Cub Scout Pack 262

Updated 9/2/10

Troop 260 has extended an invitation to all Webelos for our annual Boy Scout/Webelo Campout.

The campout is going to be October 2-3.  All Webelos are invited to attend.  We will spend the night at Golden Gate State Park just west of Golden, CO. The cost is $10 per scout, leader or parent.  We will meet and go up as a group early Saturday afternoon.  Boys who are in sports are invited to join as after their sports are concluded on 10/2.  More information will follow. (this campout also completes a requirement for Arrow of Light)

More info on the park can be found at: http://parks.state.co.us/Parks/GoldenGateCanyon/GroupFacilities/RiflemanPhillipsGroupCampingArea/Pages/GoldenGateCanyonRiflemanPhillipsGroupCampground.aspx

In preparation of the campout all webelos are invited to join Troop 260 for a scout meeting (required for Arrow of Light) on September 14th.  At that meeting their newest Eagle Scout Preston Rich will present his “How and what to pack for camping” presentation.  Refreshments will also be served.  Troop 260 meets at New Hope Presbyterian Church, at the corner of Meadows Parkway and Prarie Hawk Drive.  (Near the theater).  The meeting starts at 7 pm and concludes at 8:30.

Troop 260 would also like to extend to the Webelo II’s and any interested parents, an invitation to join them for Hunter Safety class, which is being presented by the Colorado Dept of Wildlife.  The class will be on Saturday 9/25 9-3pm and Sunday 9/26 12-6 pm.  The cost is $10. Anyone interested should contact Asst. Scoutmaster Michael Stowell at: michael.stowell@us.army.mil by Sept 4th.

If you want more information on any of these events, feel free to contact Pat Jones the scoutmaster at: Scoutmaster@castlerocktroop260.org

Due to the overwhelming interest in Cub Scouts and to avoid the over-population of mosquitoes that have infested the park, we are relocating our program to Rock Ridge Elementary School.

We will be having our annual Kickoff Campfire program on Wednesday, September 1st Rock Ridge Elementary School.  Scout Signup and presentation will take place in the cafeteria at 6:30 and the campfire program will take place in the gym at 7:30.

Thank you all and welcome to Pack 262.

Randy Marlette

Cubmaster, Pack 262

We need as many volunteers as possible to support the annual Founder’s Village picnic on Saturday, July 24th.  We need parents and Scouts to help set up starting at 9am, cooks, food servers, game operators, and cleanup.  Lunch will be served from noon to 2pm.

This is part of our HOA community service allowing the Pack to meet at the Ridge House without having to pay rent.  Please let myself or Steve Miller know how many people you can provide to assist.

Thank you.

Randy Marlette

Cubmaster@lawofthepack.com

Our next outing will be a family bike ride that will start in the Founders Park Parking lot. This is an easy ride of about 8 miles round trip and will be a nice leasure ride through the greenbelts. A map and description of the ride can be found at www.mapmyride.com/route/detail/18194970 and is called Pikes Peak Way. We will meet at the far end of the parking lot so when you first turn into the parking lot turn right, away from the pavillion, and go all the way to the end near the tunnel. We will start the ride at 6:35pm.  Please make sure that you dress accordingly, bring water, and everyone must wear a helmet.

Quarry Mesa Open Space

Here is a link for the information on our 1st hike.  We will kick it off at 6:35pm from the parking lot at Rhyolite Regional Park.

On behalf of the leadership of Pack 262 I would like to thank everyone for a successful 2009/2010 season of Scouting.  I would also like to thank everyone that helped out with all of the activity of the Crossover BBQ especially John, Scott, and Ren for being excellent cooks, those of you that helped and to everyone else for your patience.

I am looking forward to an enjoyable Scouting summer of events.  Please continue to look for updates on the web site as well as emails of upcoming events.

Thank you all.

Randy Marlette

Cubmaster, Pack 262

This is a reminder to everyone about our season ending BBQ & Crossover. For everyone that is new to our pack, we will be crossing all scouts over to the next rank.  It is a fun and exciting time for all of the scouts.

*******THIS IS AN EVENT FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY*****

This final meeting will start at 6:00pm with the BBQ at Founders Park pavillion as long as the weather is good.  If it is raining, we will have it at the Ridge House.  Planning on good weather, please bring your own chairs for everyone in your family.  Hotdogs, burgers, and drinks will be provided.

Tigers and Wolves, please bring either a side dish or a salad.

Bears and Webelos, please bring a desert.

We will then have the crossover and entertainment on the Basketball court next to the pavillion.

If you have any friends or neighbors that are interested in Cub Scouts, please invite them to come along with you.

Thank you all for a great year.

