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Year End at SBYC
June 11, 2008
We are up to 100
adults/kids and I wanted to reiterate a few points:
- SBYC 5pm (starting
promptly as we have lots to cover). Phone
#492-3150 SBYC. Should conclude around 7:30pm
- Use caution in
parking lot and keep an eye on your
scout/children. There is a Hobie Regatta this
weekend at SBYC and they will be arriving
throughout the evening – trucks, cars, trailers,
sailboats, etc. These are out of town people/non
club members and won’t necessarily be thinking
to look out for 50 scouts! We’ll have signs up
w/ caution, etc. Also kids are only allowed on
the docks w/ a parent.
- We’ll be serving
hotdogs, hoagies, ice tea, lemonade and
pretzels/chips. We have volunteers bringing
desserts!
- The craft will
involve fabric paint. Please have your scout
come in uniform w/ a shirt to change into or
bring a smock.
- There is no “fee”
per head, however, we will have a “donation” box
and ask the you make a small donation to help
the Pack cover food/craft/etc…if you can. If you
want to bring a check – “LBI Pack 18”.
- Island Beach State
Park – we will be collecting fees for this event
that is in Sept. 2008. Info will be provided but
I need to send in our roster/money on Sat 6/14.
$25 per scout overnight or day campers. Under 4,
free. Adult only day camper $15. Checks to
Jersey Shore Council.
- Tigers – if they
have their blue shirts, wear them and if not
their oranges T’s are good. Bring a smock or
shirt to change into.
- Shirts/Sweatshirts –
Yes!, Lynda Scholey will be handing them out
upon your arrival. Please pick them up first.
- Parking – We should
be OK at 5pm - park as close to the main
clubhouse as possible. There should be plenty of
parking, the issue is when we move the groups
from station to station we cross thru the
parking lot to the beach area. We don’t want the
kids to “run” ahead.>
This is the timeline
that we will “try” to keep:
- 5:00pm – Flag
Salute
- 5:00pm-5:20pm –
Rank Advancement Awards
- 5:20pm-5:45pm –
Hotdogs & Hoagies
- 5:50pm – 7:30pm –
Rotate 3 groups thru 3 stations
Any questions, give me
a call on my cell 709-6332 (will not check email on
Fri) Thanks…Karen
Family Camp at Camo Citta
June 11th, 2008
We will be going Sat. July 19 - Sunday, July
20th. The theme is "Ancient Greece". The scouts will
participate in Grecian Games, a Greek craft, BB
guns, archery, swim in the lake or fish in the lake
and a Saturday evening campfire and skits. It
includes Saturday dinner and Sunday breakfast in the
dining hall. There are tents and cots at each
campsite.
Those of us who went
last year had a great time. (Ask the Madonnas, the
Maines, the Janiszewski's, the Schwings)
The fee is $40/person.
Please let me know it is coming by email (karen_Schwing@yahoo.com
or phone 492-0949). Checks can be made payable to
Jersey Shore Council.
Any questions, feel
free to email
Karen
Schwing or call 492-0949 and I will try my best
to answer any questions).
Karen Schwing
Friendship District Day Camp
June 7th, 2008
July 7-11th Estonian
Scout Camp Jackson, NJ. Bus service available from
Manahawkin. Approx $130 for the week. Parent
Volunteer needed each day. Forms will up soon and
send into JSC directly. Each rank should coordinate
w/ their Den Leader.
Island Beach State Park Camporee
June 7th, 2008
Most
important - the new registration date is 6/15/08 –
not 5/30/08.
The fee is $25 for all
Scouts and campers – this registration fee includes
a commemorative patch, a T-Shirt, a water bottle,
and a drawstring back pack to hold everything. The
fee also goes to cover the costs of dumpsters, porta-johns,
lighting, supplies, etc.
Scouts do not have to
camp for the weekend, they can also come just for
the day on Saturday. Scouts that are day tripping
must pay the $25 fee and will receive the giveaways,
but there is a separate fee of $15 for all Non-Scout
Day Trippers (no giveaways).
What is this Camporee
about?
For the Cub Scouts
there is:
1- The Adventure of
camping on Island Beach for the first time ever – no
other group has ever been allowed to camp there.
Many of us have camped at Beach Jam before, but this
is not beach camping in Wildwood. This is an
entirely different environment which many Scouts may
not get to appreciate during their Scouting years –
as Cub Scouts or as Boy Scouts. And for the Cubs
this will be their first opportunity to participate
in a Council Camporee with 1500 other participants.
2- The Learning
opportunity of taking part in the many fun programs
being put on by The US Sportsman Alliance, Hooked on
Fishing Not on Drugs, NJ State Park Police, Navesink
Retriever's Club, Salt Water Fisherman, and many
others. We will also have advancement opportunities
for the Cubs – they will be able to work on
advancements or electives that deal with the
outdoors.
3- The Challenge of
being part of an event that has never been done
before along with the unique challenges of this
environment. How will the Scouts adapt to a weekend
on the rustic beachfront? How will they pull off a
district wide Bonfire/ Campfire Program on Saturday
night? And there will be the challenge of BB &
Archery Shooting, a Surf Fishing Derby, a Sandcastle
Building Contest, and a Treasure Hunt for Cubs.
4- The Responsibility
associated with giving back to our environment and
more specifically our State Parks program. In Boy
Scouts we talk about doing a Good Turn Daily, well
this is our opportunity to do a huge collective Good
Turn. All units will be asked to volunteer one hour
of service to the park. Imagine what 1500 hours of
service can accomplish in one weekend? (That’s over
180 8-hour work days!) The Cub Scouts will be
handling the ocean side beach clean ups because this
will be the easiest work for them.
These four ideas –
Adventure, Learning, Challenge and Responsibility –
will make this a great program.
Talk this over with
your Scouts, Leaders and families, and please
consider taking part in this unique opportunity.
Blueclaws Game
April 11th, 2008
Few reminders – reserve
your tickets w/ Laura asap for the Blueclaws game so
we can get good seats…again.
Friendship District Event
Camp Citta Yukon Gold Rush
April 7th, 2008
Congratulations to
those who represented Pack 18 at the Friendship
District Pinewood Derby – Liam Heckman, Johnny
Tilton, Dillon VanLiew and Thomas Brindley. All
racers had respectable finishes and Dillon VanLiew
will continue his racing season as he finished 2nd
Overall in the Tigers. Dillon will advance and
represent Pack 18 at the Jersey Shore Council PWD in
June at the Shore Mall. Go Dillon!! Thank you to the
parent volunteers who did their part in assisting
with clean up and breakdown.
Franklin Institute
February 11h, 2008
The boys had a
wonderful time. We slept in the entrance of the IMAX
theatre. See side bar for links to
photos. If you have any
please send them over.
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