 714-292-3313.  We look to forward to seeing you all there!

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Family Camp is Coming!!!

What’s up campers!  Family camp is less than 2 weeks away so get all the camping gear out.  Here is some critical information about our trip:

We will be camping at the Cabrillo Beach Youth Waterfront Sports Center in San Pedro.  We will be swimming, canoeing, row boating, kayaking, touring a museum, and hike to the tide pools.
Where
The address is 3000 Shoshonean Road, San Pedro.  Click here for directions to the camp site.  Arrive between 4:00 pm and 7 pm.
CAMPING
Please set up your tent at the designated area.  Please do not leave a lot of space between the tents because we have a lot of tents to set up.  There will be plenty of experienced campers ready to help out.  If you do not have a tent please email Christian
WHAT TO BRING
Meals on Saturday and Sunday morning are provided by the camp.  All families should bring a picnic dinner for Friday evening.  Please click here for the complete list of items to bring.
WHAT WE WILL BE DOING
Please click here for the agenda of events and FAQ’s.  After we are set up on Friday, everyone who will be doing any activity in the water must do the SWIM CHECK. This is really not a big deal.  All it does it helps identify those who can go on the water crafts alone and those who can swim in the deep end of the pool.
THE CAMPFIRE
As we have done in the past, we will be having our campfire on Saturday evening. Each den will perform a skit.  In addition, we would like every family to perform a skit, song, or other performance.  Families may work with other families.  I have  a book of skits if anyone needs ideas.  Please submit your ideas to Christian or Brad on or before Friday evening.
Please contact us if you have any questions.
Christian Lising, Brad Halderman, and Jim Remley



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Pack 811 Sailors Fill their Sails


Pack 811 scouts blew their handcrafted sailboats down a treacherous rain gutter last weekend, showing off their colorful crafts and their great sportsmanship.  All of the boats were decked out in a variety of themes, from the patriotic to the downright strange.  Pictures of the event can be found in our Photo Albums.

Ten scouts brought home ribbons for having their boats voted the best in the following categories by their peers: Best Maritime Theme, Most Colorful, Best Scout Theme, Most Patriotic, and Most Creative Design.

After a fierce series of races, the fastest sailors came away with metals:

Den Champions:

Tiger Den: Isaac C. (1st. Place), Damian C. (2nd Place), Billy J. (3rd Place)

Wolf Den: Ian R. (1st Place), Nicolas B. (2nd Place), Aiden H. (3rd Place)

Bear Den: Diego B. (1st Place), Ian M. (2nd Place)

Webelos I Den: Matthew R. (1st Place),  Chad H. (2nd Place),  Jacob B. (3rd Place)

Webelos II Den: Jacob Williams (1st Place).

Pack Champions:

1st Place: Chad H.

2nd Place: Matthew R.

3rd Place: Ian R.

A great job was done by all scouts!  A special thanks goes to Roxana Borne, Sharon McBenttez, Mike Rivera, Brad Halderman, and Peter Gambino for helping put together another fun event for our boys.