Pack 3763 – Newbury Park, CA

Trip Dates: Saturday 9/25/10 thru Sunday 9/26/10          Available Spots: 100 people

This is Cub Scout and parent (or adult partner) activity.

Unused spots may be opened up to siblings after the initial reservations are closed.

Cost:

Midway Only (Cost of Transport not included):

Adult and cub scout $170, additional cub scout (sibling scout) or parent $85.

Reservations (first come basis) to David Lynch (119 Via Pacifica)

Reservations are required by the Kite Flying Pack Event on 8/22/10.

Checks should be made out to “BSA Pack 3763”.

Ship Accommodations:

Overnight stay on board ship (in crew berths)

Dinner and Breakfast included (in crew mess)

Transportation Information to and from USS Midway (individual discretion and not part of the Tour Permit): Event begins and ends at the USS Midway in San Diego.

Option 1 – via Amtrak: (Current return price on line: Adult $32, Child $16)

Saturday 9/25 10:20 am Camarillo – 3:10 pm Downtown San Diego

Saturday 9/26 12:00 noon Downtown San Diego – 4:22 pm Camarillo

*USS Midway is within walking distance from the Amtrak SD Downtown Station.

* Restaurant car is available on board trains.

Option 2 – via car

The USS Midway is located downtown San Diego, alongside Navy Pier, at 910 N. Harbor Drive, CA 92101. It is easily reached by freeway and is approximately 170 miles from Newbury Park.

All participants must be present at the ship for group registration on Saturday 9/25 by 4:00pm.

Things to take along:

Sleeping bag, pillow, appropriate clothing, flashlight, camera, toiletries, and personal medications.

Schedule of activities on the ship:

Sat 9/25          4:30 pm         Check in

5:00 – 5:45            Orientation, safety brief, fire drill

5:45 – 6:30            Dinner

6:30 – 7:15            Simulators

7:15 – 10:30            Evening tours and activities

10:30 pm            Lights out

Sun 9/26         6:00 am         Reveille

6:45 – 7:30            Breakfast

7:30 – 9:00            Flight Deck tours and activities

9:00 – 9:30            Closing ceremony

9:30 am            Program over

Sample Menu:

Dinner – Salisbury steak or chicken or pasta, mashed potatoes, salad, vegetable and cookie.

Breakfast – scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes and sweet roll

*Ship doesn’t accommodate special menus.  If you need to bring your own food, the ship crew can provide you with the refrigerator space and heating of the food.

USS Midway Additional Info: midway.org

Saturday, July 24, Dos Vientos Community Park on Via Andrea (Same Venue as Bridging BBQ and Sports day)

9:00am  - 12:30pm

Your Den Leader will give you a kit if you wish to take part.

New scouts will get the kits from our Membership Chair, JoLeen Magill.

We’ll conduct the Raingutter Regatta to see who has the fastest boat. Trophies and ribbons to be awarded.

(Class B uniform). We’ll end the regatta with a picnic lunch and assorted games (each family to bring their own picnic lunch).

Pack Bridging, BBQ and Sports Day

Dos Vientos Community Park on Lynn road and Via Andrea 2.30pm until 5.30pm.

This is a big event when boys receive their final awards in their current rank before bridging over to their new rank. New boys are welcomed into the pack and bridge into their new Rank.

We have a BBQ with Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, chips etc… followed by a sports day and a service project.

We will have a sack race, standing long jump, 50 yard dash, ball throw for distance and a “pocket flags for our troops” service project.

Finally there will be a boys against the leaders Tug O-War.

Flag Day, Sunday June 13th at 1pm – at the Elks Lodge #2477

(158 N Conejo School Rd
Thousand Oaks CA 91362)

This is the annual Flag Retirement Ceremony run by our Sponsoring Organization, The Elks Lodge of Thousand Oaks. They have a display of information and a historical parade of our nation’s flags from before the revolution against the British up to the present day. Then there is a Flag retirement ceremony. The boys can participate in all these activities. There is usually ice cream afterwards for everyone.

It would be nice to have a good showing from our Pack and it is a chance for the boys to participate in uniform while being allowed to burn something safely.

Dos Vientos 4th of July Parade

Friday, July 4, Dos Vientos Community Center

Check-in at 9:30 at the snack shack, parade starts at 10:00.

Decorate and ride your bike or scooter at home, and then we’ll meet up at the  park . Bring a water bottle and wear sunscreen/sunglasses and helmets. Steve Hawkins will be the point-of-contact for the event.

Class B uniforms. More info to come.

WEBELOS Scout Resident Camp is at Camp 3 Falls from July 11th to 13th

See David Lynch for information on signing up.

