Cub Scout Pack 700

That’s right, I said 27! Pack 700 held their annual Blue and Gold Banquet and Bridging Ceremony. The Blue and Gold is the annual “birthday party” the Pack holds to celebrate the “birth” of Scouting. It is traditionaly held each year in February. It is also often the time that Webelos scouts accept their Arrow of Light, and bridge to scouting. Pack 700 is extremely proud to have presented 27 boys with thier Arrow of Light awards. We also had 4 Super Achievers – Boys that have earned all 20 Webelos activity pins.  Most of the boys have already chosen a Troop and will begin their new journey into Boy Scouts soon. 

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After a morning of racing, the results are in!  Tigers, Wolves, Bears, Webelos, Siblings, and Open Class (Dad) contestants laid it all on the line this morning at the Latter Day Saints Church on Bernal Ave in San Jose this morning.  Contestants from all over the district brought their pinewood racers to see who was the best of the best.  Several heats were decided in less than 1/100th of a second, with a handful decided in 1/1000ths of a second.  Pack 700 had a good showing with several racers in the Wolf, Webelo, Family, and Open class.  Pack 700 winners at the district were:

Wolf – Christopher D. – 1st
Webleos – Trevor P. – 1st
Webleos – Johnathon D. – 2nd
Family – Tara P. – 1st
Family – Mia S. – 2nd
Open  – Ray D. – 3rd

Thanks to all the volunteers that made it happen!  We had a great registration and inspection team, an awesome MC, track and pit crew, and the all important “catcher” at the end of the track.  It was so much fun, let’s do it again next year!  For all the stats and results, click on the Quicksilver District Pinewood Derby link on the left of this page.

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Pack 700 will be running the track at the Quicksilver District PWD, Saturday, February 13th at the LDS Church at 150 Bernal Ave. in San jose.  Check-in begins at 9:30.  Racing will begin abour 10:30.  Entry fee is $3 per car.

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Race Results can be found here…

Wow!  What a crazy day.  Almost 100 cars.  130 heats.  Over 3 hours. And 1/2 of a tri-tip sandwich.  Only 2 cars crashed that needed repairs.  The cars all looked amazing.  We had 13 cars this year with sub-5 second times!  Many of the races were extremely close. 

Congratulations to everyone that raced.  And a huge thank you to all the scouts, parents, and whoever else helped build all the awesome cars so we have something to race!

If you are interested in running your car at the Quicksilver District Race, it will be held February 13th at the LDS Church on Bernal Avenue in San Jose.  Registration will open at 9:00 AM.

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The holidays may be over, but that just means it is now… Pinewood Derby Season!!

Pack 700’s Pinewood Derby will be held Saturday, January 30th at our usual location at the Charter School of Morgan Hill.  The official rules can be found here.  The rules will be the same for Pack 700 and the Quicksilver District Race since Pack 700 is again running the District Race on Saturday, February 13th.  The location of the District Race is still TBD.

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The Webelos II scouts from Pack 700 went on their Troop visit to Zmedowski State Beach.   Frisbee, sand castles, beach combing, kite flying and sun were on tap for the day.  We also assisted Troop 799 by collecting trash from about a 1/2 mile stretch of beach.  Thanks to the Scouts and Leaders of Troop 799 for hosting such an awesome day!

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Pack 700 is doing their annual storefront sales of popcorn and See’s candy bars. This our only fundraiser for the year. So if you see our boys in front of Safeway, Nob Hill, or Starbuck’s, stop by and say “Hi!” Or, even better, pick up some delicious See’s chocolate or yummy Trail’s End popcorn.

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Pack 700 just completed their annual Family Camp at Mt. Madonna park.  What a blast!  We had 4-way tug-o-war, rain gutter regatta, an awesome hike, 2 great campfires, fort building, great food, awesome company, scouting skills, etc.  We had over 120 people this year!  And just so we weren’t bored, in the middle of Saturday afternoon a forest fire caused the air over our site to buzz with air tankers and helicopters.

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It was an absolutely beautiful day for a July 4th parade in Morgan Hill.  There were over 170 entries this year.  We were in the front of the parade this year, so we got to hang out at the end and watch the rest of the parade.  We even had a visit from Miss California Pre-Teen Queen, Athenna Crosby.  Thanks to everyone that came out and participated!

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Pack 700 is hosting the Quicksilver District in this year’s Annual 4th of July Parade in Morgan Hill.  Any scouts in the Quicksilver District are welcome to come and join us!  Please be in uniform.  And bring your unit and den flags.  We will only have one American flag at the front (We will bring ours).  If your Pack or Troop wishes to participate, please email cubmaster at pack700 dot net.  We do not have our line up details from the parade commitee yet.  As soon as they are emailed to us we will pass along the information.

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