Welcome to Cub Scout Pack 78 
Framingham, Massachusetts

Boys, do you enjoy hiking, camping and getting together with your friends? 
Are you a boy First through Fifth grade who is looking for fun?
Then the Cub Scouts are looking for you!  Join the team!

Cub Scout Pack 78 is a chartered Cub Scout pack serving the Framingham area. 
Your son may already know some of the many scouts in the pack.
Holy Cow!  We have been growing so much this year with new Scouts and new Scout families, I haven't had a chance to update the website!  All of our dens started with their weekly meetings these past few weeks and we had Animal Adventures from Bolton back in this year to kick off our September Pack Meeting.  

We're hard at work behind the scenes planning our Fall Campout, which is scheduled for October 18th. We've got some great activities planned, and we were able to get both the Legion Hall to sleep in AND the Comanche Lean-tos and Tent site for those who really want to go camping.
Framingham Cub Scout Pack 78
Back to School Cookout and Campfire

Sunday, August 24th, 2014
4:00pm until 8:00pm - Rain or Shine
Nobscot Scout Reservation
Ellisland Picnic Grove and Chippanyonk Fire Ring

The campfire program includes an awards ceremony for everything earned over the summer.
Please contact Christine Memmott (clmemmott@yahoo.com) to record any awards your son may have earned.

Siblings and friends are welcome and encouraged.

Bring a FLASHLIGHT.
It will be dark after the campfire and you will need the light to walk out to the parking lot.

We need parent volunteers to make this a success.
Please contact Matt Johnson at cmarcclinical@yahoo.com for details.
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2014 Victory Over Hunger Garden

Pack 78 is proud to once again be involved in the global Messengers of Peace program.  Our Scouts are working to spread goodwill and help those less fortunate by growing and donating fresh vegetables to a local Framingham food pantry.  

http://www.scout.org/node/32811


Parent Information Packets now available

We've put together a packet of information that we hope answers any of the questions you may have regarding joining Pack 78.  The end of this packet includes a uniform checklist shopping list for both Tiger and Wolf scouts.  If you have ANY questions at all, please do not hesitate to contact us at cubmaster@FraminghamPack78.org.  

Click HERE to download your parent information packet.
The seeds are in, the roots are down and the crops are growing!  
Cub Scout Pack 78 is in need of families to adopt our garden for a week to water and weed it.

The sign-up sheet for tending the garden is available online at
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/904094BAFA62EA02-summer1

The sign-up is for the week running Sunday through Saturday.  
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Outdoors RX
project of  Appalachian Mountain Club 

A new AMC program, developed in collaboration with MassGeneral Hospital for Children, is providing kids in the pilot communities of Waltham and Framingham with a prescription for physical activity outdoors.

Through their website, OutdoorsRX.org, families can connect to local activities that get their kids off the couch and outside.  

Children participating in the program are awarded points—redeemable for prizes—as they keep track of their outdoor activities. In addition, AMC is offering a free stay at its Ponkapoag Camp in Randolph, Mass., for participants who earn a certain number of points.

There is a ton of stuff being offered in Framingham.  The following is only a small sample. Visit the OutdoorsRX website to browse through all the activities and to register your family. 

Winter Scavenger Hunt at Cushing Memorial Park in Framingham 
Winter Scavenger Hunt at Dennison Park in Framingham 
Family Hike to Tippling Rock in Sudbury 
Family Hike at Callahan State Park in Framingham 
Map and Compass for Kids at Macomber Estate in Framingham 
Family Hike to the Witches Caves at Ashland Town Forest 
Learn to Track Animals in the Forest for Kids in Framingham 
Microhikes with Tykes: Carol Getchell Trail 
Family Evergreen Hike at Nobscot Reservation 

When you register, tell them your prescription was written by Cub Scout Pack 78
BOYS WILL BE BOYS
67% of Cub Scouts
become Boy Scouts 
because "It's Fun"

FRIENDS FOR LIFE
68% of Scout parents
think Scouting helps their
son feel like he belongs
to a group.

KID TESTED
MOTHER APPROVED
72% of Scout parents
believe Scouting teaches
their son life skills

CALL OF THE WILD
71% of Cub Scouts joined
"to go camping"

DOUBLE DARE YA!
55% of Cub Scouts consider
themselves to be "adventurous"

source: the family room
attitudes and awareness study, 2010

Upcoming Events

August:
Back to School Cookout & Campfire

September:
Animal Adventures
Kickball Kick-Off
Popcorn Sales

October:
Nobscot Fall Campout

November:
Old Sturbridge Village overnight
Raingutter Regatta

December:
Wreath Sale
Holiday Pot Luck

    Contact us
Pack 78 Meets at the 
First United Methodist Church 
25 Brook Street 
Framingham, MA 01701