Tuesday our scouts went to Triangle Sportsplex for Ice Skating. For most of our scouts it was the first time on the ice. While they all faced a learning curve they all stuck to the cub scout motto "Do Your Best" and they were all skating by the end of the night. While no belt loops were involved, it was still a great experience that all the scouts enjoyed and it felt good inside. We posted pictures on Facebook and will soon add them to the Website.
 We followed that adventure with hiking at Cedarock Park Saturday morning. Our scouts hiked two miles and worked on the importance of the Cub Scout six essentials, what to do if they got lost, and the buddy system. We need your help. We are evaluating our communication of information. Please take time to complete the following survey (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/D757PWW) to help us be more effective in how we get information to our scouting parents. Our next pack event will be August 4 at Putt-Putt in Burlington at 6pm. The cost is $9 per golfing participant which includes one round of putt-putt, 20 tokens, 2 slices of pizza and a drink. Should be tons of fun, DEADLINE TO SIGN UP  is July 30th, so we can get a headcount to Putt-Putt. 
The Alamance District has teamed up with the Burlington Royals on August 8 for a scout Night. The cost is $10 per person, which includes the baseball game, camping, dinner, and a light breakfast. To sign up for this event, call the Burlington Royals office. Mike Solomon will be attending this event, so if you have questions talk to Mike. 
 We have one more event planned for the summer. It is a hike at Occonneechee State Park in Hillsborough at 2PM on August 22. This is a great hike for scouts learning about Geology and seeing fools gold. Matt Dodson will be leading this event, so please sign up ! Always bring your Cub Scout six essentials on these outings because your den leaders can provide credit towards your rank advancement in the new 2015 program. 
 BEJ parents, we have secured an information table for Open House on August 20 from 4-6PM. If we could get parents to sign up for shifts so that all families have time to meet with teachers, but also share the scout program to any new parents interested. Let me know ASAP what time slot you wish to secure in manning the table.
 AWE families we are still working on securing this night but hopefully will have that information this week. 
 We encourage all parents to go to the myscouting.org website and create a free account to take the on-line training courses available. The first class you should take is the Youth Protection course. It lasts for about 20 minutes.
 Yours in Scouting, Lisa

Thanks to all the families who came over this past Friday to the Crabtree's for Pot Luck. The scouts had tons of fun and the parents enjoyed the fellowship. We had great food and it was not too hot! 
 This week is a busy week of cub scouting events. First on Tuesday night we have Ice Skating at the Triangle Sportsplex in Hillsborough at 5:45-7:15 for $5 per person. This includes the skate rental and it is a great thing to do on a HOT summer night! When you arrive you will pay at the front desk, tell them you are here with Pack 65 for the public skate. We invite all family members to come out and skate.
 Then on Saturday at 9AM we have hike at Cedarock park. We will work on the Trail Trekker program and the Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award and we would like to ask the den leaders to get with any parents about working on an Adventure Loop. Right now, the Wolf Den is going to work on "Paws on the Path", the Bear group has the option of working on "Fur, Feathers, and Ferns", if we have a parent to lead them and the Webelos can work on "Webelos Walkabout" Adventure Loop. Also at Cedarock Park they have Photo scavenger hunt going on right now and goes through July 26. They have points for items you find in the park and take a picture and post it online. I have posted the rules and items on our website (http://www.pack65nc.com/documents.html) . Any scout on our hike is welcome to take along the list and take pictures as we hike. 
 We also have Putt-Putt on August 4 for $9. 
 This year we are going to assign dens to setting up the tables and taking them down each month. Also during that month that den will be in charge of the flag ceremony, so they will need to arrive about 6:30pm. We also would like the parents of that den to help with the pack meetings and if a special event falls in that month to help with that event(s). Here is the schedule for the Dens: September Webelos II October Webelos I November Bears December Wolves January Tigers February Webelos II March Webelos I April Bears May Wolves June Tigers 
 Also as a reminder if you have yet to get your new scout handbook for the new scouting year, these can be purchased at Graham Sporting Goods in Burlington near Lowe's Home Improvement, so you do not have to go all the way to Greensboro for these items. 
 Thanks to the parents who are already working on securing several popcorn locations. If you have any suggestions for new locations for us to set up popcorn show & sale spots, please send those to me soon. 
 Yours in Scouting,
 Lisa

