SNOW Cancel- Edison Community Garden Groundbreaking

Because of the snow, the Edison Community Garden Groundbreaking scheduled for tomorrow has been canceled.

Instead, please plan to help out on Saturday, April 25th from 9 am to approximately 1 pm. We will be planting the "Edison Orchard" which includes 11 fruit trees--apricot, peach, cherry and plum. We may be doing other gardening activities as well. Please bring work gloves, shovels and a wheelbarrow if you have one, water and sunscreen. Wear your Pack 11 T-shirt.

Breakfast will be provided at 9 am outside the Edison lunchroom. It will be hosted by the Edison MENtors and will include pancakes, sausages (veggie and meat), fruit and probably juices and coffee.

Thanks,

Renee

Update to Outing on April 18- Community Gardens at Edison 9am-2pm

Earth Day is April 22nd and Arbor Day is April 24th. There are two Pack events planned on Saturday, April 18th to celebrate. One will be from 8 am to noon at the confluence of the South Platte and Cherry Creek Rivers which will involve tree planting, pruning, weeding and trial maintenance.

The other event will be a ground-breaking for the new Community Garden at Edison. The Edison Green Wellness Team, Denver Urban Gardens and community members have been planning this garden for months. There will be approximately 35 garden plots and 1/3 of these will be used as a living classroom for the students at Edison, and 2/3s of these will be for community members to plant vegetables/flowers in. In the garden there will be common areas including a courtyard, paths, raised discovery beds, a fruit tree orchard and a new arbor/fence entryway. There may also be areas with berries, herbs, flowers, ornamental grasses, a pumpkin patch, and a wind sculpture or sun dial. Children may make birdhouses and also use their handprints/footprints/art to personalize garden walking stones. There will be a shade structure and seat wall/benches to sit on and enjoy the garden. There will be a shed for storing tools and a compost bin with the eventual plan to start composting waste from the lunchroom in it.

The ground-breaking will be on Saturday, April 18th from 9 am to 2 pm. It would be great to have lots of Scouts from Pack 11 there helping out. You wouldn't have to stay the entire time. Over 20 students and alumni from Colorado State University's Global Campus are planning on being there to help out too, and there should be lots of community members.

so..bike ride is cancelled that was originally scheduled

Camp Out at the Zoo for Wolf Den-Aug 9

Dear Wolf Parents:

The zoo date has been set for August 9. The scouts will be $45, parents $55, and siblings will be $65. If you could bring a check and make it out to the Denver zoo for the balance the pack will pay the $20 for each scout on April 7.

If I don't have the 15 scouts needed to meet the minimum I will open it up to the whole pack so we can don't loose our deposit. I will have the confirmation letter for everyone to see next meeting. - Cheryl

Jack Nicol Cub Scout Camp this summer at Red Feathers Lakes

We will be heading up to Red Feathers lakes this summer and want to extend an invite to any Pack 11 family that wants to join us. The camp is near Red Feather Lakes on August 7, 8, and 9. Information is as follows: Camp Nicol, online reservations began on 3/01/09 - www.longspeakbsa.org/camps/cubcamp

Hurry as reservations are filling up..

NCAR Boulder Hike for Sat Mar 14 10am

Directions

• Follow US 25 North
• North of Denver, take left lane exit to US 36N
• From US 36, exit at Foothills Pkwy/S. Boulder Rd.
• Curve right at exit towards S. Boulder Rd.
• Turn left (west) at light onto S. Boulder Rd.
• In one mile, S. Boulder Rd becomes Table Mesa Dr.
• Continue through a residential area and up the Mesa until the road ends.

Meet at 10 in front of building. Hike is around back. Coordinator to be Announced

Saturday, (2/21) Outing Now at Parfet Prehistoric Preserve Triceratops Trail

Getting there - Lets meet in parking lot at 10am. Lunch after at Anthony's Pizza in Golden

Turn east off of 6th Avenue (Hwy 6) onto 19th Street in Golden. Parking is available by turning right just before the Stevinson Golden Ford on Jones Road.

From the parking area, you must follow the concrete bike path that parallels 6th Ave. for approximately 1/4 mile before reaching the trailhead for the Triceratops Trail. Walk towards 6th Ave. until you encounter the bike path, then turn left (south) and follow the path through the wooded area. You’ll see the trailhead for the Triceratops Trail on your left as you climb the hill from the wooded area.
Dinosaur

This half-mile hiking trail takes you to a time 68 million years ago. You may use this guide with the information on a series of interpretive signs along the route. This guide and the signs will assist you in interpreting the evidence (footprints, traces, and impressions) left by the dinosaurs, birds, mammals, insects, and plants from this very different, very swampy, habitat. At the third stop along this trail (the Geologic Overlook) you can view an interpretation of how the landscape of this area has evolved - from the Age of Dinosaurs (Mesozoic Era) to the present day Front Range you see before you.

All of the fossils that you can see at this site are called "trace fossils". Trace fossils are footprints, impressions and natural casts, not "body fossils" such as bones, teeth, and claws. Trace fossils left by living organisms are very useful in reconstructing the prehistoric world that these plants and animals lived in.

February Meeting Changes - UPDATE*****

No meeting next Tuesday, school is closed (2/17)

Saturday, (2/21) sledding at Ruby Hill 10am start. *****Not looking good for sledding****** Stay tuned for Plan B


Blue and Gold Banquet and Pack Meeting - (2/24) ****UPDATE*****
MEET in the GYM at 6pm. Food to be served at 6:15.

This is an important Meeting that we have each year, we have a dinner, the Pack provides the main dish, and the scouts bring the rest. This is the birthday of scouting, after we have our dinner and awards ceremony, the Webelos 2 (5th graders) will be crossing over to Boy Scouts. We will have a bridging ceremony that is always special. Boy scouts will be there to accept the cubs that are becoming boy scouts.

Food assignments will be as follows-
Tigers- Drinks
Wolfs-Salads/Side dishes
Bears-Desserts
Webelos-Drinks

The Pack will provide the Main Dish. SPAGHETTI

Has anyone see these missing PineWood cars?

Has anyone seen a light blue Pinewood Derby car with a wing on the back? Call Perry asap. Its Brandon's car that he made last year.

If any one is missing a # 40 car, Perry has it.