District Pinewood Derby 4/8/2017

Announcing the Arapahoe District Pinewood Derby

Date:     April 8, 2017
Cost:     $8
Check out the link
2017 Arapahoe District Pinewood Derby Registration
If you won first or second place in your Den at the Pack Pinewood Derby, you can race your car in the Arapaphoe District Derby against Cub Scouts from other Packs in the area.

Scout Show 4/29/2017

Announcing the Denver Area Council Scout Show!

Date:     April 29, 2017
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.  This gets us more money back our camp card sales.  Let me know if you have an idea for a booth.

The Scout Show is always have a great time!

Yours in Scouting,
Mr. West

City Hike 3/18/2017

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

Date:     Saturday, March 18, 2017

Time:     10am to 2pm

Location:     Denver via RTD Mineral Station

Address:     Mineral and Santa Fe

Cost:     cost of light rail tickets, lunch

We are going to take a trip to Denver via light rail.  This is going to be fun and a diffrent 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

Scout Sunday 2/5/2017 at Mission Hills Church

Pack 794 Families,
This Saturday night and Sunday morning we will be gathering and serving at MHC for scout Sunday. Our wonderful chartering organization would love to have all our boys help as greeters before the services. This is a great opportunity for us to give back and let people know what a wonderful bunch of scouts we have. The boys should come in their best full uniforms. Please let me know if and when you can help even if you normally go to church elsewhere. We will meet Kelly Hall at the welcome center on Saturday evening at 4:15 and Sunday morning at 8:45 and 10:15. I hope everyone can make it to one of the services to help. No one is expected to attend all of them. One is great. Check back here for updates.
Yours in Christ and Scouting,
Sean West
Cubmaster 794

Blue and Gold Banquet 2017

On Thursday, February 9, Pack 794 will be holding our Blue and Gold Banquet and Crossover Ceremony!  We will meet by the fireplace and coffee shop and start at 6:45.  All scouts and their families are welcome.

Each year in February, the Boy Scouts of America celebrates the anniversary of its founding in 1910.  To commemorate this, Cub Scout Packs hold the Blue and Gold Banquet in February or March each year.  Our Pack has four Arrow Of Light Scouts who will be graduating, or crossing over, to the Boy Scout Troop this year.

Congratulations to Alex Grimes, Gabe Ohnstad, Cody Foster and Sean Craig, who will be receiving their Arrow of Light award, and will be crossing over into Boy Scout Troop 794.  It has been a great pleasure to serve as their leaders and watch them work with their families to earn this award.
We would also like to welcome Mathew Fall to 794 who will be crossing over from the Ben Franklin Academy pack.
We all wish them the best of luck in Boy Scouts!

I look forward to seeing you all there!

Yours in Scouting,
Mr. Grimes and Mr. West

Family Camping & Fishing @ Sylvan Lake State Park 5/27&28

We needed more camping opportunities this year for the boys to be able to meet their requirements so we have added an early summer trip.  We cannot expect everyone to make it to every event.   This was a wonderful location my family has camped at and we wanted to return with you! There is a fishing pond on site.  We have made the reservation for Saturday and Sunday nights to take advantage of the holiday weekend and hope to get families signed up ASAP.

Sylvan Lake State Park
1002 Brush Creek Rd. Eagle CO 81631
Map

Please arrive after 1:00 on Saturday.

Fishing License: Colorado

If your youth (under 16) is fishing and you are touching any of the gear you need to have one.  You can buy one online, print out the receipt and have it mailed to you.   You can fish with just the receipt for 14 days.

Buy Colorado Fishing License On Line

This is a three hour drive for many of us.  After leaving the highway, I recommend a rest stop and the Eagle Visitors Center.  This is a great place to let the kids run around a bit before driving out the park.


Site Cost: $50 per tent.  To hold your site please get a $50 check to Mr. Killgore and RSVP to Ms. Bogan.  Space is limited.

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 or adult partner to attend with each Scout.  If you want to share meals or have your scout help plan and cook to meet his requirements, let us know!  There are hot showers, laundry and a playground.

Activities: cooking, hiking, campfire skits, songs and stories by each den, stargazing, scout skills, sports, fun!

Please turn in you medical forms and activity consent forms to Ms. Bogan and/or Mr. Palmer ASAP.

Yours in Christ and Scouting,
Mr. West

Family Camping @ Mueller State Park 8/18&19/2017

This is our primary camping trip of the year and we hope everyone can attend.  This was a wonderful location last year and we wanted to return hoping the rest of you can come this time.  We have made the reservation for Friday and Saturday nights and hope to get families signed up ASAP.

