A Great Day at the Races!
Hello Pack 442!!!! The weather is getting nicer and that means our spring activities are about to kick-off! Thank you to everyone who attended our Blue and Gold Banquet to celebrate the year and send our AOL den off into Scouts BSA in style. We have a lot of fun events coming up soon including our First Aid Pack Meeting, Spring Family Campout, and NASA Overnight. All the dens are closing out their last few adventures to earn their ranks at our May Crossover.
Congratulations to our winners Taylor Vigil - 1st Place, Aarush Chopra - 2nd Place and Asher Wagh - 3rd Place!
Volunteers:
Over the next couple of months as the scouting year draws to a close, please continue to think about how you can help/volunteer within the Pack. While our planning meetings for the next year happen in June, there are some fall events that will need planning this spring. If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to reach out!
The best way to find an opportunity is to fill out the Family Talent Survey, and then respond to any opportunities that are presented. We have tasks from big to small, but all are a tremendous help to making our pack successful every year. For more information about the positions you can see the Pack Position Manual.
Adult Leadership (Application Needed) | Parent Volunteer (No Application Needed) |
Assistant Treasurer | Racetime Commissioner (Raingutter Regatta & Pinewood Derby) - Training at this years Derby! |
Advancement Chair | Rocket Day Coordinator |
Membership Chair | Blue & Gold Planner |
Tiger Assistant Den Leader | Pack Crossover Planner |
Pack Trainer | Service & Conservation Project Coordinator |
Secretary | Shooting Sports Rangemasters - Training Required |
Assistant Cubmaster | Campout Activities |
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Pack Parent Meeting - Monday, March 3rd 6:30am - 8:00pm @ Lakeway Church Rm 205 (Building B)
All parents are welcome to join us for our monthly Pack Committee Meeting, where we will discuss and plan out details for any of the upcoming pack events and activities. This is the last one before the Fall Family Campout, so we'll have a lot to discuss.
Please RSVP through Scoutbook.
March Pack Meeting (First Aid) - Monday, March 10th 6:30pm - 8:00pm @ Fellowship Hall (Building B)
Come out and join us for the First Aid Pack Meeting where we learn about keeping ourselves safe and healthy and learn what to do in the event of an emergency.
This is our monthly ALL PACK meeting for Scouts and parents. Each meeting typically revolves around a theme related to badge activities.
Please RSVP through the Scoutbook.
Fall Family Campout - Friday, March 28th-30th @ Guadalupe River State Park, 3350 Park Rd 31, Spring Branch, TX 78070
Guadalupe River Wilderness! Spend a weekend exploring the unspoiled wilderness of Guadalupe River State Park. Join Pack 442 for a weekend of camping!
Camping Fee ($50) can be paid through Website (or via Venmo). Instructions are available there.
Schedule:
The Pack trailer arrives on Friday ~2:00pm, to setup to cook/serve dinner on Friday
evening and will leave Sunday morning after breakfast/cleanup. All scouts and families can attend for
both nights! We'll send a full itinerary for the weekend in case you need work around some conflicts. We always need a lot of helping hands to have a successful campout. If you would like to
volunteer to help plan/run some activities during the campout please let Josh/I know....or better yet,
join us at Pack Committee Meeting on 3/3 to see how you can get involved.
Medical Forms for any Overnight activity
Scouting America requires that we collect medical forms for any scout (and all family members attending with them) attending an event in which there is an overnight component. These forms are used in case of an emergency and kept with the Pack Committee Chair or Cubmaster at all scouting overnight events.
Please fill out the Medical Forms and submit them to Josh Sawyer via email or by hand for them to be recorded with our records. These need to be filled out every year, so make sure you are up to date.
Please RSVP through Scoutbook by 3/14!
Pack Overnight - Saturday, April 12-13th 5:00pm - 10:00am @ NASA Houston
We have secured our date at NASA. We can have 55 scouts and 55 adults attend. We will give first priority to Scouts & an accompanying parent. We will log desire to have additional family attend and we will assign spots on a random draw in advance of the event (if needed). We ask that you register your scout(s) and parent, and let us know what other family you would like to attend.
