This past Saturday, April 6th, the Tiger cubscouts took down the damaged fence at the Grafton Congregational Church  for community service to help out our charter organization. This was for the Earning your Stripes adventure. The fence got damaged by a large part of the tree falling down on it in late February. The church decided it was best to take the entire fence down, rather than repair it. Pastor Zach Kerzee of Simple Church was happy to take the dismantled fence as he is a woodworker and likes working with reclaimed wood.

Although the Tiger cubscout are among the youngest of the pack, their hearts and might are strong, and capable of doing such a wonderful big job!! You are a shining example of what even the youngest of kids can do, if you are determined, and are working for a cause you believe in! Great job, Tigers!!

On Friday April 5th, 2019, Pack 107’s pack meeting was full of excitement in recognition of the pack’s achievements in the last 3 months. It also showed how hard the cubscouts have been working to earn their adventure loops and pins. Since our last pack meeting in January, the pack enjoyed a movie night in February with special guests from pack 106, the pack’s Pinewood Derby on February 9th, the Blue and Gold Banquet on March 2nd, where we also had our Arrow of Light Scout cross over to Troop 107 and Troop 2019, the pack’s Quabbin Reservoir Hike on March 16th, and the Milltown District Pinewood Derby on March 30th.

Brian Anders, from the Mill Town District, was a special guest at our pack meeting. Mr. Anders came to present our pack with the Michael S. Hibbard Mill Town District Pinewood Derby Trophy, since we had the fastest car at the District Pinewood Derby. The pack gets to keep the trophy for one year until next year’s District Pinewood Derby. The pack gave a huge cheer to Gabriel Fong for this achievement.

We also had a Bobcat ceremony. We congratulate Lucas N. And Lukas H. on receiving their Bobcat Award!

We had 3 Bear cubscouts who earned their Whittling Chip award! Congratulations to Harold, Cory, and Kai. Thank you to Chris F. for showing the pack what the whittling chip looks like on the right pocket of his uniform top.

After the Quabbin Reservoir Hike, many scouts were able to receive awards for their hiking miles. Davis earned his 30 miles award, and Kaleb earned his 40 miles award! Great job on earning your hiking miles!

We had 3 cubscouts present who earned their hiking sticks. Congratulations to Lily G., Sam G. And Harold.

We also presented Trevor T, who crossed over to Troop 107 in March, who is the first recipient of a special award for participating in at least 75% of all pack hikes during his time in pack 107. He received a hiking day pack with a water bladder! Congratulations Trevor!

The scouts enjoyed a couple of energy busting games of “the Blob” ( a type of group tag game), to get their wiggles out.

We thank the Tiger dens for a job well done in performing the Flag ceremony at the pack meeting.

Next up in April is the Skyzone overnight adventure on April 6th, and Earth day Clean up at Norcross Park on April 13th.

The 2019 Mill Town District Pinewood Derby was held today at the Park Avenue Elementary School in Webster, MA. The scouts with the top 2 performing cars from each cub scout rank were eligible to race. Representing Tigers were Lily and Matthew, Wolves were Gabriel and Joey, Bears were Davis and Cory, Webelos were Colin and Nicholas, and Lions was Casey.

Awards were given to the scouts with the top 3 fastest cars  in each rank, as well as 2 design awards, most Scoutworthy, and best creative design.  Pack 107 did a fantastic job this year.

Matthew receiving 1st place-Tigers. Lily received the Most Scoutworthy Design Award-Tigers.

Nicholas won the award for Most Scoutworthy Design-Webelos.

Gabriel won 1st place-Wolf, and his car had the fastest overall speed of the derby which earned Pack 107 the Michael S Hibbard Pinewood Derby Spirit Award.  This award will be presented to Pack 107 at one of their pack meetings and the trophy will be kept with the pack until next year’s Mill Town Pinewood Derby. Congratulations, Gabriel, for this wonderful achievement!!

Congratulations to all our winning cubscouts, and to the cubscouts who went to represent Pack 107 today. Everyone was so supportive of each other, and it’s wonderful to see such team spirit!

Today, the Pack 107 cub scouts and their families from the  Wolf and Bear Dens came out in full force on this gorgeous spring afternoon to do a spring clean up of Norcross Park.  It was wonderful to see the youthful energy at work as the cub scouts are contributing  to making their community a more beautiful place to enjoy! Since adopting Norcross Park over 2 years ago, Pack 107 has been doing monthly clean ups of the park and the Miner Baseball field, during the non-snowy months of the year.

Great job everyone!

 

Today, the Lion and Tiger dens went to visit the Grafton Police Department. We learned about some of the things that police officers do for our community. The Scouts got a private tour of the station from Officer Benoit. We started in the lobby and worked our way past the offices to the break area and dispatch office. The Scouts were very curious and asked a lot of questions. We quietly walked into the dispatch office to see where all the calls come in and some of the monitoring systems that are used. Unfortunately, there was a bad guy in custody so we were unable to see the cell blocks first hand, but we were able to view live stream video of one of the empty ones in the dispatch office to see what the inside looks like. We then went out to the garage where Officer Benoit showed us what equipment he carries when he is on shift, as well as some of the other equipment police officers have in their cruisers- including bullet resistant vests, riot shields, battering rams, bullet resistant helmets, road spikes, and more!

After that we got to check out the police cruiser and see how the lights work. Each Scout got he opportunity to sit in the front seat for a photo op!

A very big THANK YOU to Officer Benoit and the Grafton Police Department for allowing us the opportunity to tour the station and see some of the gear and gadgets you get to work with. Thank you for all that you do to keep the Grafton community safe 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!