PACK 7
New Canaan
Welcome to Pack 7 !!!
New Canaan's Pack 7 represents Cub Scouts in the South School District. The Pack, encompassing Tiger, Cub and Webelos Scouts, is open to boys entering grades 1-5.
Cub Scouting is a family program that includes hiking, camping, family daytrips, community service and a focus on personal development and achievement. Small groups, or dens, meet for fun-filled weekly den meetings, with a monthly Pack meeting attended by all scouts.
Special activities throughout the year include:
Army football
Fall and Spring camp-outs
Popcorn sales fundraiser
Pinewood Derby
Hiking
Daytrips
Important dates:
2000
September 14 Town-wide Scouting Sign-up
September 29-30 Lime Rock Race Weekend Camp-out
October 7 Cub Scout Leader Basic Training
October 10 Committee Meeting
October 14 Popcorn Sales Begin
October 19 Pack Meeting & Pumpkin Patterns
November 7 Teacher Service Day/No School/Committee Meeting
November 10 Veteran's Day/No School
November 16 Pack Meeting - Bobcat Induction & Can Drive for Homeless
November 18 Army Football vs Alabama-Birmingham (1:00pm)
November 23-24 Thanksgiving Break/No School
December 5 Committee Meeting
December 9 Popcorn Pickup/Distribution
December 14 Pack Meeting - Bear Induction
December 23-31 Christmas Break/No School
2001
January 1 New Year's Day/No School
January 9 Committee Meeting
January 15 Martin Luther King Day/No School
January 18 Pack Meeting - Pinewood Derby
January 21 Ski Mohawk day-trip (unofficial pack activity)
February 1 Committee Meeting
February 15 Pack Meeting - Wolf & Webelos Induction
February 17-25 Winter Break/No School
March 1 Committee Meeting
March 3 Blue & Gold Dinner
March 10 Liberty Science Center Camp-In
March 19 Teacher Service Day/No School
March 31-April 1 Fort Dix campout (5th Grade Webelos only)
April 5 Committee Meeting
April 7 District Fishing Derby
April 13-22 Spring Break/No School (includes Good Friday, 4/13)
April 26 Pack Meeting - Community Service
May 3 Committee Meeting
May 12 District Pinewood Derby
May 13 Mother's Day
May 17 Pack Meeting/Veteran's Presentation
May 20 USS Intrepid Day-trip
May 28 Memorial Day Parade
June 8 Arrow of Light Ceremony
June 17 Father's Day
June 23-24 Camp-out & Housatonic River Raft Trip
Monthly Pack meetings are held at the New Canaan United Methodist Church. We observe all New Canaan Public Schools severe weather cancellations. Pack 7 is a member of the Powahay District of the Connecticut Yankee Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
Cub Scout Promise:
I promise to do my best, to do my duty to God and country, to help other people, and to obey the Law of the Pack.
Cub Scout Motto:
Do Your Best
Law of the Pack:
The Cub Scout follows Akela.
The Cub Scout helps the pack go.
The pack helps the Cub Scout grow.
The Cub Scout gives goodwill.
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