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Welcome to Pack 142's Homepage! Thank you for visiting our site. Pack 142 is chartered (by St. William of York Roman Catholic Church) and located in Stafford, VA. If this is your first time visiting this site, and you are a member of Pack 142, please take some time to check out all this site has to offer. This site provides up-to-date pack information, general scouting information and resources for scouts and scout parents, and resources for scout leaders.If your son is not a member of Pack 142 and you and your son are interested in joining cubscouts, please take some time to check out our site (in particular the sign-up page). You will also find on this site various fun activities scouting has to offer your child. If would like to speak with a Pack 142 representative for more information regarding cubscouting, please send an email to committechair@pack142.org. |
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" "ONE day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washèd it away: Again I wrote it with a second hand, But came the tide and made my pains his prey." In these beginning verses of a sonnet by Edmund Spenser, he describes how waves can shape and change a shoreline. Scientists have studied the ocean and waves for centuries, and we now know that each wave can contain a great deal of energy. The energy from a gentle wave may simply smooth a beach or slowly erode rocks. On the other hand, the energy from a tsunami can reap destruction over a large area. Boys, too, carry a great deal of energy. As a Pack of Cub Scouts, we have a lot of power available to us. As we work together as families or in the Pack, we can use that energy to make waves in a positive way. Cubmobile Derby The Pack would like to thank everyone for coming out to the Cubmobile Derby in June. We hope everyone enjoyed the relatively mild weather this year. Congratulations go out to the combined Den 4 and Den 7 Webelos 2 team for taking the first place ribbon. Goshen Eight boys and four adults ventured out into the mountainous wilderness of western Virginia for a week of hiking, swimming, hiking, campfires, and more hiking at Camp PMI in the Goshen Scout Reservation. The boys earned the Forester and Aquanot Activity Pins as they worked to earn both the Diamond W and the coveted PMI Adventure Awards. Highlights of the week included a hike to Swinging Bridge and a hike that took the group beyond the traditional stop of Viewing Rock up to the top of the ridge where they could see Jump Rock. Assignments for the 18 September Campfire: Opening Activity (Game to occupy the boys as people arrive and Pack leadership talks with parents): Wolves Flag Ceremonis: Den 6 Fire Tending: Den 5 Police Call: Den 2 All Dens: Please prepare a song or skit for integration into the program. Submit your song/skit ideas to the Cubmaster prior to the campfire. The September theme is “Cooperation.”
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