Raingutter Regatta

Saturday, July 24, Dos Vientos Community Park (Same Venue as Bridging BBQ and Sports day)

9:00am  - 12:30pm

Your Den Leader will give you a kit if you wish to take part.

New Tigers will get the kits from our Membership Chair, JoLeen Magill.

We’ll conduct the Raingutter Regatta to see who has the fastest boat. Trophies and ribbons to be awarded.

(Class B uniform). We’ll end the regatta with a picnic lunch and assorted games (each family to bring their own picnic lunch).

CUB Scout Day Camp is at the Triumpho Community Park

July 26th to 30th from 8.30am to 3.30pm (Friday 1.30pm)

See Jennifer Boudreau for information on signing up.

Conejo Valley District Pinewood Derby CANCELLED

Kite Flying

Sunday, August 22, Dos Vientos Park, by the ball fields

5:00 – 6:00 pm

Bring your favorite kite!

and lots of string!

(Class B uniform)

ALSO…….

USS Midway Overnighter (not a Summer Event)

September 26-27^th in San Diego aboard the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier

Cost: $85 each.

More information will come by e-mail.

We will need to have commitments by the Kite Flying event in August.

Below is a link to the various Sports belt loops & pins that are available, and the requirements for each:

http://www.usscouts.org/usscouts/advance/cubscout/sports.asp

Below is a link to the various Academic belt loops & pins that are available, and the requirements for each:

http://www.usscouts.org/usscouts/advance/cubscout/academics.asp

Below is a link to the activities an adult Scout leader must perform to qualify for the 100-year ribbons:

http://ww2.scouting.org/100years/100years/sitefiles/1000/YourSource/PlanningTools/YOC/PatchReq_Leaders.pdf

Below is a link to the activities a Cub Scout must perform to qualify for the 100-year ribbons:

http://ww2.scouting.org/100years/100years/sitefiles/1000/YourSource/PlanningTools/YOC/PatchReq_Cubs.pdf

The Conejo Valley Boy Scouts are organizing a Memorial Day Flag placement Service Project at Pierce Bros. Memorial Gardens. This is a fantastic annual event.  It starts with a flag retirement ceremony, then we are dismissed with our supplies to mark all of the Veterans’ memorial sites with the American flag.  It concludes with a picnic-style lunch.  When all of the flags are in place, it is a sight to see!

Siblings are welcome to participate.

Lunch provided by Pierce Brothers Memorial for volunteers – BBQ Hot Dogs, Chips and Drink

Please RSVP to your Den Leader, with the number of children & adults that will be participating, no later than Monday, 5/10, so that they can let Kim Campbell know the numbers to report.

Saturday, May 29th, 2009 (Memorial Day weekend)
10:00 am – Noon (arrive between 9:30-9:45 am)

Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park
5600 Lindero Canyon Road
Westlake Village, CA  91362
(next to Costco, WLV)

Pack 3763 - Spring 2010 Campout - Friday April 30^th (4.30pm) – Sunday May 2^nd, 2010 (12.00pm)

Where: Arnaz Program Center, 155 Sulphur Mountain Road, Ventura, CA

Campsites:  Winesap and Golden Delicious

Directions: Take the 101 North to CA-33 (N Ventura Ave.). toward Ojai.

(Immediately after you go through the town of Casitas Springs, you will go around a curve.   Sulphur Mountain Rd. is an immediate right after you go around the curve.)

Turn right onto Sulphur Mountain Rd.

Arnaz Program Center is 4/10 mile on your left.

Travel time – about 45 minutes

Parking: Vehicles may only enter the campground for immediate loading and unloading of equipment only.  Deposits will be forfeited for groups leaving cars in the campground for longer than 30 minutes.  Vehicles may not be left in the campground.

When parking in the parking lot, please park with your nose pointing out (back-in) for fire safety.

When: Friday April 30 – Sunday May 2, 2010

What to expect:

The Pack will provide the following during the camp out:

• Breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday
• Breakfast on Sunday morning
• Paper plates, knives, forks, cups and napkins

All families will be asked for $5.00 to help cover the cost of food.  This can be paid in advance of the campout, or at the campout.  However, it is essential to RSVP to your Den Leader so we know how much food to buy.  Den Leaders have been asked to contact each family, but please make sure that your Den Leader knows if and how many from your family will attend the campout.  The deadline for RSVP is Sunday April 25^th, 2010.

