December Pack 549 Meeting

Date:  Thursday, December 19, 2013

Place:  Glacier Edge Elementary School

Time:  6:30 to 8:00pm

WEAR YOUR CLASSS "B" UNIFORM (t-shirt) for the sock wars.

Topic:  "Snow Ball"  Sock War.  Bring a package of new sweat socks (any size) and after the sock war, the socks are donated to charity.

Note: Bring large cardboard boxes to be used to make forts for the sock war.

Popcorn Update:  Receive popcorn prizes and patches.

Pack 549 November Pack Meeting

Date:  November 21, 2013
Time:  6:30pm
Place:  Glacier Edge Elementary School

Theme: Citizenship

 

Build a Turkey... out of your Leader!  Each den will be given a bag of supplies and we will see who can make the best looking turkey out of their leaders.

Please bring an unwrapped gift for a child age 6 mo - 12 yrs. No food or toy weapons please.

Fill the Verona Food Pantry!!

Please bring a non-perishable food item for the pantry.

City Wide Recruitment Event!

Event:       School Event for Cub Scout Pack 549/Verona

Description: City wide recruitment night

Location:    VASD elementary schools

When:        Thursday, October 10, 2013  7:00 PM (CDT) - 8:00 PM (CDT)

Core Knowledge

Country View

Glacier Edge

New Century

Sugar Creek

Geology Outing at Devil's Lake!

Date:  Saturday, Nov 2, 2013
Place:  Devil's Lake
Time:  Meet at 12:45pm at  the North Shore Chateau at Devils Lake
Program:  1 - 4 pm

This program is for Wolf, Bear, and Webelo I and II.   Due to nature of the walk, this activity is not open to Tigers  or siblings.  Wolf and Bear will earn Geology Belt Loop and Pin and Webelo will earn Geology Belt Loop, Pin and Webelo Geology Merit Badge.


-  A State Park sticker is required for your vehicle or day fee must be paid to enter the park.
-  This walk is on the park trails so wear proper footwear and bring water containers.
-  Layers of warm clothing for cooler weather should be worn.  For colder weather, a layer of thermal clothing verus layers of plain cotton will keep you warmer.

More info at: http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/parks/specific/devilslake/

NOTE:  Make sure to meet at the North Shore and not the popular South Shore location.  Please look at website for map and directions.

http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/parks/specific/devilslake/map.html

October Pack Meeting

Date:  TUESDAY, Oct 22, 2013

Place:  Glacier Edge Elementary School
Time:  6:30pm

PLEASE NOTE THE PACK MEETING WILL BE ON A TUESDAY DUE TO THE VSD FALL VACATION.

Popcorn Sales Ends, TUESDAY OCT 22, 2013

Directions regarding:
1. Popcorn return,
2. turning in money,
3. order form return, etc. via email.

2013 Popcorn Return Slip


BRING YOUR EMPTY BOXES.  (We especially need Mud Puddles)  The products need to be returned in the original boxes or else the Pack is charged.
PICK YOUR PRIZES.

Jungle Theme - wear class A uniforms
Jungle themed games and activities!

2013 Popcorn Sale

The Popcorn Sale starts Sat. Sept 28, 2013

Pick-up will be at Specialized Electric in Verona on Sat. Sept 28, 2013. 

The Popcorn sale ends Tues. Oct 22, 2013
All money, orders, and unsold popcorn must be turned in.

Back Ordered Popcorn will be available Nov 14, 2013.


Popcorn Flyer with prices:  Popcorn Flyer with Prices

Photo of Popcorn: Popcorn Photo

Popcorn Order Form:Popcorn Order Form  (easy to print for extra copies)

Popcorn Information:  Popcorn Information

Selling Tips:  Popcorn Selling Tips

Popcorn Prize Flyer: Popcorn Prize Flyer

Winners Circle Prizes




Donation Receipt

Popcorn Business Card

Popcorn Order Receipt

2013 Popcorn Pickup

The Popcorn Sale starts Sat. Sept 28, 2013

Pick-up will be at Specialized Electric in Verona on Sat. Sept 28, 2013. Southeast of Verona off Hwy M.

8:30 AM   Den 1
8:45 AM   Den 2
8:45 AM   Den 4
9:00 AM   Den 6
9:15 AM   Den 7
9:30 AM   Den 8
10:00AM  Den 12
10:15AM  New Tiger Den (9)
10:30AM  Last call - left over popcorn will be sent to den leaders

Upcoming Events

Calendar of events also found at http://www.scouttrack.com/.

Thursday, August 22, 2013
Pack Meeting at Glacier's Edge School
6:30pm to 8:00pm
Scout Olympics
Ice Cream Social

Friday, Sept 13th to Saturday, Sept 14th
Place: Badger Prairie Park, Verona (up the hill from the Verona Library)
Time: Sept 16th 5:00pm to Sept 12:00 noon.
Overnight camping for Cub Scout Pack 549
Camping, rank activities, Dutch Oven cooking and fun!
Cost is $10 per person.


