Cub Scout Pack 403
Pack 403, along with other Cub Scout packs, and Boy and Girl Scout troops from the area, participated in Scout Day at Graham Park, which took place next to the Scouting pond. The various packs and troops set up demonstrations, games, and finishing for the public to enjoy. All the scouts took place in a tree planting ceremony to honor a girl scout leader who had unexpectedly passed away.
Pack 403 spend this past weekend enjoying Spring Family Camp at Camp Agawam. This year’s theme was “Mystery Tour” . Activities included: BB Guns, Archery, Paddle Boats, Fishing, Gaga Ball, Monkey Bridge, Scavenger Hunt (Where is George’s Luggage), First Aid, Paper Airplane – fly for distance, Neckerchief Slide, OA Drum Team, SRU Aquatics Club Booth, and Scout Law Scramble
Scouts also filled up on smores and mountain pies. Of course, like all Spring camps, it did rain a bit, but once the rain passed, we had a beautiful day to enjoy the rest of the camp, including a Rainbow!
Tonight was the last pack meeting of the school year and it was a full agenda. All the boys advanced in rank and we also welcomed a Bobcat, awarded the Lions their Cub Class A uniforms and the Wolves entertained us with a skit! We had a fabulous year but the spring and summer fun is just getting started! Congratulations, boys!
Nine scouts received their Arrow of Light Awards at this evening’s meeting and Blue & Gold dinner. Congratulations to all of them for their commitment and effort! We are happy to announce that eight of them will be crossing over to Boy Scouts!
The Pack held its annual pinewood derby this past Saturday. Every year the cub scouts build their own cars and race them against each other. The top 3 cars for each den race in the finals for the pack. The top winners of the finals get to compete at the council’s race. Scouts can also win awards for best designed cars. In additional to the fun of racing against each other, the scouts enjoyed wings, subs, pizza, chips and salsa, cookies, and other snacks courtesy of our Sponsors: Buffalo Wild Wings, DiBella’s Subs, Costco, Einstein Brother’s Bagels, Moe’s, and Shop-n-Save. All our sponsors donated food, and all proceeds from the sales goes to fund the Pack. The Pack also would like to thank Dutilh United Methodist Church for allowing us to use their facilities to hold the event.
The Pack’s Pinewood Derby is just around the corner! To prepare for this, the Pack held its annual Pinewood Derby building workshop. The scouts design and build their own cars, which they will race against other scouts within their dens for trophies and bragging rights.
Band saws, a drill press, power sander, and drill contraptions (to smooth axles and wheels) were set up for the scouts to use. The scouts intensely worked on getting the design, cuts, sanding, and axle-smoothing right, as each one has their eye set for the 1st place trophy. It’s all about straight and smooth axles, getting the weight as close to maximum, and looks!
Scouts had extra fun at tonight’s pack meeting. Rubber-band gun stations were setup where scouts got to fling rubber bands at plastic cups and other props. The scout leaders try to fit in something fun for the scouts during each pack meeting.
The cub scouts participated in the annual family bowling and laser tag event. This year, we had the laser tag to ourselves and played at least half a dozen back-to-back games. Bowling was fun as usual, and we stuffed ourselves with Pizza, wings, and dipping dots. Some of the scouts were ringers on the ticket-games!
December’s pack meeting was a memorable one! First, we celebrating the pack’s 50th anniversary with cake and drinks. A bunch of old pack memorabilia, pictures, and even an old charter was brought out on display. Scouts from Troop 404 came by and helped the cub scouts with knot tying. Santa came by and handed out our pinewood derby kits. The most memorable thing, though, was that the top Popcorn sellers got to pie whichever leader/adult they chose! Three of the leaders got a big fat whipped cream pie smashed in their face!
The scouts had a very special treat today, spending the day at Brayman Construction in Saxonburgh learning about metalworking and welding. The scouts were able to use the various tools and welder to do hands-on metalworking. Pack 403 would like to thank Brayman Construction for hosting us!