Randy Marlette
Cubmaster, Pack 262

There is still space available for Session 6 – June 27th – 29th and for Session 12 – July 18th – 20th. When you sign up, print a copy of your receipt, fill out the expense reimbursement form, and bring both items with you to a den meeting or pack meeting to give to our treasurer, Nicole Paulsen.  We will reimburse you $50 for the Magness Adventure 3-day 2-night camp or $20 for the 3-day day camp.  There are links on the left side of this page for information and registration for both camps.

It is time again for the Annual Founders Village Easter Egg Hunt.  This is one of our community service events that we do for the YMCA and the Ridge House in exchange for paying rent to have our meetings.  They would like us to be at the Ridge House no later that 8:45am on Saturday, April 3rd.  Please have your Scout in full Class “A” uniform for this event as it is a good recruiting tool.  We will have a sign up sheet at this weeks Pack meeting so that we can have a good idea of how many people will be available to help.  The more help we have the smoother the event will be.  Even if you can only come for about an hour it will be helpful.  We should be done with clean up by noon.

Tigers, Wolves, Bears, Webelos, Family, Friends, and Neighbors are all invited to attend the Pack 262 Webelo II Crossover ceremony on Wednesday, March 3rd at the Founders Village Ridge House.  JC Bear will be doing a very special ceremony honoring the hard work and dedication that the WEBELO II’s have done over the past 5 years to earn their Arrow Of Light Badges.  The ceremony will start at 6:30pm. 

All scouts and leaders are expected to look their best in their Class “A” uniforms.  The Webelo II’s will be doing the opening flag ceremony and the Webelo I’s will be doing the closing flag ceremony. Please invite your friends and neighbors that are interesting in Cub Scouts as this will be an excellent recruiting opportunity for the pack.

 Hope to see everyone there.

I know that I had stated to just have everyone bring what you like for this event but I have been contacted by several parents that I should tell each group what to bring so I will go with what is on the calendar that the leaders set.

THIS IS AN EVENT FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY!!!!!

Webelo 2: Side Dish
Webelo 1: Side Dish
Bears : Main Dish
Wolves: Main Dish
Tigers: Desert or salad

Please have your dishes be able to serve  6 – 8 people at least.

Pack will provide, table service, plates and cups.  Also cake and punch.

This event will be on Wednesday, Feb. 10th starting at 6:00pm with eating followed by awards and entertainment.Thank you.

Hello everyone, We are now withing 1 week of our pack overnight and sorry but we are not allowed to add any more additional people to our Wildnight @ the Zoo list.

For those of you that have signed up, I have emailed everyone two documents.  The word document gives you all the information that you will need for your exciting night at the zoo.  It will tell you everything that you need to bring as well as a schedule of events.  It also has a waivier and release form that everyone must fill out and bring with them to the event.  They will ask for them at the door as you enter the zoo on Saturday.

The other PDF form is our BSA medical information form which must also be filled out by each individual that is attending, scouts as well as syblings and parents.  You only need to fill out enough information for the class one portion as instructed at the top of the form.

I look to have a great time at this event.  Please remember that everyone must be at the zoo no later than 6:00pm.  We are all to meet out in front of the entrance gate by that time and they will escort us all inside together.  Remember, you can only bring what you can carry inside with you in one trip.

See everyone at the zoo.

Reminder of the Pack 262 annual bird house hike on Saturday, December 26th at Mitchell Gulch.  Meet at the Mitchell Gulch Park Parking Lot near the Founders Village Fire Station at 11:00am.  We will step off at about 10 minutes after 11.  Please bring water and dress appropriately.  We will be going off trail to clean out bird houses so boots are recommended. Pat and I will have cordless drills with us to open the houses for the boys to clean out.

Just a reminder to everyone that we are having our pack meeting this Wednesday, December 16th.  The main item on the agenda is the Pack overnight trip to Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.  It will be on Saturday, January 30th beginning at 6:00pm.  As long as we have at least 20 people the cost will be $33.25 per person. This includes a pizza & salad dinner and a continental breakfast.  T-shirts will be available to purchase during the program for $15 and patches for $5 for $3 with a shirt.  The pack will pay for each scout to receive a T-shirt and patch.  Also, for adults only, they will have fold-out cots available to rent for $5 each.  They will need exact change for the cots, T-shirts, and patches. We will have a sign up sheet at the pack meeting.  We will need an accurate count because we need to pay for half of this by early January.

Reminder – Pack 262 will also be doing the annual bird house hike on December 26th starting at 11am at the Mitchell Gulch Park parking lot.

For everyone interested in a fun outdoor pack activity, our annual Yule Log Hunt is this Saturday, December 5th beginning at 11:00am at the Founders Park Pavilion.  This will be a compass/GPS course that is set up by the Webelo 1′s and should be a fun time for all.  At the end of the course will be Yule Logs for all scouts.  Hot chocolate will be provided.  You will need to bring your own compass or GPS as the pack does not have any extra to provide. 

