Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Boneyard Creek Community Day -- POSTPONED


UPDATE: The Champaign Park District has cancelled the Boneyard Creek Community Day event for April 18.

Official release: We have been closely following the Center for Disease Control guidelines on the Coronavirus (COVID-19). To continue to be proactive toward our community’s health, we have decided to postpone this years Boneyard Creek Community Day. We will continue to update everyone if we decide to reschedule for the fall or focus on smaller cleanups throughout the year.

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Saturday, April 18, 2020 is one of Pack 9's signature service days: the Boneyard Creek Community Day. Check-in with event staff is at 9:00am at Kaufman Lake. We're typically done by 11:00am. Come when you can; leave when you need to. Please signup on this Pack 9 page so that we can provide organizers a rough headcount.

What to Wear?
Dress to work outside. No open-toed shoes. Scouts should wear either the purple Pack 9 t-shirt or the orange Boneyard shirt from a previous year if you have one. Otherwise, event staff typically have more orange Boneyard shirts on-site for volunteers.

What about Rain?
For more information and potential weather related delays/cancellation please see the Facebook event page the morning of the clean-up. If the event is canceled, it will be posted on the Facebook page.

The rain date is scheduled for Saturday, May 2, 2020.

Post Party
Immediately after the cleanup, a free lunch for volunteers will be served at Scott Park, where there will be music and interactive learning displays. It usually starts between 11:00 and 11:30.

Any questions? Contact Dave Unger at davidunger3@gmail.com or visit the BCCD official page or Facebook event page.

Sunday, September 29, 2019

October 2019 Newsletter

Hey Pack 9!  There is a lot going on in October!  Check out the link below for everything in store for us this month!


https://pubsecure.lucidpress.com/pack9October19/




Friday, March 8, 2019

Boneyard Creek Community Day -- April 13, 2019 -- Kaufman Lake

Saturday, April 13 is one of Pack 9's signature service days: the Boneyard Creek Community Day. Check-in with event staff is at 9:00am at Kaufman Lake. In recent years we've been done by 11:00am. Come when you can; leave when you need to. Please signup on this page so that we can provide organizers a rough headcount, but it's not required.

What to Wear?
Dress to work outside. No open-toed shoes. Scouts should wear either the yellow Pack 9 t-shirt or the orange Boneyard shirt from a previous year if you have one. Otherwise, event staff typically have more orange Boneyard shirts on-site for volunteers.

What about Rain?
For more information and potential weather related delays/cancellation please see the Facebook event page the morning of the clean-up. If the event is canceled, it will be posted on the Facebook page.

The rain date is scheduled for Saturday, April 20.

Post Party
Immediately after the cleanup, a free lunch for volunteers will be served at Scott Park, where there will be music and interactive learning displays. It usually starts between 11:00 and 11:30.

Any questions? Contact Dave Unger at davidunger3@gmail.com or visit the BCCD official page or Facebook event page.

Monday, October 15, 2018

October Newsletter

The October newsletter is here!  Read it while it is hot off the presses!  See the online version by clicking the link.

A TLDR version of the newsletter:
1. If you are attending the Illini Camporee (44 of us are!) make sure you know the how, where and whens of it all!  See Jacelyn's email or see the details linked in the newsletter.

2.  One of our Fall Service projects is volunteering for Making Strides Again Breast Cancer.  This event is Saturday 10/20.  Very few people have RSVPed for this event.  Please RSVP here.  Contact Dave Unger with any questions.

3.  Popcorn sales sheets and money are due to Mr. Karduck by Monday October 15th.

Hope to see all of you Saturday at the Camporee!

Jim Linnenburger
Cubmaster

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

September Newsletter

Good Morning Pack 9!

I hope everyone has gotten off to a great start to the school year!  Below is the link to the September News letter.  In this edition, you can find Information about many upcoming events.  Please take a few minutes and read through it.

As always, feel free to email me with any questions you may have regarding any & all things scouting!


Have a great day! 

Jim Linnenburger

Friday, August 10, 2018

August newsletter

Greetings Pack 9 Families!

I trust everyone had a great summer! I can't believe it is over already and school will be starting in a few short days!  Below is the link to a PDF of the August edition of the pack 9 newsletter.  Please pay special attention to the information about our Kickoff Pool Party and the Youth Protection Training.