Adopt A Family

Scouts,

Adopt A Family gifts are due TOMORROW, December 10th. Please drop them off at 8 Old Chimney Rd. OR 15 Willow Dr. I must deliver them to Social Services on Thursday morning.

Thank you!

~Meredith Curley

Pack Meeting 12/15/2014

Good Morning Pack 53,  

Just a quick reminder that our next pack meeting is Monday, December 15.  

Please be sure to refer to the website for any information about upcoming dates and links for events that you can sign your scout up for.    Please let me know by Tuesday at the latest if your son has completed his Citizenship Belt Loop or any others so he may can recognition at our meeting!!  

For those of you who need to drop off gifts for our Adopt-A-Families, please do so by next Wednesday December 10th at 8 Old Chimney Road or 15 Willow Drive.    

Also, a more thorough email with the agenda will be going out later this week. You want to read that one in its entirety! HINT, HINT!!!!!!

Adopt A Family

Adopt a family gifts are due next Wed.. Dec. 10th. Please deliver them to The Curley's: 8 Old Chimney Rd. I have a big, plastic, red & green bin on our front porch. Place the wrapped gifts inside the bin at any time. Email me: curleycrew@verizon.net or call me 973-607-1403 with any questions. Thank you!

~Meredith Curley

Our First Citizenship Belt Loop!!!! 

Congratulations to Tiger Cub Scout Arnan Hallajian for being the first to complete his Citizenship Belt Loop!!  Remember, if you attended the last pack meeting, all you have to do is develop a list of jobs you can do around the home. Chart your progress for one week.

If you missed the last pack meeting, here is the list of items you to do to earn the Citizenship Belt Loop.

Complete these three requirements:

Develop a list of jobs you can do around the home. Chart your progress for one week. Make a poster showing things that you can do to be a good citizen. Participate in a family, den, or school service project.

Once again, congratulations to Arnan!!!   Please remember to let me know if your scout completes the Citizenship Belt Loop (or any others they may complete as well).  


Not sure where to find the requirements for Belt Loops? Just Google Belt Loop ______.  Scoutermom.com and BoyScoutTrail.com are great sites to get great scouting information!!! 


Want to earn a bunch of Belt Loops in one day? Attend the Belt Loop Midway on Saturday, Jan. 3.  Registration will be open soon so be sure to check the link often:  http://ppbsa.doubleknot.com/event/1561193

Citizenship Belt Loop almost done

If your son attended last night's meeting - he is one step away from earning his belt loop for Citizenship.  We completed items 2 & 3 last night by working on the poster showing how to be a good citizen and participating in a service project.  If your child did not bring an item for a soldier (bears-Webelos II) or earn canned goods by doing a chore or a good deed (tigers & wolves), then they will still need to work on a service project. If they have done something for church recently or if you chose a star for our adapt-a-families project - that would count as well, but be sure your child helps in that process. So while last night's meeting may have been a little hectic, there was a purpose to it.

The only thing the boys have to do to earn their Citizenship belt loop would be #1 below: Develop a list of jobs you can do around the home. Chart your progress for one week.  Please work with you scout  and encourage them to complete this at home.  Also, if you would like to encourage your scout to earn the Citizenship Pin, the requirements are below as well.

Once you are finished with it, email me to let me know and I will write down that your son has earned this belt loop!!  I hope I am giving a belt loop to every scout at the next pack meeting!!!!  

Don't forget - new scouts - practice your bobcat badge requirements! I want to award those as well!!!!  

Our next pack meeting is Monday, December 15 at 7:00.  We usually have a fun holiday party! Hope to see you there!!!

Adopt A Family Information

Adopt A Family Information:

Gifts Due: Wednesday, December 10th.
Gift Drop Off: 8 Old Chimney Road (Curley House) 15 Willow Drive (Krog House)

Important Information:

The numbers that appear on the top of the stars (that you selected) are the case numbers associated with the 4 families that we are adopting this holiday season. We have Case T-51: a 32 year old mother & her 3 year old daughter & 8 year old son, Case V-19: a 21 year old mother & her 2 year old son, Case V-40: a 23 year old mother & her 5 year old son, and Case T-27: an 8 year old boy.

Please wrap the presents and tape the star to the top of the gift. I will then sort the gifts by case number before delivering them to the social worker in charge of distribution.

Thank you for selecting all the stars! We will be granting many wishes this holiday season.

Please email me curleycrew@verizon.net or call me 973-607-1403 if you have any specific questions about the gift you selected to purchase, or about the recipient.

Pack Meeting Agenda 11/19/2014

We will see you tomorrow night for a 7:00 sharp to start to our meeting.  We really do try to start and finish on time. During the meeting, we are asking parents to sit with the parents from their den. Obviously if you have more than one child in scouts, choose your favorite! :)  There will not be snacks at this meeting, so please plan accordingly.

Don't forget my original message which is below (hint, hint). 

Here is the agenda:

As you enter, please drop items of food or Items for soldiers in their respective spots!! We do want to keep track of the food being brought in by each child for wolves and tigers.

  • Opening Flag Ceremony - Wolves
  • Skit - Bears
  • Announcements
  • Recognition and Advancements
  • Citizenship activity
  • game/complete note cards for soldiers
  • Clean up
  • Retiring of Colors

Also, we have checks for scout families that sold more than $100 worth of popcorn!!!  Woohoo!!!!  Thank you to all who did such a great job.  Every little bit helps - so if you sold!  Thanks!! 

Also, new to our pack scouts....if you still have not received your first t-shirt, please contact Erika Barninger

Change of date for Pack meeting

Our next pack meeting will be on WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19. (This is due to the PARCC meeting at Shongum on the 17th).  We will still start at 7:00 on Wednesday, Nov. 19. 

Our theme this month is Citizenship.  As the boys arrive they will be making cards for the soldiers oversees.  

The Tigers and Wolves are earning canned goods from their family by doing a good turn or a chore to help out around the house. Those items will be brought to the pack meeting and we will be able to see how productive and helpful these scouts have been.  

The Bears, Webleos I and Webelos II (Now Arrow of Light Scouts)  are being asked to bring one or two of the following items to send to Kandahar, Afghanistan to thank the soldiers for all their hard work and sacrifices they make to protect us and our freedoms.

  • Gummy bears
  • Black Pens
  • "that was easy" pressable button (Staples)
  • Black or blue permanent markers
  • Country time lemonade powder packets
  • Swedish fish
  • Body razors
  • Bacon jerky, beef jerkey and slim jims
  • Individual size boxes of cereal, any kind
  • Sally Hanson nail growth nail polish
  • Q-tips
  • Chapstick
  • magazines(even if you have read them)
  • paperback books
  • puzzle games
  • playing cards
  • powered drink mixes
  • energy bars
  • toiletries
  • foot care items (moleskin for blisters)

Thank you to all who have signed up to help out the pack!! If you are still in need of a new t-shirt, Erika Barninger is our new t-shirt coordinator. She can be reached at spiritwear@pack53rtnj.org. If your child comes to whisper the word pilgrim to me, he will receive a reward. 

We hope to see you at the meeting. We know it may be inconvenient with the changed date, but the committee felt that Nov. 24 would be too late with Thanksgiving that week.