Cub Scout Pack 883

Cub Scout Pack 883
Lunch/Dinner Fundraiser

Date:   Monday March 15, 2010
Time:   10:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.  (Dine-In or Carryout available)
Place:   Eldersburg New York J&P Pizza, 6252 Sykesville Road, Eldersburg, MD 21784 (410-552-4400)

For more information:  www.JandPPizza.com

Please present the attached flyer to your wait staff and Pack 883 will earn 15% of the fundraiser’s total sales.

Link to the flyer:  JP Pizza

To celebrate the anniversary of the founding of Scouting in America, the Boy Scouts of America asks its members to attend their place of worship in uniform at a religious service in February. This is commonly known as Scout Sunday (or Scout Sabbath).

St. Joseph Catholic Community will celebrate a special Scout Sunday Mass on Sunday, March 14 at the 6:00 PM Mass. Please plan to attend (in your uniform) with your family.

If you are interested in participating in the Mass (altar servers, lectors, cantors, Eucharistic ministers, etc.) to highlight your connection to Scouting, please email Tess Carroll at dtcarroll@verizon.net.

For those who are not Catholic or who are not members of St. Joseph Catholic Community, BSA encourages you to wear your uniform to your religious service on the weekend of March 14. (Check with your place of worship to see if they have planned a special Scout Sunday/Scout Sabbath service.)

YIS,

Marc

Celebrating 100 Years – A Year of Celebration

For 100 years, the Boy Scouts of America has created a strong foundation of leadership, service, and community for millions of America’s youth. Through A Year of Celebration, A Century of Making a Difference, we will demonstrate the incredible impact of a century of living the Scout Law.

Program participants will earn recognition for making a difference in their communities due to their dedication to five of Scouting’s core values: Leadership, Character, Community Service, Achievement, and the Outdoors. Through that commitment, participants can earn each of five award ribbons to display from our 100th Anniversary commemorative patch.

All registered Cub Scouts will receive the base patch at our March Pack Meeting, and the boys will then be able to earn their ribbons.

Here’s a list of the program requirements, a checklist (look for the Cub Scout page in these two packets), and and a photo of what the patch looks like:

Patch Requirements

Tracking Cards

Do you like to scrapbook? Do you have a passion for history? Are you a good writer?

I have recently received three old Pack 883 scrapbooks and a short written history of Pack 883, and in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America, I would like to embark on a project to show off our storied history.

I am looking for one person or a small team of people who would be willing to create a Pack 883 history page on our website. The scope of work is pretty simple:

1.  Take the written history that has been provided and expand it.

• Interview previous Cub Scouts and leaders – where are they now?
• Find pages from old newspapers and from the Historical Society
• Expand the information we have about the 35+ years the Pack has been in existence.
• (The sky is the limit here – you can make this as big or as small as you would like.)

2.  Using the photographs in the scrapbooks and the expanded written history, create an exciting Pack 883 history page (or pages) on the website that celebrates all of the great things this Pack has done over the years

• Don’t worry – if you have never added a page to a website, it’s really easy…we have people who can help with the technical part. We just need creative people to put the page together.

3.  Using the old Pack 883 scrapbooks, update the scrapbooks for easier viewing

4.  Using the plastic bin provided in our attic storage area, store the historical information you gather

5.  Any other ideas are welcome

The goal would be to complete the project by the end of 2010.

You would be able to have a small budget for this project, but you will have to come to the committee with a list of the materials you will need (and their associated costs).

If you are interested in handling this project or leading this group, please email me at marc.fischer@transwestern.net.

Please call me at (410) 977-2956 if I can be of any additional assistance.

Yours in Scouting,

Marc

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