Note: All boys will advance to the next level before camp starts, so current Tigers need to sign up as Wolves, current Wolves as Bears, etc. All Tiger Cubs must be accompanied by their Adult Partner.

Important: Registrations are by PACK or DEN, not by individual Scout. Please let Tracee Ellis know via the Pack e-mail (pack608@cox.net) if your boy will be attending camp.

Webelos Only Resident Camp (Tent Camping)

• June 21 - 25 

Youth	$240
Adult*	$100
* One free adult only with 6 Cubs if paid in full by May 31, 2010.

• Session 1: July 19 - 22 *NEW*
• Session 2: August 1 - 4
• Session 3: August 4 - 7
• Session 4: August 8 - 11
• Session 5: August 11 - 14

Youth	$140
Adult*	$60
* One free adult only with 6 Cubs if paid in full by May 31, 2010.

For more information about Mataguay Scout Camps check the San Diego-Imperial County BSA web site at http://camping.sdicbsa.org/SummerPrograms/MSRCubResidentCamp.asp

July 2010 Newsletter

Note: All boys will advance to the next level before camp starts, so current Tigers need to sign up as Wolves, current Wolves as Bears, etc. All Tiger Cubs must be accompanied by their Adult Partner.

Summer is here!

The Pack Promotion Ceremony & Family Picnic is coming up

Tigers turn into Wolves
Wolves turn into Bears
Bears turn into Webelos

The Pack’s annual Family Picnic and Promotion Ceremony will be held this Saturday at the El Arroyo 1 picnic area at Kit Carson Park (just east of North County Fair mall, near the Girl Scout offices).

The promotion ceremony – where our Tigers become Wolves, our Wolves become Bears and our  Bears become Webelos begins at 2:30 PM sharp. There will be a disc golf clinic after the ceremony, starting at 3:30 for any boys who are interested.

Come early and have a picnic lunch or stay late and barbeque your dinner.

You will also be able to sign up for the Pack summer activities: camping at Camp Balboa, visiting the Julian Wolf Center, and a Lake Elsinore Storm minor-league baseball game.

See you there!

June 2010 Newsletter

Activities

• Swimming, Boating, Fishing, Archery, BB-Gun Ranges, Creative Arts, Trail Hiking, Campfires and quality time with your friends and family!

Camping

• Bring your own tent, air mattresses and sleeping bags. You will be assigned an area in one of our campsites where you can set-up your tent.
• We also have a limited number of recreational vehicle (RV) sites located near the entrance to camp, approximately ½ mile from the lake and other facilities.
• Please note that Mataguay is a rustic camp with limited flush toilets and shower facilities.
• No weapons or electronics are permitted.

Food

• Participants must provide their own food and camp stove for cooking. Due to our dry weather, no ground or campfires are permitted. Sunday morning camp-wide Pancake Breakfast will be provided! NO alcoholic beverages are permitted.

Cost

• Own Tent: $15 (Ages 6 & Up) per person / $5 per person for ages 5 and under.
• RV Sites: $20 per RV site.

Worth mentioning about the event:

• Entrance to the Zoo or Wild Animal Park expire May 22, 2011.  So if you don’t have time to enjoy the Wild Animal Park on May 22, 2010 you’ve got a year to use your passes and you can choose to use them at the Zoo or Wild Animal Park.

• Each participant will receive a 2010 Cans for Critters limited edition conservation patch

• You can also win prizes based on the amount of money you raised for our conservation efforts. If you raised at least $80, you will be entered into a special drawing. For each additional $40 that you raise, you will receive another entry into the drawing. We will have 3 top prizes plus 25 “grab bags” filled with Cans for Critters eco-friendly prizes.

May 2010 Newsletter

Our Pack participates in San Diego Zoo’s Cans for Critters Recycling Program again this year. See the flyer.

As of March 12 our pack has collected $172 towards our goal of $500. If you have not yet signed up, please refer to the instructions on how to do this.

Important Dates to Remember:

22 April – Deadline to submit donations via Internet or USPS
22 May – Jamboree Day at the Wild Animal Park

Our goal this year is to collect 400 recyclables (equivalent to $16) per participant by April 22, 2010.  The prize for collecting 400 recyclables is admission to the Jamboree and a Cans for Critters conservation patch.  Participants that collect 1000 recyclables (equivalent to $40) will also get 3 passes to the Jamboree.  Eco-friendly prizes are also available – although they have not yet been determined what they are.  Please see the attached pdf that outlines prize and Jamboree information.

The San Diego Zoo is doing things a little differently this year.  That’s right – the process has gone technical this year.  They’ve asked that each scout/participant register online.  To participate, each scout will need to join our team. The benefits of online registration are abundant - each participant can track their progress online, they can email friends and relatives for support, and we can also track progress as a team. Another change in process since last year: Each parent will need to submit the recycle funds using their credit card (and then reimbursing themselves using the cash obtained from the recycle center). 

