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Meetings and Updates

Howdy Bear Family, I hope you are all back into some sorta routine that is your new normal. As you know our scouting year kicked off in August with the Raingutter Regatta. I enjoyed seeing many of you. We have a few key dates that I wanted to highlight: Flag Pick-up this Sunday at 2:30. Sign-up to help https://etacpack359.org/flagsignup/ 2020/2021 Registration is open: https://etacpack359.org/register/ First den meeting: Sunday September 20, 3:00 pm UMC Whitehouse picnic tables in back If you have any questions don’t hesitate to email or call. Invite your friends. Yours in Scouting, Kathy  

Flag Pick-up

Howdy Pack 359, It’s time to pick up all the flags we put out for Labor Day and 9/11!  We need all hands on deck to help this process go faster. This also counts towards Fall Flag Party qualification. We only have 3 more opportunities left. When: Sunday, September 13th at 2:30 PM Where: Meet at Church in Field Uniform (Class A) Sign-up here: https://etacpack359.org/flagsignup/ Thank you for helping this fundraiser become a success!

Saturday

Arrow Scout Family   We will be meeting Saturday at 9:30 am at the Whitehouse  park by the Fire Department to get this exciting year started.  Please be in Class B. Any questions please give me a call Ryan 903-952-7234  

Cub Registration and Training Opportunities

Howdy Scouting Family! I hope everyone is staying dry. Our 2020/2021 scouting year is starting off strong. Below is a list of upcoming activities: Returning Cub Registration It is time to register you cub for the 2020/2021 year. You can also order t-shirts and hats https://etacpack359.org/register/ School Night for Scouting Sept 10 Invite your friends to join scouts! Our school night for scouting is Thursday, September 10 at Times Square Grand Slam at 6:30. The kids will watch a movie while parents learn all about what cub scouts has to offer. IOLS/Baloo Training Sept 26 & 27 Many have expressed interest in the IOLS/Baloo training. As we have mentioned we need at least 1 adult Baloo trained leader in order to camp. The more we…

Heyyyyyyy WOLF PACK!

Hope everybody is staying healthy and getting back in the swing of school – let’s hope we can all STAY healthy and IN school! It was sure nice to see everyone who came out to our Shooting/Science Camp, Raingutter Boat races and water day, and parent orientation.  I am SO ready to jump into this WOLF year with my Den 4 team!  The pack will do an orientation for any NEW parents on September 10th (if your scout has a friend who wants to join they should come to that meeting) and after that we are free to meet!! SO – save the date for our first meeting on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th – location TBA for now. To help keep us more “socially distant” Dens…

T-shirts and Committee Meeting

Howdy Scout Family, Thank you everyone who helped place flags yesterday. As mentioned in our parent meeting we have a committee that meets once a month to plan our pack events. A few of you were interested in joining the committee. This Wednesday (9/2) we will meet at 6:30 pm at Whitehouse Methodist church. We will meet either be in Friendship hall or Pike. The meeting will be about an hour. I hope to see a few new faces. T-shirt design competition! YES this year the cubs get to design the pack t-shirt. Between 8/21 – 9/8 we are accepting t-shirt designs. Use the attached PDF as a template for your design. Then email them to etacpack359@gmail.com or reply to this email and I will…

Bear Meetings

Howdy Bears, Welcome to the start of the 2020-2021 Bear year. I am super excited about all the adventures we will be going on. This year does look a little different because of COVID-19. I need your response to this email. In order to keep social distancing dens are not all meeting on Monday nights at the church. I was reviewing our requirements and electives and was looking to meet twice a month at my house or a specified location. If your family is social distancing I will send you the requirements for you to do at home. We will still have pack meeting at the church once a month (see pack calendar) but will social distance. Please reply back: A: Yes Sunday  afternoons (3:00-5:00)…

Den Meetings

Arrow of Light family I hope everyone is having a great time back to school.  At this time I am looking at doing our den meetings on Saturday mornings 2 times a month for 2 hours this is to allow for spreading out and being out of the church.  We will be starting Saturday September 12th at 9:30 am. I will announce the location the week of.  If you have any questions or ideas please contact me 903-952-7234. Ryan Bockover

Labor Day Flag Delivery

Howdy Scouting Family It’s that time again! Time to sign up for Labor Day flag delivery.  We will be meeting at the church at 3:00 pm on Sunday Aug. 30th. This is your first opportunity, to qualify for the Fall Flag Party (you only need to help with 2 events)! There will only be 4 more opportunities this Fall. See the attachment in the email sent earlier this week. Sign up to help with the Flag Deliveries at https://etacpack359.org/flagsignup We do need 3 or 4 families who can help stage the flags beginning at 2:30 PM. Please email ahead of time 🙂 Yours in scouting Somer Bockover

Important Parent Information

Happy Monday, Pack! Thank you to all of those who were able to come out to the parent meeting last night. I hope you had all of your questions answered concerning this Scouting year. Here is a link to the video recording (minus the first 5 minutes) on our Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/WhitehousePack359/videos/301791254439747/ Here are links to the various PDF’s we handed out as well: Returning Parent Pack Health Forms Fundraising Prize Sheet Flag Party Qualifications Den Meetings will officially begin on September 14th. Your Den Leader should be in contact with you prior. Flag Sales can begin now! Be sure you list your Scout’s name(s) in the Scout Code box. Look for training on how to make Flag Sales coming out this week. Please sign…