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Weston Cub Scout Pack 75
(Boys in Grades 1-5)
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Weston Boy Scout Troop 788
(Boys in Grades 6-12)
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Cub Scouts are each a member of the Pack and of a smaller unit ("Den") made up of boys in the same  grade, which meets a couple of times a month with a parent volunteer den leader. All dens meet together at the monthly Pack meeting.
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Weston’s only BSA troop, Troop 788, has been an active member of the community in Weston CT since 1943. The Troop meets weekly Monday evenings 7:00-8:30 PM at the parish hall of Norfield Congregational Church, in Weston. There is generally at least one outdoor event each month, for example; white water rafting, snow skiing, bike riding, hiking, rock wall climbing, camping; and various community service projects. Troop 788 attends BSA’s Camp Sequassen July 6-12, 2008 as a troop, with other weeks open for independent provisional campers.
Check out Weston Troop 788's own Boy Scout designed and maintained website at:
www.WestonTroop788.com
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Pack 75 and Troop 788 are both members of the Connecticut Yankee Council (Pomperaug District): www.CTYankee.org
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posted 05/11/2010 PACK 75 MEMBERS-- Now is the time to re-register for Weston Cub Scout Pack 75. Please register now (beginning 5/15/2010) for the 2010-2011 year. Returning cub scouts have until June 30, 2010 to register online, make payment, and reserve their space in their current den. After June 30, there will be a $25 late fee for returning cubs who register late, and no guarantee of den spots. Click here to re-register online.
The 2010-2011 Pack Calendar (click) is already loaded on the Web's Event Calendar so please update your family calendars!
REGISTERING NEW BOYS INTO THE PACK-- Registration for 2010-2011 will open May 15, 2010 and close mid-September so we can finalize the dens and get on with the year and fun stuff! Spring registrants are qualified for attending Boy Scouts of America day camp and residence camp with the Pack in August. Actual den placements will be finalized after "Scout Night" in September. A "den" is a group of 6-8 same-grade boys and is the heart of the scouting experience generally meeting (or field tripping) 2-3 times a month.
The sooner you register, the sooner we can work to pool boys together for dens. The status on existing dens for boys grades 2-5 won't be available until the fall.
All TIGERS (first grade in fall 2010) will receive a free ticket ($16 value) to Scout Night at the Bluefish (game and overnight on the outfield!) scheduled for 9/11/2010.
Questions: T. Roberts
 
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posted 05/11/2010 Saddle Up Cowboy! BBQ, Games, Campfires and Camping-- this is "real" cub scouting!
Pack 75's last pack meeting of the year is our special Picnic & Campfire Pack Meeting at Camp Hoyt in Redding-- just up the road 20 minutes. We know how hectic May and June are! We've all been at the recitals and concerts, out there on the baseball, lacross and soccer fields-- we know what your're going through! So take care of business and come escape to Camp Hoyt for our Cub Scout Round Up! It's great FAMILY FUN! It's close by, come-as-you-are, and the catered food from Stews takes a lot of the work out of it. All of the kids in the family love to participate in the games (begin at 4:30) and the parents laugh and have just as much fun watching them.
Participation and fun are all that we're after. Our theme is "Cub Scout Round Up" and we'll be hosting prospective pack families for the games and BBQ portion of our outing. Obviously we'll have to accessorize with some western party favors. Dinner will start at 6:00, and the Campfire around 8:00 followed by s'mores. Cowboys off to the bunkhouse for shut-eye and lights out at 10:00. Camping overnight is optional (last year was a record-- over 30 tents!) Every cub who attends receives the custom patch and 2010 rocker (unless all you need is the rocker.) The picture on the patch looks "just like" Camp Hoyt at night!
-- Come for just the games, picnic and campfire with s'mores! ----
-- Or! Bring your tent, camp overnight, and enjoy french toast & sausage in the morning! ---
Every den has a role for our last event of the year. Check with your den leader for what you can do. You are a guest, but also helping to "make the pack go" by doing your share for the scheduled pack meeting. If anyone is available to either a) help deliver the grills to Hoyt Fri night 6:00pm, or b) help unload the Stew's truck at 1:00 and take up some of the pack equipment like coolers-- let me know (
). Can come from any den. It's all fun....really. Bonding times!
Tiger #5 (Welsch-Lehmann)-- clean-up after dinner
Wolf #4 (McGuire)-- run Games
Bear #1 (Zych) & #6 (Gulino) set up the food for serving, cut the steak etc. (Grill guys will just "materialize" as they always do.)
