October Scout Events

Key Dates in this email:

October 13, 2024 - Final Show and Sell for Popcorn

October 14, 2024 - Popcorn order forms and money due

October 18, 2024 - October Pack Meeting

October 19, 2024 - Chicago Fire Scout Night

October 25-26, 2024 - Takhone Lodge Haunted Hike

POPCORN

Final Show-and-Sell October 13

Our final show-and-sell opportunity will be this coming Sunday, October 13, 2024, at Jewel-Osco located at 4660 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago, IL 60641, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. There are three time slots available: 10:00 to 11:00, 11:00 to 12:00, and 12:00 to 1:00. Please sign up for one or more time slots. Cub Scout Pack 3904: Jewel-Osco Popcorn Sale (signupgenius.com) 

Popcorn Order Form turn-in October 14

All popcorn orders are due by Monday October 14, 2024. If you want to turn over the money to the pack with either cash or a check, and you want to turn in your order form physically, I will be in the basement of the church on Monday, October 14 from 7:00 to 8:30. 

If you want to send me a screenshot or scan in your order form and turn in the money either via zelle or venmo, the email address associated with both those accounts is ashland966@hotmail.com.

If you need or would like more time to sell, please reach out to me and we can discuss a timeframe. 

PACK MEETING - Pumpkin Carving October 18

Our annual October Pack meeting will be held on Friday, October 18, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. in the basement of St. Edward church (Unity Hall). The scouts will be carving pumpkins and will be getting snacks and juice boxes.

CHICAGO FIRE SCOUT NIGHT October 19

The Chicago Fire are hosting a 2nd Scout Day on Saturday 10/19. Tickets are still available, and are between $25 and $33. I bought tickets for me and two of my boys in Section 130, Row 2, seats 7, 8, and 9. 

From the website: "Chicago Fire FC is excited to extend this exclusive offer to all friends, families, and supporters of Scouting America Pathway to Adventure Council. Join us on October 19th as the Chicago Fire FC take on Nashville SC at Soldier Field!

Each ticket purchased will include a Scouts Night patch and a $5 donation to Scouting America Pathway to Adventure Council!" Scouting America Pathway to Adventure Council (fevo-enterprise.com)

HAUNTED HIKE October 25-26

The Haunted Hike is a yearly, Halloween-themed event run by Scouting America. This event raises funds, builds leadership, and is good, spooky fun! It is a guided hike through a series of small haunted houses centering on a theme. These small haunted houses are a collection of tents and have costumed scarers to help bring the screams! Located at All Saints Cathedral Parish, 9201 W. Higgins Rd, Chicago, IL on Friday October 25, and Saturday October 26. Haunted Hike – Takhone Lodge #7 (oa7.org)

UNIFORM 

All scouts should have a full uniform that consists of the following items:

1)      A scout shirt with these patches
        a.       3904 red numerals
        b.       World crest emblem
        c.       1910 crest ring
        d.       Pathway to Adventure Council Patch
        e.       Earned rank(s) patches (Lion, Tiger, Wolf, Bear, Webelos)
2)      Scout pants or shorts
3)      A scout belt and belt buckle
4)      Neckerchief for the den they are going into this year
5)      Neckerchief slide for the den they are going into this year
6)      Hat for the den they are going into this year
7)      Handbook for the den they are going into this year (all handbooks are new this year, so make sure not to buy any used handbooks - they are obsolete)

You can purchase any of the above items at the scout store in Arlington Heights Arlington Heights Scout Shop or online at Official BSA® Scout Shop | Boy Scouts of America®

PACK WEBSITE

Pack 3904 has a website thanks to our new Assistant Cubmaster, Kurt Paradis! Please check it out here: Pack 3904 - Chicago IL

It is a new site with limited information on it right now, but as time goes on we plan to expand it to include a lot more! 

PACK MEETING CALENDAR

Please subscribe to the Pack 3904 Google Calendar to stay updated on all upcoming meetings and scout events for the year. All the den leaders will have permission to modify this calendar so they can add Den Meetings and any other outings to it. There are two ways to subscribe to the calendar:

If you have gmail, just click this link and it will take you to your gmail calendar and will ask if you want to add this one: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=c3QuZWRzLnBhY2suMzkwNEBnbWFpbC5jb20

If you do not have gmail, you need to open your e-calendar and choose “add calendar.” You then need to choose the option that says “subscribe from web” or “follow calendar” or something of that nature. Then paste this link there and click “import” or “add” or “save”: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/st.eds.pack.3904%40gmail.com/private-e66d948a8c1975af83bdfdc5c6f36c6c/basic.ics

FACEBOOK PAGE

Here is our Pack 3904 Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cubscoutden3904/

If you have Facebook, please join the group. I tried to keep it updated regularly last year with information about events and photos of what we did in scouts and I was mostly successful. I will try to keep it updated this year as well. 

REGISTER FOR SCOUTS

If you are not yet registered and would like to register your son/daughter for scouts, please do so here: Youth Info - My Scouting