November 2024 Announcements

I hope everyone had a fun and safe October.

This past month the pack had our regular den meetings, Visited the Candle Lighter’s Ghost House, and went on a hike with Troop 112.

AoLs have started looking into what Troops they will be bridging into in March by attending Mission Peak District’s Troop Showcase and also visiting with individual Troops.

All Dens Upcoming Activities

• 11/6 7pm: All Den Meetings (Lion, Tiger, Wolf, Bear, AoL)
• 11/9 9am: Scouting for Food door hangar drop off!
  • Meet at 9am at Parkmont Elementary
  • Every year Pack 269 participates in BSA’s food drive.
  • On Saturday we go through the Parkmont neighborhood homes and drop off an informational door hangar.
• 11/13 7pm: Den Meetings (Wolf, Bear, AoL)
• 11/16 9am: Scouting for Food Pickup!
  • Meet at 9am at Parkmont Elementary
  • This is the time where we go back through the neighborhood to pickup any food the neighbors have put out for donation!
  • Pizza Lunch will be provided by Pack for Participants!
• 11/20 7pm: Pack Meeting, All Dens! (Lion, Tiger, Wolf, Bear, AoL)
  • 6:30 pm: Patch Sewing Event! Eve Little from FOS and Newark City Council Candidate will be coming to sew all patches onto Uniforms.
  • Patch Sewing will begin 30 min before the pack meeting
  • Please have scouts wear a t-shirt under their uniform shirt so they can take off the uniform shirt.
  • The Red “269” Patches will be handed out!
  • This will be our first award ceremony where we will hand out pins and belt loops for any completed adventures this year.

AoL Specific Upcoming Activity

• 11/6: Troop 379 AoL Meeting
  • “We from Troop 379 would like to invite you AOLs to our next meeting, next Wednesday, for the entire duration of the meeting. In this meeting, we will be playing some fun games and demonstrating some aspects of scouting, and we would like the AOLs to have fun and to have some experience as well. Parents, if you are with these AOLs you may have to stay until the usual scout meeting end time of 9:00pm. Thanks you, Murari, Den Chief.”
• 11/9-11/10: AoL Overnight Campout!
  • Signup Sheet posted in Group Chat
  • Mark “YES” or “NO” under attending by 11/4
  • Location: Uvas Canyon Park
  • Site: Upper Bench
  • Checkin Time: 3pm (11/9)
  • Checkout Time: 1pm (11/10)
• 11/12: Troop 112 Open House
  • “We will have several fun activities for the scouts and a sit-down Q/A session for the parents.”
  • Where: Niles Discovery Church
    • 36600 Niles Blvd, Fremont
  • When: Tuesday, November 12th, 2024
  • Start Time: 7pm
  • End Time: 8:30pm
  • Leader Contact: Sara Karick-Hewitt, sarakarrick@gmail.com