Webelos Extreme Scouting Trek (W.E.S.T) 7/23-26/2017

Registration is now open for the Webelos Extreme Scouting Trek!
Sign Up For Session 9

Arrow of Light Scouts:

Dates:     July 23-26
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 9, but if those dates do not work for you, you are encouraged to attend a different session.

Magness Camp 7/23-26/2017

Registration is now open for Magness Camp!
information
Sign Up For Session 9

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

Dates:     July 23-26 Three nights
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 9, but if those dates do not work for you, you are encouraged to attend a different session.

Twilight Camp! 6/14-17/2017

Who is ready for this year's Twilight Camp? It is going to be June 14th through the 17th. We have some exciting news as Twilight Camp this year will be at a new location, Englewood Middle and High School. I am also excited that we will have more than 10 scouts attending.
We need a 1/5 ratio of parents so we would love your help even if it is after work.
The price goes up on 5/3.
RSVP here so we can make sure we have enough leaders.
RSVP

Register here:
Tigers, Wolves and Bears as of 6/1
Webelos and AOL Scouts as of 6/1

Graduation BBQ 5/11/2017

Congratulations to all of our Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts for coming to the end of the year.  Join us on May 11 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!  Yea! Summer is the Best Time For Scouting!

When: May 25, 6:45 pm
Where: The outdoor patio of Mission Hills Church, on the west side
What: BBQ and graduation Pack meeting

See you there!  Bring a side.  We will provide hot dogs.  If you want a different meat feel to bring whatever you like.  There will be an open grill you can use.  Come early if you like.

Mr. West

Rocket Launch 4/15/2017

The sky is the limit!

Jeffco & The City of Lakewood have both lifted their fire bans so we will fire up our engines this Saturday!  The meeting time has changed.  The rocketry club has asked us to be at the launch pad by 10:00 for a safety orientation.  Pack 870 has been generous to share their reservation with us and allow our boys to take turns with theirs.  Each scout should bring a dollar or two to put in the tip jar and say thanks when they first arrive.

Date:     April 15, 2017
Time:     9:45-am to 2pm
Location: Bear Creek Lake Park
Address:    Kumpfmiller Dr. Morrison CO 80228
Cost:     $15 Rocket Kit, Engines & Supplies

We had a great time last year and hope everyone can come.  It will be cool this time.  Yea!
We will be at the rocket and airplane launch pad at Bear Creek Lake Park in Lakewood. We are guests of CRASH and we are asked to be on time. There is a $7 admission per car.  Meet at the park n ride and we will depart from there and carpool in to the park at 9:45am.
3485 S Rooney Rd, Morrison, CO 80465
Park n Ride Carpool

If you choose to go straight to the parking lot, do not proceed to the launch pad. We will enter as a group and then be given an orientation together.  Enter the park near Morrison Rd and 470.  The navigation takes you to a closed gate at the east end of the park.

Everyone can leave when they have had enough. Some of us never get enough.  One more engine please!   Engines, wadding and launch pads will be provided. Have fun building your rockets!

Get your rocket kit from Mr. Killgore at the March den meetings.

Mr. West
Cubmaster of Pack 794

Map Of:
Bear Creek Lake Park

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.