November 2011 – Pack 106 in Grafton, Mass

Wow, what a busy month we’re having!

On November 10th, we had our monthly Pack Hike at the West Boylston Trail Rail. It was a beautiful day! The boys all participated in a fun photography contest, too, earning their Photography Belt Loops and taking some really great photos. The winners of the contest will be announced at the December Pack Meeting, and all the pictures will be published at that time.

On November 17th, we had our November Pack Meeting at St. Mary’s Church, and there were a ton of awards that were handed out. The boys are on fire with their achievements! In addition to the many belt loops and pins, George H. was awarded his 50-mile Hiking Stick! Well done, George! Also, Nick S. did a fantastic job with earning some Belt Loops and Pins, and was awarded with a Banner of Achievement sticker with his name on it.

After the awards, the boys did a great job assembling 22 Holiday Food Baskets for charity. Each family donated some food items, like canned corn or stuffing, and the Pack donated a $25 gift card for a Turkey. It was explained to the boys that this is a wonderful way to give back to our community, and hopefully brighten the days of people who aren’t as fortunate this holiday season as others are.

On November 19th, we had a couple of events going on. First, we all picked up our popcorn orders at Jennifer Rodrique’s house. This year’s order was so big, we had to rent a truck! Thanks to Jennifer for coordinating this activity. Also on Saturday, some of the Webelos Scouts participated in a “Turkey Shoot”, where scouts competed against other scouts in the Council (there were about 100 Webelos in attendance). Hunter W. had a great showing in BB-Guns, but didn’t place in the top 3. Jacob P. managed to score a “Turkey gift card” with a 3rd place finish in sling-shots. It was a really fun event on a sunny but chilly day.

There were some other Den events tossed in there as well, including a “Gem Show” and Bat Nest building by Wolf Den 2 – like I said, it’s been a very busy month for us!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Here are some pictures of the recent activities:

Our October Pack Meeting was a blast! We started the meeting by singing Happy Birthday to Jayce K. After that, we recognized our new Tiger scouts and some new scouts at other ranks with their Bobcat awards. There were some other awards too, with several boys receiving “Recruiter” awards for bringing new boys into the Pack. Also, AJ R. was awarded his 50-mile Hiking Stick – way to go, AJ!! AJ got his name put on the Banner of Achievement, too.

Jennifer Rodrique gave us an update on our Popcorn sales – we’re doing great! It’ll come down to the finish line on which dens will get the “Pizza and Bowling Parties”, and which den will get to go to Worcester Rockclimbing for a 2-hour den event too! Cubmaster Paquin was pleased to announce that the boys did a fantastic job with submitting their completed sheets to the Council Office, and that we won a very cool Pack-only Marksman Event at Treasure Valley! The date on this is still being worked out, but the boys will be able to shoot BB-guns and practice archery all to themselves!

We had some prize drawings for some gift cards, and after that we all got ready for the “Pie in the Face event”. This was a new idea this year, and turned out to be a ton of fun! Ryan B. won the chance to shove a pie into his Den Leader’s face, Jason C. “pied” our Popcorn Queen Jennifer Rodrique, and 7 boys in total all sold 50 items to put a pie into Cubmaster Paquin’s face! It was messy, but a LOT of fun!

Jennifer Thomas was kind enough to bring her dogs in for a bit of entertainment too. We didn’t have enough time for a complete presentation on dog-sledding, but will plan to do that later in the year.

Finally, a number of boys went to the Community Barn to watch “Rio”, and then had a sleep-over indoors and outdoors. All told, it was a really good time!

Here is the agenda from the meeting.

Here are pictures from the night:

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