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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…

The Weekly Scout 4/24

I know the microphone was cutting in and out last night so I wanted to make sure everyone knows there will not be anymore weekly den meetings until September. The summer events are below. Spring Family Camp is April 29th – May 1st at Camp Tyler. Registration closed for camping but everyone is still welcome to come out during the day and hang out. 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.

Bring Lawn Chairs to Blue & Gold

Reminders from Cubmaster Cody: Blue and Gold 4/23   04/22/2022 18:46   Good Evening! Tomorrow night is the Blue and Gold Ceremony! YAY! Blue and Gold is at the Whitehouse United Methodist Church! We will start the “pre ceremony” at 5:30pm and the Blue and Gold Ceremony will begin at 6:00pm. We will start letting people get food at 5pm so you have time to eat and throw away your trash before things get into full gear. Please wear Class A uniform. You will need to bring lawn chairs for sitting. Don’t forget the theme is family game night so if you have yard games you can bring to keep the scouts occupied before and after the ceremony please do!   Yours in Scouting, Cody

Blue and Gold 4/23

Good Evening! Tomorrow night is the Blue and Gold Ceremony! YAY! We will start the “pre ceremony” at 5:30pm and the Blue and Gold Ceremony will begin at 6:00pm. We will start letting people get food at 5pm so you have time to eat and throw away your trash before things get into full gear. Please wear Class A uniform. You will need to bring lawn chairs for sitting. Don’t forget the theme is family game night so if you have yard games you can bring to keep the scouts occupied before and after the ceremony please do!   Yours in Scouting, Cody

Den Meeting Tuesday – Skit Practice, Science, and preparation for Blue & Gold

See you Tuesday – 6:30 at WUMC! Blue and Gold Blue and Gold is April 23rd at 5:30pm. Please wear Class A uniform.  Food will start being served about 5pm. You will need to bring lawn chairs for sitting. The theme is family game night so if you have yard games you can bring to keep the scouts occupied before and after the ceremony please bring! Spring Family Camp Spring Family Campout is April 29th – May 1st at Camp Tyler. BLUE & GOLD Agenda – in case you have a million family things going on, so you know what’s happening when… Ceremony Agenda [5:00pm] Start passing out food. [5:30 pm] Opening Prayer – Committee Members Recognition – Nicole Gift Presentation to Kathy and Somer – Cody and Nicole Tiger…

The Weekly Scout 4/17

Hello Scouting Families! Blue and Gold Blue and Gold is April 23rd at 5:30pm. Please wear Class A uniform.  Food will start being served about 5pm. You will need to bring lawn chairs for sitting. The theme is family game night so if you have yard games you can bring to keep the scouts occupied before and after the ceremony please bring! Spring Family Camp Spring Family Campout is April 29th – May 1st at Camp Tyler. Monday Den Meetings Lions – Discovery Room Tigers – Pike Hall Wolves – Friendship Hall. Bears – Meeting Tuesday. Normal location and time. Webeloes – Youth Room