Blue and Gold is coming up. We need some help with collecting silent auction items and raffle prizes.  If you know someone or a company that can help in donating items it would be great. Please let Robert Birkline know.

The second thing that we need all dens to do is start getting a basket together for the silent auction.  It went over great last year so we are doing it again.  Please get with your den leaders on the average values of these baskets and details for your den.

Blue and Gold is going to be centered around a "birthday party" so get ready to have a blast.

Congratulations to Bear Den 10 and Weblos Den 16 in placing in the 2008 Polaris District Pushmobile.  Den 10 placed 8th for the Bear Rank giving there den the first win of the afternoon.  Den 16 placed 5th as I remember finishing up the afternoon for the pack. This was a good year for our pack and two of our dens placed, horray!

For those that don't know this is the last year for Polaris and what a way to go out.  Congrats boys and we look forward in seeing you place again next year.

RACING DAY
Here is how the day will go.

Your car will show up for the final inspection. All cars get inspected. Once this is done, you just gather your team and wait till race time.
We do not do any check in for scouts or teams. Just car.

When a Rank is racing or about to race, we will call for all teams to get their cars and placed into the racing order. This will be located to the right of the Operations area.
There will be a coordinator to put the cars in order. All teams will have their racers at that time.

If you do not have enough to race, this is easily fixed by asking scouts that just finished racing if they would like to race on your team. More chances to win.

ADULT RACE, Each year, this gets bumped to the end of the race. Just expect this just in case. Also, this is an amusing race to watch and participate in. Don’t miss this!

PACK RACE will be signup at the event Only. Not via e-mail. You never know if you will have enough scouts at the time of this race. You need 2 Tigers, 2 Wolves, 2 Bears and 2 Webelos from your Pack. No substitutions of boys from other ranks.

The complete email with helpful information can also be found here. This does include the instruction for racing.

To view the days race layout that includes where Pack 1550 will be check here.

Remember to bring drinks for you den along with chairs to sit in during the race.

See you at the races.

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

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.

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 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:

Recharter fees for Webelos 2 are as follows:

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.