PACK 412 TIMES

We Sailed to Victory!

Cub Mobile Race

On Sunday, November 19^th, the three Dawsonville Cub Scout Packs joined forces for the first Dawsonville Cub Mobile race.  The event was held at the Park and Recreation facility behind the football field.  The cub mobile race is an event where each den in a pack makes a wooden car, which is ridden down a designated track. 

The time is recorded for each boy and totaled for each den and then divided to determine the team average.  The team with the lowest time wins fastest car.  The cars were also judged for best in show where the boys show off their creative side by painting and decorating their cars.  There were 64 boys who participated in this event from the three packs. 

Races were held in each Cub Scout age category Tigers (1^st grade), Wolves (2^nd grade), Bears (3^rd grade) and Webelos (4^th and 5^th grade).  For the Tigers Best in Show and Fastest car was awarded to Pack 412.  For the Wolves, Best in Show was awarded to pack 233 and Fastest car was awarded to Pack 133.  For Bears; Best in show was awarded to pack 133 and Fastest car to pack 233.  For the Webelos; Best in Show was awarded to Pack 233 and Fastest car to Pack 412. 
 

Dawsonville opted to forgo participating in the district event held annually in Cumming this year as it was scheduled on Veteran’s Day and we felt it was more important for the boys to participate in the parade and show their respect and appreciation for all of our veteran’s. 

We look forward to holding the event again next year as the boys and parents really enjoyed having it locally. 

The Cub Scout packs would like to thank the following organizations for their assistance:  Venturing Crew 109 (Dawsonville’s co-ed scouting program for young men and women age 14-21) for providing concessions, running the races, and distributing the awards, to Dawsonville Park and Recreation for allowing us to hold the event at their facility, to War Hill Tire and Auto for loaning us 150 tires to set-up the course, and to Daryl Hovden Construction for providing logistical support. 

Silver War

Cub Scout Pack 412 joined forces with the students at Robinson Elementary School in a Silver War.  What, you may ask, is a Silver War?  It is a competition between classes to see which class can collect the most money.  Each teacher was provided a container to collect coins and the class collecting the most coins was awarded a pizza party.  The funds were collected for The Ric Rack, Dawsonville’s local food pantry.  We were absolutely amazed by the amount of support received for this community service project.  All together we collected $489.96!!! 

The remaining funds paid for the pizza party.  Ms. Welch’s awesome third grade class collected the most money and was the winner of the pizza party, which they received on December 13^th.  Pack 412 would like to thank Dr. Biggs, principle of RES and all the faculty and students for their amazing efforts in support of this project.

Space Derby

Many men who once were Cub Scouts fondly recall their derby experiences: planning the design of their vehicle, working with a parent to build it, and seeing it perform on race day when, win or lose, they could take pride in having done their best.

In this way, the three basic lessons learned by participating in a Cub Scout derby—the craft skills, the rules of fair play, and good sportsmanship—are remembered for a lifetime. 

So, on Saturday, January 27^th, Cub Scout Pack 412 was making great memories with the boys who participated in the annual Space Derby at First Baptist Church of Dawsonville. 

The boys and their parents worked together to make miniature model rockets driven by propellers powered by rubber bands along a suspended, heavy monofilament line. 

Though this event is not a popular as the annual Pinewood Derby the boys have a great time creating their space crafts and getting together to race them. 

 We are very proud of all 20 boys who participated in this event.  They all did a fantastic job and we look forward to working with them on other fun events.