At 5pm on Saturday, December 5th at the Senior Citizen Center located @ the Castle Rock Recreation Center, Pack 262 will be helping the Castle Rock Lions Club (our sponsoring organization) serve their annual holiday senior dinner.  It looks like we have had about 9 people committed so far and could use a few more.  We would like to have at least 10 scouts and 10 adults.  Please have your scout dress in full uniform with nice pants.  This is an excellent community service event for the Pack and it shows our support for our sponsoring organization.  Please be at the Castle Rock Rec. Center by 5:00pm. 

Thank you all and have a fun weekend.

Reminder – No Cub Scout den or pack meetings this Wednesday, Nov. 25th.

December Schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, December 2nd – Den Meetings

Saturday, December 5th

- 11am Yule Log Hunt @ Founders Park Pavillion.

– 5pm Lions Club Senior Dinner @ Castle Rock Rec Center. (We need at least 10 Scouts and 10 Parents to help with this event)  This is our community service for the year for our sponsoring organization.

< ————————- Please vote on the left side of the page so that we can get a good count of the number of people that can help.

Wednesday, December 9th – Den Meetings

Wednesday, December 16th – Pack Meeting & Awards

Saturday, December 26th – Annual Bird House Hike and Clean up starting at the Mitchell Gulch Park Parking lot @ 11am.

The members of Cub Scout Pack 262 would like to thank all Veterans as well as all members of  active duty military, reserves, and all other military members and their families past and present for their bravery and service to this great nation.

Reminder that Pack 262 is doing the Rain Gutter Regatta  this Saturday at the Ridge House.  The races will start promply at 4:00pm with the Tigers going first followed by the Wolves, Bears, WEB I, and finally WB II’s.    We will also be selling hot dogs and chips to help raise a little extra money for the pack.  This is a family event and everyone is invited so come watch your Scout participate and have some fun!!!

Because I have not received confirmation from the Ridge House yet on whether or not we can have the entire building, we will be having den meetings as normally scheduled for this week.

Don’t forget that we are having the Rain Gutter Regata this Saturday at the Ridge House from 4 – 6pm in the back (larger) room.  The Braccia’s have volunteered to run the Hot Dog stand for us but due to some conflicts we are asking for someone to help them out.

Due to the weather, we will not be having our Pack meeting tonight.  I am looking to see if we can have the entire Ridge House next week and do the Pack meeting then instead of den meetings.  I will keep everyone informed of our schedule changes as they happen.  Have a great snow-day.

CubMaster Randy

Saturday October 3rd, 6-9:30pmGirl Scouts, Boy ScoutsScouts and their families are invited to the zoo for a special after-hours event of fun activities and animal encounters that will help meet scout requirements. You won’t want to miss it!

 Scout Night

Cost: $15 per person All groups are welcome to bring a picnic to eat on zoo grounds, or grab dinner and snacks from zoo concessions. Most scout activities are geared toward Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts through the Junior level, though some may be applicable to older scouts.

 Delve into the amazing adaptations of nocturnal animals as you watch the sun-set and explore the zoo after dark. Lighted booths and outdoor stations will complement the zoo’s indoor animal buildings and activity rooms.

1. U p-close Animal Encounters
2. Night-time safari with real night vision scopes
3. Free carousel rides and popcorn
4. New crafts, activities and entertainment
5. Scout Night commemorative patches for all scouts!

 We will have a sign up sheet at the Pack Meeting on September 30th to get an accurate count and collect the money at that time as well.  All Scouts that sell one full sheet of popcorn will have their entrance fee paid for by the Pack.

The following Webelos and parents are going on the camp out.  Please help the boys who need rides.

 Scout               Parent if going            Riding in this car

 James kennedy W2   Melinda Kennedy    Kennedy vehicle

Sebastian Vennard W2     n/a               Kennedy vehicle

Kevin Merz  W2                   n/a               Kennedy Vehicle

Cody Marlette  W1     Randy Marlette        Marlette vehicle

Michael Kennedy    W1     n/a                    Marlette vehicle

Tommy Meade   W1            n/a                   Marlette Vehicle

Daniel Tangeman W1 Jim Tangeman          Tangeman vehicle 

AJ Sabarra    W1           Tony Sabarra               Sabarra Vehicle

Evan Gamber  W1        Dave Gamber             Gamber Vehicle

Jacob Paulsen  W2        n/a                          NEEDS RIDE

Colin Jones W2             Pat Jones                     Jones Truck

Aaron Farragallah   W2   n/a                           Jones Truck

Mark Weiss   W1       n/a                           NEEDS RIDE

Evan Rodriguez   W1       unk ?                          NEEDS RIDE

 We meet at 2:45 at the outlet mall parking lot just north of Mc Donalds

We leave for camping at 3 pm.

