Start of a New Scout Year

We're excited to start a new year of Cub Scouts. If your family is not yet a part of Pack 9 but are interested, please contact pack9cubmaster@gmail.com.

Here are some events to look forward to at the beginning of the year.

Tuesday, August 15, 4-8pm :: It's Back to School Night at Holy Cross School, our charter organization. We'll have a booth at this event in the gymnasium.

Saturday, August 26, 4-7pm :: Our first official event will be a Pack 9 pool party and cookout. Check your email for directions and details. Please contact the Cubmaster email if you're not on our mailing list. All are welcome!

Sunday, September 17, 1-3pm :: Our annual Rocket Launch will blast off from Morrissey Park. This is also our canned food drive for the St. Vincent DePaul food pantry.

Saturday, September 30, 1-4pm :: Cub Scout Fun Day for everyone in the Champaign-Urbana area. See the flyer below for details.

Boneyard Creek Community Day -- April 22, 2023 -- Kaufman Lake

Saturday, April 22, 2023 is one of Pack 9's signature service days: Boneyard Creek Community Day. Check-in with event staff is at 9:00am at Kaufman Lake. We are done by 10:30-11:00am. 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 to hand out on-site for volunteers.

What about Rain?

For more information and potential weather related delays/cancellation please see the Boneyard Creek Community Day - Facebook the morning of the clean-up. If the event is canceled, it will be posted on the Facebook page along with a future raindate.

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 pack9assistant@gmail.com or visit the BCCD official page or the BCCD Facebook event page.

Summer Camp is Here!

The winds are changing. Cold breezes are giving way to the warm welcome of spring and very soon after that... SUMMER CAMP!

Registration for Summer Camp 2023 is Open!!!

Yes! It's true. All the fun of archery, bb gun shooting, slingshots, swimming, games, crafts, camping, hiking, and more is available at the one-day Day Camps and three-day Adventure Camps. Just check out some of pictures below of last year's Pack 9 scouts taking over Camp Drake.

All the details and registration are on the Summer Camp page here at HCPack9.org. The registration deadline is Wednesday, May 10, 2022.

  We hope you'll join your Pack 9 friends at Summer Camp!!!

Registration for Summer Camp 2022 is open!

You first heard about the great news at Pinewood Derby in March. Excitement and anticipation is at an all time high, and we cannot hold it back any longer. ..... 

Registration for Summer Camp 2022 is OPEN!!!

Yes! It's true. All the fun of archery, bb gun shooting, slingshots, swimming, games, crafts, camping, hiking, and more is available at the three-day Adventure Camp and one-day Day Camps. Just check out some of pictures below of previous Pack 9 scouts taking over Camp Drake.

All the details and registration are on the Summer Camp 2022 page here at HCPack9.org. The registration deadline is Wednesday, May 11, 2022.

Boneyard Creek Community Day -- April 9, 2022 -- Kaufman Lake

Saturday, April 9, 2022 is one of Pack 9's signature service days: Boneyard Creek Community Day. Check-in with event staff is at 9:00am at Kaufman Lake. In recent years we've been done by 10:30-11:00am. 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 to hand out on-site for volunteers.

What about Rain?

For more information and potential weather related delays/cancellation please see the Boneyard Creek Community Day - Facebook 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 23.

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 pack9assistant@gmail.com or visit the BCCD official page or the BCCD Facebook event page.

Registration for Summer Camp 2021 is open!

You first about the news at the online Blue & Gold Celebration in February. The announcement came again at Pinewood Derby in March. Now that it's April, excitement and anticipation is at an all time high, and we cannot hold it back any longer. ..... 

Registration for Summer Camp 2021 is now OPEN!!!

Yes! It's true. All the fun of archery, bb gun shooting, slingshots, swimming, games, crafts, camping, hiking, and more is available at the 4-day Adventure Camp or 1-day Day Camps. Just check out some of pictures below of previous Pack 9 scouts.

All the details and registration are on the Summer Camp 2021 page here at HCPack9.org.

Registration for Summer Camp 2020 -- CANCELLED

UPDATE 5/11/20: Due to safety and planning concerns, Prairielands Council is cancelling all summer programs at Camp Drake this Summer of 2020. The following is from their e-blast.

The Prairielands Council Board and Staff continually puts the health and well-being of our Scouts and Leaders first. Based on the aforementioned statement, CDC Guidelines, the State of Illinois Recovery Plan, and other regulations and requirements related to COVID-19, it is just not feasible for us to hold our traditional summer camping programs this year. Therefore, we are making the difficult decision to cancel our traditional Summer programs at Camp Robert Drake for 2020.

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If you were at the Blue & Gold Banquet today, then you enjoyed the magician, our scouts getting their awards and recognition, the food, the cake, and all things celebrating scouting in Pack 9. What you maybe didn't enjoy was me shouting about Summer Camp. Sorry, but the excitement for the weather warming up and getting our scouts to the outdoors is hard to contain.

Registration is now open and all the details are on the Summer Camp 2020 page here at HCPack9.org.