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Pack News
Summer with Pack 501!
As the school year winds down, in some ways, so does Cub Scouts. Dens decide whether they will continue to have meetings during the summer- some may choose to pause den activities until the new school year starts. We also don't have Pack meetings during the summer. BUT, there's still a lot of Scouting going on! If Cub Scouts participate in one den or pack activity per month they earn the Summer Activity award, so if your scout is interested in that, they should plan to attend the Fire Circle in the June, the Pack hike in July, and the Camp-O-Ree in August. "Camp-O-Ree? What's that again?" The Camp-O-Ree is a new pack event we added in 2021, a family-friendly event with games and activities to kick off our Scouting year. This is a great time to bring your friends who are curious about Pack 501 and thinking about joining Cub Scouts. Save the date of August 27, more details to come! Keep an eye out for emails, or contact your den leader or cubmaster@pack501scouts.com with questions. |
Save the date for the 2022 Pack Campout!
Spring Events around the corner!
Even though it's still quite chilly, we've been making plans for several springtime pack events. On Sunday, March 27 from 12-2pm, our pack will be holding our Blue and Gold Banquet, a very special event for every family in our Pack to celebrate their scouts' achievements in scouting! Then on April 2 from 2:3-4:30 pm we will hold our Bridging ceremony. Bridging is a special occasion for the Arrow of Light scouts to transition to their new Scouts BSA troops, and all are invited to attend. Both the bridging ceremony and banquet will be at Stevens Creek County Park (Bridging will be at the archery range on Mt Eden Rd, and Blue & Gold will be at the Sycamore Picnic area, where we held our Camporee in August). The Blue and Gold Banquet will take the place of our March pack meeting.
Our other exciting upcoming event is our Pinewood Derby! The Pinewood Derby will be on April 30 at Grant Park- start getting ready! Talk to your den leader about a kit, and start thinking about designs. You can find great tips and how-tos at https://scoutlife.org/pinewood-derby/
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Staying safe while Scouting... during a pandemic
Pack 501 has resumed some in-person meetings and events, but the safety of our Scouting community is always our first priority, so here are some ways we are working to stay healthy in these continued Covid times: -we ask all participants to wear a face mask regardless of vaccination
status -we continue to try to maintain social
distance at events -all den/pack events and den meetings are held outdoors -we will continue to hold pack meetings virtually until further notice. Currently Pack meetings are held one Friday evening per month but they may be rescheduled for weekend afternoons, to allow us to gather in person outdoors. Please ask your den leader, email the cubmaster, or check the pack Calendar for updates! While some meetings and events are still happening virtually, we're proud of our leaders' creativity (and our Scouts' cooperation!) in adapting many traditional Scouting activities during this time. We look forward to seeing you soon, whether that means in person or on screen! Yours in Scouting, Kat Carpenter, Cubmaster  |
A new kind of Scouting year is underway!
We've been so happy to resume in-person Scouting activities during the 2021-2022 year. The year will still look different than a "normal" year but events and activities are being held! In August we held our first annual Camporee, a fun family event of games, a hike, whittling, s'mores, and more. It was so much fun we've decided it will be a regular event! October 2 was our Bottle Rocket Launch event, the
event in which the Scouts learn just how "explosive" of a combination
Diet Coke and Mentos can be, then we made our empty soda bottles into
rockets, filled them with water, and "blasted"
them down the field. In November we had a wonderful time at our all-pack family campout at the Boulder Creek Scout Reservation. We had so much fun hiking, learning about archery and riflery, playing in the trees and creek, cooking over camp stoves, hiking and doing crafts, catching crayfish, and singing during campfire! We're all looking forward to next year's campout! During our December pack meeting we had two big events- we put together care packages to send to our military servicepeople stationed overseas, and learned about the solar system, thanks to our Arrow of Light scouts who created a wonderful model for all the explore. It was scaled with the sun being represented by a basketball, down to planets as small as a pencil dot- it stretched all the way down St. Joseph Avenue in front of Montclaire! We played bingo, did a scavenger hunt, and played Kahoot during our virtual January pack meeting. Our scouts also enjoyed hearing about recent awards won and learning about how our care packages were sent on to our deployed military members. Our next (virtual) pack meeting will be held February 4. Plans for pack events like our Pinewood Derby, Blue and Gold dinner, a winter hike, and lots of other fun den activities and pack meetings are underway! Please contact me or your den leader if you have any questions! Yours in Scouting, Kat Carpenter, Cubmaster  |
Welcome Scouts
Welcome to scouting for 2020-2021. This year is going to be quite a bit different from previous years, but we have a lot of fun and exciting events planned!
Our first virtual pack meeting is August 21 from 7:00 – 7:30. The scouts will do a kahoot quiz with questions created by each of the dens.
On September 5 we will have a backyard campout. Pitch a tent in your back yard (or just make a tent in your living room), make some s’mores, and join the campfire program from 7:30 – 8:30.
All the events have been entered in the uptous calendar and on www.pack501scouts.com.
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Pushcart Derby scheduled for May 11th at 10:00 am
Please join Pack 501 at the Los Altos United Methodist Church at 10:00 am for a fun couple hours of the pushcart derby. You will have teams of scouts pushing and driving hand-crafted push carts across the parking lot. |
April pack meeting moved to the 23rd
Due to school holidays, we are moving the April pack meeting to the 23rd at Grant Park. There will be a fun outdoor activity, so please come and enjoy. |
Pinewood Derby - Saturday Jan 26 at 2:15 pm
Please join for the Pinewood Derby at Springer Elementary on Saturday, January 26th at 2:15 pm. We will have prizes for various categories of cars and performance in the derby. Top cars may move forward to district races as well! |
Updated Pack Calendar
Please review the updated pack calendar and adjust your schedules accordingly. Also, if you haven't done so, please sign up and subscribe to uptous.com which will give you additional reminders of these events. |
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