Updates

Dear Scouts and Scouters,

Please keep checking back on this website for any updates that might be made to any particular post after it is first posted.  Our plan is to use this website as a central location for getting information out to our families, instead of having to keep up with multiple email threads and not knowing what may have been told to who.  We will of course be using email and our Pack email lists, but before you send myself or another leader an email, you can check here first to see if you can find your answer.

See you Thursday!
Mr. Grimes

Where Do The Patches Go?

We have a lot of new families in the Pack, and one of the first questions you might have regards the Cub Scout Uniform.  This post will hopefully help you make sense of the uniform and where all the patches go.  If you have any questions, please talk to Mr. West or Mr. Grimes.

Scout Uniforms

Pack 794 has two Scout uniforms: Class A and Class B.  The Class A is the official uniform shirt with its various patches, and the Class B is the Pack T-shirt.  The Class A uniform consists of the following:

• Cub Scout Uniform Shirt
• Blue: Tiger, Wolf, Bear, Webelos
• Tan: Webelos, Arrow of Light
• Cub Scout Belt
• Belt Loops are awarded for advancement towards Rank
• Neckerchief and Slide
• Rank Cap (optional)

The patches for the Class A that parents will purchase are:

• Top of Left Sleeve:
• Denver Area Council patch
• For blue shirt: Red & White numbers 7, 9, 4
• For tan shirt: Tan & Green numbers 7, 9, 4
• Tan shirt shoulder epaulets:
• Blue loops
• Left chest above the pocket:
• Purple World Scouting patch
• Right Sleeve under the U.S. Flag
• Den number patch (optional)
• The den number is chosen by each Den
• Mr. Grimes' Den is always Den 7
• Webelos Colors go here too

These patches and others that your Scout will earn over time are to be placed on the uniform according to the diagrams at these links:

• Tiger, Wolf, and Bear Uniform
• Webelos and Arrow of Light Uniform

Patches are either sewn on or you can use Badge Magic or an iron with fusible web.

There are official BSA Cub Scout blue uniform pants (or green for Webelos/AOL with tan shirts) that can be worn as well, but these are not required.  In our Pack, we require that the Scouts wear either blue jeans or similar pants that have belt loops so that the belt can be worn.  We also need the Scouts to wear closed-toe shoes.

Returning Webelos Scouts will wear the blue Class A shirt until they earn their Webelos rank.  After earning the Webelos rank, they will change over to wearing the tan shirt.  Any new Webelos or Arrow of Light Scouts can wear the tan shirt.

 

Adult Leader Uniforms

Adult Leaders are encouraged to also purchase a Class A uniform, which will be the same as the Webelos/Arrow of Light tan shirt described above.  There are awards that adult leaders can earn as well.  The Adult uniform consists of:

• Tan BSA Uniform Shirt
• Green BSA Scout Belt
• Neckerchief and Slide
• Tiger DL: Tiger Leader Neckerchief
• Wolf/Bear DL: Cub Scout Leader Neckerchief
• Webelos/AOL DL: Webelos Leader Neckerchief (with gold trim)
• Green BSA Cap

Patches for the adult uniform are placed according to this link:

• Adult Leader Uniform

There are official BSA Scout green uniform pants that can be worn as well, but these are not required.  In our Pack, we require that leaders wear either blue jeans or similar pants with belt loops so that the belt can be worn.  Leaders should also wear closed-toe shoes.

For Adult Leaders, we have three classes of uniform:

• Class A: described above
• Class B: Blue Cub Scout polo shirt
• Class C: Pack T-shirt

When to Wear Each Uniform

When the Pack gets together for Den Meetings, Pack Meetings, or outings, the Scouts and leaders should wear their Class A uniforms.  There will be events for which the Class B T-shirt will be worn instead for that event.  Wearing the Class A uniform will set our Scouts apart as being Cub Scouts and representing themselves, BSA, and Mission Hills Church in a respectable manner.

When we travel to any outings, Scouts and Leaders are also required to wear their Class A uniform while traveling.  Once you arrive at the destination, you can change out of it, but while on the road, the Class A is to be worn.  This is a BSA requirement.

The adult leaders will occasionally need to wear the adult Class B polo shirt for certain activities instead of the Class A.  These activities will be discussed beforehand.

How to Purchase the Uniforms

• Class A Uniform
• Denver Scout Store
• Online Scout Store (www.scoutstuff.org)
• Class B Scout or Class C Adult Uniform
• From the Pack, $10
• Class B Adult Uniform, $30
• From ScoutStuff.org
• When ordering, choose
• Color: Navy Blue
• Size: to fit yourself
• Line 1: Pack 794
• Line 2: 
• Design: Cub Scout 

September Meetings

It was great to see everyone and to have all of our new families at our first Pack meeting of the year last night!  For the rest of the month, we have Den Meetings and the Camporee on 9/19-9/20.  Here's the calendar for the month:

September Calendar

• 9/10 - Pack Meeting
• Theme: A Scout is Clean
• Popcorn Sale Kickoff
• Camporee information
• 9/17 - Den Meetings
• Meet as Dens, with new Scouts and new Leaders
• New Adventures start!
• Will meet to discuss Camporee questions at end of meeting
• 9/19-20 - Camporee
• Arrive as early as 8am Saturday
• Overnight campout Saturday night
• Leave Sunday morning
• See link for registration and info
• 9/24 - Den Meetings
• Continue working on Adventures

Coming in October

• Carnival!
• Popcorn Sales Due
• Continued Adventures...

Trails End Popcorn Sale

Each year, the Boy Scouts of America works with Trails End Popcorn to hold a fundraiser for Cub Scout Packs.  Pack 794 participates in this fundraiser, and it is the only fundraiser we do all year.  We will kicked off our sale for 2015 at the first Pack meeting on September 10.

2015 DAC Popcorn Sale

Door-to Door Popcorn Sale

Take the order form that you received from Mr. Foster at the Pack meeting, and go to your neighbors' homes to take their orders.  All orders and money are due on October 15, and pickup for delivery will be on November 7.

Recommended Steps to Follow:

• Go to a neighbor's house and knock on the door
• ALWAYS go with a parent
• NEVER go inside a house, stay on the porch
• Greet them with your name, Pack, and say:
• Hi, my name is (insert name), and I am a Cub Scout with Pack 794
• Would you like to support Cub Scouts by ordering some popcorn?
• If they say no, then say thank you and go to the next house.
• If they say yes, then let them look at the form to see what they would like to order
• If they comment on "high prices", say:
• Well, most of the cost goes to support local scouting and my Cub Scout Pack
• The money goes to provide camping and other activities
• Have them fill out their name, address, and phone number
• Double check that you marked the correct column on the order form
• COLLECT THE MONEY when you take the order
• Cash is good
• Checks should be made out to "PACK 794"
• Checks made out to anything else will have to be rewritten
• Tell them that you will be by to deliver their order after November 7

Online Popcorn Sales

You can sell Trails End Popcorn online, too.  Go to www.trails-end.com and set up an account.

Details to come.

Sale Incentives

You're not just selling popcorn to support Scouting, you can earn prizes and awards!  You received a prize sheet with your order form, and you can qualify to receive an award by selling above certain amounts as listed on the sheet.  If you see something you want, then that sales level will be your goal to reach!

Also, if you sell $500 of popcorn, your annual dues in February will be covered.

More incentives are shown at the Council website.