Upcoming Pack Events

Upcoming Pack Events

• Thursday Feb. 19, 6:30 pm Pack meeting at Glaciers Edge. Cake Bake: Bring a decorative cake and by tickets to vote for the cake you want to take home. Tickets will be drawn out of a "hat" for each cake. Each scout can take at most one cake home, proceeds go to the Verona Food Pantry.
• Saturday Mar. 7, 7:30 am: Pack bus trip to Cascade Mountain snow tubing! Pack paying for bus and tubing tickets. Details coming soon.
• Thursday Mar. 26 6:00 pm at EPIC Voyager Hall: Blue and Gold Banquet. Pizza and Cake provided by pack, dens bringing salads or sides. This is our Webelo II Graduation party!
• Thursday, April 16 6:30 pm at Pack Meeting and Science Activity
• Saturday & Sunday, May 16-17 Overnight Trip to the legendary Kohler Castle. Signup soon for this exciting overnight trip to stay at the large castle building at Cubscout World. This is a great activity for scouts of all ages!

Badger Prairie County Park Winteree

It was great to see many of you at the Pinewood Derby this weekend. It was really a great event and I hope you enjoyed it as much as my family did. There were a lot of great cars and many exciting races.

Thank you for signing up for the Winteree sponsored by our very own Mohawk Scout District on 2/7. Here are a few more details:

LOCATION
Badger Prairie County Park, centered around the park shelter. Enter at the east end of the park. I've included a link below to Yahoo Maps showing the location. If the link doesn't work, go to your favorite map search engine and search on "Badger Prairie Park, Verona, WI".

Map at: http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=42.99477&lon=-89.511742&zoom=16&q1=Badger%2520Prairie%2520Park%252C%2520Verona%252C%2520WI

TIME
Registration between 8:00 and 8:30. When you arrive, please provide your names to organizers and look to gather with fellow Pack 549 families. I will try to be there right away at 8:00.

COST
$5.00/person. Cost includes patch. I need to send payment to the Council BEFORE the day of the event. I'd prefer that you send me a check payable to Pack 549 by 2/4, but no later than to me, in person, the day of the event. My address is:
Mitch Poppen
745 Matts Dr.
Verona, WI  53593

OTHER NOTES
Please make sure you and your family are dressed appropriately for the weather. The events end at noon. No food will be provided, but feel free to bring your own water/snack. Please bring a can of soup to donate to the food pantry.

I'll be sending in our registrations by 1/30 if anyone else wants to sign up. Let me know if you have any questions or if I missed any details. Otherwise I'll see you on 2/7!

Mitch Poppen, Camping Coordinator, Pack 549

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