Things We’ve Done for the 2000-2001 year

Posted on June 25, 2001 by Luke Shiras

COYOTE HILLS TRAIL TREKKER HIKE

On Saturday, August 25 a dozen Scouts and their friends and family members, for a total of over 20 completed an alternative pack summertime activity, by hiking at Coyote Hills Park in Fremont. Thanks to Cubmaster Mike for the photos.

Our participants were:

Den 1: Zachary, Anthony, Benjamin, Sean, and Kevin
Den 2: Andrew and William
Den 4: Alex, Sean, and Jessy
Den 9: Grant and Matthew
Soon to be Tiger Cub: Austin

PEE WEE GOLFING AT GOLDEN TEE GOLF LAND IN CASTRO VALLEY – Pack Summertime Event #3!
Over 20 Scouts with their friends and families (a total of over 50) had a fun evening at Golden Tee Golfland. Our attendees were:
- Den 1: Kevin, Zachary, and Travis
- Den 2: Jake, Jason, William, Nolan, and Andrew
- Den 4: Michael B., Travis, Marcus, Sean, Dalton, Jessy and Alex
- Den 9: Gabe, Grant, Matthew, and Tyler
- Den 10: Christopher

PACK BIKE RIDE – Pack Summertime Event #2!

On Saturday, July 14, the following Scouts, with their families rode along the shoreline trail to the Shoreline Interpretative Center. We enjoyed the displays at the Center and returned along the same route for approx. 5-mile ride: Den 1: Anthony and Benjamin
Den 2: Jake, Andrew, and Jason
Den 4: Jessy
Den 9: Grant, Gabe, and Matthew
Den 10: Christopher

Pack Picnic – Pack Summertime Event #1
Sunday, June 10 at San Lorenzo Park (AKA “The Duck Pond”)
The Pack provided hot dogs, buns, condiments, plates & utensils and drinks. Each family brought a variety of side dishes, including salads (pasta, macaroni, potato, green), chips, fruit/watermelon, and dessert.
Each Den hosted a game:
Den 1 – Water Balloon Toss
Den 2 – Sponge “Bob” relay races
Den 9 – Sack Races
Den 10 – Balloon between your backs relay race
Committee Chair – eating powdered donuts from a string (without using your hands) – messy

Scout-o-Rama
Pack 603 hosted a booth at Scout-o-Rama on June 2, 2001, at Kennedy Park. Visitors to our booth created a musical flute from PVC pipe (donated by Orchard Supply Hardware store), a film cannister, balloon, rubber band, and a straw. Great fun was had by all the attendees. Thanks to Gary, Louie and Mark!!!!

Pack Graduation At the May Pack Meeting, 5 of 6 dens graduated to the next level. Each Tiger Cub received their yellow wolf neckerchief. Our Wolf den received the blue bear neckerchief and our Bear Den was presented with plaid Webelos Neckerchiefs. Adult Leaders were thanked for their contributions and received their annual Service Star pins.

Pack T-Shirts were silkscreened by approximately a dozen Scouts and their families at West Coast Sporting Goods. The Pack purchased T-Shirts with the proceeds of our Popcorn Sale! Scouts were able to silkscreen the Pack insignia on their T-Shirt thanks to West Coast Sporting Goods.

TIGER CUBS ON SAFARI
On May 5 and 6 – Twelve Tiger Cubs, from Tiger Cub Dens 1 & 2 attended San Francisco Bay Area Council’s Tiger Cub Safari at the Wente Scout Camp in Willits, CA.
On June 9 and 10, three Scouts (Anthony, Billy, and Kevin) attended Tiger Cub Safari at Camp Royaneh.
Our Wente participants were: TIGER DEN #1TIGER DEN #2MICHAEL B.RICARDOJESSYGREGORYSEANMICHAEL H.TRAVISGABEMARCUSGRANTDALTONMATTHEWA grrrrrrrrrrrrreat time was had by the boys and their Tiger Partners! Activities included canoe and rowboats, fishing, bb-gun shooting, archery, crafts, a campfire program and lots of good food!

3rd Annual Spaghetti Feed
On Friday, 04/20/01 the Pack held its Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser. A HUGE Thank You! to Bev and James for their hard work!

Scout Day at the Oakland A’s
On Sunday, April 8, a total of 78 Pack members, family and friends attended the Oakland A’s baseball game. The Scouts participated in an on the field pre-game Parade and received a Jason Giambi 2000 AL MVP T-Shirt

March Pack Meeting
CROSS OVER TO BOY SCOUTS
Our 17 Second Year Webelos Crossed Over to Boy Scout Troop 612! We wish the “graduates” all the best in their Scouting careers and beyond. We will miss them and their families. Good Luck to the Scouts going on Boy Scout Troop 612! Good-bye Shark Patrol, Lightning Patrol and Den 8.
SHARK PATROL LIGHTNING PATROL DEN 8: Steven, Trenton, Johnny, Martin, David, David, Dean, Max, Brett, Kenny, Justin, Zachary, Zachary, Hayden, Derek, Spencer, Raulie.

Scout Day at the Golden State Warriors Basketball Game
Saturday, March 24 at the Arena in Oakland. 4 Scouts and a total of 12 Pack friends and family members witnessed a rare Warriors win!