Thursday, Sept 26, 2013
Pack Meeting at Glacier's Edge School
6:30pm to 8:00pm
Popcorn Kick-Off!

August Pack Meeting: Scout Olympics and Potluck! - DATE CHANGE

Summer is coming to an end!

Celebrate with Cub Scout Olympics and Ice Cream!

August Pack Meeting: August 22, 2013 6:30 PM (note date change!!)

Glacier Edge School

Ice cream sundaes will be served! Ice cream will be provided.
Peanut/tree nut free toppings needed!

Pack 549 July Pack Meeting

Date:  Thursday, July 18, 2013
Time:  6:30pm
Place:  Tollefson Park (back of Glacier Edge Elementary School)
What:  July Pack Meeting

Activity - Raingutter Regatta!

Please contact your Den leader right away to obtain a BSA Raingutter Regatta kit for your son to get started with his creative ship design in preparation for the July 18th race day!  It will take about 1 to 1 1/2 hours to prepare the boat- and added time if you want to paint it.

Dress the boys in casual class B t-shirts for an evening of outdoor Summer fun with sailboat racing, ice cream floats, patches and awards ribbons!

Click below for the rules:

 

2013 Raingutter Regatta Rules

 

 

 

Come enjoy a fun outdoor Pack event by participating in the Rain gutter Regatta.   Make a sailboat from a kit provided by the Pack and "race" your boat in a rain gutter full of water by blowing on the sail through a straw. 

 

 

  Root beer floats for all to enjoy.

 

Remember Class B t-shirts !!!!!!

 

Glacier Edge Scout Concil Night at the "Duck Pond"

Date:  Sunday, July 28, 2013
Time:  5:05   Mallards vs Mankato Moondogs
Place:  Duck Pond at Warner Park, Madison, WI

This is a council event and all tickets are bought directly through the Mallards.  See below. 

- $2.00 of every ticket is donated back to Glacier's Edge Council
- Ceremonial first pitch by a supporter of Glacier's Edge Boy Scout Council
- Major League Stadium Seats, Mallards Hat and Mallards Patch

Costs:  Tickets are for reserved filed box seats.  They are $10.00 and come with a Mallards hat for both adult and scout.  Each person will receive a Mallards Patch.

Tickets are available until July 14th for the July 28th game through the ticket portal:

www.MALLARDSGROUPS.com

Enter:  glaciers

At the bottom of the page click BUY choose your seats (green are available)

Questions are directed to the Mallards at Tyler Isham at 608-246-4277 or tyler@mallardsbaseball.com

SEE MORE INFO AT THIS SITE:
http://glaciersedge.org/2013/02/scout-nights-with-the-mallards/

Summer Camps More Info

More Info about camps -

Click below for Camp Information:

2013 Camp Listing - With More Details and DEADLINES FOR SIGN-UP and see other camp post for forms for registration. 

Here are some links and photos:

Friday, and Saturday nights, April 26 - 28, 2013. Overnight camp for two nights at Rokilio Camp in Kiel, WI. Theme is "Castle Camp". Camp Rokilio, Kiel, WI.

Cost: $20.00 per scout and $30.00 per adult.



Friday overnight camping through Saturday evening campfire (Saturday night camping is optional) May 10-12, 2013 - Webelos Expedition - Overnight camp only for Webelo II scouts (rank Fall 2013)
Ed Bryant Reservation Camp, Mauston, WI
Age appropriate activities
Intro to Boy Scouts
Blessing of the Arrow ceremony
                                                

CUB SCOUT DAY CAMP -June 28 and 29, 2013 -    Brigham County Park, Blue Mound, WI Drive to camp each day (camping is optional). Many fun activities. Good way to complete items for belt loops, pins, or achievements - camp targets Wolf and Bear - all ranks allowed. 

Webelos Shooting Sports Camp   Friday, June 28 and Saturday, June 29, 2013.  Camp Carlson 7839 Wisconsin 188, Sauk City, WI.  Webelos I and II.

Cub Scout Resident Camp - Sunday, July 28, 2013 thru Tuesday, July 30, 2013. http://glaciersedge.org/camping/camping-program-information/cub-scout-camp/
 Camp targets Wolf, Bear, and Webelos Scouts.    Camp Indian Trails, 5801 River Road, Janesville, WI  53545.

Webelos Resident Camp Akela - Thursday, August 1, 2013 thru Sunday, August 4, 2013. http://glaciersedge.org/camping/camping-program-information/cub-scout-camp/
 Camp Indian Trails - 5801 N. River Road, Janesville, WI  53545.   Camp only for Webelos I and II.