Mueller State Park
21045 Highway 67 South
Divide, CO 80814
map
This is a two hour drive for many of us and is more interesting if you take 67 and Sugar Creek Rd. from Sediala to Deckers

Site Cost: $50 per tent.  To hold your site please get a $50 check to Mr. Killgore.  Space is limited.

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 or adult partner to attend with each Scout.  If you want to share meals or have your scout help plan and cook to meet his requirements, let us know!  There are hot showers, laundry and a playground.

Activities: cooking, hiking, campfire skits, songs and stories by each den, stargazing, scout skills, sports, fun!

Please turn in you medical forms and activity consent forms to Ms. Bogan and/or Mr. Palmer ASAP.

Yours in Christ and Scouting,
Mr. West

Webelos Ice Fishing With Troop 794

On Saturday, January 28, 2017, the Webelos and AOL scouts can attend the Ice Fishing outing with Boy Scout Troop 794 for the day!  There will also may be some sledding and wind sledding.  

RSVP to legomasterzak@gmail.com

Date: 1/28/17
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 7:30 am with the Troop, and will drive to Boulder.  In Boulder, we will meet for breakfast at the McDonalds on Baseline Road off 36.  From there, we will drive up to Tahosa for a day of ice fishing, sled riding and winter fun.  We will drive up boulder canyon from the middle of town.

We will have access to the heated dining hall where we can put on snow pants and boots as well as warm up and eat lunch.  A complementary lunch will be provided by the Troop.

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.  We will need to return to littleton by 5:30 that day.

Scouts and leaders must travel in uniform shirts and pack their snow gear in a bag they can cary into the building.  Helmets are required for sled riding and active games on the ice.  A bike helmet will be fine but ski helmets are warmer.  You will want to bring a sled.

Unless prior arrangements are made with leadership, parent participation is required for Webelos and AOL scouts and the scouts will need to ride with their parents.  A waiver is required for each scout.  We will also need the medical forms submitted to the pack.  All Webelos scouts and adults attending will want to be prepared for very cold winter conditions for this outing.  Do not wear cotton clothing as a base layer but a wicking layer instead.  Here are some tips: Winter Camping

We also have a few BSA travel rules that we need to follow.  You may only have someone else's child in your car if they are in the back seat and your child or another parent is in the car.  Our day trips are limited to 10 hours.  ( no sleepy tired leaders driving)  We do not convoy/ caravan.  Instead we meet up at way points for food and restrooms.  Do not follow each other with you lights on. (Keep your eyes up watching traffic and drive the speed comfortable for your vehicle or trailer rig obeying all traffic laws.)  The short camp road and parking lot will probably be snow pack and is on a slope.

Yours in Scouting,
Mr. Grimes & Mr. West

Recharter & Annual Dues

Pack 794 Parents,

At the beginning of every year we have to renew our charter with BSA as a children's ministry of Mission Hills Church.  In January we will need the following from you. We wanted to give you an advance reminder so you can set some money aside if you need to.

• Annual Dues: A check for $160 written to Pack 794 unless your scout sold $500 in popcorn. This covers all shared expenses for basic events, hand books, neckerchiefs,  advancement and Duty to God Programs.  Items that cost extra are: Uniforms, Car, Rocket and Boat kits as well as Trips to Colorado Adventure Point, Day Camp, Camp or family camping.  Our basic program (not including camps and camping) cost us about $250 per year per scout and is a great value.
• YPT Confirmation: A PDF or paper certificate of confirmation that you have completed Youth Protection Training in the last year and that it is valid through 2/1/2018.  Mission Hills Church and our leadership have this from every parent parter who is contact with the scouts.  Go to Adult Training  You will need to log in or create an account.
• Heath Forms: We will need BSA Medical Forms A & B as well as The Colorado Addendum for all scouts as well as any siblings or adult partners participating in activities.  Keep an unsigned and undated copy for yourself.  Medical Form AB  Colorado Medical Addendum
• Talent Survey:Volunteers run our pack and we need every parent partner to be a helper and have some small investment in the pack.  Please turn in a talent survey and consider how you would like to help.  We need administrative helpers for one time events, coordinating volunteers, medical records, website, membership, den advancement records, planning hikes, campouts, shopping for food, communications, public relations, community partner relationships, fundraising projects, building pinewood derby cars, judging events, photography/ historian, leading games before and after meetings, setting up and cleaning up the rooms after meetings.  Scouting is a pie and I want to share a yummy slice with everyone.  It is not too good when you eat too many slices your self.  :)  Parent Partner Talent Survey

Please get the money to K.C. Kilgore our new treasurer and documents can go to Beth Bogan our new Committee Chair.  Checks are great but K.C. can also take cards in person or over the phone as soon as he gets set up. Feel free to email beth PDFs

Thanks for your help in taking care of the logistics.  We are looking forward to a great year! with lots of fun and even more camping to meet hiking, camping and cooking requirements.  See the planning calendar attached.  Feel free to post it on our scouts bedroom wall or the refrigerator.