Enjoy Summer! 
This coming Friday is Pot Luck at the Crabtree’s at 6PM. Our address is 1700 Old Carriage Court, Haw River, NC 27258. If you plan to attend please let me know, it should be a nice family fun night. We will have dinner and have some games for the kids. Remember to bring dishes, desserts, drinks, and chairs to sit in. 
 We have been in discussions with the church on space issues for the 2015-2016 Cub Scouting year. After letting the church know we will be placing den rules and checklist for the rooms, the church is willing to continue to share space with us. This year on the first couple of nights of scouts, each family will be provided the new Pack Handbook that will include all of the new changes. Families will be required to turn in a signed form stating they understand the new rules. Our goal is to make the Cub Scouting program fun for all scouts while respecting each other and our space. 
 
I hope you have all gotten an invitation from ScoutBook software for setting up your account. All parents should have access to view your scout’s advancement. We are hoping this will help keep us all on track on for each scout’s advancement. Some information is still being entered, so be patient. With using the new software, it will allow us to send invitations with this feature. I will stop sending the punchbowl invitations I have used in the past. 
 Remember, we still have events going on all summer and we hope all families will come out and join us. 
* July 17, 2015 Crabtree’s Pot Luck & Family Fun Night working on the Outdoor Activities Patch Click here to signup! 
* July 18-19 2015, Dad & Lad Camping at Cherokee 
 * July 21, 2015 Triangle Sportsplex in Hillsborough for Ice Skating cost is $5 which includes ice skate rentals, time 5:45-7:15. This will count as a summertime award. 
 * July 25, 2015 Hiking at Cedarock Park to work on our Trail Trekker miles. This will also count towards Summertime Pack Award. we will meet at 9AM.
* August 4, 2015 Putt-Putt in Burlington cost $9 which includes 1 round of putt-putt and 20 tokens, 2 slices of pizza and drink. This will count towards summertime award. 
 * August 8, 2015 Burlington Royal Cub Scout Campout * August 22, 2015 Hiking at Occonneechee State Park in Hillsborough at 2PM with Naturalist. 
 Our first night back will be September 1, 2015. We are hoping to have a booth at each school for open house. If we are able to do this, we will need families to help man the table to provide information to potential scout parents.
 Yours in Scouting, 
Lisa

** Happy 4th of July! 
 I hope all scout families will enjoy a safe and happy 4th of July! Thanks to all the scout parents that showed up this past weekend at our first planning meeting. We met for 4 1/2 hours making plans that we will still be working on in the next couple of months. We will be adding to our pack handbook that will include den rules, camping rules, and financial assistance forms. We will also require that each family review the handbook and sign-off that they have read and understood all the policies. Our next Cub Scouting event that will count towards the Outdoor Activity patch and can count towards Summertime Pack Award is the pot luck dinner at the Crabtree's on July 17, 2015 at 6pm. We will have dinner and games in the backyard, so bring camp chairs, tables, games and food for a fun scout family night! If you have not signed up please do so now
 We have other events going on that we need families to sign up for so we can get a head count. Ice skating at Triangle Sportsplex in Hillsborough July 21, 2015 for $5 per person all family members are invited to skate from 5:45-7:15. 
 Hiking at Cedarock Park July 25 at 9AM. 
 Putt-Putt August 4 at 6PM for $9 per person includes 1 round of putt-putt, 20 tokens, 2 slices of pizza and a drink, all family members are welcome to play! 
Hike at Occonneechee State park in Hillsborough on August 22 at 2PM. This hike will be with the the naturalist who will give a talk about the mountain
If you have trouble signing up for anything just shoot me an email with what you want to attend and how many will be participating. Also, we are going to start transitioning of Cub Scout tracking software to a BSA owned program (ScoutBook) that will allow parents to track their scouting requirements. 
 Yours in Scouting, Lisa

