February- Pinewood Derby & Blue and Gold

February Calendar

2- Regular Den Meeting at Hussey Elementary School

9- Regular Den Meeting (Den Leaders get me the awards list you will need for the Blue and Gold)

13- Pinewood Derby at Legion (Set up at 1 PM, registration at 3 PM)

15-19- School Vacation Week (no Scouts)

20- Pack Ice Fishing/ Ice Skating event (provided it is safe- details to follow)

21- Blue and Gold Banquet at Legion at 3 PM

23- Regular Den Meeting

Pine Tree Council 100th Anniversary Patch

2010 Anniversary Celebration Activities (Note: this is separate from the national award).
Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America with the Pine Tree Council! Earn your special edition 100th anniversary three part patch by completing one activity in each area!

Available to all Scouts and Leaders!

Service - Good Turns are the back bone of the BSA! Complete a conservation or community service project to earn your service patch!

ü Participate in a community service project with your unit such as Scouting for Food, etc
*Report your community service with “Good Turns for America”

Camping - Scouting is Outing! Attend a PTC or national camp program in 2010 and receive your camping patch

For Cub Scouts:
* FunPack Weekend
* Day Camp
* Webelos Resident Camp

100th Anniversary Celebration ` Join in the fun with us and receive your Scout Fest patch!

Ø Attend “Scout Fest 2010” Pine Tree Council’s 100th Anniversary Celebration in October!

Religious Emblems

Now is a good time to work on religious emblems. If you hurry, you may be able to finish in time for the Blue and Gold. There is a link on this website to take you to the religious emblem information in the left column.

Pinewood Derby- February 13

When: Sunday, Feb 13

Set Up: 1 PM (Need people to help set up the track, decorate the hall, prepare the pit crew and registration areas)

Registration and Races: 3 PM

Where: American Legion

Who: Cubs and their Families


Volunteers Needed:

-Set Up & Decorations- We will begin setting up the track, arranging the hall and putting up decorations at noon. We will need help to accomplish this.

-Registration- Heather and Shawn coordinating but will need helpers especially if Shawn is working.

-Pit crew- Gary, Chris, George and volunteers. We will need a crew to help the Cubs as they finalize their cars. If you have tools and extra weights, etc. Please bring them.

-Refreshments- Em is heading this area but I am sure she would welcome help. Dinner items and snacks will be on sale. We are not looking at this as a fundraiser but as a service to our parents so they dont have to worry about dinner. Cost will be cheap enough to cover our costs. We may need additional help in the kitchen.

-Line Judges- We will have need of three line judges. Two will be at the foot of the track and one will be the starter. If your boy is racing, you go to the starter's mark.

-Scoring- Chuck will be working the scoring. Every Cub will race at least five times.

Trophies: Tigers will all be receiving a trophy for participating. There is a trophy for the Scout who demonstrates the best sportsmanship. There are three for the fastest cars and three for the best designs.


Rules: All cars must pass the following inspection to qualify for the race:

1-Width shall not exceed 2-1/4 inches.

2-Length shall not exceed 7 inches.

3-Weight shall not exceed 5 ounces.

4- Axles, wheels, and body shall be from the materials provided in the kit.

5- Wheel bearings, washers, and bushings are prohibited.

6- No lubricating oil may be used. Axles may be lubricated with powdered graphite or NO SILICONE.
7- The car shall not ride on any kind of spring.

8- The car must be free-wheeling, with no starting devices

9- No loose materials of any kind are allowed in the car.

10- The Pack does not provide weights. The racer must supply those.

11- Once the car has been inspected and officially registered, it cannot be worked on or fine-tuned without the express permission of the head race official and then only to reapply something that came off after check in.

12- Cars cannot be carved in the front. We have a post that rises at the starting point of our track and the entire front of the car must be behind the post at the start of the race.

Blue and Gold Banquet- February 21- American Legion- 3 PM
The Blue and Gold Banquet is our annual Pot Luck Dinner & celebration of the founding of Scouting. The boys will be receiving awards earned since November. Leaders should get me the list of awards two weeks before so I have a chance to purchase them.

Dens should be prepared with a song, skit and cheer and make decorations for their tables.

The entire Family is welcome! This is a great event for the entire family. Please bring enough food for your family plus some others. The pack will provide salad, beverages, paper products, placemates and rolls.

Desserts will be cakes! Every Cub should enter the Cake Bake! Everything on the cake has to be edible. He can make it with a parent partner. The theme of the cake is Cub Scouting or Presidents (since it is two days after George Washington's birthday). Cakes will be judged by an impartial judge and ribbons will be given to the top cake in each of the following categories:
-Most Likely Made by a Cub Scouts
-Most Yummy Looking
-Best in Theme (Scouting)
-Best in Theme (Presidents)

Cubs can then donate their cakes, if they choose for the Cake auction! Only adults will be able to bid on the auction but it is more fun than fundraiser.

Cakes that aren't auctioned off will be part of the dessert for the evening!