You will provide:

• Drinks and snacks for yourselves
• Dinner Friday night (the camp is about 3mi from McDonalds etc. if you do not want to cook)
• Camping gear
• Each family should bring a joke, story, skit or some sort of fun thing to present at our campfire. Stumped on ideas? Check these websites:
  http://www.macscouter.com/Stories/
  http://usscouts.org/usscouts/stories.asp
  http://usscouts.org/usscouts/songs.asp
  http://www.boyscouttrail.com/skits.asp
  http://www.boyscouttrail.com/stories.asp
  http://www.boyscouttrail.com/jokes.asp
  http://www.boyscouttrail.com/songs.asp

> http://www.weknowskits.com/skits/

Be aware the temperatures can range from the 80’s during the day to the high 30’s at night. Bring the appropriate clothing and jackets.

What to bring (camping supplies can be purchased at Target, Home Depot, Costco, Sports Challet):

• Tarp – for under your tent
• Tent
• Hammer – for tent stakes (or you can borrow one from someone, no need for 30 hammers at camp)
• Air mattress or pad for under sleeping bags
• Sleeping bags
• Pillows
• Additional blankets
• Duct tape – you never know?
• Lantern – not a necessity but nice -  must be propane/butane, no coleman fuel
• Flashlights and extra batteries
• Chairs
• Bug spray
• Warm jacket, cap
• Ice chest – remember you will be providing all of your drinks and snack during the camp out
• Clothing – shorts, long pants. Be prepared for anything and extra change if needed
• Fishing gear + anything you need to clean and cook your catch of the day if your Scout insists that you cook the fish he catches
• Hats
• Sun tan lotion
• Sunglasses
• Comfortable shoes, canteen or hydration pack and hat
• Bicycles – if you want to take advantage of the bike trail

Football to toss around etc.

What not to bring:

• Alcohol
• Tobacco products
• Pets
• Firearms & fireworks
• White Gas or Coleman fuel lanterns or stoves (all must be bottled gas: propane, butane)

We will need several volunteers during the campout

• Campfire Master – start fire and extinguish at end of evening
• Belt Loop Trainers – Belt Loops (KICKBALL, ASTRONOMY, MAP & COMPASS)

Requirements for Fishing Belt Loop

• 1. Review your local fishing regulations with your leader or adult partner. Explain why they are important, and commit to following them.
  2. Demonstrate how to properly bait a hook.
  3. Try to catch a fish

Here’s a tentative agenda for activities (subject to change):

Friday

4:30 Arrive no earlier than 4:30 (dinner NOT provided)

7:00 – Campfire

Saturday

8:00 – Light breakfast (provided)

8:30 – 8:45 Flag ceremony at the flag pole (wear uniforms for this)

10:30 – 12:30 Free Time

12:30-1:30 Lunch (provided: note it will be PB&J)

1:30 – 2:30 Belt Loop instruction

3:00-5:30 Breakout Activity Sessions – these will be self-led activities

• Tarpit Hike
• Bike Riding
• Fishing (will require drive to lake, and fishing licenses for adults, kids do not need a license)

5:45 – 6:00 Flag retirement ceremony at the flag pole (wear uniforms for this)

6:00 – 7:00 Dinner and cleanup (provided)

7:00 – Campfire

Sunday

8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast (provided)

9:00 – 11:30 Strike camp

12:00 – Camp closes – we need to vacate by noon

FAQs:

Do I need a uniform? – There will be two flag ceremonies during the camp, Scouts and leaders should wear their uniforms to the ceremonies.

Scouts will not need to wear their uniforms at other times.

Will it be cold? – It may get into the 30’s at night, and will be chilly in the morning but warms quickly once the sun rises over the hills

Are there bathrooms?

Yes – there are indoor/modern plumbing (but not heated) bathrooms with sinks – no showers

Is there water?

Yes, there is a spigot at the campsite

Are there stores, restaurants nearby?

See below:

Arnaz To:	One-way Distance
Oak View Hardware store, coffee shop, gas stations	1.5 miles
Mira Monte Circle K, gas stations, drug store, McDonalds, Starbucks, restaurants	4.0 miles
Lake Casitas:  http://www.lakecasitas.info Boating, kayak rental, fishing, water park	7.5 miles
“Y” Shopping Center Grocery store, discount store, café, pharmacy	6.5 miles
Downtown Ojai Shopping, restaurants, museums, galleries, gas stations	7.5 miles
Ojai Valley Bike Trail	Right across the 33 on the other side of Sulphur Mountain Road

Tiger Den 1 is responsible for the set up and break down at April’s Pack Meeting on 4/18.  Tiger Den 1 will also lead the flag ceremony and perform a short skit.  Tigers – Please be there at 2:15 pm for rehearsal.