This site is designed to keep you in touch with what is happening with BSA 957.  We will do our best to keep the site as up to date as possible. It's always a good idea to check for any late breaking announcements before attending any scouting event. 

Recent Announcements

• Cub Scout Summer Camp Schedule (Summer 2012)

  We have scheduled Family camp: June 01 - 03: El Shaddai Christian Ranch (for ALL Unit 957 families)   We have scheduled the following day/evening camps: June 05-07 (5:00 PM - 8:30 PM): Woodlands Sports Park Camp (for current Bears and Webelos 1) June 18-22 (4:00 PM - 8:00 PM): Busch Wildlife Shooting Camp (for ALL) We have scheduled the following summer camps:   July 08 - 13: Webelos Weeklong (Beaumont, Camp May, Campsite McMillian) (for current Webelos 1) July 14 - 15: Dad-n-Lad** (Beaumont, Camp May) (for ALL, especially current Tigers, Wolves) July 15 - 17: Webelos Mini-Camp (Beamount, Camp May, Campsite McDonnell) (for current Bears) Speak with your Den Leaders about costs, applications, and timelines for getting signed-up!!! Check out the Summer Camp events page for all the details. **Dad-n-Lad Notes: 1. Dad must attend and stay overnight with their scout(s). 2. Since we didn't receive our first choice (June 16-17) for Dad-n-Lad, the camping fees are fully refundable. If you are unable to attend the July 14-15 camp, let your den leader know, and we'll see if one of the other scouts would like to buy your spot. Otherwise, we can get you a refund. The deadline for refunds is Feb. 1. 3. Get Excited! This is an important step for our boys. Many of them need their dad there with them for their first full night in a tent in the woods. We generally see boys "GROW-UP" overnight through the experience of sleeping in a "Boy Scout Camp Tent" with their dads. Beaumont tents are not totally sealed off like modern tents. If they are encouraged, boys begin to love sleeping in the outdoors and the beautiful natural world God has given us. Many of them go from being "scared of the woods" at night to "sleeping out under the stars" without tents later in their teens as boy scouts. Do what you can to adjust you schedules to be with your sons for Dad-n-Lad. You and your son will remember it and talk about it for many years to come, even when he is an adult.

  Posted Jan 19, 2012 11:14 AM by BSA Webmaster
• Blue & Gold Banquet (Feb. 23rd)

  The Blue & Gold Banquet is our birthday party for Cub Scouting held in February. At the banquet we celebrate all the hard work and achievements of the scouts, parents, and leaders.   We encourage the whole family to attend. This is the perfect event to invite the grandparents to attend.   Tickets are available for purchase at the den meeting and pack meetings, and must be purchased by the first den meeting in February. The tickets are $5 per person, or $25 per family (kids 3 and under eat free). The tickets are only required for the meal; no ticket is necessary to attend the banquet.    The doors will open at 5:45 PM, dinner will be served at 6 PM, and the program will start at 6:45 PM.  This is one of the most important events of the year. So, make sure the scouts wear their full uniform with all of their patches and medals. Check out the Blue & Gold Banquet event page for all the details.

  Posted Jan 25, 2012 11:48 AM by Randy Bourgeois
• Pinewood Derby (Jan. 14th)

  The Pinewood Derby is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 14th, and will be here before you know it. So, take advantage of the Christmas holiday break, and get to work on those cars. Don't forget to attend Pit Row on Thursday, Jan. 12th to make any final adjustments to the cars.  Check out the Pinewood Derby event page for all the details.

  Posted Dec 19, 2011 8:12 AM by Randy Bourgeois
• Christmas Caroling (Dec. 15th)

  The Pack and Troop will be caroling at the Oak Tree Village Retirement Community next Thursday, December 15th at 6 PM (this time was requested by the director, due to their schedule). We'll be meeting at the village at 6 PM, but feel free to join us as soon as you can. The village is located at 363 Jungermann Road, St. Peters, MO  63376, near the stream the unit cleaned-up for Serve Day.  Families are encouraged to participate. Please bring 1-2 dozen cookies per family, in non returnable containers. The Christmas songs will be distributed to the scouts at the den/patrol meetings. Please RSVP to thefivehicks@aol.com, so we have a number to give the village.

  Posted Dec 8, 2011 12:50 PM by Randy Bourgeois
• Scouting For Food (Nov. 12th and Nov. 19th)

  Did you know that Scouting for Food was started in 1985 by the Greater St. Louis Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and has since grown into the nation’s most successful single-day food drive. Last year, the Boy Scouts collected 2.1 million cans of food for area food pantries.  The food drive has collected more than 43 million cans of food since its inception. We need your help - and so do thousands of hungry people in our community. Our scouts and parents are participating in the annual Scouting for Food drive this fall.  The 2011 food drive will take place on two consecutive Saturdays.  On November 12, we'll place plastic bags at doorsteps of over 3,000 homes in the area.  The following Saturday, November 19, we'll return to pick up the filled bags.  Food donated in a particular area will be distributed through relief pantries in that area, including the Calvary Church food pantry. The first Saturday, we'll assemble in the Atrium at Calvary Church at 9AM and we should be finished before noon. The second Saturday, we'll meet in the Gym at Calvary Church at 9:30AM, organize into teams, and start pickup at 10:00AM. Drivers and registered adult passengers are needed to transport the scouts. Parents please try to attend both days with your scouts.  We need as many parents as possible to stay at Calvary Church, while the dens deliver the bags, to sort popcorn. When the dens return from delivering the bags, the popcorn should be sorted and ready to go home with the scouts. Mark the dates on your calendars, and stay tuned for for more details to come. Visit www.scoutingforfood.org to learn more about hunger in our area.

  Posted Nov 18, 2011 2:16 PM by Randy Bourgeois

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