We will have some fun games and awards. Wolfs and Webelos better be there!!! 

We might even have the Southern California equivalent throwing snowballs … Come and see what that means !

April 2010 Newsletter

Directions: Take 56 West to Black Mountain Rd. Turn right onto Black Mountain Road north for 1.1 miles. Turn right onto Oviedo Street . Take the first right onto Oviedo Way and follow to the park.

Attention Pack 608!

Don’t forget our kite flying event at Hilltop Park in Rancho Penasquitos. There will be kite flying games and competitions, and even an award for best home-made kite! You can even bring a picnic.

A team of Boy Scouts from the Order of the Arrow, Boy Scouting's honor society, will award them the Arrow of Light in Native American costume. The Arrow of Light is Cub Scouting's highest honor  - the only Cub Scout award to be worn on the Boy Scout uniform. 

It will be an exciting night for all Cubs. Please come in full Class A uniform to show your respect for the new Boy Scouts.  (Hint -- there may even be a uniform inspection. Can your Den win?)

March 2010 Newsletter

100th Anniversary

Invite your entire Family to celebrate Cub Scouting at this year’s
Cub Scout Pack 608 Blue and Gold Banquet!

The menu (back by popular demand) will be catered Mexican food.  Please RSVP with your family number attending to your Den Leader by Monday, February 8^th. If you have children in more than one Den please only RSVP for the den you would like to sit with as this helps with table/seat requirements.

The Blue and Gold Banquet is a birthday dinner for the Cub Scout Program. It is held each year in February - the anniversary month of Boy Scouts of America - which was organized in February 1910.  Cub Scouts was organized 20 years later in 1930.

Decorations: Since this is the 100th Birthday, we chose a balloon bouquet craft project from the Tiger book as centerpieces. For those of you that would like to complete this elective with your den, we will provide you with kits (minus the tin cans and construction paper). Please let us know if/when your den will be making the project, so we can coordinate getting you the supplies.

Skits: The proposed program for the banquet is for each den to prepare a skit or song for the evening.

Dessert: We will be doing a potluck for dessert. To ensure there are enough desserts for everyone, Rosie will be contacting the dens to request sign-ups for cupcakes, brownies, etc. This will also be the opportunity to sign-up to bring a dish for anyone in your den has a special need, i.e. vegetarian or gluton-free.

Setting up: We are tentatively planning on setting up at 4:30pm for the dinner (we are double checking the time we can get access to the room), any help we can get will be greatly appreciated

Donations for Raffle: The Bear den has provided legos for the guessing jar and items for the general raffle. If you have a new item or gift card your den would like to donate, just let us know. It has been increasingly difficult to get raffle items from local businesses. If you know of a business that may be able to donate a prize, please pass the info to Bethany or Tracee.

Breaking down: To make cleaning up go faster, the dens will be responsible for a task:

February 2010 Newsletter

Also, the annual Blue and Gold Banquet, celebrating the Birthday of Cub Scouting, is coming up on Friday, February 12th. It will be catered again this year with excellent Mexican food and the cost is $15 per family. Please bring payment to the Pinewood Derby . There will be a table for ease of payment.

We will have the tool available to lengthen the wheel base on your cars, if you want it. Using this tool; the car is turned upside down and holes are drilled in the side with no slots. Please keep this in mind when designing your cars. We will have the lead shot on hand to weight the cars. Here are the Pack 608 rules for the Pinewood Derby. The specifications for the Pinewood Derby cars are also available at the San Diego 500 website. 

Don Allie will be putting some tools up in his garage, in case anyone misses the workshop we can still help them out. Additional technical assistance is available for anyone who needs help with finishing their cars.

The program for December’s Pack Meeting will be...

Come find out who sold the most popcorn and won the $50 prize!

Every Cub who sold popcorn is eligible for special raffle prizes from Baskin Robbins, K-five, movie tickets, Walmart, and more!

Bobcat awards

To kick off the Pinewood Derby season we will show the movie

Down and Derby  
the biggest race of your (Dad’s) life

A special holiday gift for all our Cubs!  Hint: Pinewood Derby is coming January 30th!

Check-in: 2 pm Friday, November 13
Check-out: 1 pm Sunday, November 15

More details... (including directions, what to bring, schedule, campsite assignments and potluck assignments.)

Please bring completed permission slip and registration form to the Pack Meeting on Tuesday October 20, 2009 or to your den leader a.s.a.p.

• Wear your uniform while selling popcorn
• NEVER go selling alone, go with a parent or use the buddy system
• NEVER enter anyone’s home
• NO selling after dark without a parent
• Be polite!

Did you know there is a Trail's End Photo Contest? 

They are looking for the BEST POPCORN PIX in America
BE CREATIVE!!! - 100 BEST PICTURES WIN!

