March Pack Meeting with Rank Ceremony

Hey Pack 4 families and friends!

We had a great Pack Meeting this month, with some of the scouts earning their ranks... ahead of schedule!  

Normally the scouts earn their rank by the June Pack Graduation -- which BTW is coming up June 2nd -- look for details on that from Scoutbook.  But some scouts worked hard and were awarded their rank this month.   Four Webelos, in photo above, were some of those scouts.  See the album here (where you can add your photos, too): https://goo.gl/photos/Nb1bFVCMB6hQia2q8

Posts have been behind, but Pack 4 has been busy.  Sorry for the delay in posts. 

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After learning how to to tie half hitches and square knots, the second year Webelos wandered down Christmas Tree Lane. Just as we stumbled upon an enterprising fellow with his "Ugly Christmas Sweater Photo Booth" outside the Altadena Public Library, it started to hail and rain on us! He snapped our picture in a jiffy and we all high-tailed it back to shelter. Ho Ho Ho and Merry Christmas from our Den to the Pack!

Webelos 2 at Joshua Tree Nov 2016

Webelos 2 had a great time camping at Joshua Tree with other pack members and Troop 4 Boy Scouts. Some of the fun things we did were rapelling...


hiking 5 miles and 1000 foot elevation gain to the top of Mount Ryan...


catching the Milky Way...


rock climbing around our campsite in the morning...


and hanging out together.


Plus, there were some amazing stars!

Scout Expo

Webelos 2 had a great time visiting the Scout Expo last weekend. We completed our Engineering Adventure and got to learn a lot about Scouting. One of the group favorites was the bomb squad's exhibition. You can see all our photos here.

WEBELOS 1 First Responder adventure

WEBELOS 1 CAST IRON CHEF

More 9/11 Remembrance

Pack 4 walked down New York avenue in Pasadena on Sunday, 9/11 from Smiser Scount Center to the Eaton Canyon Firehouse.  At the end, they heard President Obama's commission statement founding Patriot Day on 9/11, to remember that awful day in 2001.  The Captain and other members of the fire crew on duty Sunday gave a phenomenal tour of the fire house and explained what it's like to be a fire fighter in Southern California. Thank you to the fire fighters and John  Heinsen for organizing this memorable day.  You can see more photos at this flickr album.