January Outing: Colorado Adventure Point

On Saturday, January 23, 2016, the Pack will go rock climbing at Colorado Adventure Point!  Cost will be $10/registered scout, $20/sibling or prospective scout.

Date: 1/23/16
Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 noon
Location: Colorado Adventure Point
Address: 10455 West Sixth Avenue, Denver, CO 80215, west entrance of building

We will meet at Mission Hills Church at 9:15 am and carpool over there.

Please check back to see if any information has been updated.

Yours in Scouting,
Mr. West

January Webelos Outing

On Saturday, January 30, 2016, the Webelos scouts can attend the Ice Fishing outing with Boy Scout Troop 794!

Date: 1/30/16
Time: 7:00 am to 4:00 pm
Location: Tahosa Scout Ranch
Address: 173 Co Rd 96, Ward, CO 80481

We will meet at Mission Hills Church at 7:00 am with the Troop, and will drive to Boulder.  In Boulder, we will meet for breakfast at the McDonalds on Baseline Road.  From there, we will drive up to Tahosa for a day of ice fishing.

This is a great opportunity to participate in an outdoors event with the Troop, and for the Arrow of Light scouts to complete their Scouting Adventure requirements.  While the Boy Scouts will be camping there that night, the Webelos scouts can only attend during the day.

All Webelos scouts and adults attending will want to be prepared for very cold winter conditions for this outing.  Here are some tips: Winter Camping

Please check back to see if any information has been updated.

Yours in Scouting,
Mr. Grimes

Pinewood Derby

Cub Scouts, start your engines!

Announcing the Pack 794 2016 Pinewood Derby!

We will be holding our annual Pinewood Derby race on January 14, 2016.  The Pinewood Derby is a time-honored Cub Scout tradition that involves building your own car and racing it against your fellow Scouts' cars.

One derby car kit will be given to each registered Scout at the Pack meeting on 12/10/15.  You can also purchase car kits at the Scout Store, at Michael's, or at US Toys.  Just make sure that you buy Official BSA car kits, NOT other similar car kits like those used for Awanas.

Building Your Car

You will have about a month to build your car.  Mr. West may have a workshop at his house on 12/27 in the afternoon.  If you are interested, please RSVP by email to cubmaster(at)bsapack794(dot)org.

Rules

Use Official BSA materials only
Car must weigh no more than 5.0 ounces
If the car weighs less than 5.0 ounces, that's fine, but it won't win
No motors or fans or other propulsion

Tips and Tricks:
Boys Life: How to make a fast derby car
Maximum Velocity: Five keys to Pinewood Derby performance

Awards

Awards will be given to the first and second place finishing cars for the Tigers, Wolves, Bears, and Webelos dens.  The Scout with the fastest car will also win the Pack Champion trophy.  All Scouts will be awarded ribbons for their cars.  You can try to make the fastest car, or you can try to make the most creative or most colorful or whatever kind of car you can imagine!  Will anyone make an awesome Star Wars-theme car?

Arapahoe District Pinewood Derby

The first and second place winners from each den will be able to participate in the Arapahoe district pinewood derby in April.  More information will be made available closer to that event.

Good Luck!

Bowling!

On Saturday, December 5, the Pack will have a bowling outing!  Cost will be $10/registered scout, $15/sibling or prospective scout.

Date: 12/5/15
Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 noon
Location: AMF Littleton Lanes
Address: University and County Line,

2530 E County Line Rd, Littleton, CO 80126
 

Please check back to see if any information has been updated.

Yours in Scouting,
Mr. West

November Den Meetings

This has been a great month!  Thank you to everyone that sold Scout Popcorn, especially Mr. Foster, and for getting the popcorn delivered.  We sold over $4300 worth of popcorn this year, doubling what we sold last year.  Also, thank you to everyone that participated in the Scouting for Food food drive this past weekend.  We collected a lot of food for the Mission Hills Church food bank!  And, also thank you to the Webelos scouts that attended the First Responder clinic.

We will meet this week on Thursday night, November 19, at 6:45, for Den Meetings.  If you are a Webelos or Arrow of Light scout, please check our Den Page for details about what we are working on.

We will not meet on November 26, because that is Thanksgiving.  I hope everyone has a great time with their families on this day.

Watch the website for details about our plans for December.  We have a bowling outing coming up, in addition to the Pack meeting and Den meeting next month.

I added a link on the right hand side called "Follow by Email".  If you enter your email address in there, you should receive a notice whenever this website is updated.  I hope this is helpful.

Yours in Scouting,
Mr. Grimes