Trail's End web page

This meeting is a busy paperwork time for Pack parents, so please bring a pen, your check book, and forms to turn in as follows:

• Popcorn sales  
  Popcorn sales are coming to an end. Please bring your order form & money collected to the Pack Meeting. Meanwhile, keep selling that popcorn in your neighborhood! The Pack’s top seller wins a $50 prize!
  

• Family Camping Trip
  Our Pack family camping trip is scheduled for November 13-15 at Vallecito County Park. It’s approx. 2 hours away in the desert. The cost is $15 per family. Please bring completed permission form and registration form to the Pack Meeting.
  

• Re-charter and dues
  Please bring a completed Re-charter Form (Cub registration) and Scout Medical form with Dues payment (cost varies) to the Pack Meeting. Note: Medical form complete only Sections A and C - NO doctor’s signature required.  

If you cannot attend the Pack Meeting please give all your paperwork to your Den Leader ahead of time.  

This year, the 2009 Scout Expo will feature:  

• Tiger Safari for 1^st Graders (1pm-3pm)
• Cub Scout Belt Loop Alley
• SCOUT EXPO for Webelos and prospective Boy Scouts!
• Cub Scout Leader Specific Training

Uniform Day, September Pack Meeting and Roundup

Wear your uniform to school, and then come to the Pack Meeting at 7pm to show our newest Cub Scouts how much fun Scouting is. Don’t forget to invite any of your friends who might like Cub Scouts! We’ll learn to make rope and have a fun game.

Meet in full uniform, with your bike or scooter and helmet at the ReMax building (at the corner of Poway and Pomerado Roads) at 8:30am. We will decorate our bikes, and then ride in the parade (which starts at 9:30am). Pick-up is at the Dixieline shopping center. We suggest parking east of community road (the Stater Bros./ theatre shopping center) and walking across.

• Bring your bike or scooter - Make sure it is safe and working correctly
• Helmets are MANDATORY – without one you will have to walk! (This includes adults)
• No sandals
• Please wear your full Class-A uniform (shirt, neckerchief, belt)
• If you are a new Scout and don’t have your uniform yet, no worries, come anyway!
• Don’t forget sun block and water!
• Parents are encouraged to walk or ride with the Pack. Siblings are also welcome (with a parent). Cub Scouting is a family activity!
• Tiger Cubs (first grade) must have a parent
• There is no parking at the Re Max building! Please plan to park elsewhere and walk over to meet up

Arrive by 9:45 am (Tour begins promptly at 10am)  and will go until approximately 1pm. Please allow extra time for parking.

Meet at the information booth by the Star of India.

We will have the opportunity to visit the many ships and part of our tour includes a docent-guided tour with a 45 minute bay ride aboard the 1914 Harbor Pilot boat. Follow this link for a preview: http://www.sdmaritime.com/videopage.asp 

Tickets: Cost is $9.50 for kids / $13 for adults

Please RSVP to Rosie bell. The final head count is needed by Monday, August 10^th and will be confirmed with the Museum staff. Space is limited so RSVP quickly. Each family will be responsible for the price of admission on the day of the tour – a check or exact $ is appreciated. 

Available dates:

• August 2-5 at the Retreat Center
• August 5-8 at the Retreat Center
• August 9-12 camping in cabin tents
• August 12-15 camping in cabin tents

Cost: $135 for tent-camping sessions or $165 for Mataguay Retreat Center sessions

The Pack must have 2 leaders per 16 boys (3 if we have 17 or more).  We would recommend that a parent attend with younger boys. To sign up for Summer Camp you may sign the interest list for resident camp at the Pack Meeting next week or talk to your Den Leader.

For more information about Mataguay Scout Camps check the San Diego-Imperial County BSA web site here.

Check out details about the William Heise County Park here.

Take I-15 north, past Temecula, to the Railroad Canyon Road / Diamond Drive exit. Turn left and follow signs for “The Diamond”.
Note - parking is $5, cash only.  
Drive time is roughly one hour from Poway without traffic?!

Minor League Baseball at Lake Elsinor Storm. We will go to a game at the "Home of the Future Padres" on Family Scout Night.  The Pack will even get to participate in the pre-game parade on the field!

We will meet at the left field access road at 5:30 and line up for the parade - go around the outside of the stadium, to the left of the main gates to find the access road.

Tickets are $12 including a hot dog, soda and a special patch. For those that have already purchased tickets Craig Dickson has them, so please come by and pick them up. If you did not purchase tickets but would like to attend, tickets may still be available directly from the Storm. Call them at 951-245-HITS, and tell them you are interested in the Family Scout Night package. Our seats are located in section 113, rows N-P (behind the dugout on the 3^rd base side).