The Pack’s annual Pinewood Derby was held on Saturday, March 17.
A HUGE Thank You to Mark and Gary for coordinating an excellent event! Pack 603 also had several Scouts attend and participate in the Tres Ranchos District Pinewood Derby. Congratulations to the following “winners”:
TRES RANCHOS PINEWOOD DERBY RESULTS:
Tigers/ Wolfs Division:1 st place trophy Brian (Den 2) 4th place trophy winner Jake (Den 2)
Bears/Webelos Division: 5th place trophy winner- Eric (Den 10)
Open Class Division: 5th place trophy winner- Kelsie (sister of Den 2 Scout)

SCOUT SUNDAY
Pack 603 Scouts and families attended mass at San Lorenzo Community Church on March 18. We truly appreciate all our Charter Organization does for the Pack.” The Scouts acted as greeters, ushers, candle-lighters and participated in the mass by reading scripture. The Pack hosted cookies, coffee and punch following the mass.
Thank you to the Scouts that attended:
- SHARK PATROL: Steven, Martin, Zachary, and Dean
- LIGHTING PATROL: Hayden and Spencer
- DEN 10: Christopher, James, Sansom and EricDEN 2: Jake, Alex, and Brian OUR SOLE TIGER CUB: Matthew, Tigers #2

DINNER
Our Annual celebration of the birth of Scouting was held Saturday, February 10 at Arroyo High School. Troop 612’s Order of the Arrow dance group performed for the Arrow of Light Ceremony

THE ARROW OF LIGHT WAS PRESENTED TO 17 SECOND YEAR WEBELOS. CONGRATULATIONS:
SHARK PATROL LIGHTNING PATROL DEN 8 Steven, Trenton, Johnny, Martin, David, David, Dean, Max, Brett, Kenny, Justin, Zachary, Zachary, Hayden, Derek, Spencer, Raulie

Pancake Breakfast
The Pack’s Annual Pancake Breakfast was a great success! Many thanks to Den 10 for coordinating the event and arranging the donations. Thank you to the Scouts and their families who helped set up, work in the kitchen, serve food and clean up. A BIG THANKS to our Chef for a great meal!

Christmas Tree Pick-up
On Saturday, January 6 47 Scouts and their families met at San Lorenzo Community Church then by Den, they returned to the area that they delivered flyers to on December 16 and picked up trees and collected donations. The trees were transported to the end of Grant Ave. and prepared for recycling. Lunch was served in the Social Hall following the tree pick-up. It was a successful event for the Pack and provided a nice opportunity to meet with the boys and leaders from Troop 612. Thank you to the families who walked the neighborhoods and picked up trees, the adults and boys who worked at the tree drop-off site, the parents who remained at the Social Hall and counted money and monitored routes or assisted with Lunch.

Pack Meeting
Friday, December 15 at San Lorenzo Community Church Social Hall
Two members of the Shark Patrol were presented with their Webelos patch. One new scout in Den 4 earned his Bobcat!

Christmas Tree Pick-up Flyer Delivery
Dens distributed flyers to their designated areas for this annual Pack fund-raiser. See you all on January 6 to pick up the trees!

Over 50 Scouts and their families collected food donations in San Lorenzo!!
Our efforts resulted in over 1840 cans and 100s of other items (macaroni and cheese, pasta, pasta sauce, peanut butter, etc.) being provided to local families in need. A HUGE “thank you” to all those who participated, especially the boys and adults in the Shark Patrol who coordinated the event, sorted and delivered the food.
Fantastic!!
Pack 603 thanks our neighbors in San Lorenzo for their donations and ongoing support. The following is from the December 7, 2000 edition of the Daily Review – Letters to the Editor:
CUB SCOUT Pack 603 of San Lorenzo collected over 2,000 food donations from our San Lorenzo neighbors as part of the annual “Scouting for Food” canned food drive.
I personally, and on behalf of all the families, the food will benefit, want to extend our appreciation for our neighbors’ generosity.
I also want to thank you for your continued support of Cub Scout Pack 603 in its 53rd year in San Lorenzo.
Janet Welch -San Lorenzo

November Pack Meeting / Uniform Inspection
The egg drop den competition resulted in many very interesting creations. Great work Scouts! Congratulations to all the participants.
We thank our Assistant District Commissioner and the Scoutmaster and boys from Troop 612 for assisting with our annual uniform inspection.

October Pack Meeting / Halloween Party
There were great costumes evident, especially those big “kids”. The games were a lot of fun, culminating in wrapping up the Den Leaders as mummies. Congratulations to the Lightning Patrol for “winning” Cubby for their mummifying efforts!

September Pack Meeting
We welcomed back the returning scouts and their families as well as the new Tiger Cubs and other new families. Everyone was awarded a leather Pack 603 circle and lanyard. Beads to will be given out at Pack Meetings and Pack activities/events!
Congratulations to the Scouts in Den 2 that earned their Bobcat!

Coastal Clean-up along the Hayward ShorelineOn Saturday, September 16, 14 boys and 11 family members, for a total of 25 Pack 603 members, participated in the annual Coastal Clean-up. The boys collected trash and recyclables, including numerous bottles, cans, tennis balls, styrofoam packing materials, even a bed frame! Thanks to:

Den 1 – Kevin and Matthew
Den 2 – Brian
Shark Patrol – Dean, Kenny, and Steven
Den 7 – Justin, Spencer, Hayden, and Trenton
Den 10 – Eric B., Billy, Christopher, James and Eric S.