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  • This TUESDAY – 6:30 at WUMC! Cast Iron Chef and please bring your Exercise sheets!!

    Hello Webelos! Tuesday night we are serving up some Cast Iron Chef creations!!! 1. Please bring your exercise sheets for our Fitness Achievement. 2. We will be learning how to do campfire cooking with cast iron/ dutch ovens.  The Den had a hard time selecting cobbler flavors so we will be dividing up into “cooking teams” to select and build two cobblers and learn how to use coals (already hot) to cook our cobblers to perfection. While our delicious cobblers bake, we’ll learn to use coal chimneys to get perfect coals for dutch ovens, box oven baking, and foil meal packs. *** NEEDED – 1 or 2 seasoned mid-size or small dutch ovens, with lids & lid hooks if possible *** I will have several…

  • Fall Family Camp is Here!!! And it’s gonna be a cold one!!! ❄️

    Fall Family Camp is here!!! If you are still planning on heading out today, keep an eye on the weather. There are showers in the forecast well into the night. The rain looks like it will let up around 1:00 am, so those setting up in the morning will just have wet ground to contend with. Don’t forget a tarp or something to put under your tent.   Camp Pirtle – Co Rd 1241, Gary City, TX 75643 Campsite 4 – Wolves, Lions, AOL Campsite 14 – Bears, Tigers, Webelos The pack is only providing Breakfast and Dinner on Saturday. All other meals need to be planned by Family or Den. Pack Meals will be outside the Mess Hall. You will need to bring a…

  • Camping

    Howdy, Well my first email was deleted when we lost power. Try two. This weekend is family camp. I know some are coming out Friday and others Saturday morning. See attached basic camping list for items to pack. Note the weather and adjust packing accordingly (it will be cold). Don’t forget a mess kit and cup. If you are not coming until Saturday please have your scout ready to start our den activity around 9:30-10:00 at campsite 4. Food assignments – 20 people we are serving  Santi – Heavy duty foil and sausage Gavin – Sausage, carrots Mark – 2 bags of charcoal and chimney Kenzie – Potatoes Jack – Spicy sausage and hotdogs Madison – s’mores If bringing potatoes or onions or carrots you…

  • Veterans Day school programs

    Hello Scouts, Below is information regarding Veterans Day ceremonies at Brown, Cain and Higgins:   Higgins The program is tomorrow, Thursday the 10th at 5:45pm. Scouts will be greeting people outside the school with the American flag. Scouts need to be at the school in their Class A uniform by 5:20pm. Jamie Smith has the flag for the scouts to take turns holding, while others greet attendees.   Cain Jason Beaton (Tiger den leader and Scoutmaster) will call the scouts out of class tomorrow at 1:30pm for a quick practice. The ceremony is at 9:00am, Friday the 11th. Scouts should wear their Class A uniform to school. Brown The scouts have a practice tomorrow morning at 8:50am and will be called out of class by…

  • Family Camp

    Calling all Bears! This weekend is Fall Family Camp at Camp GW Pirtle and we hope to see you all there.  If you plan to attend even just for the day Saturday, we will be working on Bear Picnic Basket for an elective as well as the Fur, Feathers, and Ferns requirement. If you will be there on Saturday please bring stuff for your family for Dutch Oven pizzas.  You will need (have your scout help shop if possible): Pre-cooked pizza crust (like Biboli) Pizza sauce (plastic squeeze bottle works well) Desired toppings Mozzarella cheese or cheese of your choice. We will prep, cook, and clean up as a den for lunch on Saturday.  This along with some of our discussion will complete our Bear…

  • Tiger Bites Adventure!

    Hello Tiger Families! Family Camp is this weekend at Camp Pirtle (same place as Mom & Me). I need to know who will be attending from our Den. Registration closes tomorrow evening. I will not be at Family Camp (all 3 of my kids have a soccer tournament). Tonight we will begin our Tiger Bites adventure. Requirements 1, 2, 3, and 5. Here are the requirements if you need to do them at home: Complete Requirements 1 and 2 plus at least two others. With your parent, guardian, other caring adult, or den, find out about good food choices and not-so-good choices. Identify three foods that you think would be good choices and three foods that would not be good choices. Explain the importance of…

  • Den Meeting Tonight

    Hey Wolves! Lacey is out of town, so I’ll be running the show tonight. My voice seems to be on the fritz so bear with me! We’ll be starting our Howling at the Moon adventure which includes coming up with an original skit. Ideally this same skit will be performed at campfire at Fall Family Camp. We can also perform our skit at a Pack meeting to fulfill that requirement for those unable to attend Family Camp. Start thinking of skit ideas and bring a flashlight if you can. See you there!   Nicole

  • Our turn to do Prestige Flags and Family Camp signup closes Monday Nov. 8th – Camp is this coming weekend!!

    Hey Webelo Families!! Where has the daylight gone – welcome to standard time!!   Hope you are all resting up for our “Fall Back” Monday!  FLAGS should be going out now on your family routes – Mr. Sivula has been in contact with those who had route revisions. Den 4 WEBELOS are responsible for the 30 Prestige Flags – Mr. Tracy Delk will have our 30 flags at Prestige at 4:30 and start locating the flag tubes ahead of time. As the Scouts arrive, we will put up the flags, then have a “flashlight pow wow” afterwards for those going to family camp this weekend.   Next week November 15 – back to our normal Tuesday nights!!  We will be working on our “Cast Iron…

  • Fall Family Campout_Registration Closing Soon

    🏕️ Don’t forget Fall Family Camp sign up is live on our website! Family Camp will be November 11th through the 13th at Camp Pirtle (Co Rd 1241, Gary City, TX 75643)  and is $20 per family. Registration for Fall Family Camp will close on the 8th.   Fall Family camp is a wonderful way to relax and enjoy getting to know other families in the Pack. Most Dens will have an activity or two planned, but there will also be family time so you may go on your own adventure. Many families may not be able to come out Friday night and will come out early Saturday morning to set up camp. Even if your schedule will not allow camping, feel free to come out for the…