 If you are running late my cell phone is 303 881 4617

Here is the website of the camp ground if you are running late: http://www.castlemountainrecreation.com/ please review the directions and keep a copy.

 On Saturday I will collect a consent form from each parent who is not going.

 Cost is $9.00/ per person, that includes the $5.00 to get into the camp ground. That also includes your dinner, breakfast and sandwich lunch.

 We will break camp and be ready to return home at noon, we should arrive in Castle Rock between 1:30 and 2pm Sunday

 A list of gear can be found at castlerocktroop260.org, under “activities”, be sure to bring warm clothes for the evening.

 PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE LATE AND WILL DRIVE UP ON YOUR OWN. 

 See you on Saturday

On Saturday September 19, all Webelo 1 and 2′s are invited to join the scouts from Troop 260 for a one night campout at Wellington Lake, near Bailey, CO

This one night camp out will fulfill the Weblo requirement to “sleep in a tent to helped pitch” and the requirement to join Boy Scouts for an activity.

Because of fall sports, the group is going to wait to leave on Saturday until 3 pm from the Outlet mall parking lot, directly north of the McDonalds.  We will meet at 2:45 and leave PROMPTLY at 3 pm.  It is approximately a 90 minute drive.

Parents and family members are invited but are not required as Cubmaster Randy is Baloo trained.  Boys are required to either stay in their tent alone or with a tent mate.  BSA rules prohibit any boy in a tent with an adult who is NOT their parent or guardian.

Asst Cubmaster Pat, who is also the Scoutmaster of Troop 260 will also be attending.  The scouts of Troop 260 have organized this campout and have many fun activities planned.  We will depart the campground at approx 12 pm on Sunday 9/20.

Cost is $9/person which will include your admission to the campground and dinner and breakfast.  Scouts will need to bring a tent/sleeping gear/proper clothing.

Please email direct to Pat Jones pjonesaic@yahoo.com with your reservation.  We need them no later than next Wednesday 9/16

Welcome to Pack 262

Our first den meeting will be on Wednesday, September 9th at 6:30pm at the Founders Village Ridge House. 

We will be handing out applications for every scout and for new leaders. Returning scouts will be helping clean up the Ridge House grounds before getting with your dens and begin working on achievements towards your next rank.

New scouts will be receiving their books and working on the Bobocat badge.

The “Popcorn Kernal” will be there to hand out order forms to anyone who did not receive one at the Campfire.

I look forward to an exciting new year in Cub Scouts.

Randy Marlette

Pack 262 Cub Master

YOU ARE INVITED TO:

CUB SCOUT PACK 262’s FALL KICK-OFF CAMPFIRE CERIMONY

AUGUST 26, 2009 6:30PM FOUNDERS PARK PAVILLION

Come get a glimpse of Cub Scouting!

PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CHAIRS OR A BLANKET TO SIT ON.

Cookies, s’mores, and drinks will be provided.

Questions?

Email

We will have our first leader meeting on Wednesday, August 12th at the Marlette house at 6:30pm. I would like to here from our popcorn kernal at this meeting as well.

Here are some stories the Webelos I Den wrote tonight.  They need to be posted on a website for them to get credit.  Enjoy.

I thought this was pretty inspirational. I think he deserves some air time here.

NEW YORK (AP) — A Long Island teenager has earned all 121 merit badges offered by the Boy Scouts of America. It’s an accomplishment the local arm of the organization calls “an almost unheard-of feat.”

Oceanside resident Shawn Goldsmith earned his final badge — for bugling — in time for his 18th birthday in November. He far surpassed the 21 badges required to achieve the elite rank of Eagle Scout.

He says he took about five years to earn his first 62 badges and then nearly doubled that number in a matter of months. He did it with the encouragement of his grandmother, who died shortly before he reached his goal.

The Binghamton University freshman was awarded his final badges on Dec. 19. He says he hopes to become a businessman and politician.

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Click Here for the Order Form

The pack would like to thank those Cub Scouts that had a full page of popcorn sold this year.  If your Scout sold a full page please choose a size and sleeve style in the second row of the form.  The shirt for your Scout is free.  Thanks for selling a full page of popcorn this year!

As a pack, it would be nice for all the Cubs to have the same style of casual shirt.  This is great for camping trips and other casual scouting events.  Therefore the pack is selling the shirts to everyone who does not qualify for the free shirt.  The shirts range from $8 – $10.

Please complete the form and fax it to: 720-229-0451.  Please include your email address in the form so you can get a confirmation of the order emailed to you.  You can also email this form to: awards@lawofthepack.com

Please have the form completed and returned by the December Pack Meeting…That’s Wednesday.  Order forms will be available at the Dec 17th Pack Meeting.  Please prepay for all your orders.

The shirts will be printed in White on a Navy Shirt.  Here is a mock of what a short sleeve version will look like.

Welcome to the home of Cub Scout Pack 262.  More updates coming this week.