Cub Scout Pack 961

We're Pack 961! Chartered by the Oxford Kiwanis Club, we provide a safe place for boys from First through Fifth grades to learn the values of scouting, to develop outdoor skills, and to have FUN!

We
> Camp
> Hike
> Go Fishing
> Learn about conservation
> Build things
> Do community service
> Become good citizens

If you would like to learn more about how to become involved as either a scout or a leader, please contact one of us!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Fall Camp Out




The Fall camp out has been rescheduled for November 7th and 8th.

We hope you will all be healthy and able to attend. The Pack leadership felt any later in November would make the weather too questionable. Please contact your Den Leaders as soon as possible so they can get an official head count.

The location will remain the same: Drake Farm on Fairfield road. (Last driveway on the left before crossing the bridge into Indiana)

Events will still kick off at 9 am on Saturday morning with a full day of hiking and outdoor skills.

Each scout is responsible for his own sack lunch; other meals will be provided.

Cost is $3 a person....family members welcome!

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Regatta Pictures


A little late in coming, but please enjoy this album of pictures from the 2009 Raingutter Regatta!
http://www.photobyj.com/Albums/Scouts/Cubs_2009_Regatta/

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Record Breaking Sign Up!

Wow! This years sign up was a huge success! We would like to extend a huge Cub welcome all the new scouts. Thanks to you Pack 961 has almost doubled in size and has become the fastest growing Pack in the Fort Hamilton District!

The enthusiasm and turn out at this year's Regatta made it clear to the leaders that we need to reorganize some Den's in order to best meet the needs of all our boys.

Mr. Wasburn-Moses has volunteered to take on a Den of 'New' Weblos I. This Den will include any new 4th grade boys that just signed up this year and still need to earn their 'Bobcat' badge. He will be holding meetings on Sundays at a location to be determined. Please wait on buying a 'Den Number' patch for your boy's uniform until we assign this Den an official number.

Den 3 Weblos led by Mr. DeWitt and Mr. Kelly will remain the same and continue to meet at Faith Lutheran Church the first and third Wednesdays of each month.

Similarly we would like to split the Wolf Den into two groups as their numbers are nearing 20. Recommended Den size is no more than 8.

If you would like to become more involved in your son's scouting leadership please let us know. It is our hope that these splits will keep the Dens more manageable and give our boys more one-on-one leader attention. Please contact us with your questions, concerns or suggestions. We hope to accommodate all our scouts as best we can and remember:

The Cub Scout helps the pack go.
The pack helps the Cub Scout grow.
The Cub Scout gives goodwill.