Cub Scout Pack 141

April 1, 2024

CUB SCOUT PROGRAM UPDATES ANNOUNCED - 9/9/2023
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CUB SCOUT PROGRAM UPDATES FAQ - 1/3/2024
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BSA MEMBERSHIP FEE INCREASE DETAILS – UPDATED 4/1/2024
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SCOUT SHOP SUPPLIES – UPDATED 6/21/2021
There are several options available:

The BRMC has partnered with the Virginia Headwaters Council in Waynesboro, VA for your advancement and uniform needs. Order online at https://www.vahcbsa.org. or call (540) 943-6675.

Outdoor Trails is now the official retailer for BSA items. 2 locations: Lynchburg (434) 384-4302 or Daleville (540) 992-5850. Discounts available for BSA Members!

And you can still find all of your Scouting needs at the BSA Scout Shop.

IMPORTANT NEWS UPDATES: We will list our most important Pack news updates in this section. So please check back often for new notices, new information about upcoming events, or even reminders about upcoming events. Council and District events and links are listed further down on this page.

CUB-O-REE – April 6

CSP: ADOPT-A-STREET (TRASH PICKUP) – April 21

OUTDOOR PACK MEETING – April 25

PACK 141 / TROOP 377 NATURE HIKE – April 28

OUTDOOR PACK MEETING – May 23

PACK TROUT-O-REE – June 2

PACK MEETING:
This Pack meeting, our “Outdoor Meeting / Flag Retirement Ceremony” theme night, will be held outdoors. We have planned a campfire of sorts, some outdoor cooking, and our annual Flag Retirement Ceremony. Please bring your own foldup chairs for this meeting. Class A uniforms are required. Plan to come on April 25 at 7:00 p.m. for this exciting event.

ANNUAL PACK 141 CUB-O-REE 2024:
We will be having our Annual Pack 141 Cub-O-Ree on April 6, starting at 9:30 a.m. in the Church’s parking lot. We plan to offer a Bike Rodeo and Safety Class (bring your bikes and safety equipment), an Obstacle Course, a Knots and Ropes Class, a Seed Care and Planting Class, and an Outdoor Cooking Class, just to name a few. This is event that will cover many Cub Scouting Den Adventure requirements as well as some Frontier Girls Badge requirements. We also may extend the time, depending on the number of groups we get to help us with this event. So, help spread the word and make sure to invite your family and friends and have them to invite their friends. More information to come.

CSP: ADOPT-A-STREET PROGRAM:
Our Community Service Project (CSP): Adopt-A-Street Program will be held on Sunday, April 21, at 2:00 p.m.. Again, we will be collecting trash along the roadside in order to keep our little section of Christiansburg clean. This is part three of a four-part event. So wear your Class B uniform, bring your gloves, and let's get ready to do some community service. We will meet in the CES parking lot. There is no rain date set, so if the weather is bad, the event will be canceled and not rescheduled.

ANNUAL PACK NATURE HIKE:
We have scheduled a nature hike at Pandapas Pond for Sunday, April 28, from 3-5:00 p.m.. Please wear your Class B uniforms (T-shirts) for this event.

TROUT-O-REE:
This year, the Trout-O-Ree will be held at an old location, The Wall Brothers Farm off of Merrimac Road, just down the road from Cox’s Driving Range. The event has been re-scheduled for Sunday, June 2, from 1:00 p.m. until dark. This will be our annual FISH FRY. Remember if we don't catch fish, we won't eat. If you are interested in fileting fish, please bring your filet knife and a board to filet the fish on. If you would like to learn to filet fish, bring a filet knife and a board to filet fish on and we can teach you in a few short minutes. We will also have the usual, hush puppies, coleslaw, drinks, and such. This is a fish fry not a cookout.

UNIFORMS:
Just a reminder that Class A uniforms are required for all our scout and are to be worn in their entirety to all scouting functions unless otherwise noted. For more information about Scout uniforms, see the “Uniforms” page under the “About” tab on the main menu bar. For those who have just joined, we understand that uniforms are shipped after the purchase and that there is a delay for some items to arrive. Please do not let your lack of not having a uniform prevent you from coming to any of our meetings, events, or functions. We do allow time for your delivery to arrive.

BOY SCOUT SUMMER CAMP INFORMATION:
For those of you who will crossover into Boy Scouts this spring and you are interested in attending the Boy Scout Summer Camp this summer with Troop 141, please contact Scoutmaster JB Anderson for more information.

