After 3 years hiatus, we finally had our Fall Campout. Approximately 100 cub scouts, parents, and siblings attended this very fun event at Sugar Loaf Open Space in Walnut Creek. Leading up to this highly anticipated weekend, parents plan meals and games for everyone to enjoy. Everyone arrived Saturday afternoon,
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Cub Scouts have different uniforms depending on what rank they are in. At Pack 996, we ask that all scouts wear their Class A uniforms to Pack & Den meetings unless otherwise stated. We would LOVE if scouts come to the first pack meeting with their uniforms, but if you
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The Pack 996 Leadership team held virtual Parent Info Night for families that would like to learn more about Cub Scouts prior to enrolling, here are the slides we shared. If you have more questions, please don’t hesitate to email cubmaster@pack996.org If you’d like to enroll your son or daughter
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In March, we had a much smaller pack meeting than usual since so many of our Webelos scouts just bridged to Scouts BSA. Even though our pack is now a bit smaller for the rest of the school year, we still plan to have a lot of fun with our
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In February, our pack meeting turns into a 3-for-1 event We start the afternoon with our Arrow of Light Ceremony where our Webelos II scouts advance to the highest rank in Cub Scouts, Arrow of Light. This is basically their graduation from Cub Scouting. We had 22 scouts advance to
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January was a busy month for us since we had a sunrise hike, our pinewood derby race, and a pack meeting. We wrapped up the month with a plunger race. This time, the scouts used just one plunger instead of two like usual. It was NOT EASY to win races!
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Our annual Pinewood Derby was back in person this January. Last year, we didn’t race due to COVID restrictions, but this year, we got back to in-person racing and had a bunch of fun the whole morning. We had 70 cars in total including scouts, siblings, and adults. Our pack-wide
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Going on hikes is a big part of cub scouting and as part of our monthly hiking program, we took a sunrise hike in January. Since we started out before sunrise, it was pretty cold and a little overcast, but it was still a lot of fun to hike in
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in December we conducted our annual sock drive where pack members bring in new socks to donate to local shelters. Prior to donating though, we had a snowball toss! Scouts wrapped up socks in balls and had fun playing in the MPR. At the end, we had a huge snowfall
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We had our first night hike of the year on Nov 20. We hiked from Dougherty Station library to Six Pillars park and back on the Rolling Hills trail. It was 3.6 miles round trip with an elevation gain of 220 ft. Mr Shane reviewed the safety guidelines for a
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