Cost: $225

The Pack must have 2 leaders per 16 boys (3 if we have 17 or more).  We would recommend that a parent attend with younger boys. To sign up for Summer Camp you may sign the interest list for resident camp at the Pack Meeting next week or talk to your Den Leader.

For more information about Mataguay Scout Camps check the San Diego-Imperial County BSA web site at http://camping.sdicbsa.org/SummerPrograms/MSRCubResidentCamp.asp 

Day Camp registration:

• Youth
• Volunteers
• Pack
• Medical history (fill out section A and C)

Fees until one month before schedule date:

• $95.00 per week
• Tiger Cubs $50.00 per /week 

Fees anytime thereafter:

• $110.00 per week
• Tiger Cubs $85.00 per week

Fees are NON-REFUNDABLE 2 weeks before start date

The Pack Promotion Ceremony & Family Picnic is coming up. So put on your full uniform, bring a blanket or chairs, a picnic supper, and come see what the mad scientists among your Den Leaders have invented to turn Tigers into Wolves, Wolves into Bears, and Bears into Webelos. Then stay for games and Cub Scout fun. Parents, please bring your checkbook to sign up for Pack summertime activities and to order our “new” design Pack t-shirts.

Every year our Pack helps out at the Midland Carnival by operating a booth, and collecting litter throughout the evening. In addition to helping out the school, Carnival lets the Pack show off our “Cub Scout Pride” and helps recruit new members. For our booth this year, we will again be firing off our water bottle rockets, which was a big hit last year.

So, here is what the Pack needs you to do:

• Wear your Cub Scout uniform to the Carnival. You can even wear it to school that day if you’d like.
• Bring your friends and classmates to the booth. Maybe they would like Cub Scouting!
• Come to the booth at the beginning of your Den’s scheduled hour (see below). And bring your parents! You will spend some time helping other students launch rockets, some time talking to potential new Scouts, and some time picking up litter. Your parents will help keep the launches safe and talk to potential new Scout parents. And you’re welcome to help for longer if you would like!
• Ask you parents if they can come early to help us set up, or stay after Carnival to help the PTA take down the booths and stage.

Schedule: 

• 4 – 5 pm – Tiger Cubs, and any older boys who can help
• 5 – 6 pm – Wolf Cubs
• 6 – 7 pm – Bear Cubs
• 7 – 8 pm – Webelos Scouts

All of you have worked hard to earn your next ranks, so this meeting will be to honor you and present your badges. We might even have some very special guests – a famous comedian and maybe even a large forest animal … Come and find out!

This season our Pack participated in Cans for Critters.

We have collected:

• glass containers (water, juice, beer, soda)

• aluminum cans (soda, beer, soup)

• plastic bottles (water, Gatorade, juice, soda)

• cell phones

Individual participants who collected:

• 200 or more recyclables receive a special 2009 Cans for Critters Conservation Patch

• 400 or more recyclables receive entrance to our annual Jamboree plus the 2009 patch

• 1,000 recyclables recieve a limited edition Cans for Critters Conservation Patch —AND— receive two passes for the San Diego Zoo or Wild Animal Park admission good for any day. 

Please read this material for more details:

• Information packet
• Flyer

We will learn about birds of prey like hawks and owls from Sky Hunters

See you there!

Please read this material for more details:

• Information packet
• Flyer

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• 9:00am to 11:00am - Dragons
• 11:00am to 01:00pm -Tigers
• 1:00pm to 03:00pm - Bears
• 3:00pm to 5:00pm - Wolfs
• 5:00pm to 7:00pm - Eagles 

The 2009 San Diego Imperial Council Scout Fair is held on Saturday April 18 from 9:00am to 3:30pm at Qualcomm Stadium. Tickets to the Scout Fair cost $10. One ticket is good for one family's admission. With the ticket, you also receive a coupon to Ralph's grocery store for $10 and discounts to area stores. So (!) the ticket pays for itself with groceries at Ralph's!!! Our pack will receive $4 back from every ticket sold.

Show your Cub Scout pride and wear your uniform

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All Cub Scouts are asked to show their respect for the graduating Webelos by wearing full Class A uniform to the meeting. We will have a uniform inspection and an "arc" patch for boys that pass (see the Pack 608 Uniform Inspection Sheet).

Show your Cub Scout pride and wear your uniform to school on March 17.

Invite your entire Family to celebrate Cub Scouting at this year’s
Cub Scout Pack 608 Blue and Gold Banquet!

The menu (back by popular demand) will be catered Mexican food.  Please RSVP with your family number attending and cash/check payment (payable to Pack 608), to your Den Leader by Friday, February 6^th. The cost is $15 per family.

If you have children in more than one Den please ONLY RSVP for the Den you would like to sit with as this helps with table/seat requirements.

The Blue and Gold Banquet is a birthday dinner for the Cub Scout Program. It is held each year in February - the anniversary month of Boy Scouts of America - which was organized in February 1910.  Cub Scouts was organized 20 years later in 1930.

