Pack 94 News

Two more mentions in the New Lenox Patriot…

Dragon and Eagle Patrol Webelos were highlighted for their Craftsman award work which they’ve donated to Project Linus:

http://www.newlenoxpatriot.com/Articles-News-c-2012-02-21-237092.114133-Cozy-craft.html

Going way back to last October, the Patriot also included a nice write-up of our second annual Trunk-n-Treat:

http://www.newlenoxpatriot.com/Articles-Life-and-Arts-c-2011-11-03-231010.114133-Cub-Scout-Pack-94-hosts-Trunk-n-Treat-event.html

The Southtown Star newspaper featured a photo of the Pack 94 Bowling Party in a recent edition.  You can see a small version here:

http://southtownstar.suntimes.com/neighborhoodstar/tinleypark/10657928-521/around-town-central-for-feb-19-2012.html

Pack 94 events were recently featured in the New Lenox Patriot.

Check out the news about our December Bowling Party and our January Pinewood Derby.

See the January 26th print editions for even more photos and details.

Check out the current issue of PackTracks, Pack 94’s official newsletter for a review of our Pinewood Derby and some upcoming events.

February is the “birthday month” of the Boy Scouts of America, founded in 1911.  One of Cub Scouting’s annual celebrations of this “birthday” is the Blue & Gold Banquet.  Take a look here to find out more about our 2012 Banquet as well as a bit of Blue & Gold history.

March will hold Pack 94’s “Loopapalooza” as well as our Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser.  Stay tuned for more details

Pack 94 Cubs and Webelos delivered a tree-trimming extraordinaire this past Sunday at the New Lenox Village Commons.

From birdseed animals to colorful edible garlands to celery/cranberry ornaments to little festive gourd birdies and more, the Pack 94 tree looked spectacular!

Many thanks to the Scouts and families who joined in the annual festivities and tree lighting — the weather wasn’t perfect, but it was still a GREAT time for the community!

GREAT WORK, EVERYONE!!  Please see the message below from New Lenox Scouts Food Drive Coordinator, Bill Thomson…

From: “New Lenox Scouts Food Drive” <nlscoutsfooddrive@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 9:37:07 PM
Subject: New Lenox Scouts Food Drive summary - please pass on to your Scouts

Dear Scouts and Scout Families:

Thank you for your participation in the 2011 New Lenox Scout Food Drive.  The event was a great success. 

With the support of the donations provided by the residents of New Lenox, we collected 46,954 items this year.  This was an improvement compared to the 43,815 items we collected last year. 

The three food pantries we support were ecstatic about what we did.  Their shelves are now stocked for some time.  Our event continues to be the single largest food donation they experience each year. 

As I reflect back on the day, my thoughts are no different than last year, I was taken back by the amount of food we collected and further amazed by the number of Scouts and their families that participated.  I am very proud our Scouts have a great sense of community service. 

Each year I look to improve on the Food Drive.  I am already trying to figure out what we can do next year.   I know this year we had some challenges moving the bags from the cars into the building.  Next year we will work to have more carts and focus on traffic flow.   If there was something you saw that we should consider changing, please send me an email at nlscoutsfooddrive@gmail.com. 

I am already looking forward to next year’s Food Drive and I hope you consider participating again. 

Yours in Scouting,

Bill Thomson

Thanks for all of the bag collecting, heavy lifting, food sorting, box stacking, bag folding and other hard work this past weekend!  Pack 94 and all New Lenox Scouts and Scout families did a HUGE Good Turn on Sunday!

Pack 94’s own Quinn Burke has been in the news for a job well-done!  The October 28th edition of the Herald News reports:

NEW LENOX — Boy Scout Quinn Burke was recognized by the principal of his school, Nelson Ridge, for being an honest and caring citizen.

Quinn found a $100 bill on the playground and turned it in to the main office.

The principal said he was the perfect example of true citizenship.

The October 31st Edition of the New Lenox Patriot has even more details (registration required).

Rainbow Council Ishkote District’s newsletter, The Blaze also congratulated Quinn for being a fine example of Scouting’s ideals.

GREAT JOB, QUINN!!