Yours in Christ and Scouting,

Sean West

794 Cubmaster @ Mission Hills Church.

Car Build Clinic/ Open Garage

I plan to have an open garage to help build cars.  I will have appointments at 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, and 3:00 pm on Monday 12/26 and Monday 1/2.  We plan to get a sign up genius going for this.  It is best if you can draw out your design on paper, sketch it on the side of the car body with pencil and take it to Home Depot to cut out.  They can do it for free, and we can help you out from there.

Have fun with the brainstorming!  This may give the boys something to work on this week.

2017 Pinewood Derby

Cub Scouts, start your engines!

Announcing the 2017 Pinewood Derby!

We will be holding our annual Pinewood Derby race on January 12, 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.

Mr. White has kits at $10 each.  One derby car kit will be given to each registered Scout who sold $200 in popcorn.  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 will have a workshop at his house on 12/26 and 1/2 in the afternoon.  If you are interested, please RSVP by email to cubmaster(at)bsapack794(dot)org.  We will send out a sign up genius.

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 Lions, Tigers, Wolves, Bears, Webelos and AOL dens.  The Scout with the fastest car will also win the Pack Champion trophy.  We may also add a scouts choice design award.  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 Rogue One-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 of go to the DAC site's calendar.

Have fun doing this with your scout!

Scouting for Food

We will be participating in the Scouting for Food food drive with Boy Scout Troop 794 on November 12.  This food drive benefits the Mission Hills Church food pantry.  Watch here for further details.

When: Saturday, November 12, 2016
Time: 8:00 am to 12:00 noon
Where: Mission Hills Church, west side of building, inside coffee shop

The way the Troop runs the food drive is that the participants are split up into groups, with at least 2 adults and 3-4 Scouts per vehicle.  Each group is assigned a neighborhood, and they drive there.  The Scouts then go from door-to-door asking for food donations, for about 2 hours.  At the end of that time, the groups return to the church and put the food in the church's pantry.  Vehicles with lots of seats and a tailgate window that can be left open are needed.

We need an adult to be in charge of this event; please see Mr. West or Mr. Grimes.

Popcorn Delivery

Way to go Pack 794!  We have almost TRIPLED the amount of popcorn we sold over last year!

The final step of the sale will be the delivery of your orders to your customers.  That will be on November 5 at Mr. Foster's house.  Please watch your emails for details.

Webelos Campout

Our Webelos Scouts will have their annual Webelos Campout in October!  This campout will provide them a chance to work on camping related adventure requirements and prepare them for the kind of activities they will get to do when they join Boy Scouts.

Dates: October 7-9, 2016

Location: Golden Gate Canyon State Park, Works Ranch Campsite
Google Maps Link: Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Cost: $30 per person (covers campsite and meals)

Sign up for this campout starts on 8/25, ending on 9/29.  Sign up with Mr. Grimes.

Each family will travel by themselves to the park, bringing their own tents, sleeping bags, and other gear.  Parents and siblings are welcome to attend along with their Scout, but we have a limit of 30 campers.  Meals will be planned by the scouts and assigned to your scout

Webelos Adventures: Cast Iron Chef, Camper, Castaway, Into the Woods, Into the Wild
Activities: hiking, stargazing, Scout skills, sports, games

You will need to get your Medical forms and Activity Consent Forms to Ms. Bogan, Mr. Grimes, and/or Mr. West.  Please watch your email also for updates from Mr. Grimes.

Note: the best way to get to the campsite will be to go up Hwy 46 from Golden to the park, then go past the Visitors Center to Hwy 119.  Turn right on Hwy 119 and go up to Gap Rd/Gilpin Road 2 and turn right.  Then turn left onto Damascus Rd from Gap Rd, and the Works Ranch site will be on Damascus Rd.
The weather forecast is for highs in the low 60s, lows in the mid-30s, and no precipitation.
Yours in Scouting,
Mr. Grimes

Rocket Launch at Bear Creek Lake Park

I hope to see you all at the rocket and airplane launch pad at Bear Creek Lake Park in Lakewood at 10:45 am on Saturday 9/17. We are guests of CRASH and we are asked to be on time. Meet me in the parking lot and do not proceed to the launch pad. We will enter as a group and then be given an orientation together, after the earlier group is finished. There is a $7 admission per car and you may want to carpool. We will leave when done and will not stay past noon.   Engines, wadding and launch pads will be provided. Have fun building your rockets!

Sean

794 Cubmaster
Map Of:
Bear Creek Lake Park