Good evening everyone,

What a great camping trip we had. The weather was perfect; warm days for activities and cool nights for sleeping. Thank you to Craig Wallen for making the arrangements, Aimee and Glen Walker for getting all the food, Shawn O’Keefe for helping with cooking and his awesome flag retirement ceremony, John Blake and Michael LeBarge for fishing with the boys, Patricia Shands for the scavenger hunt, Frances Wiley and Sherri D. for the craft, the den leaders for planning events for den time and keeping watch over their boys and finally parents and grandparents for all you did during the weekend. You guys make events like this and the recent Blue and Gold very memorable for our boys.

Speaking of Blue and Gold, what an awesome evening we had. We are definitely going to miss the 20 Webelos we crossed over. But we didn’t loose the boys have gained 2 Boy Scout Troops. In fact most folks don’t know that Pack 901 was at Northwest River Park on Saturday camping out. I interfaced with their leadership and invited them to join our campfire program. Unfortunately, they had other plans.

We still have plenty to do, so stay tuned in for all the latest information.

Thank you for all you do. God Bless, Bobby D.

Good evening everyone,

Thanks to all of the scouts that participated in Scouting for Food. Even though we didn’t get to pick up much food from the bags that you distributed; your work will indeed help feed many people in our community. You all did a great job and a good turn.

Summer camp spots are still available but filling fast. Your scout will greatly benefit from this experience. He will get a great start on rank as well as earn many belt loops. BB Gun and Archery can only be earned at BSA camps. You can choose which camp or camps your son attends.

Scout recruiting night was not as prosperous as I had hoped. Sherry Morrison, Patricia Shands and I went to three separate schools on the 21st and recruited no new scouts. Hopefully enrollment will be much better in the fall. Meanwhile, with the large number of second year Webelos graduating from the pack, we have reduced our pack size in half. Please help to recruit friends and classmates to build our numbers back up.

If your wolf or bear has not already received his rank badge, please work extra hard with him so he can receive it next month at our last pack meeting. Remember, arrow points can also be earned.

As we begin the winding down of our year of den and pack meetings, please remember that by no means is scouting over for the year. Your committee has planned several events and outings for our pack over the summer. Please continue to check your calendars and our website to keep up to date on all the activities.

Thank you for all you do. God Bless, Bobby D.

Sorry folks - no formal Pack Mtg this month but as most of you know we had a great Arrow of Light Ceremony (many thanks to Ms Sherry for her great ideas!)

You can read more about our ceremony for our twenty Webelos II Scouts who made Arrow of Light this year at:

http://www.pack320.com/AOL2005.html

Good Evening,
Congratulations to Nick Boinay for placing 3rd in the district and to Daniel Shands for having the fastest car in the entire Elizabeth River District. Pack 320 definitely had an awesome showing this year at the district race.

Also congratulations to all that won and all who participated at our pack race. Each and every one of you did your best. FYI, this year we had the largest participation ever in the pack race. Only 2 scouts did not participate. I hope we can see that kind of turnout when selling popcorn and doing community service events in the future.

Thanks to the many, parents that helped out to make both the pack and district races such a huge success. Your work makes my job much easier.

AJ Glass recently earned his Religious Emblem Award. Make sure you check out his medal. Great Job AJ!

THANKS FOR ALL YOU FOLKS DO!

God Bless,
Bobby D.

• Summer Camp
• Rank Badges
• Training

Sometimes we get too busy. That seems to be the case this year. I sat back and looked at all of the events we have scheduled and my goodness we are planning on doing a lot. We have rescheduled the arboretum clean up to December 11th since so many folks had conflicts. Please try to make it from 10-noon as we provide service to our community. Bring a lunch and we will provide the drinks.

Now is the time to start thinking about Summer Camp. Right after the holidays, the limited number of available spots get taken. Act now to reserve your scout’s summer camp. It’s only $50 for the week. Reservations can be made thru the council office for only $10. It is very rewarding for your scout to attend. Remember how many awards the boys received at our September pack meeting from summer camp. Our pack generally tries to attend together during the first session at Izaack Walton League Park; however you can attend whichever session your schedule permits.

It is also time to gear all of our scouts toward making rank. Arrow of Light is scheduled for March. All other rank should be planned for April/May.

Space Derby tomorrow will be raced under a revised format as to not take all of your day. Please get a race schedule before you leave tonight.

Please also sign the release form for the parade float.

Please stay up to date by accessing our pack web site regularly. Make sure you make me and your den leaders aware of any changes in your address, phone, e-mail, etc, as we endeavor to keep you informed.

God Bless,
Bobby D.

We have had a very exciting beginning to our year. We have had over 21 boys join our pack so far this year. Thanks to all of the fantastic recruiting efforts some of our folks have made; especially, Frances Wiley and Patricia Shands who spent many hours behind the scenes preparing packets for potential new scouts. We want to make sure that we make these new boys and families feel welcome.

A special thanks to Mary Betz and John and Melanie Blake who have stepped up to lead the Tiger cubs this year. Also, Glen Walker has taken over den leadership of the Wolf den with assistance from Kurtis Crake and under the guidance of Keith Armistead (former Tiger Leader). I am certain that all of the Tigers and all of the Wolves will have a ROARING and HOWLING good time. Your dens as well as the pack will benefit from your leadership. Some of the more experienced scouters will let you know that a leadership position is “only one hour a week”!

The Pack Committee strives to provide you all with the best scouting experience possible. Please help out when and where you can by becoming an active member on the pack committee. This committee paves the road that the pack travels on; everything from what to eat, where to camp, how much to spend …etc.

Please stay up to date by accessing our pack web site regularly. Make sure you make me and your den leaders aware of any changes in your address, phone, e-mail, etc, as we endeavor to keep you informed.

God Bless,
Bobby D.