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Landscape Project is a GO for Sunday
It looks like the weather will clear up by lunchtime on Sunday. We will plan to meet at GBE at 1 p.m. this Sunday to weed, plant flowers and mulch the beds in front of the school.
- Do NOT wear your Scout uniform! You will be getting dirty!
- Wear or bring warm clothes, it will be a little chilly.
- We will have water
- But NOT bathrooms!
- Please bring yard tools
Thank you to everyone who is pitching in to help this weekend! Including the Girl Scouts. This project only takes a few hours, but it depends on getting LOTS of volunteers!
Landscape Project April 26 1pm
This Sunday, April 26th, Pack 1863 will meet at GBE to weed, plant and spread mulch for the school. This is a big annual service project for the boys and our way of showing appreciation to GBE for their support of Pack 1863.
Important note: GBE bathrooms will NOT be available!
Please bring yard tools and gloves!
Pack Bake Sale
Hello Pack 1863,
It’s time for our Annual Bake Sale! We are asking for scouts (with a parent) to come out and participate by donating baked goods and volunteer some time.
Please use our Pack Bake Sale SignUpGenius to volunteer your time and baked goods to help support our Pack!
The Location is The Giant at Greenbriar – 13043 Lee Jackson Memorial Hwy.
Please make sure all baked goods are individually wrapped and are labeled for allergy purposes.
Scouts must be in their Class A Uniforms.
April Pack Meeting Tonight!
Don’t forget tonight is our April pack meeting at 7 PM. See you there!
April’s theme is Cheerful.
Find ways to celebrate your family’s accomplishments and talk with them about how a positive attitude can make a difference!
Pack Meeting and AOL Ceremony tonight!!
We have our March Pack Meeting tonight. The boys have a lot of awards to catch up on due to all the weather interruptions this winter. Should FCPS cancel evening activities tonight, we will reschedule our meeting for this Friday at 7 p.m. Once we have handed out awards to the Cub Scouts, the meeting will be turned over to the Webelos II group for their Arrow of Light Ceremony. This is the final award that they will earn with us as members of Pack 1863. They will then do a Crossing Over Ceremony, where each Scout will officially leave Pack 1863 and join a new Boy Scout Troop.
Please join us in congratulating the Webelos II Scouts and their families on this tremendous accomplishment in their young lives. We wish them the best in all of their future adventures.
Blue and Gold Friday Feb 6th/ Pinewood Derby Saturday Feb 7th
This Friday night is our annual Blue and Gold Dinner. The dinner is catered by Tony’s Pizza and we have the Reptile Guy for entertainment this year. To help with the cost of each, tickets are $5 each, with a maximum of $20 for a family. Pay at the door.
We will begin setup at GBE in the cafeteria at 5 p.m. The dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. PLEASE NOTE: Our Pinewood Derby was rescheduled for Saturday (Feb 7th). Our Registration will coincide with the Blue & Gold Dinner. We will be doing both registration and track setup Friday night. We need LOTS of help with all the work that goes into both events. If you are able to volunteer your time to help setup these events, you can arrive at 5 p.m. We would appreciate all the extra hands pitching in throughout the night Friday night. Doors open for the Pinewood Derby Saturday at 9 a.m. We need to get everything setup Friday night and cars registered to keep our 10 A.M. start time. We will begin Saturday at 9 A.M. with late registrations, but we aim to keep these to just a few cars.
Pinewood Derby has been rescheduled for February 6-7th.
We had a very tough call to make this time. Given the uncertainty of the weather, we have decided to cancel the Registration and Race scheduled for tonight and tomorrow morning. FCPS has not made a decision regarding the schools being closed this weekend. We talked with GBE staff several times today to get as much information as possible. The track setup is very intensive. Closing the schools would mean we would have to organize with GBE to come back in and break everything down over the weekend in time for school Monday. We also had to consider the large amount of perishable food that would be wasted due to a late cancellation.
Our New Date for Pinewood Derby is Feb 7th. Registration will occur during our Blue and Gold Dinner on Feb 6.
Our apologies for the inconvenience. We know that families look forward to this event. We will reboot everything in two weeks and run everything as usual. (hopefully)
Have a fun and safe weekend.
If any of our Volunteers have a scheduling conflict with the new dates, please let us know.
Pinewood Derby Race Info
Registration will begin tonight at 6 p.m. We will have stations set up to adjust and test weight, lube wheels, and make minor repairs. When you get in line to register, your child should have their car ready to race. Once a car is registered, it is sent to the Pit. Once there, it cannot be touched again until the Race. Registration typically ends around 9 p.m., but volunteers will stay longer to complete the massive setup for this event.
The doors open at 9 a.m. Saturday morning for Race Day! We will begin a late registration for anyone still needing it. The race will begin about 10:30 a.m. We will have the Cafe open throughout the race for everyone to purchase snacks and drinks.
INCLEMENT WEATHER WARNING!!
We are looking at another snow event this weekend. We will have to make a late determination today as to whether the Pinewood Derby will be Cancelled. FCPS is still making their final decision. I will email you as soon as we can make the decision.
Feb 7 will be our back up date. This means Registration and setup will coincide with our Blue and Gold dinner that Friday night. We would race Saturday morning following the same schedule.
NOTICE: No Pack Meeting tonight!
FCPS has cancelled all evening activities, so we will NOT have our January Pack Meeting tonight.
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