Welcome to the Brighton Pack 343 Website!

In Pack 343, Cub Scouting means “doing.” Everything in Cub Scouting is designed to have the boys doing things.

Activities are used to achieve the aims of Scouting: citizenship awareness, character development, and personal fitness. The activities happen in the individual Dens — Tigers, Wolves, Bears and Webelos — and also within our Pack. The scouts meet with boys in their own grade in weekly den meetings and with all of the other dens in the monthly Pack meetings. Brighton Pack 343 currently has over fifty boys participating in the fun, excitement and learning that Cub Scouting provides.

But equally as important as the Cub Scout activities are the Cub Scout Values: the Cub Scout Promise, the Law of the Pack, and the Cub Scout sign, handshake, motto, and salute. The boys learn about Cub Scouting’s strong traditions and statements of values. These are all meant to teach good citizenship and contribute to the boys’ sense of belonging and common purpose.

Cub Scout Promise	Law of the Pack	Cub Scout Motto
I, (name), promise to do my best To do my duty to God and my country, To help other people, and To obey the Law of the Pack.	The Cub Scout follows Akela. The Cub Scout helps the pack go. The pack helps the Cub Scout grow. The Cub Scout gives goodwill.	Do Your Best
Learn more about the Cub Scout Promise	Learn more about the Law of the Pack	Learn more about the Cub Scout Motto
Learn about the Cub Scout Handshake	Learn more about the Cub Scout Sign	Learn more about the Cub Scout Salute

Pack 343 Spring Charity Swimming Event

What?: Pack 343 Spring Charity Swimming Event
When?: Sunday, March 25, 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Where?: Hartland Community Aquatic & Fitness Center, 10635 Dunham Rd., Hartland MI, 48353 (map)
Why?: Food drive to benefit Gleaners Food Bank
Who?: All Pack 343 Cubs and their families!
How much?: Cost is $3 per person to cover pool costs plus canned food donations

We’ve scheduled our annual Gleaners Food Bank fundraiser event for Sunday, March 25th from 4:30pm-6:00pm at the Hartland Aquatic Center pool.

This event allows us to collect canned food for Gleaners and to have a great afternoon swimming. The Hartland Aquatic Center pool is a great place for kids to swim and play.

So come out and have some family fun and help support the great work that Gleaners Food Bank does for our local community!

Welcoming our Newest Pack 343 Bobcats

We had a Bobcat Ceremony at the December, 2011, Pack meeting, congratulating seven new Tiger Cubs on achieving their Bobcat rank.

As we say in the Bobcat Ceremony: “The Cub Scout spirit is like a campfire. We must add wood to the fire or it will go out. In the same manner, we must add new boys to our pack, or the Cub Scout spirit will go out.” I know that joining Cub Scouting is a commitment on the part of the boys as well as by the Cub parents.

There are uniforms to buy, meetings to attend, badges to earn and outings to travel to. Our Cub parents are making this commitment to their boys and, in effect, to Pack 343. I think I can speak for all of the Pack 343 Den Leaders, Committee members and volunteers when I say a big THANK YOU to our Cub parents for bringing your sons into Pack 343.

We are all working hard to make sure that Scouting is a rewarding and FUN experience for your boys and we welcome your suggestions and appreciate the work you do to help us keep Pack 343 running.

Let’s make Cub Scouting a great journey for our boys!

For Veterans Day: The Star Spangled Banner

Time for Overnight Adventure!

Well, the trip to the Cranbrook Institute of Science is this weekend, Friday, February 10th.

The overnight program includes:

• Two hour Science Center workshop
• Auditorium physics program
• Planetarium program
• Evening snack
• Continental Breakfast
• Chance to explore on Saturday

There are no specific badges earned, but several belt loops are potential.

Some last minute notes:

• Program starts at 5:50 pm Friday; registration starts at 5:20 pm. The earlier the better.
• Be prepared per the list with your overnight materials
• Scouts–class A uniforms should be worn to the event! If you want to change later, so be it, but please start in uniform.
• Leaders–Uniforms should be worn to the event, see above
• Just in case we go outside, Be Prepared!
• Please fill out the photo release form ahead of time–it saves time at registration

Downloads:
Information Sheet & Release

You can learn more about the Cranbrook Science Center at http://science.cranbrook.edu/

Wrapping up the 2011-2012 Popcorn Sale

We wrapped up the 2011-2012 Popcorn Sale at the Dec. 12 Pack Meeting.