Happy Summer
We hope all of the scouts who attended Webelos camp had a great time and were able to stay cool this past week! Remember tomorrow we will host our once a year cub scout planning meeting. We encourage a family member for each scout to attend as we make important decisions for the upcoming scouting year. We will meet from 2-6 PM at the Boy Scout Hut and dinner is being provided by the Black's and Crabtree's. Our next Summertime Pack event will be a Pot Luck picnic at the Crabtree's on July 17, 2015 starting at 6 PM. We will have dinner and play a few games in the back yard working on the Cub Scout Outdoor Activity patch. Right now we only have 2 families signed up to attend, we need at least 6-8 to make it work for the night, so please sign up if you plan to attend.  To earn the Outdoor Activity Patch here is what a Scout must do: either have attended Twilight camp this summer or Cub-0-Ree in the fall. Then there is a requirement that is based on rank that we encourage all of our dens to work on this summer. After that you have 14 options to choose from; at the Wolf level you have to do 5 and Bears must do 6, and at the Webelos you must do 7 to earn the patch. For our pack, we have some activities setup already, first is participating in a hike with our hiking program, this should not be a problem. We will offer at least two hikes this summer. While on the hike, we will discuss the buddy system, something we do before each hike. Our 3 options as a pack are participate in a picnic or a fun day. We will have set up a pot luck at the Crabtree’s for this option. Along with that it states to participate in an Outdoor sporting event. We will have kickball, cornhole setup for kids to play and hopefully some other things that evening. Earn the Summer Pack Award is an option, that would be 5 that could all be done this summer without too much trouble. We could finish it off at the Lake Jordan camping event with the older scouts doing a campfire program by doing those last two items will get the Bears and Webelos at what they need to finish earning this patch. There are other options that if your den wants to choose to work on they certainly can with some planning. Please make sure Travis knows in advance about any additional activities and attendance afterwards, so all get credit where credit is due. Yours in Scouting, Lisa

Happy Father's Day
Twilight camp was held this past week and seven scouts from Pack 65 attended this event. Lots of fun with BB and archery each night, the younger scouts spent craft time building space derby rockets to go with the "Flight" theme. We had one night for fishing and on Friday night CiCi's provided dinner. Thanks to the parents of Pack 65 who helped Travis with this important District event. If you are interested in helping at the Cub-O-Ree in October, let Travis know. This should be the last time he serves as the Camp Director. Our Webelos are at Webelos camp this week. We hope that all the scouts and parents will find ways to stay cool. Have a great safe week!. Next weekend we will host our first ever Cub Scout Yearly Planning meeting and we have lots of topics to discuss for the upcoming year. We would like to have at least one parent from each family attend this very important meeting. We will provide a dinner and this event will happen at the Boy Scout Hut from 2-6PM on Sunday. If you plan toattend please sign up so we can gather items for dinner. Deadline is June 25th. Come with ideas and thoughts on how we can build Pack 65. Please check out the website for all the events we have planned this summer, some events may be cancelled if we do not get enough people to sign up for them, so it is very important to sign up early and commit to being present or you can call us if that makes it easier. In our newsletter we talked about important items a scout could earn> I just wanted to take time to remind parents of the first one. The Summertime Pack Award has 3 parts to it. First, is for the pack to plan 3 events for the summer that take place during the months that the kids are not in school. Second, is the den participation which means that each den can earn a special ribbon if each den plans an event and they get at least 50% participation. Lastly, is the scout Summertime Pack Award, which means that the scout must attend one event per month during the summer to earn this pin. For the scout there are more options to earn this, it can be attending Twilight or Webelos Camp, or the Burlington Royals baseball games, both items that are being put on by the District. The scout can also earn it by taking the NOVA classes Brandon will offer or one of our hiking events. Also, you could've started earning it by attending the End of the Year Party which was the Pack’s first event, you also have the Triangle Sportplex for Ice Skating, Crabtree’s house for pot-luck picnic, or Putt-Putt. As you can see we've tried to offer many opportunities this summer to keep our scouts involved. 
 Hope you are having a great start to the summer. 
Lisa

