Where: Camp Orr, near Jasper, Arkansas (just under 2 hours from Fayetteville)

Cost: $55 for 1 Scout plus 1 Parent. Additional Cost for additional people (see registration form below).

Westark Area Council Family Camp at Camp Orr is coming up in about 2 months. Each Cub Scout must be accompanied by at least one parent, but the whole family is welcome. We’ll camp together as a Pack, but food is provided as part of the camp registration fee, as is one youth t-shirt (additional shirts available for additional fee). No mess kits needed for this campout.

You register as a family through the Council, NOT through the Pack. See the Registration Form (PDF) for more information. Deadline to register (without a late fee) is March 16th!

Here’s a link to lots of great information about Family Camp.

Where: Grace Church, 2828 Crossover Road, Fayetteville

Pack 46′s Pinewood Derby is Saturday, January 28 at 9am. Here are the important dates and things to remember when working on your car:

Pinewood Derby Test and Tune Night

6pm to 9pm, Friday, January 27, Grace Church.

We’ll have the track set up, and you can run your car and adjust wheels, weight, etc. before checking it in that night.

We would like as many people as possible to come Friday night and check in their cars so we can get started racing as fast as possible on Saturday.

If you don’t check your car in Friday night, please arrive by 8:30am Saturday morning to get checked in before we start racing at 9am. The computer software won’t let us check in any more racers after we begin racing!

Volunteers

If you would like to volunteer to help set up the track on Thursday, January 26 or help during the signup and racing on Saturday, please contact Justin Baugh, our PWD Crew Chief.

Pack 46 Pinewood Derby Building Rules

Here are the rules we follow in building cars:

Each car is inspected at weigh-in for the following inspection points:

Pinewood Derby Car Dimensions

• The overall length of the car shall not exceed 7 inches.
• The overall width of the car shall not exceed 2 3/4 inches.
• The car must have 1 3/4” clearance between the wheels.
• The car must have 3/8” clearance underneath the body so it does not rub on the track.

Derby Car Weight

• The car weight shall not exceed 5.0 ounces.
• The official race scale that is used at car check-in shall be considered final.

Wood, Wheels and Axles

• The official pine wood block must be used. The block may be shaped in any way that is desired.
• Official BSA wheels must be used. The wheels may not be cut, drilled, beveled or rounded. You may remove the seams and imperfections from the wheels.
• The axles may be altered, polished and lubricated.

Car Modifications Not Allowed

• Wheel bearings, washers or bushings are prohibited
• The car must not ride on any type of springs
• No starting devices. The car must be freewheeling.
• No loose material of any kind, such as lead shot, may be used (it must attached to the body with glue, etc.)

Where: Grace Church Parking lot

We’ll be putting out bags for Scouting For Food, to help collect food for a food pantry (we haven’t decided which one yet) during the time of year when food pantries need food the most — AFTER the holidays.

We’ll meet at the Grace Church parking lot, divide into teams with maps and bags and put out the bags for collection. The Boy Scouts of Troop 46 will collect the full bags the following Saturday and deliver it to a food bank for both units.

All the time spent by our Cub Scouts on this project goes toward our pack’s Journey To Excellence, which is an award we can earn for doing all sorts of awesome Scouting stuff.

WHERE: Mount Comfort Church of Christ (3249 W Mount Comfort Rd, Fayetteville, AR 72704)

Cost: $10 per family (pay at the door on the night of B&G)

IMPORTANT: Please RSVP to Elizabeth Garrett at egarrett@zmegtech.com so that we can get a count on how many people will attend so we’ll know how much food to prepare.

Our 2012 Blue and Gold Banquet is coming soon! If your Cub Scout wants to receive his rank badge (Tiger Cub, Wolf, Bear, Webelos, Arrow of Light) at Blue and Gold, make sure he has completed all the requirements and entered them in Scout Track by Monday, Feb. 13!

We’ll get together to celebrate Cub Scouting and all the hard work our Cub Scouts have done this year. We’ll have a great sit-down dinner (baked ziti, salad, bread, dessert, drinks), an entertaining program, and we’ll give out rank awards that our Cub Scouts have earned this year.

You should have received an email asking for volunteers to help set up on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. Please give an hour or two of your time to help ensure this event is a smashing success! You can contact Elizabeth Garrett at egarrett@zmegtech.com to volunteer to help with food or preparation for the event.

Be sure to bring water, a snack, and a whistle.

If you need help paying your dues through a scholarship or other payment plan, please contact Pack Committee Chair Matt Morningstar.

Pack 46 2012 Dues – $50

Scout’s Full Name

The Cub Scouts voted for their favorite design at the March Pack Meeting, and the pictured design won.

Pack t-shirts are $10 each and are available in a range of sizes. Contact Matt for more info.

Youth Protection Training covers how scout leaders and parents deal with children for the protection of all involved. Our goal at Pack 46 is to get EVERY parent to take the Youth Protection training so that you all know how we deal with your children and why we do it that way.

Once you take Youth Protection, you can apply to be an Adult Volunteer and do other training, many of which are available online.

Where: Popcorn Kernel’s House (see ScoutTrack or email cubmaster@cubscoutspack46.org for address)

For Cub Scouts that sold popcorn, your orders will be ready to pick up at the popcorn kernel’s house on the second weekend in November. Please make every effort to pick up your orders during those times. If you cannot make either of those time slots, please contact cubmaster@cubscoutspack46.org to arrange a time to pick up your popcorn orders.