Welcome Back Pack 200 Scouts and Families!

Summer is winding down and we are anxious and excited to start the 2011-2012 scouting year!  Den leaders should be contacting you, verifying membership, email addresses, acheivements earned over the Summer and to schedule your first Den Meetings!  Our Pack Meeting is set for Thursday Sept 15 at the Wheelock School cafeteria.  The gathering activity starts at 6:45 and the formal Pack Meeting at 7:00.  As a reminder, our monthly Pack meetings meet on the third Thursday at every month, starting with a gathering activity starting at 6:45 and ending at 8:00pm.   As with any Pack, the Den Leaders of Pack 200 are the individuals who provide the strongest direct service to the scouts.  We welcome back and thank our returning Den Leaders and co-leaders who are advancing their Dens to the next rank and wish you great success in your year.  We also have a number of new Den Leaders in some of the ranks, thank you for stepping up and leading your Dens.  Tiger families, we are counting on fathers and mothers to step up to help co-lead the Tiger dens.  This is a rewarding and fun experience for you, your scout and the scouts of your Den, so on Tiger Tuesday ( Tuesday Sept 13th ) please consider discussing this further with your fellow Den families and the other Scout leaders attending.  We've all been there, taking that first step to volunteer to be a Den Leader, so you will have alot of support and experience from us!  Den leaders and their scout families schedule their individual Den Meetings on intervals that work for member families, and organize their activities to make sure acheivements and requirements are met in order to acheive rank by the Blue and Gold banquet in February.  Similary, as with any Pack, the scouts and scout families of Pack 200 are the individuals who truly make a successful year for our boys.  As a member of a Den, particpate, contribute, and volunteer to organize Den activities.  Talk about, follow and fullfill the achievements with your son.  At Pack Meetings, help to organize the Den, help keep the kids focused on the program and activities of the meeting. Reinforce the themes presented.  Consider being the point person or assisting with a Pack-wide event.  We welcome your particpation and your enthusiasm and we are always looking for ways parents can contribute, shape and improve our year and our program. As for Pack events and activities, we send event-specific emails that inform familes of Pack wide events.   If you are receiving these emails and no longer wish to, please feel free to use the UNSUBSCRIBE link below.  To update your profile or email address, please use the UPDATE SUBSCRIPTION PREFERENCES link.  We have also developed a Pack Calendar, a reference resource that we plan to email monthly.  Our first event email blast will be for our Fall overnight camping trip to Hale Reservation in October, our kick-off to the Popcorn selling season, and information on our community service event Cradles to Crayons.  More to come on those soon! We look forward to an exciting and fun filled 2011-12 Scouting year! Yours in Scouting, Bob Williams - Pack 200 Committee Chair Jim Brand - Pack 200 Committee Co-chair