100 Years Blue and Gold Banquet

Den 4

On Friday night, Pack 209 celbrated 100 years of scouting in America at their annual Blue and Gold Banquet. Since this was such a special year, all the den's were excited about the event. Each den participated in annual Table decoration competition where, we had special awards this year associated with the 100 year anniversary. Our den received the award for the Best Scouting Theme. The boys were very proud to received a ribbon for their hard work. The prize ribbon can be placed on our den's flag and will be carried over year after year until the boys move on to Boy Scouts. In addition to the table decorations, individual boys and parents competed in a cake decoration competition. Many of them celebrating the 100 years of scouting theme. After dinner each boy received awards for their activities and accomplishments over the last 3 months. All of our boys received patches for the Pinewood Derby and Raingutter Regatta. Many also received belt loops for Citizenship, Computers and Map & Compass. We had a few boys who worked towards some sport belt loops as well. For those who are involved with organized sports, be sure to check with your den leaders on how you can work towards belt loops while participating with your team. After the awards, we were entertained by a yoyo man who amazed the families with his talents. Unfortunately, two of our scouts were unable to make the event due to illness. We hope Caleb and Marty are feeling better.

Photo Album

Blue and Gold Decorations

Over the last two weeks we have been working on our Blue and Gold table decorations. The boys have enjoyed the "craft" time. Specail thanks to those, including my parents, who came out this week to helpout. We have a few more steps to completed but, we are in good shape to finish by next week. Below is a sample of some finished designs.

Team Work

This week we learned about keeping our Environment clean as we began to work through Achievement 7. We also continued to work on Achievement 5, working with tools. Between lessons we participated in a Team building exercise where we have had to try to help each other unwind our human knot. We struggled and first but, were able to get unwound. After our first success we completed the task again without talking. That was more of a challenge; however, the boys came through.

Pinewood Derby 2010

2010 Wolves from Ft. Meig's and Frank Elementary

This weekend the boys participated in Pack 209's 2010 Pinwood Derby. I was amazed at how
well the boys did this year. The races were very close, only an average 0.11 seconds per race sperated the top 12 wolf racers. The boys also behaved wonderfully. Many of the adult leaders commented on the dramatic change over last year. We had two winners in Den 4: Matthew won 3rd place with a combined time of 23.046 seconds over the 7 races (avg. 3.29), Marty won the Cubby Award in his first pinewood derby. The top 3 spots in Den 4 went to: Matthew, Caleb (3.32), Drake & Kenton tied (3.33). Very close!. Below you can watch one of the close races between the boys from Den 4. (Nicholas- Lane 2, Matthew-3 Kenton-4). Besure to check out more the photo album for more photos and videos from the derby.

Pinewood Derby Photo Album & Videos

Special thanks to all the leaders and parents who made the pinewood derby a huge success this year. We are truely bless to have dedicated parents who invest so much time and energy for our boys.

December Pack Meeting

In December we had our pack meeting at Frank Elementry for the 2nd year in a row. During the meeting the top 3 popcorn sellers took turns smashing cream pies in the Scout Master's face. This was the 2nd year that Caleb had the honors to start the event. We also had a vistor from the North who met with each of the boys to see whether they've been naughty or nice. Finally there was a competition between the dens to build card houses. Den 4, with the help of Mr. Purvis, built a respectfull 3 1/2 story structure.