Pack 268
Cub Connections
In this issue of Cub Connections...
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From the Editor
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Upcoming Events
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News and Updates
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Leader’s Corner
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Pack Leadership Contacts
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Pack Calendar
From the editor...As we begin
a new year, change is upon us. We would like to give our thanks to Don Baklund
and Debbie Moege for the strong leadership they have provided Pack 268. As
Cubmaster and Committee Chair, they have filled the two required and most
important positions in the Pack for several years. Now both are ready to move
on with their older scouts. The time to fill these positions is right now,
before they step down – the Pack and dens cannot continue meeting if these
positions remain open. Please, please consider making a one or two year
commitment to the Pack. How about getting a friend to job-share with you! Did
you know that over one-third of our parents have taken a leadership role in the
pack? Please join us!!
On newsletter business, every issue is chock-full and contains most of
the information you need to stay connected. Please contact me if you have any
questions, comments or suggestions to make the newsletter better.
I wish all of you healthy, happy New Year. Maribeth Simmons, Newsletter
Editor
Upcoming Events – See below for details!
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January 12 Pinewood
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January 15 6:30pm
– 8pm Pinewood
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January 15 6pm
Recharter Training, 7pm Roundtable
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January 18 6:30
Pinewood
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January 31 Parent
Participation Meeting (note time change)
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January 31 Friends
of Scouting Deadline
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February 2 Polar
Camp
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February 8 5:45pm
- Blue and Gold Banquet
Pinewood
Saturday, January 12
9:00am – 5:00pm, Dave
Hebert’s
17780 Hickory Trail
There is
still time! If you and your son need a little help getting started, or you need
a little advice, Dave is your man. Please feel free to stop by his indoor shop
and he can provide all the tools needed to ready the car for finishing. Also
check out www.pwdracing.com for more
hints and helps.
Pack
Recharter Training and Roundtable
Tuesday, January 15
6:00pm – 7:00pm and
7:00pm – 8:30pm
All
Leaders and parents are invited to attend Roundtable. It is a great training
opportunity each month for leaders and parent for dens with shared leadership –
come and join us! Pack Recharter Training must be attended by a Pack Representative
in order for the Pack to continue. We need someone to step forward now to take
on Committee Chairperson Position!
Pinewood
Tuesday, January 15
6:30pm – 8pm CVE
Cafeteria
All
Pinewood Derby cars are required to be registered this night – no late entries will be accepted. If
you cannot attend, please ask your den leader or another scout to register for
you. All cars will be left for safe keeping and returned to you on Friday night
for racing.
**Please
note that these payments are due on the 15th:
1) Blue and Gold
Banquet (scouts are paid for by the
pack; family members can be paid with scout credits, cash or check). See below
for pricing.
2) Snow Tubing
(scouts are paid for by the pack; family members can be paid with scout
credits, cash or check). $11 per person.
Look for your Polar
Parent
Participation Meeting
Thursday, January 31
7:00pm, Teacher’s Lounge
All Saints School,
All leaders and parents are invited to attend the monthly Parent Participation meetings. Please
join us!! On the agenda will be the review of all the camps we’ve signed up
for. If parents have questions that were not answered, this would be the
time. Todd will be our host.
Thank you to Bill
McCollough and Greg Lawrenz for hosting December 13 and January 3!
*Please note time change to
7:00pm*
Pinewood
Friday, January 18
6:30pm CVE Gyms
Racers, on your
mark...get set...GO!!! This is our scouts’ favorite event,
so be sure not to miss it. The fun will begin at 6:30 with awards and a
fabulous skit by the fearless 2nd year Webelos of Den 7. Then the
race begins! Thank you to Den 3 for coordinating this evening’s fun.
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Opening Ceremony – Den 2
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Skit
– Den 7
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Closing
Ceremony – Den 1
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Boy
Scout Troop 111 will provide concessions – dinner items available
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Friends
of Scouting will be collected.
Polar Camp
Saturday, February 2
Polar Camp packets will be available January 15 at Pinewood
*See packet for details!*
Blue and
Gold Banquet
Friday, February 8 at 5:45pm, Dinner
served at 6:00pm
Kenwood Trail Middle School Commons
This is a
very special event for all of our scouts, especially our 2nd year
Webelos, who will bridging from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts this evening. Watch your Inbox for an invitation!
The theme will be Chinese New Year, complete with fun
Chinese entertainment and delicious Chinese food!
Scouts and leaders are free; adults
$12.50; under age 12 is $6.25.
