Cub Scout Pack 564 - Lilburn, GA

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Pinewood Derby Update

pinewood bannerAfter being postponed on account of weather last weekend, the Pinewood Derby is on track to be held this weekend, Jan. 29-30, at Camp Creek Elementary School.

Although the pack has not yet submitted the necessary paperwork to confirm the dates, we’ve been told the school is available Friday and Saturday and expect to have formal confirmation today.

The schedule would remain the same as last weekend: check in Friday night with races and a min pack meeting Saturday morning.

This post will be updated once we have everything locked down. Please check back later for updates.

Update 1:  If your family has a conflict with the new date, race officials can race your car or cars for you. You will just need to register on Friday or make arrangements for someone else to register for you.

New hikes and Outdoor Ethics service project posted

patchI‘m happy  to announce that I have scheduled the next three hiking club outings, along with the service day project canceled in the fall due to rain.

The March hiking club event will be at the Vickery Creek Trail in Roswell, where we will combine the Outdoor Ethics service project with a nice hike followed by an optional picnic lunch. I will be posting a sign up for this hike so I can get a reasonable attendance estimate for the volunteer coordinator at the Chattahoochee National Recreation Area.

The April hike will be at Arabia Mountain, where we’ll do the 2-mile Rock Trail and Forest Loop.

And in May, we’ll head over to Cobb County to hike the 1.35-mile (2 miles on your scout’s passport) Environmental Trail at the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield.

Follow the links in the text above to the event pages for each of these events, where you’ll find full details.

As always, these plans could change depending on trail conditions, weather etc.

Summer hikes will be announced soon, but are likely to be the Island Ford Trail or the Sope Creek Trail, Sweetwater Creek State Park’s Red Trail and a more challenging  (but still totally doable) 3.5-mile hike of the Sawnee Mountain Preserve’s Indian Seats Trail in Forsyth County. These will be in addition to the traditional pack summertime events.

This fall, I’m planning on putting the Songbird and Woodland Trails at Stone Mountain back on our list for the September hike (while dodging Yellow Daisy!!!). We’ll make a tradition of doing the Stone Mountain walk up trail in the fall as well, but probably November this year, with October held open for now for a potential hike during our campout.

I’ll try to get those hikes published by mid April at the latest.

If you have any trails you’d like to do with the Hiking Club, please drop me a line and let me know!

Registration is now open for Spring Trip; Due Jan. 12

ussyorktownRegistration is now open for the Spring Trip. The good news is we were able to work out a lower price for those who will not be able to sleep on the ship due to very young children or other reasons.

Unfortunately, the back-and-forth on this delayed us being able to take registrations, and this means the registration period is going to be very short: paid registrations will be due by Jan. 12.

Please note: Cub Bucks amounts have not yet been updated in TroopTrack for the just-completed popcorn fund-raiser. Lance Wallace hopes to have these amounts updated in TroopTrack this weekend, but if you need to know your available amount before then, we’re posting Cub Bucks totals here:

Cub Bucks

Please use the following form to register: