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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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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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Bicycle Rodeo Approaches

Our next summer Pack event is the Bicycle Rodeo, coming up soon on Saturday, July 17 at 9:30 am in the St. Angela School parking lot.  This event is open to scouts and their families, so siblings may participate as well.   Be sure to bring your bike and your helmet! The Bicycle skills events will take place from 9:30 to 12:00, followed by a potluck lunch at 12:00 noon. Events will include:

  • Drag race
  • Slalom Race
  • Figure 8
  • Snail Race
  • Balance Beam
  • Newspaper Throw

Please RSVP by July 9th and sign up to bring something to share for the potluck lunch.

>> RSVP and Sign-up Here! <<

We are still looking for parents willing to help setup and breakdown the event.  Please contact Shawn Jamison if you can help out or if you have any questions.

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Sailors Prepare for Raingutter Regatta

THE Boat Race of the Summer is Coming!!

Saturday, August 21st, 9:30-12:30 pm

 

Everyone in the family is welcome to this fun event.  For those new to the regatta, this is a fun outing where the Scouts propel their home made boats along a “rain gutter” using nothing but air-power.   We will have a separate race for all siblings that want to join in on the fun as well (additional kits are available at the scout center).  All Scouts should wear their Class B yellow t-shirt.

Pre-Race Judging in the following categories starts at 9:45 am:

  • Best theme                              
  • Most colorful
  • Best use of stickers                  
  • Best Scout-only design

The race will be held at the Elsenpeter Residence.  If you have not started creating your sailing craft yet, check out the links on our Resource Library Page or Google for some tips!

Please RSVP as soon as possible >HERE<.

 

OFFICIAL RULES

1. Official Kit Required

The boat must be newly built for the current Cub Scouting year. The boat should be substantially built by the Scout. Parental supervision in the construction of the boat is encouraged. The boat should be assembled from the B.S.A. Raingutter Regatta Kit parts only. Additional decals, paint, and glue are permitted. (Kits and decals are available at the Scout Shop.)

2. Length, Width and Weight

  1. Overall width shall not to exceed 2 inches.
  2. Overall length from bow to stern (including rudder) shall not exceed 7.00 inches, nor shorter than 6.50 inches
  3. The mast can be no taller than 6.50 inches from the deck surface 

3. Miscellaneous

  1. The boat must have a single hull. (No catamarans or split hulls will be allowed.)
  2. The sail must be the one supplied with the B.S.A. Raingutter Regatta Kit. The sail may be trimmed and shaped, but may not be larger than the material supplied.
  3. Racers cannot touch the craft or water during the race. 

Please contact Roz for any questions.  

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Get Started on that Summer Reading

Wondering how to get started on that Summer Reading List?  Write a one-page report titled “The Best Book I Read This Year” and enter it in the Boys’ Life 2010 “Say Yes to Reading!” contest.

The book can be fiction or nonfiction. But the report has to be in your own words — 500 words tops. Enter in one of these three age categories:

  • 8 years old and younger
  • 9 and 10 years old
  • 11 years old and older

First-place winners in each age category will receive a $100 gift certificate good for any product in the Boy Scouts official retail catalog. Second-place winners will receive a $75 gift certificate, and third-place winners a $50 certificate.

Everyone who enters will get a free patch like the one on this page. (And, yes, the patch is a temporary insignia, so it can be worn on the Cub Scout uniform shirt, on the right pocket, or on your patch vest.) In coming years, you’ll have the opportunity to earn different patches.

The contest is open to all Boys’ Life readers. Be sure to include your name, address, age and grade in school on the entry.

Send your report, along with a business-size, self-addressed, stamped envelope, to:

Boys’ Life Reading Contest
S306
P.O. Box 152079
Irving, TX 75015-2079

Entries must be postmarked by Dec. 31, 2010 and must include entry information and a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

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Campers Get Ready!

Cubs and their families are looking forward to our Family Camp-out this weekend, June 18 in Cabrillo Beach.  Check-in time at the camp is between 4:15 and 7:30pm.  Those that arrive earlier will be able to park in closer parking spots.  Be sure to bring a smile and camp fire story to share with the rest of the pack families as this is a great opportunity to bring our large Pack Family closer together.

Click here for a list of essential items to bring:


Click here for a map and directions:
Please contact Mike Glasgow if you have any questions or concerns about camp.
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Pack 811 Welcomes 9 New Tigers!

Nine new Tigers roared into the pack last Wednesday night.  We would like to welcome our newest Cub Scouts : Steven, Diego, Trent, Daniel, Erik, Jack, Adam, Jake, and Conner.  This bunch looks eager to Search, Discover, and Share together along with their adult partners.
 