Bear #6 (Iacoponi) and Hawks (Phillips)-- Campfire Set-up
Registration is NOW-- Saturday May 15, 2010 - Monday June 7, 2009.
-->Click Here for the Full Event Flyer wit ALL INFORMATION
-->Click Here to Register
(Cub Scout camping is what we call "trunk camping"-- pull the tent out of the car trunk (along with air mattress & comfy pillows!) The entire family can stay, or just the cub and a parent-- personal choice! We don't try to "tough it" when it comes to sleeping out because we want nothing but great memories. Camp Hoyt is great for first time campers (it was my first!))
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posted 01/28/2010 SKI BUTTERNUT
SCOUT DISCOUNT
Valid Saturday, Sunday & Holiday Weekdays*
except MLK & President’s Day Weekends
$35 LIFT TICKETS (save up to $20)
$25 RENTALS (save up to $10)
$15 LESSONS (save $20)
TO RECEIVE DISCOUNT:
1. DONE (by K. Spencer 1/28/2010, confirmed by Sales Manager David P. Ryel):
The Troop Leader Must Pre-Register the Scout Troop to Qualify for the Discount!
Email the Troop #, the Troop Leader’s Name, Address, and phone number to
at least one week prior to any Scouts arrival.
2. Scouts Must Provide the Troop # and Troop Leader’s Name at the Group Booth.
Scouts must arrive at the Group Booth before 12:00 Noon and provide the Troop number and Troop Leader’s name to receive discount. Rates apply to Scouts and immediate family members aged 7+. Children age 6 & under will receive $15 lift tickets (save $5) & $15 Rentals. (“Weston Cub Scout Pack 75, Kay Spencer”)
3. Pay by Cash or Credit Card – No personal checks please! No personal checks please!
Discount valid for 2009-2010 ski season and may not be combined with any other discount.
NOT VALID
MLK Holiday Weekend (1/16 - 1/18/2010)
President’s Holiday Weekend (2/13 – 2/15/10)
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posted 01/26/2010 NOW is the Time to Make SUMMER CAMP Plans
(Emailed Pack-wide 1/26/2010)
2 types of Summer Camp: Day Camp, or Resident Camp, or can do Both.
See "SUMMER CAMP" at Pack 75's Website
CUB SCOUT RESIDENT CAMP
While it is “real” camping overnight, Cub Scout Resident Camp fits right in with Dad’s (or Mom’s!) schedule. It is 4 full days & 3 nights scheduled over a long weekend (Thur-Sun) in August. Standard tents on wood raised platforms with established support facililities (including hot showers) at Camp Sequassen keep everything quite civilized. We have an experienced core crew looking for new campers and are targeting August 12-15, 2010.
ASKING 100% of the Pack to complete the Interest Survey by clicking here, just to indicate the level of interest in Resident Camp: "Interested," "Maybe," or "Not Interested." There's no commitment. You can also change your mind later. Looking for indicators before we reserve the campsite on 2/4.
Each cub and adult partnership costs as little as $270 (2 people, 4 days each) with discounts available for siblings, and additional adults. Some of the BEST PARENT/CUB MEMORIES are MADE AT CUB CAMP!
Check out details for 2010 Day Camp at our website, or go to CT Yankee Council's site for Cub Resident Camp.
CUB SCOUT DAY CAMP
Cub Scout Day camp is always a great value! (In 2009, the week fee was $160 with a second week only $100.) Scout sibling discounts are offered too. Pack 75 has usually had a group of 10 or so attend the week at Camp Hoyt. If you’re looking for a reference, you can contact
or
, or C. Edwards-- leaders who’s boys have gone in the past. There are special discount rates for volunteers too. (Day Camp is for cub scouts and does not require an Adult Partner.) The week in Redding at Camp Hoyt is August 2-6 this year.
Check out details for 2010 Day Camp at our website, or go to CT Yankee Council's site for Cub Day Camp.
CAMPERSHIPS are available for both DAY CAMP and RESIDENT CAMP.
Click on our SUMMER CAMP page for more information on all of the camps and Camperships.
Don’t forget: CLICK HERE FOR THE INTEREST SURVEY (by 2/3/09!)
(NOT a commitment. NOT a registration.)
