Blog

Pack Update 10/18

Howdy Pack 359, I hope all of you were able to go outside and enjoy the cooler weather this weekend. Please turn in health forms and YPT to your den leaders. Don’t forget you must register you scout for the 2020/2021 year. We need all registration and paperwork finished by the October pack meeting. Below is important information on key dates for your calendars. Flag build day is Saturday, October 24. Our fundraiser to help cover costs for camping, advancements, and trips is our flag service. Come out this Saturday and learn how to build the flags. We have a t-shirt design winner! Winner will be announced at the October pack meeting. You can order your pack pack t-shirt by logging into your scouts account. …

Save the Date and Upcoming Events

Howdy Wild Webelos! A few quick items: Paperwork – Please turn in your Health Forms and YPT Certificates as soon as you can. Health forms are needed for EVERY person who attends a Pack activity or event. YPT is needed for all Adults. Flag Fundraiser – Our next Flag Service Holiday is Veterans Day and we will be delivering flags on Sunday, November 1st. Scouts can earn awesome prizes as well as qualify for the Flag Party by selling flag services. PLUS this helps keep your cost down as well 🙂 NO MEETING THIS MONDAY! – WISD is out of  School so we are not meeting. Enjoy the week off. Pack Meeting – Our next meeting will be a Pack Meeting on October 26th. Watch for…

Sunday: Camp Ford

Howdy Bear Families, This Sunday we will be starting a new belt loop Paws for Action. We will be meeting at Camp Ford, 6500 US-271, Tyler, TX 75708, at 3:00. Please wear your Field Uniform (blue button down shirts). Regards, Kathy

Saturday Meeting

Howdy Den 7, Saturday we will be meeting at 9:30 at Whitehouse City Park. We will be starting an elective, Aware and Care, by playing several games. Please bring the following (some are quite strange): 1. a blindfold for scouts 2. 2 hardboiled eggs with the shells still on 3. Pair of swim goggles if you have them 4. CANNED GOODS! We are collecting food for the Whitehouse Food Pantry, most needed items are Mac and cheese, peanut butter, shelf stable milk, chili, and tuna. 5. A bottle of water, you may get thirsty with all the running around we will be doing! Mr. Ryan will be out of town so Mr. Brian will be running the meeting and Ms. Amanda will be teaching you…

COVID Protocol Updates

Good evening Pack 359 Family, In keeping up to date with COVID-19 procedures we are going to be updating our den meeting protocols to help limit exposure risk. We are going to ask a few things of you. 1. For indoor meetings, except Lions, all parents and siblings will need to remain in the car or outside the church for the duration of the meeting unless specifically asked by the den leader or cubmaster to attend the meeting. Tiger parents MUST remain on campus for the duration of the meeting. Entrance for restroom use is permissible. 2. Scouts 10 and over will need to wear face coverings and scouts under 10 are still encouraged to wear a face covering. 3. Please complete the attached screener…

COVID Exposure

Dear Scouting Families, In keeping with our Pack’s and WISD practices to respond to COVID-19, we are notifying all scout families that a parent recently received a positive test for COVID-19. This parent was present at the den meetings on Monday, September 21, 2020. To remain in compliance with HIPPA we will not be divulging any further information regarding the person in order to protect his/her privacy. The person did in fact wear a mask the entire meeting, limiting exposure to individuals, however, out of an abundance of caution we are notifying the dens affected and cancelling all den meetings on Monday, September 28th. While we do not have reason to believe that those who were not in close contact with the infected individual have…

COVID Exposure

Dear Scouting Families, In keeping with our Pack’s and WISD practices to respond to COVID-19, we are notifying all scout families that a parent recently received a positive test for COVID-19. This parent was present at the den meetings on Monday, September 21, 2020. To remain in compliance with HIPPA we will not be divulging any further information regarding the person in order to protect his/her privacy. The person did in fact wear a mask the entire meeting, limiting exposure to individuals, however, out of an abundance of caution we are notifying the dens affected and cancelling all den meetings on Monday, September 28th. While we do not have reason to believe that those who were not in close contact with the infected individual have…

COVID Exposure

Dear Scouting Families, In keeping with our Pack’s and WISD practices to respond to COVID-19, we are notifying all scout families that a parent recently received a positive test for COVID-19. This parent was present at the den meetings on Monday, September 21, 2020. To remain in compliance with HIPPA we will not be divulging any further information regarding the person in order to protect his/her privacy. The person did in fact wear a mask the entire meeting, limiting exposure to individuals, however, out of an abundance of caution we are notifying the dens affected and cancelling all den meetings on Monday, September 28th. While we do not have reason to believe that those who were not in close contact with the infected individual have…

Pack T-shirt Design

Howdy Pack! This is a reminder we are still accepting t-shirt designs for the 2020-2021 year. Here is a link to the template. https://etacpack359.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/T-shirt-template.pdf Have fun and remember our theme is scouts! Yours in Scouting, Kathy

Canned food drive

Hello Arrow of Lights, I hope everyone had a good start to their week today. Just letting you know that this Saturday September 26, at our den meeting we will be collecting canned foods for the Whitehouse food pantry. They helped so many families out this year, we just want to give a little something back as a way to say thanks. After all a Scout is helpful. Have a great week & stay dry. Amanda