This past Friday, December 6, 2019, Cub Scout Pack 107 had a festive, fun-filled Holiday Pack Meeting. The pack collected donations to support Veterans Inc., and the Charlton Food Pantry. In doing so, our cub scouts learn that a scout is friendly, kind, and helpful. Great job Pack 107. The tote for Veterans Inc. weighed in at over 37.5 lbs. Thank you for your generosity. Great job, Pack 107 families!!

The Bears den did a great job performing the Flag Ceremony to start the meeting.

We had new 2 Webelos scouts who earned their Bobcat Award, and the the Bobcat ceremony was assisted by their fellow den scouts.

Congratulations to Jackson and Nathaniel, on achieving your first rank as a cub scout.

The AOLs did a great job giving a presentation about the World Friendship Fund. The World Friendship Fund was developed during the closing days of World War II. At that time, there was a great need to rebuild those nations that had been wrecked by war and were just emerging fromt he shadows of totalitarianism.

Through the World Friendship Fund, voluntary contributions of Scouts and leaders are transformed into cooperative projects that help Scouting associations in other countries to strengthen and extend their Scouting programs. The World Friendship Fund gives members of the Boy Scouts of America an good turn opportunity to help fellow Scouts who are in need of their support. It teaches Scouts that Scouting is global. From now until February 1st, the pack will be collecting donations for the World Friendship Fund.

The festivities followed as each den got to experience a fun activity rotating through the different stations that included writing cards to the veterans and to those in need of caring, a craft station making bead candy canes, a game of the Human Knot, snack station of sweet oranges and rice crispy snow balls, and meeting “Santa Tidd”. We were told Santa was too busy this year to stop by, but left gifts and asked Mr. Shawn Tidd to help him pass them out to the cub scouts.

A big thank you goes out to Mr. Shawn Tidd for helping Santa deliver gifts to our cub scouts, and to Mr. Chris Nichols for sharing his time and talent to help take photos of the scouts meeting “Santa Tidd”!

We celebrated the one cub scout with a December birthday: Tennyson! Happy birthday Tennyson!

We have pack rock climbing event this coming Saturday 12/14/2019 4-6pm at Central Rock Gym.

Pinewood Derby season is fast approaching and Mr. Chris Nichols is heading the subcommittee for this event. He announced the Pinewood Derby is Saturday, 2/1/2020. The pack will host a build day on Saturday 1/4/2020. More information to come! This year we will be adding a parents/ adult race!! Aside from awards for speed, th here will be design categories as well: Best paint job, Most likely built by a scout, Best Patriotic, Best Sports theme, and much more. It’s time to start thinking of and planning the design of your Pinewood Derby car!

Pack 107 Committee and leaders wish you and your family “Season’s greetings”, and may you enjoy a wonderful holiday season!!

This past Friday, 11/15/2019, Pack 107 had to planned a field trip to the Massachusetts Wildlife Center in Westborough but was postponed last minute due to family emergency. The pack had an eventful and fun pack meeting nonetheless. The meeting opened with the Webelos leading the Color Guard Ceremony.

New Scouts were recognized and recieved their neckerchief from their den leaders. Congratulations and welcome to our Pack 107 family.

We thank all the cub scouts who recruited new scouts to join our pack and they were recognized with the BSA Recruiter patch. Great job in sharing the fun and adventure of scouting with your friends!

We recognized all the scouts who earned hiking miles milestones! 5, 10, 30, 40, and 50 miles!! Great job!!

Recognition was given to cubscouts for their popcorn sales achievements.

Most improved sales!

Most sold by cub Scout family.

We have 6 cub scouts who sold more than $1000 and they had the honor and opportunity to throw a cream pie in the face of our fun-loving cubmaster, Tabitha! What a great sport! Our highest seller, Steven, got to douse whip cream all over Cubmaster Tabitha!

Thank you to all the cub scout and family for your hard work in fundraising for our pack activities. Online sales still count toward total sales and we are only $300 away from earning a second overnight! Together we can make this happen!

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The cub scouts enjoyed a fun game of Scout Jeopardy. It is an awesome and fun way for our cub scouts to review all their scouting knowledge, and to learn new information!! Parents learned a lot as well!

Mr. Chris Nichols got the cub scouts excited when he started talking about the one of the most exciting events of the scouting year- the Pack Pinewood Derby take place tentatively Saturday, February 1st, 2020. The pack will host a build day in December. More information to come. Start thinking of themes and designs with your scout!

Mr. Clay McDonald gave us an update about our pack hosting a rock climbing event at Central Rock Climbing Gym in Worcester, on Saturday, December 14.

Mr. Dan Gaspar had the pleasure of announcing our next pack Norcross Park clean up on Saturday, November 30. Our pack adopted Norcross Park where we have made a commitment to clean up once a month during the non snowy months of the year. Bring gloves, rakes, leaf blowers if you have any.

Our next Pack meeting will be Friday, December 6th at 7pm, at the Congregational Church. It will be a fun one, not to be missed. Please feel free to invite friends who might be interested to know more about cub scouts or who want to join. It’s not too late!