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posted 01/03/2010 Happy New Year to all Pack 75! I've enjoyed my break, and hope you've been able to unplug these past couple of weeks as well. (I have refused to hit you all with email over "our" vacation!)
#1 THANK YOU to ALL Pack 75 Families who attended December's Pack Meeting 12/12/09. Around 25 families also brought cakes which were auctioned and raffled off. 100% of the funds raised, or $869, was donated to the Weston Warm-Up Fund. Thanks also to the managing den, the Vikings (Betsy Klein), and to our auctioneer Chris Aguas.
#2 The Pack's 2009-2010 Calendar has been on the Pack's website homepage since September at htttp://www.WestonPack75.org. As a reminder only:
This month, January, there is no Pack meeting for 2 reasons. Most will be wanting to attend Camp Jewell 1/22-24. (Registration and payment form coming out separately- due 1/15.) Boys will also be working on their Pinewood Derby Cars on at least one other weekend if they chose to attend a workshop at Larry L's (schedule coming out this week of 1/4.)
Next month, February, Pinewood Derby check-in is Friday night 2/5 followed by Saturday 2/6 Race Day. There is no other February Pack event scheduled because of the winter recess. Boys will be busy either at home or in their dens completing the requirements to earn their rank badges which are awarded Sunday, March 14 at the Blue & Gold Banquet. (All requirements for rank advancement should be completed and reported to your den leader by 3/1.)
Cubbing usually slows down after the Blue & Gold Banquet in March. Some dens may altar their meeting frequency. In April, there is another school break and the Pack's monthly event is participation in Green Up Day (probably 4/24.) Usually dens meet at a convenient time for it's den members and clean-up a designated location in Weston for about an hour. May 31, the Pack marches in the town's Memorial Day Parade. We end the year with a bang Saturday June 12 with our annual picnic and campfire pack meeting up at Camp Hoyt in Redding.
Yes-- over the summer, there is Cub Scout Day Camp. Council sends information on this directly to all cub scouts and registration is directly with them. It's a great camp at a great rate.
Yes-- there is Cub Scout Resident Camp (4 days & 3 nights with a parent over a long weekend- usually in August) at Camp Sequassen and Pack 75 will be trying to get commitments from membership throughout February so that we can once again have our own Pack 75 campsite (Camp Royalwood). Information will be sent out.
#3 Senior Webelos-- ALL 5th graders can cross over into a boy scout Troop at our Blue & Gold Banquet. Cross-over is independent of any awards. I personally encourage all boys to cross over and try Boy Scouting, at least through Summer Camp (July 4-July 11 for Troop 788.) Right now, the boys are "ready" to advance beyond cubbing, to advance to a different type of program-- my own son is "ready" for something different. The game changes and an assessment of future participation in scouting should be based on true "boy scouting" experience (not cub scouting.) Boys crossing over to Weston's Troop 788 will be meeting on Monday nights for the rest of the school year beginning 3/15, 7:00-8:30pm at Norfield Parish Hall. (Troop 788 will be meeting with all SW parents and Webelos on PWD race day, and the boys will be invited to attend a Troop 788 meeting in February as well so that you can interface directly with Troop leadership.)
#4 Leadership. Pack Chair R. Phillips has already send out the agenda for the first Pack Committee and Pack Adult Leader Meeting this year (joint) (Wed. 1/6, Library, 7:30pm). We'll be setting details for Pinewood Derby and pricing for Blue & Gold etc. New leaders and officers should be transitioning in over the next 2 months.
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Fri, Sep 10, 2010
Fri, Sep 10, 2010 to Sun, Sep 12, 2010
Sat, Sep 11, 2010
Sat, Sep 11, 2010
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Scouts in Action
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CUB SCOUTING IS ABOUT
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FUN with PURPOSE!
DISCOVERY
New skills, talents, interests, abilities.
Self and role relationships.
The World & Environment.
DOING
Games, sports, crafts, hikes, tours.
Drama, singing, public speaking.
Creating, designing, building.
Civic duty, philanthrophy.
DEVELOPMENT
Peer, Family & Community Relationships.
Confidence, assurance, esteem.
Conscience-- personal & civic.
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Cub Scout Promise
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I (name), promise to do my best
To do my duty to God and my country,
To help other people, and
To obey the Law of the Pack
THE LAW OF THE PACK
The Cub Scout follows Akela.
The Cub Scout helps the pack go.
The pack helps the Cub Scout grow.
The Cub Scout gives goodwill.
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