The new Tigers make our pack 56 Scouts strong!  In addition to the new Tigers, we have 18 new Wolves, 13 new Bears, 9 new Webelos, and 7 “experienced” Webelos II Scouts.  
 
For the first time in quite some time, we also have a fully staffed Pack Leadership team.  With all our parents’ help, this team should make the 2010-2011 year one of the best yet!  Be sure to check the pack calendar for upcoming events, and continue to check the website for important announcements
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Avenue of the Flags at Memory Garden

Memory Garden Memorial Park and Mortuary in Brea will be holding their annual Flag Ceremony this Memorial Day weekend.  This very special event pays tribute to the brave men and women who have paid the ultimate sacrifice so we can enjoy the freedom we have today.


Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Cub Scouts from around the area have been asked to help place small flags and crosses on the graves of our veterans buried at Memory Garden on Saturday, May 29 starting at 6:30 a.m.  

On Monday, May 31 at 6:30 am, they will be setting up the “Avenue of the Flags” where they raise full size funeral flags representing veterans who passed away and have been buried there over the past 53 years.  At 3 pm, these full size flags will be taken down and folded.

We have been offered the opportunity to participate in this event.  If anyone would like to help, please feel free to go to Memory Garden on either Saturday or Monday at 6:30 am to set up, or on Monday at 3 pm to take down flags.  Please meet in front of the Memory Garden Office.  Full class A Uniforms would be appropriate.  Each boy and sibling must be accompanied by an adult. 

Special thanks to Mrs. Carrasco for giving us this information.


Memory Garden Memorial Park and Mortuary
455 W. Central Avenue
Brea, CA 92821
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Pack 811 is Gold Medallion Award Finalist

Pack 811 has been awarded a certificate as a finalist for the 2009 Gold Medallion Award.  The Gold Medallion Award Program recognizes the outstanding Catholic Cub Scout Pack, Boy Scout Troop, and Venturing Crew in each of the fifteen Episcopal Regions of the United States.  It is also promotes the National Catholic Committee of Scouting initiative to increase Scouting units, youth members, and adult leaders. National Gold Medallion finalists excel at providing youth with quality programs including religious activities, religious emblems participation, outdoor activities, and special events that encompass the religious, vocational, and educational aspects of Catholic Scouting. 
 
Congratulations to the Cub Scouts, Parents, and Leaders for their hard work and dedication. 
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Day Camp is Coming!

Cub Day Camp is five full days of fun activities, advancement, and fellowship, and is one of the highlights of the Cub Scout Summer.   This year’s theme is Cub Scout Safari and the camp will be held at nearby Craig Park the week of July 19 – 23. Typical days run from 9:00 in the morning to 3:00 in the afternoon.

Just some of the activities planned for this year include :  Archery, Wood Working (including a catapult!), Fishing, Sports Fun, Cooking, Wildlife Conservation, and a variety of Scout Skills (including rope activities, maps, and first aid).

The cost is $120 for the entire week, however, applications and fees turned in by May 14th will receive a discounted cost of only $78 !

Brothers and sisters of scouts may also attend the camp for only $5 per day or $20 for the whole week.  Note that these siblings may only attend with their parents.  Parents are essential to the program – we need to maintain a minimum of 1 adult per 4 campers.   We will need most families to provide an adult for at least one of the 5 days.  Don’t worry, parents have fun at Day Camp too!

Please sign up as soon as possible on THIS PAGE (you will need to log in) so we can insure adequate supervision.  You will also find the application forms on the same page (Note that we will be attending the “Los Amigos” day camp).  Forms and payment can be turned into your den leader, Peter Toller, or dropped in the Scout mailbox in the SAM School office.   Be sure to take advantage of this fun opportunity right away!

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Follow us on Facebook!

Cubpack811.org continues to be the focal point for pack announcements and resources, and now it is just a little easier to keep up with these announcements with our Facebook page.  All website postings will now be automatically posted on facebook and viewable on the news feed of those who add “CubScout Pack Eight-Eleven” as a friend.   This is in addition to email,  our Twitter page, and our RSS Feed.  Short of smoke signals,  we  hope that we now have enough lines of communications to keep everyone informed of our activities.  

Click on the Blue Facebook icon to find us.  Note that many “friends” and “friends of friends” of the webmaster have already received facebook friend invitations. 

  

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Pinewood Derby Car Exhibition in Fullerton – DUE April 29th

The Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton will present its Third Annual “Pine Design:  Cub Scout Pinewood Derby Cars” between the dates of May 6 and May 27, 2010, as a special exhibition during their annual Motorcar Festival Fundraiser.  We have been invited as a pack to participate.  Please contact me if you are interested in participating with you son’s car in the exhibition.  I must have your cars in my hands by April 29th so I can deliver them to the Muck by April 30.

 Dean Gialamas

Cubmaster, Pack 811