The scout scoop

Happy Thanksgiving

Hope everyone has a wonderful thanksgiving. Here is a joke to pass along....

A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to"clean up" the bird's vocabulary.

Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. John shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. John, in desperation, threw up his hand, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer.

For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute. Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's outstretched arms and
said, "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."

Popcorn forms and prize selections are due!

These are the last few days to make sure we step in and have our best selling year ever! There are a lot of exiciting prizes awarded to the boys on a district level, as well as the return of "Cream the Cubmaster" and gift certificates to the highest sellers on the pack level. Most importantly, we as a pack family reap the benefit of great sales. All forms are due to me by Friday the 28th (the day after Thanksgiving) . Prize selections must be listed on the forms at that time. Due to the sale extension we won't get a second chance to order prizes, so please make sure your scout picks what he wants. In this, my third and final year as the popcorn "kernel", I'd like to request that every family get involved, I'm dying for that Blue Bell Ice Cream party!

Anna Foreman - Thnderbolts

Click on the picture below to see the full ad.

A link to the full packet can be found on the Sam Houston Area's Website or here. The pdf that is linked can be printed and used as your offical paper work if you need it.

Pushmobile is coming Dec 13th

Don't forget that Pushmobile is coming up Dec 13th at Spring High school.

Make sure that your team is ready the cost is $5 per scout if gotten in before November 6th round table after that it is $7.

The official rules can be found on our site (pdf format) or visiting www.polarisbsa.org or www.t41.org/pushmobile.

Physical Race Location: Spring High School - 19428 I-45, Spring Texas 77373 map

Recharter Time!

Recharter fees are due. Please turn in those fees to your den leaders by November 7th. Den Leader must turn in the fees by November 10th at the Den Leaders meeting.

Recharter fees for Webelos 1, Bears, and Wolves are as follows:

BSA Registration	$10
BSA Insurance	$1
Pack 1550 Annual Dues	$25
Total without boys life		$36
Boy’s Life Magazine Subscription (2009) optional	$12
Total with boys life		$48

Recharter fees for Webelos 2 are as follows:

BSA Registration (we are assuming they will crossover to Boy Scouts – this is for the full year 2009)	$10
BSA Insurance	$1
Pack 1550 Annual Dues (prorated for 2 months, Jan and Feb)	$4.15
Total without boys life:		$15.15
Boy’s Life Magazine Subscription (2009) optional	$12
Total with boys life		$27.15

Pack 1550 can use your help

Pack 1550 is promoting the collection of the following items to tie into the “Seeds of Kindness” theme for November. We will collect the items at the October and November Pack meetings, so have the scouts in your den bring them directly to the pack meetings, or you can collect them at your den meeting and you can bring the items to the pack meetings.

We are collecting non-perishable food items to help replenish Northwest Assistance Ministry’s ( NAM ’s) food pantry.

We are also collecting items to send to the troops overseas in Iraq , Afghanistan , and Kuwait . See the link below for a list of items commonly requested by the troops.

http://www.cypress-cares.org/SUGGESTEDDONATIONS.html

Other items include:

dried fruit
banana chips (and lots of them!)
shave gel
after shave with moisturizers (dry skin)
razors (gillette and fusion)
beef jerky (again a favorite)
nuts
trail mix
Amazon.com gift cards (one of the only places that ships to Iraq and the guys all shop there ALL THE TIME. Seriously more than they should)
Phone cards
Men's Health or other Men's magazines (obviously of the non pornographic sort)
Homemade cookies (if the mom's like to do it, the guys love homemade cookies. Put in plastic baggies or tins and they keep fine)

You can get boxes at the post office to pack the items in – no limit on the weight.

Also, scouts can collect the pull tabs from soda cans to support the Ronald McDonald House. Bring the pull tabs to the Pack Meeting to fill up our Ronald McDonald House.

Fall campout is here

The Fall campout is this weekend. Go to the calendar page link below to see the complete schedule for the weekend.

Things to remember:

Travel time is about 1 hour and 45 minutes with no traffic.
It gets dark between 6:30-7pm so get set up before that time.
Did you bring eveything, here is a check list.
Did you print the map? Click here to get it with directions.
The park charges at the gate a $3 fee per person, per day for 13 and older.

For more details go to the pack calendar.

Please Return these forms to your den leader

This year we have had a few changes and need a couple additional document turned in ASAP. Please print and return these forms to your den leader as so as possible. These are NOT optional and are required to stay in the pack.