In December, our pack will be collecting white goods for donation to the Charlton Food Pantry. Please bring white goods, such as paper towels, paper plates, plastic utensils. The pack will also collect new socks for a local veteran organization.

Looking forward to seeing you at the next pack meeting!

This past weekend, the Scouts of Pack 107 camped at Treasure Valley Scout Reservation in the Venture Lodge (or as we like to call it- the adVenture Lodge!).

Friday night campers played team work games and a few rousing games of UNO before going to bed.

 

Saturday was filled with lots of fun activities! We started with learning about the 5 basic Cub Scouting knots, and making paracord bracelets/keyrings for the Scouts to bring home with them. We then discussed being prepared for the outdoors, such as the 6 essentials, S-T-O-P, the buddy system, dressing for the outdoors, and weather preparedness. The Scouts played some games outside while lunch was being cooked.

Following lunch, we hiked 3.25 miles through the West side of Treasure Valley. We went to explore the infamous Sampson’s Pebble, which the Scouts were surprised to see just how large this “pebble” actually is.

After the hike, we played some Ga-Ga ball and took a tour of Cub Scout Adventure Camp, showing the Scouts all the different activities they can do while at summer camp.

After all the activity of the day, it was a good time to relax and watch a movie on the “big screen”. The Scouts chose to watch How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.

When the movie was over, Friday night campers and Saturday visitors went home. Saturday night campers made foil packs for dinner. We made some awesome pictures and played UNO. The Scouts helped make cobbler for dessert and we watched The Lion King to settle down for bed.

Despite the cold night time temperatures outside, all of us were nice and toasty inside the adVenture Lodge. Overall it was a fun and exciting weekend, and Scouts are already looking forward to another camp-out at Treasure Valley. Thank you to all the families who joined us in this weekend adventure.

Tonight, our Arrow of Light Scouts had a special meeting that started with a visit from Mr. Padget. The Scouts learned about local town government and the role they play in our community. Afterwards, the Scouts discussed symbols that represent the USA and learned more about the flag.

Working together as a team, Scouts learned and demonstrated how to properly fold a flag.

The meeting was concluded learning about flag ceremonies and how to perform them.

At the pack meeting on Friday night, Cub Scout Pack 107 had the pleasure of welcoming 16 new registered new cub scouts to the pack!! They were welcomed with the neckerchief presentation by their den leaders.

A big congratulations goes out to the 13 cub scouts who were present for the Bobcat Ceremony, earning their first rank, the rank of Bobcat.
As a new cub scout joins our pack, the cub scout is starting his or her scouting career with the guidance of the parents. In earning the Bobcat rank, the cub scout has learned the way of scouting and is committed to doing his or her best.

The paint colors on the face have special significance.

“BLUE is from the sky. The paw print of the Bobcat on your forehead is the spirit of the bobcat. This reminds you to do your best on the Cub Scout Trail.

YELLOW is from the sun. The marks under your eyes will help you see the light of the Cub Scout trail and they symbolize the bright spirit of Cub Scouting.

WHITE is for purity. The mark on your nose helps you know right from wrong as you go along the Cub Scout trail.

RED is for courage. The mark on your chin reminds you to always speak the truth.

GREEN stands for the spirit of nature. The marks on each cheek will guide you to live in harmony with the great outdoors.”

***The cub scouts love the part when they get to dab white paint on their parent’s nose.***

“Again, WHITE is for Love and guidance, your parents are always with you in your heart and in your spirit. They will always do the right thing and will help you achieve all your Scout goals and keep you on the track of life until you are a man or woman and can soar with the Eagles.”

The pack had a successful summer program this year and has earned the Summer Time Pack Award for hosting pack scouting events for each month during the summer, Summer Time Den award to the Bears and AOL dens for having 50% or more of the den participate in the summer pack events, cub scouts who received the Cub Scouting National Summer Time Award, for participating in at least one pack scouting event for each of the summer months. Great job, cub scouts!!

Hiking awards were presented to cub scouts for every 5 miles hiked, hiking stick at 20 miles, and special prizes at every 5 miles over 20 miles. Great job Caleb, Chris, Lucas and Sam!!

Cub Scouts who have birthdays in September or October got a scout style birthday song and shout out!! Happay birthday, from Pack 107!!

A special award was given to the scout whole sold the most popcorn in September… Nick, and AOL scout sold overy $1000 in popcorn to date!! Great job!!

The pack enjoyed a energized game of High-Low at the pre-pack meeting , and requested an encore near the end of the meeting, follwed by a series of clapping games: Gung Ho, Break It Down and Seven Up. It was a great test of one’s coordination skills!

The AOL den had the honor of perfoarming the opening and closing Flag Ceremonies, and leading the pack in reciting The Outdoor Code, and the Leave No Trace Principles. Awesome job, AOLs!!

Everyone had a great evening, are looking forward to the events coming up this month at their den meeting, and the pack hike up Mount Pisgah on Saturday, October 19, 2019.

If you, or someone you know is interested in joining Pack 107, or want to find out more about Cub Scouts, please contact us at graftonpack107@gmail.com.