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BEARS to WEBELOS Swim Party NEXT week AND FLAGS go out this weekend!!!

Hi Scouts!!  – Now WEBELOS Scouts – wow, our team of young men and ladies are growing up fast!! Best wishes to all our Scouts in playoff baseball games tonight (so no meeting tonight) AND cheers to all for great STARR test work!!! Thanks to several parents for offering to host a BEARS TO WEBELOS year-end gathering.  The Neilsens have offered their pool AND live right in town on Acker Tap so if the weather and their pool filter cooperates we plan to swim there (1st house on right after railroad tracks off of 110) next Tuesday, May 24th, 6pm.  (Plan B at the church.) I have the PIZZA covered for the party – who can bring drinks, desserts, chips? Text or email me with…

Flags This Weekend

Reminder that flags need to be put out for Memorial Day, Flag Day and 4th of July. Flags need to go out between May 20th and May 23rd. The church will be open Friday evening and Saturday to grab flags for your routes. I will have exact times church will be open sent out to you Thursday.   Also do not forget that the Bicycle Rodeo is coming up on June 11th 8am-12pm. The Bicycle Rodeo will now be held at Green Acres Baptist Church so we can make use of the covered parking lot! We have invited all the Cub Scout Packs in the District to attend. It is gearing up (nice use of pun :)) to be an exciting event. It will be…

Summer Campers Dr Forms

Howdy Den 3, Two weeks of school left!! WOOOHOOO!!! I will setup a meeting with the families going to Webelos camp very soon. In the mean time everyone going to Webelos camp (adult and kids) need to get a doctors form signed. I’ve attached the Health Form ABC (C is the doctor form). Regards, Kathy https://etacpack359.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/680-001_ABC.pdf

Flag Routes

Below are the routes each parent is responsible for helping with the flag fundraiser. You can see your route at etacpack359.org/routes I know this is new for you all so shoot me a text (903-539-1763) and we will go over it. Thank you much! A1 – Micheal A2 – Dustin A3 –  Shane A4 – Jason out and Jackoline pick up C4 – Cody Patrick – Flag storage store Jessica – Flag storage put out

Flags for Summer

Reminder that flags need to be put out for Memorial Day, Flag Day and 4th of July. Flags need to go out between May 20th and May 23rd. We will send out another reminder on May 15th with times that the church will be open to get flags out of storage. Thank you!

Good luck to all our Scouts doing STARR testing this week!!

Hello Bear Families! No meetings this week as we support our Scouts doing STARR testing. Future meetings – with the temperatures at night warming up (a lot!) I’m looking for a pool to do our swimming elective – and a family willing to have Bears in their pool! I’ve had several families volunteer homes for a year-end meeting – Thanks!  Working on scheduling now….might do both together? Be thinking about FLAGS – they will need to be out by Memorial Day on May 30th. More info on that shortly!!  Please email me at gdel@tjc.edu or text 903-574-3787 if you had any issues with your flag route – I know we had a few that were overlapped by another den and want to see if we…

July Family Overnight Camp at Ft. Worth Zoo (July 23 & 24) Registration is open – limit of 75 participants!

Zoo registration is up on the pack site – there is a limit of 75 people total.  We will be “camping” inside zoo education buildings, not out in the heat!  The Pack is setting up a wait list in case any families cancel. Cancellations may be made up to 10 days prior to the event. After that, the $20 deposit (and any additional tickets purchased) will be non-refundable (save for extreme circumstances). Bicycle Rally June 11th at UMC Whitehouse July Family Overnighter at Ft. Worth Zoo July 23rd and 24th. Registration is now open on pack website. Looking for a rain-free day after baseball playoffs for our Den 4 end-of-year celebration – stay tuned and stay dry!!!

No Den Meetings after a Campout Weekend

Hello Den 4!! Just a reminder, there is NO Den Meeting this week as this past weekend was a campout weekend.  I saw pictures of a HUGE fish Viana caught!  Did anyone else have any adventures?  Send me pictures!!  Happy Mothers Day coming up to all my GREAT Scout moms in Den 4 – could not do it without all your help!!   We need a “not rainy” day to do our rockets  and I’m looking for a place for a “End of the Year” celebration. If anyone has suggestions, just email me (gdel@tjc.edu) or text me at 903-574-3767. We have a “Flag holiday” coming up this month – Memorial Day is the last Monday of the month – we’ll talk about when Flags are…

Camp Tyler 4/28

Spring Family Campout Camp Tyler – 15143 Camp Tyler Rd, Whitehouse, TX 75791 Gate Code – 8486 You can arrive anytime on Friday after 5:30pm and need to be packed up to leave by 1pm Sunday. Follow signs to Lodge/fire ring. We are camping around the fire ring area and in between lodge and lake, your choice(fire ring area is more ideal). Cars are not allowed off pavement. Parking is close to camping area.  There are restrooms available. Saturday breakfast and dinner will be provided by the pack. Breakfast will be about 8:30am and Dinner about 6pm at the pack trailer. PLEASE remember to clean up after yourself and leave no trace. No swimming or pets are allowed.

NO BEAR Meeting tonight – Blue & Gold Photos are up on my Facebook page!!

Hello to all my BEAR families!! I could not be prouder of ALL of DEN 4 – Scouts, Parents, Siblings – we are a GREAT Team!! Since we had Blue & Gold this weekend we will not be meeting tonight – I am going to try and watch my oldest grandson’s soccer 7th grade soccer game and the rest of the grand’s baseball and softball games!!  We still have to do our ROCKET project, but I’m hoping for a night where half don’t have to miss due to school or sports events, so have a great week and STAY TUNED!!! I am planning to come out for campfire at family camp this weekend, and don’t forget to sign up for our summertime activities!!! Spring Family…