 

 

May Pack Meeting - Advancement

Date:  Thursday, May 16, 2013
Time:  6:30pm
Place:  Glacier Edge Elementary School

Theme:  Advancement Ceremony for each rank.

Games for the scouts.

Pack Conversation Project

Date: Saturday,  May 4, 2013
Time: 2:45 pm - 5:30 pm
Where: Prairie Moraine County Park  (large dog park)
1970 Cty Hwy PB, Verona, WI

Meet:  In  the parking lot, by the ICE AGE TRAIL HEAD, not the dog park entrance.


Project: Assist with Prairie seeding along the Ice Age Trail.  David Lonsdorf will lead the project.  Hike 10-15 minutes to the spot and back. If it is muddy, please bring boots.  We will be back in the parking lot at 5:30pm.

The Den leaders will contact the respective members for a head count by Tuesday, April 30, so enough seed will be available for the project. 



A Verona Brownie Troop will join us as well.

Cost: Helping our planet Earth is always free!

Scouting For Food

Date:  Week of  Sunday April 7 through Thursday, April 10, 2013
What: Distribute Fliers to assigned homes for the Annual Scout Food Drive

Cub Scout Pack 549 will distribute fliers to assigned neighborhoods per den.  The den leaders will hand out assigned streets with the fliers to their den members.  Your den leader will be your contact for the assignments and fliers.  The fliers must be hung on the doors of the homes prior to Saturday, April 13, 2013.  Boy Scout Troop 349 will pick up the food on Saturday, April 13, 2013. 

If your scout wants to hang more fliers than the assigned amount, contact your den leader for extra streets to cover.

If you are unable to finish your assigned streets, please let your den leader know so the streets can be handled by another scout.  The pack and troop tries to cover the whole city of Verona. 

 

                                                                                   

Crossover Banquet

Date:  Sunday, March 10, 2013
Time:  4:00pm
Place:  Badger Ridge Middle School
Event:  Crossover Banquet for Webelo II scouts to crossover to Boy Scouts.

All scouts and families are invited to attend.  Please RSVP by Saturday, Feb 23, 2013  to your respective den leader for the number of attendees coming to the banquet.

Food:  Pizza from AJ's
Cake
Ice Cream
Potluck

Families with surname starting A-G --  salad or side dish
                                                   H-P  -- fruit or vegetable dish
                                                    R-Z --  sweet or dessert

Note:  Please provide peanut/tree nut free dishes to follow the school policies and to be mindful of food allergies.  Thanks.

Each year we ask the rest of the pack to help provide a great send off to the Webelos II.   Respective scouts and families please review the list below:

Tiger and Wolf Scouts - Sing a song
Bears - Flag Ceremony
Webelo I - Greeters
Parents of Webelo I- Food Servers

 

 

Mohawk District Open Invitational Pinewood Derby - March 16, 2013

Date:  Saturaday, March 8, 2014
Place:  Smart Toyota
Cost:  $5:00
Registraiton:  Cap of 250 scouts and filling up
Register with Scout Office

Pack 549 is part of the Mohawk District of the Glacier Edge Council.  This is a district run event and gives you another opportunity to race your derby car in addition to the Pack 549 Derby Race on Jan 26, 2013.

MOHAWK DISTRICT OPEN – Gentlemen Start your engines. Smart Toyota 5901 Odana Road present, the Mohawk District Open invitational on March 16th 2013. This event will be limited to the first 250 scouts. Sign up early.

Participants will receive so many prizes that if you don’t come you’ll actually be losing money! Scouts can register as a Pack or individually. Cost is $4 before December 31st and $5 after January 1st.
All registrations will be handled through the Madison Scout Office.

We will have a demonstration for the Madison Fire Department, vehicle extrication and Safe Kids Coalition, vehicle safety. This year we will have many door prizes, including a signed game ball from the Harlem Globetrotters. Everyone will be a winner at this event.

Sign up at mohawkpinewood@gmail.com today. We are still looking for adult help please email for details.

For rules and forms see link:
http://glaciersedge.org/districts/mohawk-district-2/mohawk-cub-scout-events/

Scout Sunday and Sabbath

Scout Sunday - Weekend of February 2 and 3 
or Feb 9 and 10 (check with your place of faith)

Attend your place of worship or attend the event below.  Some places of worship also recognize their scouts at the service.  Check with your place of worship.

A special invite on Sunday February 10- Boy Scout 349 Verona Troup will celebrate Scout Sunday Service at the Salem Church of Christ (The church charters the troup) at 10:15 am  to 12:00 in Verona. A special ceremony is planned and cub scouts are welcome to attend.  You do not have to be a member of the congregation to attend.

Scout Sabbath Day - Saturday, February  9

For any of these dates - wear your class "A" uniform to your place of worship and receive a Scout Sunday patch.

Please let your den leader know by Feb 13 if you participated so a patch may be ordered.