Pack Plans

December 18 - Pack Meeting

• Activity= Sock Wars II - Bring a 6-pack of new clean tube socks. Pairs are balled up together to make a kid safe snowball. Cardboard is used to make forts/shields. The older scouts dens battle the older dens, younger scouts play with younger scouts.
• Toys for Tots! Bring a un-wrapped toy to donate to toys for tots. There are lots of families with a lot less than us who would love anything you can give. This is one of the many ways our pack gives back to the community, please do your best!
  
• Cookie decorating/eating (it's a craft and a snack!). We will be icing sugar cookies. If you have any food alergies please bring your own snack, and/or let us know
  
• Other business, Pinewood Cars will be handed out, Start thinking of summer camp!
• Day Camp at Brigham County Park for summer 2009 will be June 26, 27, 28 (Fri, Sat, Sun). The theme this year is Space Trek – To Boldly Go Where No Scout Has Gone Before.

January 22 Pack Meeting: Pinewood derby car weigh in and Movie night (Down & Derby). Looking for parents to help decorate and make this a fully race themed and fun event for the kids.

Saturday Jan 24: Pinewood Derby Races. Starts with younger scouts around 9 am and races are held by den with top dens competing in the playoffs later in the day. Goes till 1-2pm for the finals.

Sat February 7 - Want some winter fun? The Polar Prowl will be Feb 7, 2009 at Blackhawk Lake near Cobb, WI from noon to 4:00pm. This event is through the Wisconsin River District.
Also on Feb 7, The Mohawk District is holding a winter "day camp" right here in Verona at the Badger Prarie Park. The verona one tends to be a smaller event, but still a lot of fun!

Saturday March 7: Snow tubing at Cascade paid for by the pack. This is our big self-reward for a incredible popcorn sale. Leave ~7am, on the snow by 9am. Pack will rent a bus, provide hot drinks and snacks.

Join the FUN with Verona Cub Scout Pack 549

Our "Back to School" and "Join Scouts Recruitment Nights" for Fall 2008 are listed on the back of this flyer.
Our first Fall Pack Meeting is Thursday September 25th!

• Our table top displays at the school open house nights will show some of the activities that your scout and family can be involved with in a typical year!
• Our informal Recruitment Night will be from 5 to 6:15 at Glacier Edge School with the regular Pack Meeting starting at 6:30. Time will be allowed before our Pack Meeting and during the meeting at a side table for questions and answers. The night will include activities, advancement/activity awards, popcorn sale details and visitor table. You can meet and speak with current leadership here!
  

Please come to any of these "meetings" or Contact the following:

Pack Committee Chair - Jim Kaeder 225-2100 or Cub Master -Kevin Wunder 848-8727
Or Pack Recruitment Coordinator - Jim McCarthy 843-9663

Here is a link to the full Back to School Recruitment Flyer with Locations

Sept 20: Cub Scout Nature Trek 2008

Nature Trek 2008 is quickly approaching. Nature Trek is Saturday Sept 20 at Camp Indian Trails near Janesville, WI from noon to 4 PM. If you are not yet on the roster and would like to attend, please E-mail Eric Birschbach ebirsch@tds.net by Sept 11.

The day of Nature Trek you will need to bring a completed Cub Scout Medical Form (attached) and $5/registered scout and $3/sibling. Allen McDermott dermo4@tds.net will be your Nature Trek Coordinator on Sept. 20

PERSONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RECORD.doc

Great Outdoors Cooking

Check out these Halloween teeth!
Need some camp-out food ideas? Hobo Potatoes... biscuits on a stick...Omelet in a Ziploc? This great website has it all including some sack lunch ideas for school
http://www.thecampingclub.com/zzrecipes/index1.html

Ever cooked in a Dutch Oven? Here are some great recipes and how-to information to get started. http://www.dutchovendude.com/

Cub Scout Fall Day Camp Opportunities

There are two upcoming Cub Scout Day Camp events coming up you may be interested in. Both of these events are aimed at new and younger scouts, Tiger through Bear.

The first is the Trailblazer Adventure Day and Nature Trek Saturday September 20 from Noon to 4:00 PM at Camp Indian Trails near Janesville. View the event flyer at www.glaciersedge.org. Pack 549 will provide bus travel to and from the event with sufficient interest.

The second event is the Cub Scout Jack-O-Lantern Jamboree Saturday October 25 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Woodman Center near Richland Center. Click here to view the event flyer and register at www.glaciersedge.org for more details (click on the calendar for October).

Please E-mail your interests and or questions to me at ebirsch@tds.net.

I hope you all enjoy these last weeks of summer!

Eric Birschbach, Pack 549 Camping Coordinator

End of Summer Beach Party 8/28

Thurs, August 28, 2008
6:00- 8:00 PM at Verona Fireman's Park

Swimming, Sand Castle Building Contest, Snacks, Lots of Fun
Get this down in your calendars
More information to follow

Nature Trek Sat 9/20

Trailblazer
Adventure Day
And
Nature Trek

Glacier’s Edge Council Event
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Camp Indian Trails
5801 N. River Rd., Janesville, WI

Council's Flyer on the event available here

Pack 549 Bike Rally

Thurs, July 24, 2008
6:30 - 8:00 PM
Sugar Creek School
420 Church Avenue - Verona
Side/Rear Parking Lots

• Bring Your Bike & Bike Helmet
• Wear Your Class A or B Uniform
• Invite Your Brothers & Sisters Along

2009 Popcorn Inventory Transfer Form

2008 Pack Summer Activities List

Mon, June 2 Scout Night at the Duck Pond 7:05pm game at Warner Park
Madison Mallards take on the Mankato Moon Dogs. This is a Council event -- see the Council website for details.

