Popcorn officially began in mid August. Your scout can sell using the order form, selling product directly during Show and Sells, and/or via the Trails End website. Sign up for Show and Sells on the pack website, only taking 1 per scout. We will open up the opportunity for more slots in a couple weeks. There are also dates to pick up popcorn for show and sells so make sure you come to one of those days. Check out the "Popcorn Sales Info" link on the website for more info!

Recharter is due at the SEPTEMBER PACK MEETING! In previous years, we collected Recharter fees a little later, but now that BSA has moved to a November-October fiscal year, we have to submit our Recharter info and payment in October. The fees to Recharter with BSA are $132 for the year ($144 if you would like the Scout’s Life Magazine subscription). I know it seems high, but it really only comes out to $11 per month, and is probably a lot cheaper than most sports in our area! Please either bring a check to the Pack Meeting on the 14th, drop a check at 3N777 Arbor Creek Dr, pay on the pack801.org website under Online Payments, or bring your credit card to the Pack Meeting and pay by Square. (Paying on website or square will have a small fee.) Thank you for your timely payment, and welcome to another great year of scouting!

Date: Friday, August 20, 2021

Times:
5:00pm Meet & Greet
5:30pm Dinner followed by S'mores

Cost: Free

Who: Cub Scouts, boys and girls interested in scouting and their families

RSVP: Tuesday, August 17th on the Pack 801 website for current scouts. Everyone else please just come out and have fun!

Cub Scouts should wear their Calss A uniform
In case of inclement weather, please visit the Pack 801 website for updated information
Cub Scout Pack 801 is a PTO sponsored organization at Bell-Graham Elementary School

Please use this link to sign up: https://www.pack801.org/node/10256

It's Our Fox River Day 2021

In conjunction with a statewide It's Out Fox River Day, Ottawa District is offering the opportunity to participate in a river clean-up. The Fox River runs down the middle of our district and this annual cleanup and celebration of the river is a perfect way for scouts to give back to the community, help the environment, and earn service hours.

Who: All scouts of all ages and ranks, and their leaders, siblings, and parents.

What: Fox River cleanup, as a part of the Scouting Spectacular event.

Where: Jon Duerr Forest Preserve, Route 31, South Elgin, IL

When: Saturday, September 18, 2021, 9am until noon (then you can join in activities at the other 3 Scouting Spectacular locations).

Why: Have fun, care for our river, and earn service hours.

What to bring:

Sturdy shoes (no open toed)
Gloves
Drinking Water
Sunscreen and bug repellant
Large garbage bags
Long-handled pickers - if you have them Waders and PFDs for older Scouts BSA youth
Paddlecraft and PFDs for older Scouts BSA youth
Please check in at Jon Duerr Forest Preserve and you will be assigned an area to clean up. Dumpsters will be provided in the parking areas to put the bags of collected trash in.

Please use this link to sign up: https://www.pack801.org/node/10324

Date: August 7th
Time: 11:00 AM

Location: Ferson Creek Park

Forest Preserve District of Kane County presents Rusty Rodeo!

There are underwater invaders in our local streams and rivers and we want you to help us find them! Our culprit is the Rusty Crayfish, a tiny aquatic creature that is an invasive species in Kane County. Help Naturalists round up some rowdy Rusty Crayfish in an effort to reduce their numbers. Families are encouraged to join us in the water with dip nets to collect, identify and remove some Rusties. You might even find the biggest of these varmints or collect the greatest number of them.

Prepare to get wet! Wear closed-toe shoes and clothes that can get muddy.

Please use this link to sign up: https://www.pack801.org/node/10276

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. THE SUPPLY IS WAY DOWN THIS YEAR AND WE'VE MAXED OUT PICKERS BETWEEN TROOP 80 AND PACK 801. Please consider registering for the Rusty Rodeo event on August 7th.

Our favorite service project is back this year!

Northern Illinois Food Bank is partnering with Origer Farms in Marengo to harvest corn for our neighbors in need. We need your help! If you are interested in registering for one of two dates, please sign up online today. The corn picked will be donated to the Food Bank. Dates are WEATHER PERMITTING and we will keep you posted if there are any changes

Saturday, August 21, 2021 (8:00 – 11:00AM)
Rain Date: August 28

Location: Origer Farms – 10409 Carls Road, Marengo, IL 60152

Please use this link to sign up: https://www.pack801.org/node/10274