FAMILY OF SCOUTING PROGAM:
In case you did not know, Christiansburg Presbyterian Church (CPC) offers a Family of Scouting program that consist of Boy Scout Troop 141 (11-18 years old), Cub Scout Pack 141 (5-10 years old), and Frontier Girls Troop 377 (3-18 years old and mothers can play too). Most of you are aware of the BSA scouting programs, but what is Frontier Girls? Our Frontier Girls Troop 377 was started in January 2016 as an alternative scouting-type program for the highly active and spirited young girls who wanted to experience a program that mirrored one that many of their brothers, who had joined the BSA scouting program experienced. Because the “Frontier Girls” program itself permits a seamless integration with the local BSA programs, the program is the perfect complement to the existing BSA scouting programs already sponsored by CPC, but one that would cater specifically to the young girls in the community. If you have family members or friends that you think would be interested in any of our Family of Scouting programs, please share this information with them. We each have websites as well as Facebook pages. Should they have any questions, they can always contact us.

WE NEED YOUR HELP:
It is “Not Too Late For Scouting” and we could use your help spreading the word. If you know of a young boy who would benefit from the Scouting program, please invite the entire family to your next Den meeting or to our next Pack meeting.

This would a great way for them to see firsthand what the Scouting program and our Pack are all about. Please share this information with your family and friends because they may know someone who could benefit from these great programs. If they have any questions before the meeting, please have them to contact our Cubmaster. Once again, we thank you for your help.

WEBSITE UPDATES:
It has been a few years since our new website rolled out and became live. Since that time, our website team has been diligently working to build a more user-friendly website that will grant access to information about our Pack as well as updates and news from our Pack. Most websites have what is referred to as “a site map,” which is very similar to the “table of content” one finds at the beginning of a book. This table of content lists the pages of the particular website with active links. This map is designed to help visitors to easily navigate through the website and help visitors easily find the exact content they are looking for on the website. While our site continues to be a “work-in-progress,” we believe this addition will be beneficial to all who visit. You can find our “Site Map” under under the “About” tab on the main menu bar.

EVENTS FROM THE COUNCIL:
For information or information about online registration, go to the Blue Ridge Mountains Council website and look under the Activities & Training on the main menu bar.

Spring Trout-O-Ree 2024

EVENTS FROM THE REGION:
For information on pack friendly events happening in the region.

NRV Macaroni Kid

GETTING PACK ACTIVITY INFORMATION:
We have several means by which you can keep track of all the upcoming events in our Pack. Every month we will send out our Monthly News Update via email, highlighting the upcoming events for the month. We will post much of the same information on our website on our “Announcements” page under the “News” tab on the main menu bar. And we will post events weekly on our Facebook Page. We also have our Pack calendar on our website on our “Calendar” page under the “Schedules” tab on the main menu bar. And you can always see our latest, “Cub News Newsletter” on our “Newsletter” page under the “News” tab on the main menu bar.

Should you ever have a question, do not hesitate to contact any of the Den leadership. We want you to be informed and we use these tools to keep you informed with the latest Pack information, events, and announcements. So, if you ever need information, we have several places available where you can find what you need. And if you cannot find it anywhere else, you can always contact our Scout Leadership or our Cubmaster.

EMAIL LIST UPDATE:
If you have a new email address or another address that you would like to add to our distribution list, please email the Cubmaster the information and it will be forwarded to the appropriate Den Leaders. Please include the name to whom the address belongs and the scout’s name that the address is to be connected to.

PACK IMAGES, PHOTOS, AND/OR PICTURES:
Images, photos, and/or pictures of our activities, which may include our scouts and members of their family, are posted on our official Facebook Page. Please know that we do not practice “tagging” in the images, photos, and/or pictures that we post to any of our social media sites and we strongly discourage the practice for privacy reasons as well as an overall general security standpoint. Every effort has been made to completely disable this feature on the social media sites that we use so that others cannot “tag” anyone in any of our images, photos, and/or pictures, however we make no guarantees, either expressly or implied. If you, as a parent or guardian would like to “opt out” of having images, photos, and/or pictures of your son or any members of your family published/posted on either of social media sites, please submit a signed and dated written request to the Cubmaster stating,

“I do not grant Pack 141 or any of the organization’s registered leaders permission to publish/post any images, photos, and/or pictures on any Pack 141 social media sites that can clearly identify my son or any members of my family to the general public.”

PERSONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL FORM:
Every Scout in the pack is required to have a Personal Health And Medical form for 2023 - 2024 on file. Please make sure that you get one to your Den Leaders. For a copy of the form, click HERE.

Blue Ridge Mountains Council

April 1, 2024