Climbing Wall

We will be going to the climbing wall again on October 16 from 2pm - 4pm. This was a big success last year. This is a celebration for the boys who have sold $200 in popcorn and is free to them. Others are welcome to participate at $25 each. Siblings of 5 and up are welcome. Adults may participate too if there is space. We will be meeting at the facility in Lakewood in the same building as the scout shop and Council offices. See the link below.  Carpool if you wish.
Map of:
Colorado Adventure Point

Scout Night at the Zoo 2016

Logistics

http://www.denverzoo.org/events/scout-night

Pack adult leading activity: Jason White - Assistant Cubmaster - (720) 232-6460

Meeting Location & Time: Meet as a Pack @ Denver Zoo Main Gate 10/1 @ 6:15pm

Adventure Requirements Sign-Off Opportunities

This event, aside from being an awesome chance to see the Zoo at night, and ONLY for scouts, is a great time to get sign-off's on Scout Adventure Requirements, by rank. There are typically tables and stations setup to help all scouts (typically setup by rank) participate in activities that result in sign-off's on rank and elective adventures!

STEM Sign-Off Opportunities

News Flash! for those able to pursue STEM NOVA awards (all except Tigers & Lions), this is a wonderful opportunity to achieve sign-offs on NOVA modules:

WOLVES\BEARS\WEBELOS\AOL:

Module: Science Everywhere!

4 - "Visit a place where science is being done, used or explained, such as one of the following: zoo, aquarium, water treatment plant, observatory, science museum, weather station, fish hatchery, or any other location where science is being done, used or explained"

A - During your visit, talk to someone in charge about science.

B - Discuss with your counselor (Jason White) the science done, used or explained at the place you visited. NOTE: we can do this at the end, outside the gate and/or at the next Den meeting.

FROM THE WEBSITE

Additional Information

This year, in celebration of our temporary exhibit Washed Ashore, Art to Save the Sea, as a troop/pack, scouts will get a chance to create their own works of art at home and bring them to the event to display in our very own Scout Night art gallery. Scouts will vote on their favorite sculpture and the winner will win a Bunk with the Beasts overnight adventure for up to 10 people!! That’s a $550 value! Let your creativity run wild!

Popcorn Sales at King Soopers

Rocket into Scouting with Popcorn!

Proceeds from popcorn sales support individual Cub Scouts and help pay for yearly dues, extra adventures, and Scouting Camps.

Come out and help make a difference to a Cub Scout.

When: September 17, 2016 from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Where: King Soopers
Address: 2205 W Wildcat Reserve Pkwy, Wildcat Shopping Center, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129


If you are part of the Pack, watch your email for instructions on signing up to sell popcorn this day.  If you aren't part of the Pack, please stop by and help support us by buying some popcorn.

The Cub Scouts of Pack 794 appreciate your support!

Sign Up Night

You are invited to the Pack 794 Sign Up Night.  Come check out Cub Scouting and sign up to join in the fun!

When: September 8, 2016, 6:45pm
Where: Mission Hills Church, in the Sidewalk area
Address: 620 Southpark Dr, Littleton, CO 80120

A New Year of Cub Scouting!

I hope everyone has had a great summer this year!  We have a great program planned for the fall, starting this week with our Pack meeting on August 11.  Please keep watching the website and your email for updates.

A big update is that we now have a Google calendar for all of our events.  Please check it out either on this website at the "Pack Calendar" link above, or you can sync it to your own calendar at "pack794calendar@gmail.com".

You can also follow any updates made to the website by entering your email address in the widget on the right: "Follow Website Updates by Email".

If you are a leader and would like to be added as an author to this website, which uses the Blogger format, please let me know.  There is a page at the top for our Den Leaders to use to give out information to their Dens.

Yours In Scouting,
Mr. Grimes

Family Campout at Mueller State Park

Cost: $50 deposit per family

Each family will travel by themselves to the park, and bring their own tents, sleeping bags, and other equipment.  Parents and siblings are welcome to attend along with their Scout, but we will need at least one parent to attend with each Scout.  Mr. Grimes and Mr. West will arrange meals; if you can help, let us know!


Activities: hiking, stargazing, Scout skills, sports, fun!


Please get your Medical forms and Activity Consent Forms to Ms. Bogan and/or Mr. West.  And, watch your email for any last minute updates from Mr. West.

Yours in Scouting,
Mr. Grimes

Calendar Updates

I hope everyone is having a great summer so far!  We had several scouts attend the Arapahoe District Day Camp earlier this month, and the Space Derby was a lot of fun last week.

