posted Aug 3, 2011 7:31 PM by Cub Scout Pack 27 St. Pius & St. Elizabeth
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updated Aug 3, 2011 7:44 PM
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Come join Pack 27
for our annual Overnight Camp at Camp Wakonda. This year, the camp is on August 27-28. Cub Scouts, adult partners, and families are all welcome. We also welcome any new families considering joining our Pack to attend as guests.
There is no fee to attend the camp and food will be provided (with cooking help from Troop 42). If you need equipment, Troop 42 can also help with that. If you can't make it overnight, you are welcome to join us for part of the day Saturday.
Registration froms, medical forms for scouts, and climbing registration forms are linked below. If you have filed medical forms for any other cub camps this summer, they are still valid and you won't need to fill it out again. The climbing registration form allows the boys to participate in bouldering wall / climbing tower activity
Please sign up by Tuesday, August 23.
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posted May 18, 2011 8:35 PM by Jim Retz
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updated May 18, 2011 8:38 PM
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- June 15th
– Pack Bike Ride (Rain date June 16th)
- June
18th – Kernel’s Overnight #1
- June
21st- 24th – Cub Scout Day Camp: Morgan Creek
Park
- June 25th
– 26th – Cub Scout Overnight #1
- July
7th- 9th – Webelos Resident Camp #1
- July 13th
– Pack Swim Party
- July
16th-17th - Cub Scout Overnight #2
- July 23-24th
– Cub Scout Overnight #3
- July
24th-26th – Webelos Resident Camp #2
- July
28th-30th – Bear Resident Camp
- July
28th -30th- Bear Resident Camp
- August
5th – Kernels Overnight #2
- August
27th – Pack 27 Overnight: Camp
Wakonda
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posted Apr 19, 2011 4:43 PM by Cub Scout Pack 27 St. Pius & St. Elizabeth
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updated Apr 19, 2011 4:49 PM
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When: Saturday, May 14
When: 10am to noon
Where: Sac & Fox Trail, Cottage Grove Parkway Trailhead
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posted Apr 1, 2011 6:55 PM by Jim Retz
Pinewood Derby Eligibility and Awards
Cub Scout Eligibility
Any Cub Scout in Pack 27, includes Tigers, Wolfs, Bears, and Webelos1.
Since the Arrow of Light ceremony, the Webelos2 den scouts are now Boy
Scouts and are not eligible as Cub Scouts.
Sibling Eligibility
Any brother or sister of a Pack 27 cub scout is eligible in this
category. This includes both younger and older, brothers and sisters.
Boy Scouts are eligible in this category.
Future Cub Scout Eligibility
Any boy interested in joining Cub Scouts. This used to be ‘Future
Tigers’. Most of the boys in this category will be current
kindergartners that will be Tiger Scouts next fall. But any boy that is
interested in joining scouting will participate in this category.
There is no ‘Open Division’.
Cub Scout Awards
The plan is that each Cub Scout will receive a Pinewood Derby Segment (small arc shaped patch).
There will be trophies for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place overall.
There will be medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd for each den (Tigers, Wolfs,
Bears, Webelos1). Winners of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd overall are not eligible
to also win a den medal.
There are 4 special trophies that Cub Scouts can win; a Scout can win at most one of these trophies.
Scout Choice Trophy – Cub Scouts will vote for their favorite.
Scout Spirit Trophy – Den Leaders and Committee Members decide on which car design best shows the spirit of Cub Scouting.
Most Unique Trophy - Den Leaders and Committee Members decide on which car design is the most unique.
Creative Construction Trophy – Den Leaders and Committee Members decide
on which car design is the most creative in construction.
Sibling Awards
There will be medals for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers.
Future Cub Scout Awards
Each Future Scout may receive a Pinewood Derby Segment (small arc shaped patch).