Payment due Jan. 15.
Due to the more formal nature of
the Banquet, it is suggested that parents make alternate arrangements
for young siblings – thank you.
Ice
Fishing
Saturday, February 23, 12 Noon
Come on out and try ice fishing!
Todd Swedberg will be on hand to give us all some pointers. Park in the lot off
the frontage road, then look for the Pack flag out on the ice.
Hot chocolate
provided! Look for
more details in February Newsletter.
News and
Updates
More on Pack Positions: It is
critical for someone to volunteer to be Committee Chair now. Pack Recharter Training is Tuesday, Jan 15th from 6 p.m.- 7 p.m. In
order for Pack 268 to continue to exist, our new Committee Chair must
attend the Pack Recharter Training and represent our Pack on
Tuesday. Without a
Committee Chair and a Cubmaster, Pack 268 ceases to exist - we cannot
re-charter without those 2 positions filled. We need someone to represent
the pack at Recharter Training!! Contact Don or Debbie ASAP if you will attend.
Polar Camp – packets will be available to each
family on January 15 at Pinewood Derby Registration.
Scout Credits – Updated Scout Credits will be
available on January 15 at the Pinewood Derby Registration. Todd Weigand has
been working hard to update the credits - Thank you, Todd!
Scout Credits for Webelos - The Pack Committee has decided
that 2007-8 2nd year Webelos may carry their scout credits over to
Boy Scouts if they are committed to a Troop. Contact your Den Leader if you
have questions.
Friends of Scouting – pledges are due to
Timberwolves Scout Night – Fun at
Prairie Lakes District – Character Counts Dinner – Friday,
February 1st at Brackett’s Crossing.
5:30pm
Social Hour, 7:00pm Dinner. Contact Don Baklund for more information.
Roller Skating and Toys for Tots
Review – Wow! We
completely filled a Toys-for-Tots collection box with our donations of Teen
gifts – thank you to all the Pack families for their generous giving. Roller
Skating was a fun night – 35 scout families attended. Lots of parents got out
and skated! Only one injury, to yours truly, but just a sprained wrist. A
convenient excuse to get out of shoveling all the snow we have had!
Salvation Army
Cubmaster and Pack Chairperson – the Committee is working very
hard to fill these positions ASAP – they are vital to the continuation of the
Pack.
Summer Camp – There are still openings – check
with Liz Tremblay!
Awards Deadline: January 24 (for Blue and Gold)Leader’s Corner
- Roundtable: January 15. This is a great opportunity for leaders to
network, find resources, and stay informed. 2nd Tuesday of
every month at 7pm.
**New location for January:
- Pack Recharter Training: January 15, before Roundtable
at 6pm
- Parent Participation Meeting - 7:00pm on Thursday, January 31 at All Saints.
**Please note time change**
- Leaders Helping Leaders – Do
you have some great ideas to pass on other leaders? Please write them down
and forward them to Debbie Moege or Brian VanDyke.
Cub Scout Pack 268 Committee Members
Call Us With ANY Questions!
Cubmaster* Don
Baklund 952-953-0535
Committee
Chairperson** Debbie Moege 952-997-7785
Treasurer Todd
Weigand 952-997-6254
Den 1 Kurt
Richards 952-891-8189
Den 2 Todd
Swedburg 952-432-7820
Den 3 Brian
Van Dyke 952-432-4387
Den 3 Mike
Townley 952-891-2366
Den 4
Brian
Peterson 952-432-1723
Den 6
Den 7 Bill
McCollough 952-431-2278
Den 8 Pat
Koss 952-953-4238
Den 9
Den 9 Ray
Petrick 952-891-3513
Achievement Coordinator Kristen Van Dyke 952-432-4387
Assistant Cubmaster* Kathie
Baklund 952-953-0535
Charter Organization Rep Tina Nelson 952-953-0069
Cub Connections Editor Maribeth
Simmons 952-432-9446
Donations Coordinator Craig
McPherson 952-486-7490
Flower Sales Coordinators Bob and
Scott
and Bridget Oslund 952-431-5172
Friends of Scouting Chair Amy Gelhorn 952-891-2455
Hospitality Coordinator Megan Brooks
952-891-3492
Wreath Sales Coordinators Dave and Nancy
Hebert 952-431-4159
Pat
and Mary Laing 952-431-3804
Pack Recruiter Michele Hartshorn 952-432-1528
*Need to fill Cubmaster and Assistant
Cubmaster(s) immediately.
**Need to fill immediately – current
Chairperson leaving in February.