Please keep checking back here for updates to our calendar of upcoming events.  In July, we have Magness Camp and in August we have our Family Campout at Mueller State Park.  Details about these events can be found here:

Magness Camp
Mueller State Park

Please look at those posts for more details about those events as they get closer.  And of course, we will be updating our calendar for the fall as we finalize our plans.

Yours in Scouting,
Mr. Grimes

Graduation of Ranks

Congratulations to all of our Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts for coming to the end of the school-year.  Join us on May 26 for our Graduation of Ranks ceremony, where our Scouts will move up to the next rank level.  This will also serve as a kickoff to our Pack 794 Summer activities!

When: May 26, 6:45 pm
Where: The outdoor patio of Mission Hills Church, on the west side
What: BBQ and graduation Pack meeting

See you there!

Mr. Grimes

Summer Camp Join Package!

Summer is the best time for Scouting!

 

If you join Cub Scouts with Pack 794 now, you can get benefit from the Summer Camp Join Package, for only $100.

 

This package includes:

• Twilight Camp Registration for Twilight Camp on June 16-18
• Boys Life Magazine through February 2017
• BSA Membership through February 2017
• One Camp Card

Pack 794 will continue to meet during the summer, and we also have other camping opportunities.  Please contact Mr. West at cubmaster(at)bsapack794(dot)org for more information!

A Day In The Life of a Cub Scout

During March, our Arrow of Light den worked on the Webelos Moviemaking Pin.  The requirements for this are:

1. Write a story outline describing a real or imaginary Scouting adventure. Create a pictured storyboard that shows your story.
2. Create either an animated or live action movie about yourself. Your movie should depict how you live by the Scout Oath and Law.
3. Share your movie with your family, den, or pack.

Our movie was created and arranged by the Scouts in the Den.  They came up with the ideas for what they wanted in their movie, arranged it in a storyboard, and then filmed the various scenes.  We hope you enjoy it.


If you would like to get access to the Youtube link to watch the movie, please send me an email at andrewhgrimes(at)gmail(dot)com and I can add your Google/Youtube account to the access list of this private video.

Magness Camp

Registration is now open for Magness Camp!

Tiger, Wolf, and Bear Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts:

Dates:     Session 6, July 13-16
Location:     Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch
Address:     22799 N Elbert Rd, Elbert, CO 80106
Registration:     Magness Camp Registration
Cost:     $150 per Scout, $75 per adult, $110 per sibling

Details

Magness Adventure Camp is located on the west side of Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch in Elbert, Colorado. The camp is about 1 hour drive from downtown Denver, Colorado. From the Magness Tower, the camp boasts sweeping views of the front range including Pikes Peak.

Magness Adventure Camp is the Cub Scout Resident Camp facility for the Denver Area Council, Boy Scouts of America. With a beautiful lake, archery, tomahawk, and BB Gun ranges, rock climbing site, canoes, paddle boats, and outstanding facilities, Magness provides the Cub Scout camping adventure for Scouts of all ages! Download the map and directions to Magness Adventure Camp.

Family Fun!

Whether you are 6 or 96, Magness Adventure Camp is the perfect place for your Scout and family to enjoy all the fun Colorado camping has to offer! While packs are encouraged to come as a group, many parents and boys choose to attend camp as a family. Parents and siblings (age 6 and up) are encourage to participate in activities with their Scouts. Magness Adventure Camp offers a unique age-specific, grade appropriate, exciting program for all Cub Scouts and their families who attend. It is important to note the Scout must be accompanied by an adult.

Note: there are several sessions of Magness Camp.  Pack 794 will attend Session 6, but if those dates do not work for you, you are encouraged to attend a different session.

Webelos Extreme Scouting Trek (W.E.S.T)

Registration is now open for the Webelos Extreme Scouting Trek!

Arrow of Light Scouts:

Dates:     Session 3, July 24-27
Location:     Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch
Address:     22799 N Elbert Rd, Elbert, CO 80106
Registration:     W.E.S.T. Camp Registration
Cost:     $175 per Scout, $100 per adult, $125 per sibling

Details

These sessions will give Arrow of Light Scout and their leaders a brand new Magness experience as a team of dedicated counselors recreates the very first Scout camp Lord Baden-Powell ever organized.  Campers will experience challenging new activities as they learn to work within their patrols to cook meals, set up a campsite and live by the Spirit of Scouting at Peaceful Valley's Camp Cortlandt Dietler. Camp participants will learn the skills they need to "bridge over" to a Boy Scout Troop. Siblings, age 6 and up may participate in some camp activities and a sibling specific program will be ran during Arrow of Light only activity times.