There will be medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd within the Future Scouts. |
posted Feb 20, 2011 8:17 AM by Jim Retz
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updated Mar 10, 2011 4:24 PM by Cub Scout Pack 27 St. Pius & St. Elizabeth
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There are many cub scout camping activities available this summer. Here's a summary of camping events. Links to the info and forms will be added as they become available:
More
details and application forms will be provided as they become
available. Melody Molina will be serving as registration coordinator.
Thanks Melody! We are asked to register for most camps as a pack, and
several camps have early registration deadlines in May to receive
discounted fees. We will target to collect filled out forms, medical
forms, copies of insurance cards (front and back), and checks at the
April (Pinewood Derby) pack meeting.
Medical Form - The
BSA Medical Form parts A&B and copies of insurance cards (front and back) are required for everyone attending camp,
including parents. These forms are valid for 1 year. Click
here for the medical form Parts A & B. Note: the medical form can be
downloaded, completed electronically, saved, and printed. |
posted Feb 20, 2011 8:14 AM by Jim Retz
Each car
must pass inspection by the official inspection committee before it will be
allowed to compete. The Inspection Committee has the responsibility to
disqualify those cars that do not meet these specifications.
Following
are the inspection points
- The car weight shall not exceed
5.0 ounces. The official race scale shall be considered final.
- The overall length of the car
shall not exceed 7 inches.
- The overall width of the car
shall not exceed 2 ¾ inches.
- The car must have 1 ¾”
clearance between the wheels.
- The car must have 3/8”
clearance underneath the body.
- The car can not exceed 3 inches
in height.
- The wood provided in the kit
must be used. The block may be shaped any way that is desired.
- ** Pack 27 rule: Additional
wood (of same species a.k.a pine) may be added as long as the car does
not exceed the maximum length, width, height and weight specifications as
defined by Pack 27.
- Details such as the steering
wheel, driver, decals, painting, and interior details are permissible as
long as these details do not exceed the maximum length, width, and weight
specifications as defined by Pack 27.
- The wheels supplied with the
kit must be used. The tread of the wheels may be sanded and smoothed to
remove seams and mold marks. The
wheels may not be beveled or rounded.
- The axles supplied with the kit
must be used. They may be polished and/or lubricated.
- Only dry lubricants such as
graphite or powdered Teflon "white lube" will be allowed for
lubricating the wheels. Lubricants may not foul the track.
- Only one lubrication is allowed
before the beginning of the first race.
- Wheel bearings, washers or
bushings are prohibited.
- The car must not ride on any
type of springs.
- The car must be freewheeling,
with no starting devices.
- No loose material of any kind,
such as lead shot, may be used.
- Construction of ALL entries
MUST have begun AFTER last year's races.
- Only one car may be registered
by any person in the Pinewood Derby.
- If a car leaves its lane, at its
sole discretion, the track chairman may inspect the track and, if a track
fault is found which probably caused the initial violation, the track
chairman may order the race to be rerun after the track is repaired.
- If, during a race, a car leaves
its lane and, in so doing, interferes with another racer, then the car at
fault shall be declared to have lost the race heat and the track chairman
may order the race to be rerun without the violating car.
** Pack 27
rule: are modifications from the official rules. Note: Only the top 3 Pinewood Derby cars
meeting the official Cub Scout specifications will be allowed to advance to the
District Pinewood Derby.
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posted Feb 6, 2011 7:48 PM by Jim Retz
Please join Pack 27 for a potluck dinner including authentic, Native
American dancing and musical entertainment provided by the Scout
Venturer Crew 1024.
This event is in honor all of our cub scouts, particularly our Webelos II Scouts who will be earning their Arrow of Light.
WHERE: St. Pius X Church Hall
WHEN: Sunday, February 20th at 5:00 p.m.
What to bring: Please bring a dish to share as follows:
Tigers and Wolves - chips
Bears - veggies or fruit
Webelos 1 - desserts
Webelos 2 - salads
Table settings, meat, cake and lemonade will be provided by Pack 27.
