We’ve got a GREAT lineup of upcoming Spring and Summer events this year!
May Hike – Saturday, May 3rd, 11am at Hidden Oaks in Bolingbrook.
Pack Night – Tuesday May 20th 6:30-8pm at the Bolingbrook Community Center. Our normal monthly gathering – The May law point is “Trustworthy” and we will make den flags.
Village Memorial Day Ceremony – Monday May 26th 10:45am. Our scouts will lead the Pledge of Allegiance
Pack Summer Picnic – Saturday June 1st – celebrate our scouts officially crossing over to their next rank with their families. Bring an outdoor game to enjoy!
Day Camp! June 9-12, 9am-3pm at Bolingbrook Village Hall – a fun filled week of activities for our scouts including STEM, water sports, shooting sports, games, and crafts. Day Camp Information and Registration
Webelos and AOL Camp – 2 Sessions: July 18 – 21st or July 25th- 28th. An exciting 4 day, 3 night overnight camp for scouts entering 4th and 5th grades. This camp is the highlight of the year for many scouts. Not to be missed! Information and Registration
Family Camp aka Resident Camp – August 1st – 4th – an invigorating 4 day, 3 night overnight camp for scouts entering 2nd-5th grades AND their families! Information and Registration
It’s October, the leaves are turning and it’s getting cooler…and I haven’t done an update on our pack since February, whoops! Our scouts were very busy over the summer (I guess I was, too, since I haven’t spent a lot of time here updating everyone on the goings on of our pack.)
Memorial Day
We always kick off the summer by participating in the Village of Bolingbrook Memorial Day Ceremony. It’s important for the scouts to learn to give back by participating in service projects. Our pack always takes part in both Veteran’s Day and Memorial Day ceremonies.
Day Camp
Our council, Rainbow Council, always kicks off the summer with Cub Scout Day Camp. We had many scouts attend and they had a blast! They got to do archery, BB guns, slingshots, crafts, play sports, and see many guests that visited such as the Police Department.
Summer Hike
In July we had a hike near Knoch Knolls Nature Center. The kids had a nice 1 mile hike and spent some time getting the sillies out on the playground as well. It’s great to see the kids playing and enjoying being outside.
Gaga Ball Game
In July we had the kids get together at the Bolingbrook Park District to have a GaGa Ball game. GaGa ball is a favorite among scouts – I think the wetter and muddier, the happier the scouts are.
Resident Camp
Another big council activity is Resident Camp. A scout and his or her parent will go spend 3 nights at camp where they will earn a lot of rank advancements. They have fun swimming, hiking, crafts, and learning new skills all while making friends.
Pack Olympics
We always run a Pack Olympics to round out the summer. It’s so much fun to see the kids do all the events: softball throw, shuttle run, sit-ups, long jump, and running.
This pretty much sums up the summer. I have much more to update you on, but this post is long enough for now. I hope you had a great summer and if you’re thinking about joining scouts, please reach out to us.
February is one of the busiest months in scouting. It’s the birthday of Boy Scouts in America on February 8. We started our month off with Pinewood Derby. It’s definitely a fun and creative activity!
Pinewood Derby
WolvesWebelosArrow of LightBearsTigersLions
Here’s a list of our winners:
Lions:
Connor
Kyle
Tigers:
Gavin
Joe
Isaac
Wolves:
James
Cam
Toby Best design Logan
Bears:
James
Cam
Toby Best design Logan
Webelos:
Jonathon
Alex
Arrow of Light:
Colin
Brayden
Jake
Best in Pack:
Gavin
Luke
Colin
Celebrating our Leaders
Our leaders are amazing people that help make the pack go. Without these volunteers we would not have a pack! Our award recipients this time were Angie as Rookie of the Year, Erica with Excellence in Leadership, and our past Cubmaster Tom got District Award of Merit.
Tiger Den Meeting
Our Tigers (and a couple siblings) worked on the Shapes in Art elective. They learned how different shapes can be put together to make more interesting art. They also made a 3D water color painting based off of a Van Gogh painting.
Bear Den Meeting
Bears presented about their pets or how animals help us. They also played animal Pictionary. Our den only had cats and dogs.
Blue and Gold
Our last event of the month was bittersweet. We always love seeing what our kids earn and seeing what they’ve accomplished so far this year, but Blue and Gold is also where we say “see ya later” to our Arrow of Light Scouts and a few leaders. Our Cubmaster, Erica, moved on from being Cubmaster…don’t worry she’ll still be around as Chartered Organization Rep. We also lost Calvin. They’ve both been such great leaders and we will miss them in their roles. We had 3 scouts cross over to Scouts BSA in February. One scout went to Troop 131 and the other two went to Troop 75. We had a fun afternoon celebrating the scouts, having a bake auction and silent auction, and having a yummy taco bar.
See you in March
We are beginning our Spring Roundup. We’d love to see your kids have fun in scouts with our kids. Hope you come join us for a future pack or den meeting and see how much fun your child could have as well. Be back soon with a March Activity Roundup.