This workshop is to help the boys shape their cars and adjust the weight.  Here are the Pack 608 rules for the Pinewood Derby. The specifications for the Pinewood Derby cars are also available at the San Diego 500 website. 

The program for December’s Pack Meeting will be the movie 

Down and Derby  
the biggest race of your (Dad’s) life

We will also award the prizes to the top sellers in our Popcorn fundraiser and have a raffle for every boy who sold any popcorn at all!

Plus a special holiday gift for all our Cubs!  Hint: Pinewood Derby is coming January 24th!

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Our fall family camp-out this year will be at Indian Hills in Jamul.  Activities include hiking, archery ($ 3), zip line ($ 3/ 2 rides), BMX bike track, an obstacle course and an amazing playground.  They rent bicycles (including helmet) for $ 5/hour or $10/day in case you can’t bring one.  There are flush toilets and free hot showers. Pets are allowed but you need to provide proof of current vaccination.  Maximum trailer/RV length is 28’.  For more information please visit their website at www.indianhillscamp.com. 

The cost for camping is $20.00 per person for the weekend.

Please complete the Registration Form and the Permission Slip (top pre-filled-out) and return with payment by the pack meeting October 21. Once we have the forms you will be sent a confirmation email with detailed information.  

See the map of the location: Indian Hills

If you have any questions please contact me.

Laura Oh

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REI will present PEAK, a wonderful "Leave No Trace" program, to help us ready for next month's camping trip. PEAK (Promoting Environmental Awareness in Kids) is a partnership program between Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics and REI (Recreation Equipment, Inc.) to educate children about the outdoors and responsible enjoyment of our public lands. The PEAK program is based on the seven principles of Leave No Trace and aims to teach minimum impact outdoor skills and ethics to children ages six to twelve. Read more here: http://www.lnt.org/programs/peak.php

Please bring the following to turn in at the meeting: 

• Indian Hills Family Camping Trip - Registration Form, Permission Slip and $/check (final day to turn in)

• Popcorn Pack Fundraiser - Order forms and $/checks (final day to turn in)
  Keep selling popcorn this weekend as the final day to turn in popcorn sales order forms and $ is 21-Oct. There are some great prizes this year for our top sellers, and every boy who sells is also entered into raffle drawings. Great Raffle prizes include:

  • Cub Scout scrapbook

  • Baskin and Robbins

  • Poway Bowl

  • Ultra Star Cinema

  • Rubio’s

• “Annual Re-Charter” - Paperwork & check

Very important - If you cannot attend the meeting, please give your paperwork etc. to your Den Leader ahead of time

Turn in order forms and $/checks at the Pack Meeting 21-Oct.

• Wear your uniform while selling popcorn
• NEVER go selling alone, go with a parent or use the buddy system
• NEVER enter anyone’s home
• NO selling after dark without a parent
• Be polite!

Did you know there is a Trail's End photo contest? 

They are looking for the BEST POPCORN PIX in America - BE CREATIVE!!!  

Scouts could win 1 of 100 Nintendo ® DS-Lite game systems OR have their photo end up on the Trails End website. Find out more about this competition at http://www.bestpopcornpix.com/US/

Roundup for new Cub Scouts - recruit a friend and earn the Recruiter Patch!!!

First meeting of the 2008/09 cub scout season. We will meet our new members, see what awards we earned over the summer, learn how to make rope, and have a fun bulldozer race! 

Please wear your uniform to school that day so that potential new Cubs can see that their friends are proud Scouts.

This year, we will meet at 9:00am the parking lot of the Urgent Care at 12509 Poway Road. (This is a short distance east of where we usually meet.)  We will decorate the bikes as usual. The parade starts at 10:00am; we will probably arrive at the end of the Parade at about 11:30am. We will meet up with parents at the Dixieline parking lot after the parade. However, you should probably park east of Community (in the Vons or Stater Bros parking lots).

• Bring your bike. Make sure it is safe and working correctly
• Helmets are mandatory!
• No sandals
• Wear your full Class A uniform (shirt and neckerchief)
• Bring water and sunscreen
• Parents and siblings are welcome to ride or walk with us (a parent must accompany siblings)

Hope to see you there!  

This months meeting is is especially important, as we will be planning much of the year, including meeting locations and our fall camping trip.

Map of 13026 Stowe Drive Poway, Ca 92064 us

All climbers will require a waiver. If you are unable to print the waiver there will be extras at Solid Rock.

Cost is $130. A deposit of $65 is due by April 1st, and the $65 balance is due by June 1st. The Pack must have 2 leaders per 16 boys (3 if we 17 or more). Again, we would recommend that a parent attend with younger boys. To sign up for resident camp you may sign the interest list for resident camp at the Pack meeting this Thursday (March 20), tell your Den Leader, or e-mail Jerald Pratt with your date preference.

