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Pack 936 Program Highlights
Some of the best things about Cub Scouting are the activities you get to do: camping, hiking, racing model cars, going on field trips, or doing projects that help our hometown of Abingdon and the people who live here. Cub Scouting means "doing”. Pack 936 plans a very busy calendar year. Although we don't expect every boy to attend every function, we encourage him to be as active as he (and his parents') wants to be. Pack outings and special events will be led by two or more leaders and parent volunteers. Our goal is two have one major Pack function and one minor pack function each month, along with your normal weekly Den meetings.
Cub Scout Camping
Camping takes you on exciting adventures into the natural world. You'll learn to live with others in the out-of-doors. You'll learn to be a good citizen of the outdoors. Camping is fun, and it's good for your mind, body, and spirit. It helps you learn to rely on yourself—on your own skills and knowledge. When you go camping as a Cub Scout, you get skills you will learn and use more, later, as a Boy Scout. Cub Scout camping has day camps, resident camps, Webelos den overnight campouts, family camps, and pack overnighters.
Cub Scout Day Camp
Pack 936 is an active participant in the annual Harford District Day Camp program. The day camp last five days (Monday through Friday) and is held usually the third week in June. It's for Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts. The Harford District day Camp is held during the day or early evening. Campers do not stay overnight. The program includes a campfire program, skits and songs, special events, knots, craft projects, nature activities, archery range , a BB-Gun Range, fishing and more.
Resident Camps (Summer Camp)
Pack 936 attends Cub Scout Resident Camp (Summer camp) each year, usually the third week in July. The camp runs for four days (3 nights) and every year, the resident camp has a different theme and different adventures. Examples of themes are Sea Adventure, Space Adventure, Athletes, Knights, Circus Big Top, American Indian Heritage, Folklore, and the World Around Us. The camp (Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation) is located locally in Harford county (25 minute drive from downtown Bel Air) and offers a truly wonderful experience for your son.
Pack Family Camping
As if the summer camping programs were not enough, families are encouraged to go camping together as well. Pack 936 holds two week-end family camps each year usually in May and September. These camp-outs are designed to be attended by your whole family and it provides the opportunity to get outdoors together, to have a good time, and to discover new facets about everyone. Family camping is purely optional but it is highly encouraged. It’s a great time together as a family and as a collection of families that make up our Cub Scout Pack.
Webelos Den Overnight Campouts
Webelos dens go on overnight campouts. Each Webelos Scout camps with his parent or guardian. The campers learn the basics of Boy Scout camping, under the direction of the Webelos den leader. Sometimes, leaders from a Boy Scout troop may join you. Webelos dens also have joint overnight campouts with a Boy Scout troop. Each Webelos Scout has a parent or guardian with him on these joint campouts, too.
Council-Organized Camps
Family camps are overnight camps for more than one Cub Scout pack. You may hear these events called Camporee or "parent-pal weekends" or "adventure weekends." Each Cub Scout and Webelos Scout camps with a parent or guardian.
Outings and Field Trips
Cub Scouts have many kinds of outdoor fun, such as field trips, hikes, nature and conservation activities, and outdoor games.
Blue and Gold Banquet
Pack 936 and Cub Scout Packs all over the USA celebrate Scouting's birthday each February by hosting a Blue & Gold Banquet. Our banquet is held on a Saturday afternoon in February and is held at the Richlin Ballroom (www.richlincatering.com). The Pack provides the program and the boys make the decorations. See the Calendar for this special date, make plans to attend and please bring the whole family. In most all packs, the blue and gold banquet is the highlight of the year. It brings families together for an afternoon of fun and cheer. It's is held instead of the pack meeting for February. The purpose of the blue and gold banquet is to celebrate our pack's anniver sary, thank the pack leaders and other adults who have helped the pack, and inspire the leaders, Scouts, and parents. The Packs often invites former members and other Scouting or community leaders to take part in our blue and gold banquet. The program includes songs, skits, stunts, and awards and a video slide show of the past year’s events.
Cub Scout Derbies
Race a model car, sailboat, or miniature rocket in a Cub Scout derby—the pinewood derby, raingutter regatta, or space derby. Racing in a Cub Scout derby is great fun. You'll get to design your racing vehicle, work with a parent to build it, and see it perform on race day. Win or lose, you'll take pride in having done your best. When you race in a Cub Scout derby, you learn craft skills, the rules of fair play, and good sportsmanship—things you will remember all your life.
