Pack 3 Fall Recruitment - Sept. 4

Pack 3 den leaders and families --

Our Fall Recruitment season is rolling and we need your help to pick up speed! Next Thursday, Sept. 4, at 7:00 pm we will have a New Scout Information Night in the Multipurpose Room of Granville Elementary. All parents/family members of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders who are interested in joining Pack 3 as Tigers, Wolves, or Bears can come and learn a bit more about the Scouting program, ask questions, and fill out registration forms.

We will send flyers home on Tuesday through the elementary school, and Mr. Rogers will notify parents through the school e-mail newsletter, but we will not be able to speak directly to the kids after lunch as we have in years past, so a little extra activity from current Cub Scout families will really help. Please make sure to forward this info to friends and neighbors who have boys in the family who might enjoy Cub Scouts, or just walk down your street and let them know -- it's still nice out evenings!

We would love it if as many boys as possible who are already in Cub Scouting would wear their uniform shirts or Pack t-shirts to school on Thursday, to help remind everyone that in the evening we will be in the MPR to sign up new Cubs and explain the program to parents.

Pack meetings continue to be at the multipurpose room of GES on third Thursdays at 7:00 pm, with our first school year meeting on Sept. 18, and remind folks that Pack meetings are for everyone, while Den meetings are the smaller, age level group you'll meet with in between. Cubmaster Al Dantzer (587-1702) is organizing a Pack outing to the Denison Bioreserve for a little early autumn hiking on the Sunday before, 2:00 pm Sept. 14.

Help us get the word out about Cub Scouting, and Granville's Super Pack 3! We had a marvelous Hog Roast last week, gave the Licking County Food Pantry Network half a ton of much needed canned goods and donations, and are preparing for another great year of community service, rank advancement, and growing up smarter and wiser . . . which includes all us adults! We learn so much from the kids, which is why signing up adult volunteers is a great opportunity this time of year, too.

If you or anyone you know has any questions, please feel free to call me or Al, or check the pack blog linked below. (And if you want to buy a Cub Scout shirt, Cornell's on the north side of Newark's Courthouse Square has a good selection, and sells the patches for the council, the big red "3", and books for older ranks through Webelos and the Scout Handbook for the Web IIs.)

Yours in Scouting,
Jeff Gill
587-4245
http://granvillepack3.blogspot.com