It's that time again! Summer camp is right around the corner (woo-hoo!) and all the latest information on Cub Scout Day Camp, Resident Camp (sleep-over camp), and Akela Camp (a shortened version of sleep-over camp WITH a parent partner) at Camp Carpenter are on our pack website:

Click on "2012 Summer Camp at Camp Carpenter" under MENU on the left-hand side of the pack 114 homepage.

Registration for RESIDENT CAMP (July 15-19) is now open on the pack website! Those who would like to register for DAY CAMP (July 9-13) or AKELA CAMP or for a different week of Resident Camp or Day Camp must register on your own at www.nhscouting.org/camping.

We will be promoting Summer Camp at our February pack meeting, but you can also contact Gretchen Osgood at pack114den7@gmail.com with any questions.

This is our January Pack Meeting where we will award our eligible Webelo 2's with Cub Scouting's highest honor, the Arrow of Light along with congratulating them as they "Crossover" from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts. This is a very special evening for our Webelos and their families and our entire Pack is encouraged to attend. This is an outdoor, evening, winter activity! Be sure you are properly dressed for the elements as this special ceremony occurs regardless of the weather! We will have a campfire, hot chocolate and light refreshments immediately following the ceremony.

The Pack snow tubing event is now open to other guests ( ie siblings, another parent, friends, etc) at a cost of $14 per guest. The cost per scout is $10. The cap is 150 people. Registration deadline is Jan 14th at midnight unless max is reached before then.

Come join us spreading the holiday cheer with the residents of Briston Manor assisted living community, at 37 Ridgewood Road in Bedford. We will be singing Christmas carols for the residents of Briston Manor for between 30-45 minutes in their central dining room beginning at 4pm on December 17th then, once we have the group well warmed with holiday spirit, Mrs. Osgood will present the Peace Light from Bethlehem to the group. We will have copies of the lyrics of well known carols for the scouts to use (we will try to e-mail or post on the pack website copies of the lyrics prior to the event). Cub scouts from all ranks, Tigers through Webelo are welcome and encouraged to attend. Briston Manor is at 37 Ridgewood Road in Bedford.

The Peace Light from Bethlehem will be available at Bedford Presbyterian Church (4 Church Rd, Bedford) on Saturday, December 17th, from 1-4pm. Bring your own oil lantern or enclosed candle and the Boy Scouts from troop 414 will share the Peace Light with you. ALL are welcome to participate, so please help spread the word to your friends and neighbors! Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Scout leaders are asked to wear their uniforms.

For over a thousand years oil lamps have been continuously lit in the Grotto of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Israel. For the last 22 years, a child from Austria has fetched the flame from a grotto lamp and brought it back to Vienna, where it is then distributed at a Service of Dedication to Scouts from all across Europe. These Scouts take the Peace Light back to their own communities and deliver it, with a message of peace, to churches, nursing homes, homeless shelters, prisons, and places of public, cultural and political importance - to anybody who can appreciate the significance of this gift.

Since 2004 the Peace Light has been flown to New York City for Scouts to spread it across the North American continent as well. This year, for the first time, the Daniel Webster Council is bringing the Peace Light flame to New Hampshire and Scouts of all ages as well as their families, friends and the entire community are invited to receive the flame and pass it on to others near and far. Please help us spread this light of peace throughout the entire state of New Hampshire!

More information available at peacelight.org or by contacting NH's Peace Light Coordinator (and pack 114 Webelos den leader), Gretchen Osgood, at pack114den7@gmail.com

Now Open for Families Too! December's Pack meeting is all about fun and once again, we will be returning to the Goffstown YMCA for a "mini" Lock In. On December 3 from 6:30 p.m to 11:00 p.m. the Pack gets exclusive use of the YMCA facilities including swimming, rock climbing, basketball, gymnastics room/bouncy house and more! We'll be serving pizza and drinks too. Like most of our activities, a parent must accompany the Scout at this event. This evening is also our Pack's Toys for Tot's Collection Night. The U.S. Marine Corps will have a representative present to collect your new, unwrapped toys which will be delivered by the Marines to children in need throughout the State. You must pre-register for this Pack event. Costs are $6 per person.