Our winter overnight will be a trip to the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord, NH on Saturday, March 3, 2012. We will be participating with Cub Scout Packs 4 and 97 of Hopkinton. It is a great opportunity for scouts and parents to explore science and the humanities! Key details are listed below, including the website which has rules, a packing list, and an itinerary. We hope you can join us!

Key Details

Event: Overnight Campout at McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, 2 Institute Drive, Concord, NH 03301, Phone: 603-271-7827

Day/Date: Saturday, March 3, 2012

Dinner is not included. Please eat dinner before arriving.

Time: Arrival Time is between 6pm and 7pm (late arrivals are not encouraged and need to be communicated in advance in order for the doors to be unlocked to let you in)

Cost: $50 per person which is non-refundable after January 31, 2012 (payment will be collected at the Pinewood Derby - important to note that this trip is limited to a certain amount of people so those with payment in first will be first on list of participants.

Hands-on activities begin at 7pm

You cannot bring your own food

Food allergies need to communicated in advance (by February 15th) so the caterers can have appropriate alternatives for evening snack and breakfast which are provided.

Evening snack is typically granola bars, popcorn and juice

Everyone is up by 7am and out by 9:30am

The website for the Discovery Center is: www.starhop.com. There you will find directions and see document attached below for the rules, packing list and itinerary for our "Overnight Adventure Mission Plan."

*Please try to come during the assigned time per rank to keep the registration process as smooth as possible
Tigers  6:30 pm – 7:00 pm 

Cub Scouts from Pack 26 will be selling wreaths at Colella's Supermarket, 61 Main Street, Hopkinton on the weekends of November 26-27 and December 3-4. 

Two pieces of important information about the wreath pick-up on Saturday. 

1) Time: 
The pickup window will be from 11:15 - 3:00pm 

2) Location: 
We are going to use a new location for the wreath pick-up. It is 35 Parkwood Drive, here in Hopkinton. There's a large open lot that the wreath truck will be able to deliver the wreaths. The pick-up times will be from 11:15am to 3pm. This should give people an ample window to pick up wreaths based on their Saturday activities. 

Why the change? 
Because it will allow us to have the wreaths delivered earlier. Unfortunately, the church has an event on Saturday, and we could not get in there until 1pm at the earliest. That would push thing back too far in the afternoon for pickup. 

Where is it? 
It's located off of Main Street as you are heading out toward 495. From the center of town, heading west, take a right at the light (just before the two gas stations) on to Lumber Street Extension. Then go straight into the Parkwood Complex (I believe there is Caliper Life Science building on the right as you go straight on to Parkwood Drive). The parking lot we're using is at the end of the road on the left hand side. 

3) For those scouts who did not hit the goal of 25 wreaths, we've purchased extra wreaths to sell at Colella's. There will be a sign-up sheet at the Pack Meeting for 1 hour or 2 hour blocks the weekends of Nov. 26/27 and Dec 3/4. It's expected that those boys who did not meet the goal to sign up for at least one block. 

If there are any questions, please email me or call. 

Fran 
774-278-1480 

We are taking orders for holiday wreaths from now until Friday, November 11. The cost is $13 for a 22” wreath (fits most doors) with a 6-loop red bow and $17 for a 32” wreath (good for large windows) with an 8-loop red bow. Wreaths will be delivered starting Thanksgiving week. If you are buying a wreath this year, please consider buying one from a Cub Scout in your neighborhood. If you don’t have a scout in your neighborhood or don’t know how to find them, please contact one of the three Hopkinton Cub Scout packs and we will be happy to send a scout your way!

Pack 26 - Fran DeYoung 508-625-1604 fjdeyoung@yahoo.com

Pack 4 - Liz Murchie 508-625-1121 murchiefamily@verizon.net

Pack 97 - Patty Bianchi 508-625-1573 benetandpatty@comcast.net

Friday, October 21, 2011
Elmwood School Cafeteria

Pumpkin Registration 6:45 PM
Voting Begins 7:15 PM

Categories to be judged:
Scariest (Core Value Courage)
Most Unique (Core Value Resourcefulness)
Most Patriotic (Core Value Citizenship) - Pumpkins in this category can be USA, Massachusetts or Hopkinton themed.

Siblings are encouraged to participate!

1. Scouts should decorate the pumpkins themselves as an activity with their adult partner. Please let the scouts do most of the work themselves.
2. Carving is not required, and not recommended for the youngest scouts. You can do a lot with paint, stickers and accessories. See the photos from last year on our website.

Door Collection: Used books for the Hopkinton Library

Any book, adult or children’s, fiction and nonfiction, use this time to donate books that your scouts have out grown and books that you have read.

Questions? Julie Rodgers/Den 9 jules_68@verizon.net

The Pack 26 Google Calendar is iCal compliant and can be synced with many types of calendar software including Apple's iCal, Google Calendar, Mozilla Calendar, Sunbird, Windows Calendar and Yahoo! Calendar Beta. Simply open your calendar program and subscribe to our ical feed:http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/hop.pack.26%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics And if you have your calendar software automatically sync to your Smartphone, then you should be able to access the pack calendar from your Smartphone too. If a Pack 26 event changes during the year, your own calendar will be automatically updated, just like with the HPS Source Book Calendar.

Thinking of joining Cub Scouts? Pack 26 invites you to our first Pack Meeting of the year on Friday, September 23 at 7:00pm at Elmwood School for a fun Lego teamwork activity. We have openings for boys in Grade 1, as well as limited openings for boys entering grades 2-5. Pack 26 participates in many great activities during the year including a Fall Family Campout, Scouting for Food, Winter Snow Fun at Camp MacGregor, Pinewood Derby, Blue and Gold Banquet, CubJam at CampMacGregor, Geocaching and Museum Overnights. Visit our website www.pack26hopkinton.org to see photos of all the fun activities we do during the year or contact Recruiting Chair Tricia Shamus 508-544-9811 tshamus@verizon.net or Cubmaster Dan Wood 508-625-1543 danwood@hotmail.co.uk with any questions about Pack 26. For more information about other scouting opportunities in Hopkinton, please visit www.hopkintonscouts.org and www.hopkintongirlscouts.org.

Save the Date for the Annual Pack 26 Family Movie Night! 

RSVP via Punchbowl at http://www.punchbowl.com/parties/2387622-pack-26-family-movie-night 

New and prospective scout families are welcome! 

The cost per vehicle is $20, the pack will pick up half the cost. If you would like to attend, please mail a check payable to "Pack 26" for $10 to:
Sheila Farrell, 77 West Elm St, Hopkinton.

The theater is expecting us, so arrive early (at 6:30 p.m.) so we can all park together (the box office opens to the public at 7 p.m.) Just let them know you are with pack 26.

We do not know the movie title yet, but will send this along closer to the date. The early movie is always rated PG or G. If you can stay up that late, there is also a 10:00 pm movie at no extra charge. For more info, please visit http://www.mendondrivein.com/NowShowing.cfm.

We'll have hot dogs and paper goods for everyone and ask that each family bring their favorite tailgating dish to share and bring your own beverages. Please choose an item from the Pot Luck List to bring!

After we eat, the kids can play ball or other games before the movie starts (be sure to bring your glove and a tennis ball). It gets chilly in the evening, so bring sweatshirts and blankets. Don't forget the bug repellent! Lawn chairs are also a good idea. It should be a good old-fashioned family fun night out at the drive in - Hope you can join us!

Questions? Sheila Farrell 508-544-9847 sasfarrell@hotmail.com