Every boy in our Pack is eligible to go to Scout Camp this summer – those that went in previous years had a great time! These camps fill up fast so check your calendars and  sign your Cub Scout up for Summer Camp at the March 20^th Pack meeting.  For questions regarding registration, please contact Jerald Pratt or Craig Dickson.

Mission Trails is a botanical preserve and they are very protective of the foliage.  Please visit their website at www.mtrp.org/campground, read the rules and regulations carefully and explain them to your children so we don't get into trouble.  Bikes and non-motorized scooters are allowed on paved areas only.  Even though the rules say no "sports", two people may play catch.  There is just no area for group sports and we cannot play in the vegetation. Fishing is allowed with a California fishing license for people over 16.  Kids under 16 can fish without a license.  Dogs are allowed for an additional fee.  There are many hiking trails.  There is an amphitheater and fire pit.  Fires are ok. 

Check-in time is 2pm. 

There will be assigned tent sites which will be emailed out the week before the camping.  Please notify Laura Oh if your family is bringing more than one car.  We need to pay for extra cars at check-in with one check.  She will need the license, make and model of the extra cars.  You will be responsible for reimbursing the pack for your extra vehicle ($ 4/night). See parking regulations.

You need to provide your own tent, food, flashlights, camping gear and appropriate clothes.

See you camping!!

Cost is $85. The Pack must have 1 full-time leader for each six boys we send, or we cannot register.
Registration forms and full payment must be returned to your Den Leader by March 31st.

Cost is $225. A deposit of $100 is due by April 1st, and the $125 balance is due by June 1st. The Pack must have 2 leaders per 16 boys (3 if we 17 or more). To sign up for resident camp you may sign the interest list for resident camp at the Pack meeting this Thursday (March 20), tell your Den Leader, or e-mail Jerald Pratt with your date preference.

Every boy in our Pack is eligible to go to Scout Camp this summer – those that went in previous years had a great time! These camps fill up fast so check your calendars and  sign your Cub Scout up for Summer Camp at the March 20^th Pack meeting.  For questions regarding registration, please contact Jerald Pratt or Craig Dickson.

For more information about Resident Camp check the San Diego-Imperial County BSA web site at http://www.sdicbsa.org/camping/msr/CubResident.asp 

Cost is $85. The Pack must have 1 full-time leader for each six boys we send, or we cannot register.
Registration forms and full payment must be returned to your Den Leader by March 31st. 

Lake Elsinor Storm minor league baseball game (Padres farm team). 

Bring check for Storm Game at the Promotion Picnic on June 7. $ 12 per ticket (includes box seat, hot dog and drink).

Your boys will be promoted to the next level of Cub Scouting: Tigers become Wolfs, Wolfs become Bears, Bears become Webelos!

Come in uniform, and bring with you:

• Check for Storm Game, Saturday, June 21. $12 per ticket (includes box seat, hot dog and drink)
• Reservation form for Family Camping, August 1 - 3. $15 per family
• Your design for the new Pack t-shirt
• Remaining stock of the current t-shirts will be on sale for $5!
• Neckerchief, hat and slide order form and check (see bridging/promotion order form)
• A picnic dinner
• Blanket or chairs, so you can stay for the Poway Movie Night showing of Bee Movie

• 4 – 5pm: Den 4 (Tigers) and Rattlesnakes
• 5 – 6pm: Den 5 (Wolfs)
• 6 – 7pm: Dens 2 and 6 (Bears)
• 7 – 8pm: Squirrels

Come see rank advancements awarded that the boys have worked so hard on throughout the year. 

Please bring your check book for there is some paperwork!

• Order forms for next years, hats and neckerchiefs will be available
• Sign-up for summer family camping (see registration form)
• Deposits for Cub Scout sleep-away camp due
• Grab an entry form for the Pack T-shirt contest  

This is your once a year opportunity to participate in a Worldwide Scouting Event at little or no cost. WOW! How often does that happen? You can participate individually or with your group. Let’s get everyone out there and earn the 2008 JOTT crest.

• Show your Cub Scout pride by wearing your uniform to school that day.
• All boys attending the pack meeting will receive a coupon for either a free smoothie or a Rubio’s kid’s meal. Raffles prizes too!

This is an important Pack Meeting as we honor our Webelos II Den’s for earning the Arrow of Light.  This is Cub Scouting’s highest award (honor).

What is a Blue and Gold Banquet? A blue and gold banquet is a birthday dinner for the Cub Scouting program, held during February. The anniversary month of the Boy Scouts of America, which was organized in February 1910.  The Cub Scouts was organized 20 years later in 1930.

Come help us celebrate scouting and Chinese New Year at this year’s Blue and Gold Banquet. The banquet will be catered and each family needs to pay $10. Checks are payable to Cub Scout Pack 608. Please give checks or cash to your den leader no later than February 6^th.

