Pack 142 - Lititz, PA

Wow, I can’t believe it’s the last day of January! Thanks so much for an awesome Pinewood Derby! Thank you Bob, Dzung, Mike Colin and Bob for all your help. Thank you to everyone who gave us help on Friday and Saturday. All the events we do rely totally on the help of each of us! Thank you!! Congratulations to all the winners and to everyone for showing good sportsmanship - win or lose!

Here are some February notes:

Feb 3rd is Scout Sunday
Everyone is invited to join us and Troop 142 at the 11am Mass. 3 Panthers will be receiving their Religious Emblems. All faiths are invited. I encourage families to join us to show our appreciation to St James for all they do for us. I do realize that people belong to other churches and have responsibilities at those churches. Scout Sunday is a national day so the boys can wear their uniforms to their church and still honor their Duty to God. There may even be a reserved section at your church. Please let me know if you will be joining us so I can have a correct number of seats reserved. We will be sitting in the front left section and gathering at 10:30. Those who have 10:30 Rel. Ed. are excused!

Hockey Game
Everyone has their tickets. We will be meeting at our seats! There are 67 or us going so it should be fun. The boys should wear their shirts but not kerchiefs. See you there!

Feb 5th
We are encouraging all the boys to wear their uniforms to school! Scout Sunday kicks of Scout week (and month) and Tuesday is meeting night for most of our dens.

To the future:
Blue N Gold is Feb 24th at 5. The cost is $5/person over 5. Invite your family, friends and anyone who wants to eat and celebrate with us. The theme is Jungle Safari and the food is Pasta. Panthers eat for free. Cobra Parents are in charge of helping with this wonderful meal and Pack Meeting. This is a celebration of Scouting event. The Panthers will cross the bridge to Boy Scouts. We will be giving out other den awards so please get them into your leaders by Feb 19th. A head count is needed by the 12th so email me your RSVP!!!

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS:
May 17th 9-7 (pre-box lunch or pack a lunch and dinner provided) $9/person
The 2008 Camporee is Emergency Preparedness. It will be held at Camp Bashore on Saturday May 17th. It is a Council Sponsored Event. We need to turn in our registration by Feb 15th. Check out www.padutchbsa.org to learn more about this awesome event!!!! I encourage all families to try to attend.

Barnstormers sleep over - June 6-7 or Aug 2-3
More info to follow but think about it - parent/son event . . . I’m going with Connor !!!!!! It’s supposed to be a blast!

melonni

Week at a glance:
Tuesday - regular Den meeting with scale available for weighing all those cars you are finishing today! If you received a Camp Flyer please check the desired dates and bring them on Tuesday.

Friday - Pinewood Set up starts at 5pm - we can use any available adults to set up the room, track and stations!

Weigh in starts at 6:30 and will go until 8! My cell phone is 951-9547 for those of you who are running the blow dryer at 7:50 to finish the paint job . . .

We are laying out things a little differently this year so . . .
We need people to help man some stations! If you are availabe please contact Bob Fitz. Two of those volunteers (pit bosses) should be veteran Pinewooders and know how to operate drills, crazy glue and graphite for the wheels. They will be helping those who need to add or subtract weights. ON RACE DAY - we still need the pit bosses for any cars that might fall apart and WE NEED A PHOTOGRAPHER for the the winners circle and an article in the paper.

RACE DAY — 9:30 until the room is back in bingo condition!
WEAR YOUR UNIFORM!
Breakfast will be served from 8:30-9:15.
Voting can take place until 9:30 when the races start.

Blue N Gold - Save the date and time -
Feb 24th starting at 5!
and costing $5 per person and $3 for children under 5 - more info to follow

Last Call for Hershey Bears Tickets!

The game is Feb 2nd and the scout cost is covered by the Pack. $16 for others and the money is due to Pack 142 at the Pinewood Derby.

Please RSVP to this email by Monday 1/14!

Thanks, melonni

I need a head count for the Pinewood Derby Breakfast by tomorrow! It will cost $3/person.
The menu will be:
Scramble Eggs
Hash Browns
Sausage
Biscuits
Orange Juice
Coffee

Email me ASAP if you haven’t already!
Thanks,
Melonni