RSVP: by Friday, February 11th, 2011
We look forward to seeing you there. |
posted Jan 27, 2011 7:48 PM by Jim Retz
Pack 27 will be having a Scout Sunday service at the 5pm mass on
Saturday, February 5 at St Elizabeth Ann Seton church. We hope all
Catholics will do their best to attend. Boys Scouts from Troop 42 will
be participating, and the service is also welcome to boys from any other
packs or troops who might want to attend.
This is a great chance for scouting to be seen in our religious
community, and is a chance for us to thank St. Elizabeth's for
chartering our pack. And of course we will be showing a scout is
reverent.
Wear your full uniform and arrive by 4:45 to help greet
and hand out books before mass. There will be a short ceremony during
the service to recognize Scouts that have earned their Catholic
religious medals this year. After mass, the boys will help host the
hospitality in the church hall (cookies and drinks).
For any non-Catholic families in the pack, you can honor the Scout
Sunday program too. A formal program is not required; you could honor
Scout Sunday by attending church that weekend in uniform. |
posted Oct 30, 2010 6:50 PM by Cub Scout Pack 27 St. Pius & St. Elizabeth
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updated Oct 30, 2010 7:01 PM
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Pack 27 will be having an egg drop at our November pack meeting
(November 15 @ 7 pm).
Cubs should prepare an egg protection device ahead of time and
bring it to the pack meeting. Eggs will be given out at the pack meeting. Cubs
will add the egg into their design and we will drop them from a ladder (around
10-15 feet high, depending on our ladders). After the drop, pack
officials will check if the egg successfully survived the drop.
EGG DROP RULES:
- Cub Scouts and siblings can participate
- Eggs will be provided by the pack on the night of the egg drop.
- Dropping a live chicken is NOT permitted! You must make your own container.
- All material for container and inside padding to be supplied by Cub Scout. Suggestions include jello, cooked pasta, popcorn, crushed newspapers, plastic or styrofoam peanuts-use your imagination.
- The largest container size allowed is 6" x 6" x 6".
- Each package must be clearly marked with the owner's name.
- All boxes will be inspected before the drop-to make sure the box is secure and ready for drop.
- Drop will be conducted by the Egg Drop staff.
- Boxes will be opened after drop to check if egg survived the drop or if it is ready for the frying pan!
- Decision of the egg drop judges is final.
Contests for the Egg Drop event:
Prizes will be awarded for the following contestants
- Smallest device -- This award will be given to the smallest device that successfully completes the Egg Drop.
- Scouting Spirit -- This award will be given to the device that shows the best Scouting Spirit. This design does NOT need to successfully complete the Egg Drop.
- Best Design -- This award will be given to the device with the most unique/original design that successfully completes the Egg Drop.
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posted Oct 7, 2010 9:04 PM by Cub Scout Pack 27 St. Pius & St. Elizabeth
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updated Oct 7, 2010 9:26 PM
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The Hawkeye Area Council will be offering a workshop for Cub Scout Catholic Religious awards on Saturday, November 6 at St. Elizabeth parish center. The Light of Christ is for Cub Scouts in 1st and 2nd grade (Tigers or Bears), while Parvuli Dei is for third, fourth, and fifth graders (Wolves and Webelos). Boys that complete the requirements have the option to attend an archbishop's mass in mid-January in Dubuque where the medals will be blessed and presented to the boys. Our pack will also have a local ceremony in the February time-frame. The registration form is linked below. Boys and their adult partners can sign up through the Scout shop and there is a workbook that should be completed before attending the workshop. The workbook takes some time to complete, so best to get it ahead of time and work on it gradually. The cost is $3/scout plus the price of the workbook (the pack will pay for the religious medals). Registration Form LinkFor pack members that are not Catholic, Scouts offers many religious medals for various faiths. Please contact Cubmaster Retz or other leaders if you would like more information about Cub Scout religious medals. |
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