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Twilight Camp

An alternative to Resident Summer Camp, Twilight Cub Camp is an evening day camp
Thursday thru Saturday in June or July in our local vicinity (Cubscouts sleep at home)!

Activities include: Archery, BB Guns, Arts, Crafts, and other Fun and Games!

Summer Camp

Camp Lassen - Resident Camp

Golden Empire Council’s primary Cub Scout Camp at Camp Lassen.

Cubs enjoy a theme-oriented exiting and fun program of archery, BB guns, nature, handicraft, Scoutcraft, showmanship, climbing, bikes, and waterfront during their
four day, three night camping in open cabins.

Learn more about Camp Lassen here. (Leaving Pack 6 Website)

New Cub Scout Round Up/Registration

Usually held on a Sunday in September

1-3 pm behind Placer Hills School

Pushcar (Cubmobile) Races and other fun games!
Registration for New Cub Scouts!

Rocket Day

Cub Scouts launch the rockets they have assembled and decorated. We often have a snack bar.

You're invited! Come find out more about Cub Scouts!

Most recently - November at noon in Meadow Vista Park!

Keep watching our Main Event Page for our next launch!

Rain Gutter Regatta

Cub Scouts build and decorate boats from kits which they race in rain gutters by blowing on the sails.

Most recently in April at 1 pm in Meadow Vista Park.

Keep watching our Main Event Page for our next regatta!

Pinewood Derby

Most recently in
January at Sierra Hills School

The pinewood derby is a racing event for Cub Scouts. With the help of parents, Cub Scouts build their own cars from official BSA kits containing a block of pine, plastic wheels and metal axles.

The pinewood derby is a racing event for Cub Scouts. With the help of parents, Cub Scouts build their own cars from official BSA kits containing a block of pine, plastic wheels and metal axles.

Cubmaster Don Murphy of Pack 280C organized the first pinewood derby, held on May 15, 1953, in Manhattan Beach, California. Murphy's son was too young to participate in the popular Soap Box Derby races, so Murphy came up with the idea of racing miniature wood cars. Learn more here about the history of the Pinewood Derby (leaving Pack 6 website)

The Scout is given a block of wood made of pine, four plastic wheels and four nails. The finished car must use all nine pieces, must not exceed five ounces (150 grams), must not exceed a width of 2-3/4 inches (7 cm), and length of 7 inches (17.8 cm), and must fit on the track used by Pack 6.

Pack 6 holds our Pinewood Derby in January. Keep watching our Main Event Page for our next race day!

Blue and Gold Banquet

Happy 118th Birthday

b. February 8, 1910!

In February, when Scouting celebrates its "birthday," Packs across the country hold blue and gold banquets. In nearly all packs, the banquet is a very special event. It brings families together for an evening of fun and cheer. The banquet can be like a regular Pack meeting, with songs, skits, stunts, and awards. Or it can be something different and a little more special.

IT ALL BEGAN IN A FOG - A Brief History
While walking the misty streets of London in 1909, American businessman William Boyce lost his way. A boy offered to guide him to his destination. Boyce wanted to pay him, but the boy explained that he was a Scout, and that Scouts do not accept money for doing good turns.

Eager to learn more, Mr. Boyce met with Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement in Great Britain. Boyce knew that boys back home would like the idea, so he brought Scouting to the United States. Papers incorporating the Boy Scouts of America were signed on February 8, 1910 - the date celebrated as the official birthday of the BSA.

“Try and leave this world a little better than you found it.”
-Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell

Read more here (Leaving Pack 6 website).

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