Please Register for the Pack Overnight at NASA through the registration survey. Payment needs to be made before the registration is final.
Please RSVP through Scoutbook. The last day to register is March 7th.
Upcoming Den Meetings
March 9th Lion Den Meeting
March 16th Bear Den Meeting
March 20th Tiger Den Meeting
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Swimming Adventure:
Does your school attend swim lessons or participate in the swim team? If so, they automatically qualify for the swimming adventure in their rank. Please let your Den Leader know if your scout qualifies under these circumstances so we can get him marked off in Scoutbook!
Marking Advancements for Completion at Home:
There may be times you have to miss a meeting or event and need to complete an advancement at home. If you work on any advancement at home, you can log into Scoutbook and mark the advancement as complete for your Den Leader to approve. Below is a guide on how to do that.
If you are enrolled in a swimming program outside of scouts, please let your Den Leader know, as you automatically qualify for the swimming adventure for each rank. Your Den Leader can help you mark it off for completion so your scout can receive the adventure.
Google Photos
We have a shared google photos account, where you can upload and share photos from events and activities. These photos are not public, and the sharing is meant to provide photos and memories to everyone in the pack. If we use a photo for our publications as well as slideshows during events.
If you have any photos from the weekend you can upload them to Google Photos. Instructions on how to do so is available in the Pack Parent Communication Channel on Slack.
We will ensure that all scouts in the photo have a photo waiver on record if anything is published to the public. If you have not filled out a Photo Media Release, please consider doing so.
Social Media
We have social media accounts that you can be active with. Below are the options we currently have for you and your family.
Facebook Group – Private Group you can follow. Consider posting yourself on our events.
Facebook Page – A public group we use to advertise about what we are doing. You can follow this page and receive updates.
Pack Calendar and Activities
Pack 442 2024-2025 Calendar: Catch a sneak peek at our Website Calendar for the next scout year. There may be slight changes as we enter the year, but we’ll do our best to stick with this as closely as possible. PDF version for your frig is located HERE!
Den Calendars will be provided as the scouting year starts, and all of the events are/will be loaded into the Scoutbook calendars for each den. All calendar communication will officially come through Scoutbook, so ensure you are connected to your scout. We will go over this at the August Pack Meeting for anyone who is not. Below is a glimpse at what the calendars could look like. Den meeting dates will be set by your Den Leaders in the coming weeks.
Medical Forms for any Overnight activity:
Scouting America requires that we collect medical forms for any scout (and all family members attending with them) attending an event in which there is an overnight component. These forms are used in case of an emergency and kept with the Pack Committee Chair or Cubmaster at all scouting overnight events.
Please fill out the Medical Forms and submit them to Josh Sawyer via email or by hand for them to be recorded with our records. These need to be filled out every year, so make sure you are up to date.
Check our Pack Registration Log to see your status on medical forms. Click Here.
Linking Scoutbook Calendars to your devices:
You can use the links below as shared calendars in your email accounts and devices to directly link the calendars we maintain on Scoutbook with your calendar. As updates come in you get the updates on your devices.
Pack Calendar - https://api.scouting.org/advancements/events/calendar/41434
Lion Den Calendar - https://api.scouting.org/advancements/events/calendar/41434/302256
Tiger Den Calendar - https://api.scouting.org/advancements/events/calendar/41434/290926
Wolf Den Calendar - https://api.scouting.org/advancements/events/calendar/41434/239169
Bear Den Calendar - https://api.scouting.org/advancements/events/calendar/41434/253452
Webelos Den Calendar - https://api.scouting.org/advancements/events/calendar/41434/240721
AOL Calendar - https://api.scouting.org/advancements/events/calendar/41434/238543
CLOSING:
We are looking forward to seeing everyone again throughout March and April as we wind down the scouting year. Please make sure you are working at home to complete any required adventures you have not finished yet so we can get everyone across the finish line at Crossover!
YIS,
Bryan Weatherford
Pack 442 - Cubmaster
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