Scouts and their families had a great time at our annual Back-to-the-Pack Pool Party. The sun was shining and the grill was ready for Scouts to reconnect with their friends after the summer break. We are looking forward to a great year of Scouting!
Category: Service & Impact
2021-2022 Graduation
Congratulations to all our Pack 3000 scouts for a fantastic year of adventures. Our scouts will move up to the next level and are on their way to cub scout’s highest honor, Arrow of Light. Also, Thank You to the parents, family members, and pack leaders who made this year a success.
2022 Arrow of Light and Crossover ceremony
March 20, 2022: Congratulations to the nine scouts of Pack 3000 Den 4 as they completed the cub scout program and crossed over into boy scouts to start the next chapter in their scouting journey. Our graduating scouts are Zachary Hamil, Christian Parillo, Anderson Kimball, Thomas Carns, Clayton Velloff, Carter Maciel, Patrick Velloff, Sean Durkin, […]
2022 Blue & Gold / Rocket day
Pack 3000 enjoyed its annual combined Blue & Gold day (celebrating the founding of scouting) and Rocket day (building and launching model rockets) on Sunday March 6th on the back property of Birmingham United Methodist Church. It was a beautiful day for launching and chasing rockets!
February 2022 Pack meeting
Pack 3000 held it’s February pack meeting on February 28 in the courtyard at the Birmingham Falls United Methodist Church. We talked about upcoming events, including rocket day, the Toccoa swinging bridge hike, and the spring campout. We also honored our AOL scouts who were attending their very last pack meeting before crossing over to […]
Den 4 go-see-it at Milton City Hall
Den 4 had a very special opportunity on February 2 to visit Milton City Hall and learn how our municipal government works, including participating in their very own mock council meeting where they heard comments from citizens and voted on resolutions. Thank you for Drew Kimball for connecting us with city leaders, and thank you […]
Den 4 at the the 2022 Pinewood Derby
Congratulations to Anderson Kimball, Zachary Hamil, and Sean Durkin for winning 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in the AOL rank for the 2022 Pinewood Derby! Anderson went on to represent our den in the overall championship, ultimately claiming 2nd place overall in a hard fought battle. Congratulations to Sean for also winning the best paint […]
2022 Pinewood Derby
Congratulations to William Brown for winning the overall 2022 Pack 3000 pinewood derby championship! The runners up were Anderson Kimball (2nd place) and Watts Davis (3rd place). The competition was fierce this year with a huge variety of very fast and very creative cars. Special thanks to Bobby Parillo and Jeff Barnes for organizing a […]
Den 4 visit to Troop 3000
The scouts of Den 4 visited a Boy Scout troop meeting with Troop 3000 on Monday, January 10. We got to witness the patrol method in action with scouts organizing themselves for upcoming events. Troop 3000 is going on a skiing trip soon, so our scouts joined in with the activity portion of their meeting […]
Den 4 service project January 2022
This activity counts towards requirement #2 (“do an act of service for someone in your family, neighborhood, or comunity”) of the Duty to God in Action required adventure for scouts that had not yet met that requirement.
2022 Pack 3000 Pinewood Derby Speed Shop
The Pack 3000 Speed Shop returned for 2022 with a busy event on January 8 at the Carns family workshop. Thank you to Mr. Ed Good for letting us use his woodworking tools, and thank you to Frank Cristiano and Jason Hamil for helping to supervise. The scouts have worked hard on a lot of […]
December 2021 Pack meeting and popcorn fundraiser party
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the final pack meeting of 2021! It was an action-packed meeting. We announced the pinewood derby dates (see pack 3000 home page for details) and distributed pinewood derby car kits (please see your den leader if you didn’t get one yet). We owe an extra special thank […]
Den 4 meeting December 5
Den 4 gathered at the BUMC scout compound for our last den meeting of the year on December 5th, 2021. Activities included the following: “Scouting Adventure” 5a: learned how to tie a square knot, two half hitches, and a taut-line hitch. “Scouting Adventure” 6: demonstrate knowledge of pocketknife safety and the pocketknife pledge (we put […]
November 2021 Pack Meeting
Thank you for joining us for the November 15th pack meeting at Birmingham United Methodist Church. We were thrilled to welcome a lot of new families to the pack following the Birmingham Falls recruiting event! We hope that everyone had a great time. New parents please don’t hesitate to reach out to your den leader […]
Den 4 meeting November 14
Den 4 gathered at the BUMC scout compound on November 14 to work on Scouting Adventure requirements (page 156 in the handbook). Scouting Adventures has a lot of components in it! Some of them won’t be completed until January and March with with the Troop 3000 open house and campout, but we were able to […]
October 2021 Pack Meeting
Thank you for joining us for the October 25th pack meeting in the BUMC courtyard! We welcomed new families to the pack, honored scouts with advancements, and played a bunch of fun games and relay races.
Den 4 meeting October 17
Den 4 enjoyed the fall weather as we met at the BUMC scout compound to work on the Protect Yourself Rules (AOL) and Building a Better World requirements. We completed the Protect Yourself Rules adventure (https://www.scouting.org/programs/cub-scouts/preview-adventures/protect-yourself-rules/). The AOL version of the adventure has the same video component as last year’s Webelo adventure. We chose to […]
Den 4 meeting September 12
Den 4 had a meeting on September 12 at the BUMC scout compound to work on components of the Castaway adventure and the Outdoor adventure. They completed the following. If you missed the meeting, please see your scout handbook for more details on these activities: Castaway 1b: demonstrate how to light a fire without matches […]
August 2021 Pack meeting
Pack 3000 held it’s first pack meeting of the 2021-2022 scouting year in the courtyard of Birmingham United Methodist Church on August 23, 2021. We were thrilled to welcome many new scouts to the pack, kick off our popcorn fundraising program, and challenge our scouts with a variety of team relay activities. Thank you everyone!
Den 4 meeting, August 23
Welcome back to scouting, Den 4! We held our first den meeting of the scouting year outdoors at the BUMC scout compound on August 23, 2021. We learned about what to expect from our final year of Cub Scouts (including lots of camping opportunities; see the upcoming events list!), learned about the history of the […]