RSVP to your den leader by February 6^th with number of guests attending. If you have children in more than one den please ONLY RSVP for the den you would like to sit with. (If you don’t RSVP you won’t be guaranteed a seat).

If there are any questions please contact Julie Neill through the pack e-mail address pack608@cox.net.

Workshop to help the boys shape their cars and adjust the weight.  Here are the Pack 608 rules for the Pinewood Derby. The specifications for the Pinewood Derby cars are also available at the San Diego 500 website. 

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Our fall family camp-out will be in the desert at Agua Caliente Regional Park.  There is an outdoor, hot spring fed pool for the kids and an indoor spa for the adults.  There are flush toilets and free hot showers.  No pets are allowed.  Maximum trailer/RV length is 28’.  There are no hookups.  There is a small camping store next to the campground.  For more information please visit their website at www.sdparks.org and www.co.san-diego.ca.us/parks/camping/agua_caliente.html.  Cell phones do not work well in campground, but do work a few miles down the road.  

There is a fire ban in effect.  No open flames are allowed except propane and charcoal grills.

Directions: Take Hwy 67 to Ramona then take Hwy 78 through Julian to Scissors Crossing.  Head South on S2 26 miles.  The campground entrance is on the right side of the road.

Check-in: 2 pm Friday, Nov. 9

Check-out: 1 pm Sunday, Nov. 11

What to bring:

• Tent & sleeping bags
• Warm Clothes (it gets cold there at night)
• Food & cooking equipment
• Lanterns
• Chairs
• A hat
• Pack 608 T-Shirt
• Sun Screen
• Binoculars or Telescope (great stars at night)
• Bathing Suits & towels
• Hiking boots
• Flashlights
• Bicycles & helmets optional
• Water/water bottles

Do NOT bring:

• Gameboys, iPods, or other electronics
• Open-toed sandals or shoes

Tentative schedule:

Saturday

Sunday

The cost for camping is $15.00 per family. Registration Form and Parent Permission Form.

This months theme is "Down on the Farm" and 4H will come and talk about raising animals. 

Cub scouts, please be sure to:  

• Wear your uniform while selling popcorn

• NEVER go selling alone, go with a parent or use the buddy system

• NEVER enter anyone’s home

• NO selling after dark without a parent

• Be polite!

We have our first Pack Meeting of the year. We will distribute information on our November camping trip and other events, and have some fun relay races.  Bring blankets for adults and boys.

• It’s Pack Re-charter Time - It’s time to register your Cub Scout for another year of Cub Scout fun.  All the paperwork will be available for you to fill out and return at the Pack Meeting.  The cost is $52.00 (per boy) with Boy's Life Magazine and $40.00 with out Boy's Life.  Please make checks payable to Pack 608, and turn check and paperwork into Lori Romero.  
  
• Popcorn Fundraiser – This is the Pack’s annual fundraiser.  Order forms and information will be available at the Pack Meeting. 
  
• Fall Pack Family Camping Trip – Sign-up for the November camping trip. The Pack has reserved space at Agua Caliente for the weekend of November 9-11. 

Ride your bike, walk, smile, wave, and have fun!

We are riding our bikes in the Poway Days parade on Poway Rd from Pomerado Rd. to Community Rd. We’ll meet at 8:30am at the ReMax building (12411 Poway Road ) on the southeast corner of Pomerado and Poway Roads and decorate our bikes. The parade starts at 9:00am.  

• All Boys: Wear your uniform, sunscreen, and bring water to drink. Bring your bike and bike helmet. Helmets are required.
• Parents: Wear your Pack T-shirt (if you can), walk or ride.  Siblings are welcomed to march with the Pack. Bring a wagon for the little ones!
• Parking: Park at Michael’s shopping center across Pomerado or drop off. Poway Road will be closed for the parade so plan to arrive by 8:30 a.m. The parade will end at the Dixieline center (at Community and Poway Roads) about 11 AM. If you need to leave quickly, park in the Vons or Stater Brothers parking lots.

Ask your friends & classmates to join Pack 608!!!

We will visit the San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum: "Live the adventure, honor the legend aboard the longest-serving aircraft carrier in U.S. Navy history--a 47 year odyssey that spanned the end of WWII and the liberation of Kuwait in 1991! Located downtown in San Diego at Navy Pier, Midway provides a dynamic and enriching experience "from boiler to bridge."  A visit to Midway instills a greater appreciation for courage, freedom, and service to country."