Congratulations and thanks go out to everyone who helped make the sale a success for the Pack.

Of course, the highlight of the event is the annual pie throwing. Tammy and I braved the onslaught of excited pie throwing Cubs and came out pretty much unharmed. A good time was had by all!

Please note that we still have some outstanding orders and we also have a small inventory of popcorn remaining that we need to sell.

Hint: Cub Scout popcorn makes a great Christmas gift!

Kensington Campfire Pack Meeting Sept. 26

We had a great time at the September Pack Meeting Campfire!  The campsite setting was perfect and the weather cooperated just enough to make it a great evening.

Thanks to everyone who participated.  We had lots of “Cheer”, our Webelos I Den did a nice job on the Colors, we had some great skits, songs and Den cheers.  Congratulations to our new Tigers for winning the Spirit Stick!

And, we even had a taker for the Big Can O’ Beans in the Early Bird Raffle.

Pack 343 Popcorn Sales: Let’s Go!

We kicked off our first “Show ‘n Sell” on Sunday, September 18, at Kroger in Brighton. It was a success!! We sold $689.00 in popcorn and collected just over $100 in donations. Special thanks to the scouts who participated:

Thomas R., Quinn L., Ryan E., Zack D., Connor Y., Collin F., Alan T., Eddie H. and Matthew B.

Great job, guys!

Successful Fall Cub Scout Roundup!

Pack 343 held a very successful Fall Round-up on Thursday, September 15th at Spencer Elementary. We had a great kickoff with at least 7 new Tigers signing up.

We want to give special thanks to Gavin Rye and Reid Shinabarker from Boy Scout Troop 350. Thanks guys! They supported the Pack 343 Cub Scout roundup brilliantly by entertaining about 30 cubs and siblings for an hour while the parents attended the Round-up presentation.

No Cub Scouts were injured in the staging of this picture.

Popcorn Sale Wrap-up

Our Popcorn Kernel, Tammy Musto, is putting together the final results for our Popcorn Sale fundraiser. Please remember: Tammy needs to have the sales sheets and all collected money turned in to her the week of October 24th.

She’s had some questions come in about the Show & Sell results, so here’s a summary:

Location	Date	Total Sales
Kroger	September 18th	$711.00
VG’s	September 23rd	$247.00
Walmart	September 24th	$255.00
VG’s	September 24th	$533.00
Walmart	September 25th	$376.00
Kroger	September 25th	$530.00
		$2652.00

Thanks to the Scout participants (and parents):

If you have questions, please contact Tammy Musto at tmusto50@gmail.com.

Popcorn Sale Update

Well, we’re coming down to the wire with our 2011 Popcorn Sale Fundraiser. Our Popcorn Kernel, Tammy Musto, tells me that we’re about half way to our goal but she says that many Scouts haven’t yet turned in their sales results so we should see the total climb toward our goal.

Remember, each boy that meets his sales goal of $500 gets to throw a pie at the Cubmaster!

We appreciate the efforts that our Scouts (and parents!) make in this fundraiser. We’ve always tried to make the Popcorn Sale our main — and only — annual fundraising activity. I know that our Scout parents are being asked to help their boys do more and more school fundraising these days so I truly appreciate your efforts in supporting Pack 343′s fundraising this year.

Thanks to our Scouts and Parents for making Pack 343 go!

September is Cub Scout Round-up Month!

Pack 343 is holding our annual Fall Round-Up at Spencer Elementary on Thursday, September 15th.

We’re looking for boys from all grades and their families who want to learn more about the fun, adventure and friendship of Cub Scouting.

You can see what types of activities we have lined up for this year, get some input on other ideas that we may want to pursue and, of course, sign up! We have some exciting eventsand activities planned for the upcoming Scouting year!

We’re encouraging all Pack 343 Cub Scouts to bring a friend, neighbor or sibling so that they can see what it’s all about.

Hope to See You There!