Happy Summer! I hope you are enjoying your summer and that your pace of life has slowed, even if just a little. We have a few fun activities coming up with our pack, and we hope you’ll join us.
In this issue:
- Pool Party – Sunday, July 30, 7-8:30
- Rocket Launch – Rescheduled – Sunday, August 6, 4-7pm
- Pack Leadership – We need a treasurer!
- Save the date – first pack meeting September 20
- Residence Camp
- Summer Outing – Swimming at Peter Kirk Pool
Sunday, July 30, 7-8:30 pm
Grasslawn Dome Picnic Shelter
We have rented the entire pool – this will be a blast! No RSVP is needed, but please bring $5 per person in cash (or send Zelle to pack428treasurer@gmail.com and put “pool” in the memo line).
2. Rocket Launch – Rescheduled
Sunday, August 6, 4:00-7:00pm, 60 Acres Park North
Don’t miss the always popular Annual Pack Rocket Launch!!! Bring a picnic dinner for your family and maybe some chairs or a blanket. We could use some help setting up this event starting at 3pm. Please email me if you can help.
About the event:
Because of the dangers inherent with young children and flying rockets – rockets are launched in a controlled – but still very fun – environment. After scouts load the rockets with engines and fuses, they will take them to the launching area and hand them off to an adult who will set the rockets on their launch base. The scouts will then stand a safe distance away at their rocket’s launch station. After the countdown, each scout presses their launch button and watches their rocket fly high in the air. Next, the scouts are released into the field to retrieve their rocket (tip: have your scout decorate their rocket and put their name on it – it helps when recovering the rocket from the field). Due to safety and liability issues, rockets can only be launched from the designated launch area under the supervision of The Rocket Launch Coordinators and their designated volunteers. No one attending our Pack Outing will be allowed to launch rockets outside of the designated launch area.
Please bring your rockets assembled and ready. Our Rocket Launch Coordinators (i.e. parent volunteers – please help!), will be organizing volunteers on-site for loading rockets, launching and light repair. We will keep launching until the scouts in attendance have used up the engines – if all goes as planned, each scout will be able to launch their rocket 3 times.
Extra Things to Consider
- The rockets fly high, and wind conditions can vary dramatically. Each scout will have the opportunity to launch their rocket as many as three times, but please prepare your scout for the possibility that their rocket may get carried away by the wind and may not be recovered if it falls way beyond the fields or lands in dense brush surrounding the fields.
- Please know that the rockets take about 30 minutes to build and require additional time for the glue to dry thoroughly. If you didn’t build your rocket at the Pack Meeting, make sure to pick up your rocket from your den leader and give yourself plenty of time for fun, stress-free building.
- The kids should wear sturdy shoes that can get muddy. They will be running around the field collecting their rockets after they are launched. It can also get fairly windy and chilly on the field in the evening, so bring some extra layers of warmth for yourselves and the kids.
Directions to Sixty Acres Park
Sixty Acres Park is located on NE 116th Street between Willows Road and 154th Pl NE, Redmond WA 98052. From Redmond Way, turn north onto Willows Road, then turn right (east) onto NE 116th Street.
What if it rains??
**Rockets cannot fly in the rain or in high wind, therefore, if we must reschedule this event due to bad weather you will hear from us by email by 3pm on Sunday. We will wait till the last minute possible to call it off as you never know what the weather will do here in the Pacific Northwest. Please be patient and wait to hear from us. If you cannot access your email, please call your den leaders for clarification.
3. Pack Leadership for next year – we need you!
Many hands make light work, and yours are needed to support our great pack. The good news is you will not be alone. We have an experienced leadership team already who will be there to work with you and train you in your position. If your spouse is the one usually “hands on” with Cub Scouts, the Treasurer or Communications Chair are good positions for people who don’t regularly attend pack meetings. You can still help behind the scenes! Please contact Miriam if interested in any of these positions.
*Treasurer
This is our most urgent need. Collect and deposit checks and cash, collect dues, write checks, give reimbursements, review monthly bank statements, prepare annual budget in conjunction with pack leadership.
Many thanks to Steve Donahue who has been serving in this position that past several years!
Communications Chair
This person creates the monthly newsletter, maintains the website and sends emails as needed. Training and templates are available for all of these things.
Many thanks to Neeta Dhariwal who served in this position this past year!
Assistant Cubmaster
This job is that of an on-call volunteer to fill in when the Cubmaster is unavailable. If the Cubmaster is not available for a Pack event or outing, this person would be available to do the Cubmaster role. Specifically, the assistant cubmaster will be up to date on BSA training (Youth Protection), maintain relationships with parents and guardians and seek their support in leading activities, attend monthly leadership meetings. This is not a huge commitment, and more than one person could volunteer.
4. First Pack Meeting of the New School Year
Save the date! September 20th, 6:30pm at Ben Rush.
5. Cub Scout Residence Camp
Thursday, August 10-Sunday, August 13
Camp Edwards, Snohomish, WA
Although the deadline has passed to register with our pack, you may still be able to register for camp individually. If there is still space available, they will make an effort to have you camp with our group. Cub Resident Camp at Camp Edward – Chief Seattle Council (seattlebsa.org).
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