Emergency Preparedness Class

Home

This website is produced by volunteer members of Pack 120, in Bellingham, MA. It is not an officially recognized website of the Boy Scouts of America. Materials presented within are accurate to the best of our abilities. Any errors, misrepresentations, or omissions are accidental and will be corrected if you notify the Webmaster. Thank you for visiting our website.!

The Blue & Gold Banquet was a huge success.

Thank You to everyone who helped.

photos

Click Here For Number Assignments and Rules for the Race

March 2008

            Click the logo to go to the Plimouth Plantation website.

Pack 120 will be participating in the "Jamboree on the Trail"  May 10th at 9:00 AM.  Ten years ago, Jamboree on the Trail started.  Scouts are encouraged to get out and hike a trail on May 10th.  The idea is that Scouts all over the world will share international fellowship by engaging in trail hiking "together" on the same date.  Pack 120 participants will earn a 10th Anniversary Jamboree on the Trail Patch. 

 

We will meet at 9:00AM in the parking lot at the Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park, King Phillip's trail located at 350 East Hartford Avenue, Uxbridge.  You can get information and a trail map at the web site below.  The trail is approximately 1 mile in to "Lookout Rock" and seems like more than a mile out.  The hike will last approximately 2 hours.  Hope to see everyone on the Trail.

http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/blst.htm

100 years ago, the forests and streetscapes of America were much
different than they appear today. For example, two tree species dominated the countryside: Chestnuts and Elms. Chestnut trees were so plentiful
that the tree was called the "cradle to grave" tree. The abundant wood was used to make all  sorts of furniture, particularly cradles and caskets.....hence the name. Elms, on the other hand lined most American streets, their incredible height and vase-like shape throwing a marvelous canopy of shade. In the 1930s Dutch Elm Disease ravaged America's Elm population.
The trees were so devastated that by the 1950s few such trees survived. The Elm Research Institute, _www.betterthanflowers.com_
(http://www.betterthanflowers.com) , began studies to replenish the Elm as an American street tree by developing a disease resistant variety. Today the towering vaselike shape of the Elm is reappearing in our communities.
The Elm Research Institute sponsored a limited-time program offering
a 14-19 foot Elm tree, a 20 inch bronze plaque, and a print of the Liberty
Elm poem to qualifying Scout Troops and towns. Funding for much of the
project comes from a private source who will work only with Scout Troops. At the last  Pack Committee meeting we discussed pursuing this opportunity. Through the efforts of our Pack  we secured a site for the tree adjacent to Town Hall. I was able to work my "irresistible" charms on Elm Research to consider working with a Pack. Last week, I was informed that Pack 120 is officially accepted into the program, and a tree has been marked for us! This is a tremendous honor. There are no more than 100 units nation-wide who will have this opportunity! In fact, the number is much less than 100, and the program is about to end.....we got there just in time! This will be the only Liberty Elm in town, and  perhaps even in the region.

 

Saturday July 12, 2008

Winter Fun Day from  9-11am

Snow tubing @ Nashoba Valley Ski Area                

Monster Truck Jam

DCU Center Worcester @ 7:30pm

Chuckwagon Derby

Powsox

Want to join Scouting? It is never too late.

Den 2 (BEAR)

Den 5 (Tigers)

Den 3 (Wolves)

Den 1 (2nd Yr Webelos)

Den 8 (1st Yr Webelos)