Types of Derbies
The main types of derbies are the pinewood derby, raingutter regatta, space derby, and Cubmobile derby. Kits and supplies for the pinewood derby, raingutter regatta, and space derby are supplied by the Pack.
Pinewood Derby 
The pinewood derby is one of the most popular and successful family activities in Cub Scouting. Pinewood derby cars are small wooden models that Cub Scouts make with help from their families. Then they race the cars in competition. The cars are powered by gravity and run down a track. Most packs have a pinewood derby every year. It can be run indoors or outdoors. Every boy can design and build his own "grand prix" car to enter in the race. Need help finding a cool design for your pinewood derby car? The interactive web based Pinewood Derby Car Designer will help you pick a design and print out templates for building it. Point your web browser to: (http://www.scouting.org/nav/enter.jsp?s=cy)
Raingutter Regatta
In the raingutter regatta, boats race down a narrow channel. The boats are wind-powered by each boy who blows on the sail to power it down the channel.
Space Derby
Another popular family-son project is the space derby. It's like the pinewood derby except the models are miniature rockets. The rockets "fly" along a heavy line that hangs in the air. They're driven by propellers powered by rubber bands.
Cubmobile Derby
Each den works together to build a "Cubmobile," a pint-sized racing vehicle. Each den has one racer, and each Cub Scout in the den races in the car once. Usually, a ramp helps start the cars, and they roll downhill to the finish line. The race is held on a smooth street that slopes downhill.
Competition and Prizes
Each family that competes in a Cub Scout derby follows a set of simple, easy rules. The winners get prizes, and every boy is recognized for taking part. Always remember that in Cub Scouting, it's more important to "Do Your Best" than to come in first. The big thing about a derby isn't the competition or the prizes. It's the fun you and your family will have.You can find more about derbies in the Cub Scout Grand Prix Pinewood Derby Guidebook.
Service Projects
Doing service projects together is one way that Cub Scouts keep their promise "to help other people." While a Scout should do his best to help other people every day, a group service project is a bigger way to help people. While you're giving service, you're learning to work together with others to do something that's good for your community. Pack 936 has a strong history of performing service projects in and around our community. Here are some service project and activities that Pack 936 has performed:
Picking up litter in and around our neighborhood.
Make 4th of July cards for our Troops abroad.
Clean up trash by a stream.
Planting seedlings and sea grasses
Recycle glass, paper, aluminum, or plastic.
Make bird feeders.
Give a flag ceremony for a school.
Collect food for food banks.
Clean up a church parking lot.
Shovel snow or rake leaves for seniors.
Helping our chartered organization by performing cleanup projects.
Scouting for Food
Each year (usually in February), our boys will help local food banks by distributing empty bags to the local community. A week after bag distribution the boys collect the bags containing donated food items and deliver it to a local food pantry.
Special Programs
The Pack plans a variety of other special programs that assist the boys in advancing and provide an opportunity for a good time. These events range from hikes, tours, camping, pinewood derby races to service projects. As mentioned before, parents and other family members are always invited to attend.
Council and District Activities
Several events are scheduled by the local Boy Scouts of America (BSA) council (Baltimore Area Council) and our District (Harford District). Pack 936 participates in almost all of the Council and District sponsored events. These events range from the week long Day Camp, Cub Scout Summer Camp, Special events and Cub Scout Day at the local sporting venues, such as the Orioles, Ironbirds, and Baltimore Blast. Some of these events are held at the Council's BroadCreek Memorial Scout Reservation (located right here in Harford County) More information and registration forms will be sent to you as they become available.
Summer Activities
Pack 936 does not close down during the summer. Special activities and weekly meetings are planned and boys are encouraged to remain active. Pack Graduation, Marching in the 4th of July parade (This year Cub Scout Pack 936 placed 1st place in the youth judging category), camp fires, summer Camp, movie nights, picnics, swimming, outdoor games and other activities are held over the summer months. Pack 936 makes every effort to send boys to the Council sponsored Cub Scout and Webelos Resident Camps held at Broadcreek Memorial Scout Reservation in June and July.. Extra parent involvement is needed.
Created on 03/04/2008 08:55 PM by pack936
Updated on 03/13/2008 05:47 PM by pack936
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