Happy Summer!!! 
Thanks to all the families who attended our End of the Year party! It was a nice hot day, but the boat racing was great and I think the scouts enjoyed the playground, paddle boats, and fishing. I hope you all took time to enjoy the lake. Thanks to all the parents and leaders who helped to make this year such a wonderful success. If you took pictures please share those with me or on our Facebook page so we can upload them to the website! We are in the planning stages for the 2015-2016 and to make next year even more successful. We need parents to attend our yearly planning meeting. We have many topics that we need to cover that will affect everyone in the pack.Here is the agenda (http://www.pack65nc.com/uploads/7/2/0/9/7209976/cub_scout_planning_year_2015-2016.pdf) for the meeting, please review and if you have any topics you want added, please let me know.Click here to sign up to attend (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16-7hfZMRNzEEsCekuHQIXIOtTAobfGTJUEDAD4DkYJo/edit#gid=0) , the pack will cover dinner and we will meet at the Boy Scout hut. Click here to view the summer newsletter. (http://www.pack65nc.com/uploads/7/2/0/9/7209976/summernewsletter2015.pdf) The newsletter covers a lot of the special awards that we will work on this summer. Take time to read and then sign up for our summer events. The leaders have spent a lot of time planning events to help scouts earn items all summer long. First of all Brandon Black is going to work on the NOVA program for three Tuesday's this summer June 30, July 7, & July 14. If you are interested in your scout being a part of this special program, please let Brandon know. Email drawgs@gmail.com (mailto:drawgs@gmail.com?subject=NOVA%20for%20Summer) Remember Twilight Camp is this week June 15-19 at Cedarock Park each night from 6-9 pm. Cost has now gone up to $85 per scout unless you are staff, then you can register for $25, let Travis know today. Should be tons of fun! Click here to sign up (http://bsaonsc.doubleknot.com/event/2015-alamance-twilight-camp/1731683) . Crabtree's are hosting a pot luck picnic on Friday, July 17 at 6 PM at their house,to work on scouts earning the Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award. Having a picnic and playing a outdoor sporting event will meet two of the requirements for this award depending on rank. We will have kickball, corn hole and more for an evening of fun! Sign up here if you can attend (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Yj6zz9Ccn1WAU4kpx5gEW-ZeRzxyE4M7R9SnpnmApI4/edit?usp=sharing) . Dad & Lad camping at Camp Cherokee on July 18 & 19. Cost is $50 to cover both scout and dad, if you are interestedhere is the link to sign up (http://bsaonsc.doubleknot.com/event/dad-and-lad-adventures-at-boy-scout-camp/1734544) . Triangle Sportsplex July 21 for ice skating for $5 which includes skate rentals all family member welcome for this price.. Sign up here if you plan to attend (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rrT-p9IbD41LlOMeIxPE3RTbeyZ-3E8EPc1lNUyC43M/edit?usp=sharing) . Hike July 25 at 9AM at Cedarock Park click here to sign up (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qU5QADu0yibwH9hZDjT_utcAJu7J7XawhnHRehys1ac/edit?usp=sharing) Putt-Putt on August 4 at 6PM for $9 includes one round of putt-putt, 20 tokens, 2 slices of pizza and drink all family members welcome at this price.Click here to sign up (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1L6h7Z7fcXeqOsSOfAFowlCS394lqfdS12gmBAihxa5A/edit?usp=sharing) ! The district is offering a Burlington Royals night on August 8. You have the option of just going to the game for $5 or staying the night for $9. See Old North State Council website for more details. Hiking at Occoneechee State Park on August 22 at 2PM, this will be a geology hike lead by their naturalist, space is very limited, so please sign up (http://) . Yours in Scouting, Lisa