This program is for boys who have completed the fourth grade by June, 2016.

$25 non-refundable deposit per participant is due March 31st.  Full payment is due May 16th.

Adult Participation

Ratio: One (1) adult to every four (4) Webelos Scouts and a minimum of two (2) adults per pack.

Magness Adventure Camp is located on the west side of Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch in Elbert, Colorado. The camp is about 1 hour drive from downtown Denver, Colorado. From the Magness Tower, the camp boasts sweeping views of the front range including Pikes Peak.

Note: there are four sessions of W.E.S.T Camp.  Pack 794 will attend Session 3, but if those dates do not work for you, you are encouraged to attend a different session.

Cub Scout Day Camp

Registration is now open for the Arapahoe District Day Camp!

Tiger, Wolf, and Bear Cub Scouts:

Dates:     June 16, 17, 18
Times:     3pm to 8pm each day
Location:     DeKoevend Park
Address:     6301 S University Blvd, Littleton, CO 80121
Registration:     Cub Scout Day Camp Registration
Cost:     $65

Webelos and Arrow of Light Scouts:

Dates:     June 15, 16, 17, 18
Times:     3pm to 8pm each day
Location and Address are the same
Registration:     Webelos Day Camp Registration
Cost:     $75

Details

Cub Scout Day Camp provides fun and adventure in the outdoors for packs and dens. Day camp is an organized 3- or 4-day program, under trained leadership, at deKoevend Park in Littleton, from 3:00pm to 8:00pm each day.  Day camp youth participants are limited to registered Tiger Cubs (1st grade for the 2016-2017 school year), Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts.

The cost of Cub Scout Day camp is $65 for a 3-day camp and $75 for a 4-day camp. If you plan on making payment by check, you will need to send in the registration number, the children attending and what pack the check is for. It is requested that Day Camp fees be paid in full before the day of camp. Fees include hat, t-shirt, water bottle, activity patch and program.

Adult Leaders:

Adults referred to as Walking Group Guides must register at no charge and accompany every one to five Cub Scouts or one to five Webelos Scouts. All Scouts who register as individuals must provide their own Walking Group Guides.  A Tiger Cub-Adult Partner must register at no charge and attend with their Tiger Cub Scout.

When attending, please park at the South Suburban Ice Arena, 6580 S. Vine Street, Littleton, CO  80121


Day Camp is a great experience for all Cub Scouts, and I encourage everyone to attend!

Yours in Scouting,
Mr. Grimes

Scout Show

Announcing the Denver Area Council Scout Show!

Date:     April 23, 2016
Time:     10am to 4pm
Location:     National Western Stock Show Complex
Address:     4655 Humboldt St, Denver, CO 80216
Cost:     $5 Camp Card per family

The annual Denver Area Council Scout Show showcases the Scouting program in a way that is accessible to everyone.  The Scout Show is a fun, hands-on opportunity for our Scouts to see the “bigger picture” of Scouting, is an opportunity for program enhancement.

Pack 794 can set up and operate a booth at the Scout Show if we have enough families that would like to support a booth that day.  Even if we do not operate a booth, we can still have our Scouts and their families attend to enjoy all the activities there will be that day.

I have been going to the Scout Show for several years and we always have a great time!

Yours in Scouting,
Mr. Grimes

Pack 794 City Hike

Pack 794 will have a City Hike to downtown Denver this month!

Date:     Saturday, March 19, 2016

Time:     10am to 2pm

Location:     Denver via RTD Mineral Station

Address:     Mineral and Santa Fe

Cost:     cost of light rail tickets, lunch

On Saturday March 19 we are going to take a trip to Denver via light rail.  This is going to be fun and a totally new Scouting experience!  We will meet at the Mineral light rail station stairs at 10:00 am, get our tickets, and board the train promptly at 10:15.  We will return about 2:00 pm.  Every scout will need to be accompanied by an adult.   Scouts should wear their uniform.  Bring cash for light rail and lunch.  The train is $4 each way.  We will return on a different route.  We plan to visit Union Station, Low Do, the 16th Street Mall, Skyline Park, possibly Larimar Square and view the Capitol Building.

Yours In Scouting,

Mr. West