Scout Ski Day is Dec. 20

Check out the information about Scout Ski Day:

http://pack246leaders.googlepages.com/2008skiday.pdf

Note: We accidentally published the date as "Dec 21" at first. The correct date is Saturday, Dec. 20.

Highway Cleanup

Highway cleanup is Saturday, October 11.  We start at 2pm at Christ the King.

Afterwards is a bonfire at Riverside Park. 

Updated Event Calendar

The official Pack 246 calendar for the 2008-2009 scouting year has been posted to this web site. Use the calendar links on the right side of the web page.

Note that the first pack meeting is Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 6:30pm at Christ the King Luthern church.

To sign up for scouts, come to "Join Scouting Night" on Thursday, Sept. 11 at 7pm at West Elementary. Pack leaders will be present to provide information, answer questions, and get you signed up.

Volunteers for County Fair Regatta Needed

On Saturday, Aug. 16, Pack 246 will be helping to staff the booth at the McLeod County fair. We will be running a rain gutter regatta. The booth will be by the 4-H building, in the u-shaped area behind the fountain. Bill Bull plans to be there with the regatta kits and other handouts. We need people to help in the following time slots. Minimum we need 1 parent and 1 child per shift.
9am - 11am
11am - 1pm
1pm - 3pm
3pm - 5pm
Please respond to Joe Eltgroth by Thursday with the time slot you'd prefer.

Parent/Leader Meeting Minutes July 13

The Parent/Leader Committee Meeting was held July 13 at 7pm at Christ the King church.

Call to Order & Pledge of Allegiance - Chris K

Aug 3rd is last parent meeting at 7pm; after that back to 6:30pm.

Treasurer's report was given by Lisa K. Parade expenses were $110, regatta boats $74.

After Action reports

Water carnival parade went smoothly. Had enough freezes with 3000. Next year try having adults hand them out by walking with wagons. Have them froze and separated ahead of time. Concern about pulling the trailer with the truck... kids could get between truck and wagon and driver might not see immediately; perhaps pull with a tractor.

Day camp went well. Had 1/2 hour activities. Kids were excited to be there, and there were new things the 2nd day to keep them interested.

Family camp at Stearns went well, but lack of people. No archery or swimming. Carts were great. Decision on where to have fall camp out to be made at Aug 3 meeting.

Karen O needs list of who participated in camps, parade, floats, etc. for months of June, July, August so summer awards can be given to those who participated all three months. For a July activity scouts could attend the 80th anniversary of pack 246 sunday July 27th at 2pm at Christ the King. Come in uniform. Could also attend a scout twins game, or Fun in the sun which runs until the end of July.

Baloo training Saturday, July 19. Scott planned to attend.

Webelos II camp. 7/20 - 7/24 at Stearns.

Webelos I camp. 7/25 - 7/27 at Stearns.

Round table/join scouting training taking place Aug 7th in Cokato.

Family picnic/Rain gutter regatta Aug 10. Den 6 in charge. Olsons have gutters and boats. Kids need glue guns to build them.

McLeod county fair Aug 13-17th. Bill Bull will call with info. (Joe later found out from Bill that Saturday would be a good day for us to run a rain gutter regatta if we are interested)

New Leader Essential training, Sept 4 in conjunction with Roundtable at Howard Lake Middle School.

Join scouting night Sept. 15 (tentative).

Next meeting Aug. 3

Family Picnic Aug. 10

The Rain Gutter Regatta / Family Picnic is on 8/10/08 at 4PM location is Riverside Park. RSVP to Ed Caya.

Parent/Leader Meeting July 13

The next parent/leader meeting is Sunday, July 13 at 7pm. All parents are invited. This is a great way to both find out what's happening with our cub scout program and to influence the activities we do.