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Flag Pickup Tomorrow!

Howdy Pack! Don’t forget, we are picking up our Flags from our Customers’ homes and businesses tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 PM. This also counts towards Fall Flag Party qualification. We only have 3 more opportunities left and you need to help with 2 events to qualify for the party. (New Scouts – You will learn about this at your next meeting) 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!

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