in December we conducted our annual sock drive where pack members bring in new socks to donate to local shelters. Prior to donating though, we had a snowball toss! Scouts wrapped up socks in balls and had fun playing in the MPR. At the end, we had a huge snowfall
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We had our first night hike of the year on Nov 20. We hiked from Dougherty Station library to Six Pillars park and back on the Rolling Hills trail. It was 3.6 miles round trip with an elevation gain of 220 ft. Mr Shane reviewed the safety guidelines for a
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Scouting for food is an annual program of the Scouts BSA to support the local food banks by seeking donations from the neighborhood. We posted door hangers on Nov 6 during the Fall Campout event. One week later, on Nov 13 we went around the neighborhood collecting the donations and
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At our November pack meeting, the scouts had fun playing a bunch of carnival games. Den leaders brought a variety of games that scouts could play. Our adult leaders helped our scouts play each of the games and ensured that everyone got a chance to have fun.
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Every year, Pack 996 partners with Quail Run Elementary to tie up Red Ribbons along the perimeter of the school in commemoration of Red Ribbon Week. When the week is over, we untie the ribbons and also clean up trash around the school. This year, we had a huge storm
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We had our annual bike hike, riding as a pack from San Ramon City Hall north along Iron Horse Trail. This is a great opportunity to get some exercise, but also to learn about road safety, rules of the road, and how to share a trail that is used by
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We introduced ALL of our pack leaders today since we now have den leaders for all of our dens and we have our pack committee! Yay for parent volunteers! We played the ever popular Hungry Human Hippos, had 2 skits, and lots of jokes. All in all, we had a
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We had a fun first pack meeting to kick off the school year. This is the first in-person Pack meeting since February 2020! Since we have so many scouts who are brand new to scouting, we conducted a Bobcat adventure on the spot where our more experience scouts helped our
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If you attended tonight’s virtual Parent Info Night (or missed it!), here are the slides we shared. If you have more questions, please don’t hesitate to email cubmaster@pack996.org View Presentation
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So many families have heard about scouting and want to know more about acitvities during the school year for scouts of all ages. You can learn more about our annual activities here and look through our previous events here. But what is the value of scouting?? These are just a
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