Thurs, June 5 Cub Scout Recruitment Night 6-8pm at the Verona Public Library
If you know of anyone interested in being a Cub Scout, this is the place to find out what scouting is all about. Boys who will be in 1st - 4th grades next year are eligible.

Sun, June 8 Verona Hometown Days Parade
Parade starts at noon - line up time and other detail will be sent out soon. All cub scouts and leaders are encouraged to participate. All participants must wear Class-A uniforms to march in the parade.

Fri, June 20 - Sun, June 22 Day Camp.
Pack 549 is going to Brigham County Park. Siblings (K-5th grade) are welcome to join us. Parents need only attend one of the three days. Check out the video on the council website. Contact Eric Birschbach (848-3741) ASAP if you plan to attend.

Thurs, June 19 Pack Meeting at Fireman's Park/Verona Beach. 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Rain date: June 26
Games, treats, camp fire program (songs and skits). Come in your Class B uniform (Pack T-shirt) and enjoy scouting fun as the scouts of Pack 549 celebrate summer and welcome new scouts to the Pack.

Sat, June 28 Rhythm and Booms
Rain date: June 29 - see the Council website for details. Participants canvas the crowd to collect funds for R&B charities. In return, participants get…
- free bus ride to and from the event
- free dinner
- a 2008 R&B patch
- VIP seating for the fireworks show
Notify Pam Lokken or Scott Largent (848-8224) by Jun 8th if you will attend.

Wed, July 30 - Sat, Aug 2 Pack Resident Camp at the Space Station
Camp Rokilio, Kiel WI
This is an overnight camp with many activies throughout the day. Contact Camp Coordinators Mitch Poppen or Eric Birschbach ASAP to register. Space is limited.

Sun, Aug 3 Scout Night at the Duck Pond 5:05pm game at Warner Park
Madison Mallards take on the Green Bay Bullfrogs. This is a Council event - see the Council website for details.

Sat, Sept 20 Nature Trek Noon - 4pm at Camp Indian Trail
More information will be available later in the summer.

Spring Recruitment June 5, 6 - 8 PM, Verona Public Library

Invite your friends! Come join us on Thrusday June 5th at the Verona Public Library to learn more about scouts and join the fun!
We will be in the large meeting room, to the left as you enter.

Follow the link below to a flyer with more details on our Verona Cub Scout program and the programs we have going on this summer.
Recruitment_Night_Spring2008.pdf

If you can not make the June 5th event, feel free to contact our Cub Master Jim Kader at 225-2100, or Jim McCarthy at 278-7597

Cake Bake Pack Meeting April 24

The cake bake is an opportunity for each Scout (Tiger through Webelos) to participate in a fun baking activity with his parent. All money raised from this auction will go to the Verona Food Pantry.

General Rules
1) Cakes must be at the meeting at 6:30 pm, on the April 24th Pack meeting at Glacier's Edge
2) Cakes must be baked by a boy and parent (mother, father, grandmother grandfather, sister, brother.)
3) Non-scout siblings may bake and bring a cake if they wish.
4) Completely store-bought cakes are not permitted.
5) Cake mixes and icing mixes may be used.
6) Creation must be edible.
7) Cakes should be placed on a tray or cardboard foundation that can be given away with the cake.
8) All cakes should have a title or theme shown on a card submitted with the cake along with the baker's name.
9) Tickets will be sold for $ .50 each. Scouts bid for a cake by depositing tickets with their name written on the back into the cup for the cake. Placing more tickets in the cup increases the scout's chance of winning.
10) A drawing for the cakes will take place and the baler/artist will be allowed to draw for the winning ticket.
11) Each scout (or sibling) may take home only one cake or the first cake that they win.

Parents, please remind your kids that the object of this is to have fun together while raising money for the Food Pantry. We usually have more scouts than cakes and siblings are allowed to bid for cakes, too. This means that it IS possible that you might go home without a cake. Please prepare your scout for that possibility and remind him that a successful cake is one that brings in lots of tickets.

Raingutter Regatta March 15th

The Raingutter Regatta differs from the Pinewood Derby in that it is not in any way an engineering contest. The single biggest variable in Raingutter racing success is the scout’s ability to blow his boat down the gutter. For this reason, design rules are very strict, and the emphasis on fair play and sportsmanship in racing is high.

Where: Curtis Ambulance, 6060 McKee Rd, Fitchburg (across from Star Cinema).
Parking: There is extremely limited parking available at the Curtis Ambulance building. Please park across the street at Star Cinema and cross McKee Rd. (Hwy PD) with care.


Download rules document in Adobe Acrobat format: Raingutter_Rules_2007.pdf


How it works (from 2007 plan)Scouts in each den race in head to head heats. The rankings are determined by who wins the most heats, with any ties being decided by run-off races. The double elimination bracket accommodates 32 racers. We have 11 dens. There are trophy prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each den. Tiger cubs who do not place in the top three in their den will receive a participation ribbon.
In general, the top three finishers in each den advance to the pack finals. If a den has three or fewer scouts in attendance at the race, the race organizers may decide to enter only the top two in the pack finals. If a den has six or more scouts in attendance at the race the race organizers may decide to enter the top four finishers in the pack finals.
Experience teaches that sometimes scouts who place 1 – 3 in their den leave before the pack finals, opening spaces in the bracket. What this means is that we won’t really know exactly who will be in the pack finals until we’re ready to start. It all depends on how many scouts show up on the day and how long they stay. All scouts who win a den trophy should stick around (or let the race coordinator know that they are coming back) for the beginning of the pack finals. Anyone who places forth out of six or more scouts in a den has a chance of being in the finals too.