• We need about 5 more kids to get the group rate - Please RSVP right away to Craig Dickson
• Full uniforms, please
• Bring cash or a check payable to Pack 608. $5 per child and $10 per adult. (Regular cost is $8 child, $15 adult.)
• Directions and parking information is at this link: http://www.kintera.org/site/pp.asp?c=eeIGLLOrGpF&b=3039183
• We’ll meet near the ticket booth

Here are some fun activities planned for the camping trip:

• We'll hike the Lightning Ridge Trail for views of Big Laguna Lake and the campground
• We'll make and fly water-bottle rockets
• We'll earn our Wildlife Conservation belt loop
• We'll have a great campfire program and (of course!) smores

• Camping gear -- tent, sleeping bags, stove, cooking utensils,etc.
• Food for your family
• Pack t-shirt
• Hat
• Hiking shoes
• Jacket (it might get cool at night!)
• Daypack and a canteen or water bottles
• Sunscreen
• Insect repellant
• Optional - balls, frisbees, kites, binoculars, telescopes, etc.
• Optional - camping table

• Gameboys, iPods, or other electronics
• Sandals or open-toed shoes

Take I-8 east to the Sunrise Highway exit (near Pine Valley). Take Sunrise Highway S-1 north to the village of Mount Laguna (about 11 miles). The Laguna Mountain/El Prado campground is on your left, about 2.5 miles after you pass Mount Laguna .

We also need parent volunteers. If you volunteer, there is a sibling program to watch your other children and full-week volunteers get a partial rebate.

If we are lucky we will hear some owls and see some frogs.

Please meet at 7:45 pm at Canyonside Park Drive west of Black Mountain Road . Sometime around 8:00 we will start the hike.  We will probably be out for 2 hours. Folks should remember that there might be mosquitoes so should plan accordingly.  The gate closes at 11:00 pm.

We also need parent volunteers. If you volunteer, there is a sibling program to watch your other children and full-week volunteers get a partial rebate.

Baseball game at Lake Elsinor Storm (minor-league professional). Tickets are $12 per person, and includes a box seat and hot-dog dinner. Please RSVP to your Den Leader a.s.a.p. (and pay your Den Leader) or contact Ray Romero.

The Promotion Ceremony (featuring the 2^nd annual appearance of the Cub-o-matic!) will begin promptly at 4pm. During the ceremony the Tigers will turn into Wolves; the Wolves will turn into Bears; and the Bears will become Webelos I’s or “We’ll be loyal Scouts”.

Picnic and games will immediately follow the promotion ceremony.  So bring a picnic dinner, chairs and a blanket and leave room for cake dessert provided by the Pack. 

The boys have everything they need to promote to the next level. The Hats and neckerchiefs were ordered through your Den Leader or Vickie Beers (Promotion Order Form), and the new handbooks will be provided by the Pack.

• Cub Scout parents: Please contact Jerald Pratt (e.g. via webmaster) if you can help with Carnival set-up or take-down
• Cub Scout booth: Tell your friends to stop by and try the Raingutter Regatta
• Trash pick-up: Cub Scouts will help keep the grounds clean during the carnival 

  • 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM   Wolf Den 2

  • 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM   Wolf Den 6

  • 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM   Bear Den 1

  • 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM   Bear Den 3

  • 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM   Webelos-Cobras

  • 7:30 PM – 8:00 PM   Webelos-Sharks 

Please complete the Promotion Order Form and return it to your Den Leader no later than Friday, June 1, 2007.

• Featuring a presentation by Mad Science!
• Awards
• Raffle Prizes

•  Storm Baseball

•  Midway museum

•  Camping and hiking

Our Webelos II's will receive their Arrow of Light and bridge into Boy Scouts

Celebrating 100 Years of World Scouting

The Blue and Gold Banquet is approaching fast. This year's potluck dinner sign up will again be handled through your Den Leader.
Also, please let you Den Leader know a.s.a.p. the number of family and friends that can attend.

Early check-in and weigh-in for Saturday's Pinewood Derby . Here are the Pack 608 rules for the Pinewood Derby.

Be proud – wear your uniforms! Come and race your car at the Pinewood Derby. See the pictures from our 2006 Pinewood Derby. The fastest car and it's lucky winner of Pack 608’s Pinewood Derby will compete in the San Diego 500 with Cub Scouts from San Diego and Imperial Counties on April 21, 2007 at the Scout Fair in Qualcomm Stadium.

• Achievements for Bobcat and Webelos will be given out
• Some Popcorn prizes will be given out
• Pinewood Derby cars will be handed out. The Pack will be providing one car for each boy. We do have some extras for sale $4.00 each for siblings or fathers.
• We will go caroling at the Poinsettia Senior Mobile Home Park. Be sure to bring jackets, flashlights/headlamps. You may want to consider parking in the dirt lot next to the Phone Company building.

• Mail it to Vickie Beers (address send out in e-mail), or
• Give it to your Den Leader to turn in, or
• Bring it with you this weekend and give it to Lori Romero

• Mail it to Vickie Beers (address send out in e-mail), or
• Give it to your Den Leader to turn in, or
• Bring it with you this weekend and give it to Lori Romero