Pack 85 Traditions
Derby-mania!
Past Year Highlights
Do Your Best
Scouts in CT
100
This holiday parade is the only parade that Pack 85 usually marches in, and often begins at the DMV and marches right past Mikey's Place and Hamner School, ending past the Broad St Green and First Church.
What is Memorial Day?
100
These come with the Pinewood Derby kit, and are pushed through the wheels into the car to become the axles. Sometimes they are polishd, or bent on purpose.
What are nails?
100
The answer is the last line of a popular skit that has two scouts arguing over "Deer Tracks" or "Bear Tracks" or "Wolf Tracks" but the real danger is on the tracks and heading their way....
What are TRAIN TRACKS?
100
If a 4th grader joined Cub Scouts for the first time, he would need to earn this rank before he can get any other award or start working on his Webelos badge.
What is Bobcat?
100
This Scout Camp near Waterbury, CT was founded in 1939. It has been home to the weekend day camps, Fall Fun Day, and several camporees.
Camp Mattatuck
200
At this race, Scouts ride a wooden car down a hill, and practice their breaking and steering skills while trying to not hit a tire.
What is the Soapbox Derby?
200
A pinewood derby car must weigh less than this number of ounces.
What is five ounces?
200
This skit is about a scout with a rather unlucky name who had the worst summer camp day ever.
Who is Skittles?
200
This person who later was first made a Knight and later a Baron in the United Kingdom, wrote the book "Scouting for Boys" and is considered the founder of Scouting?
Who was Robert Baden-Powell?
200
This Scout Camp near New Hartford, CT is known for its gaga ball pit near the entrance, and was home to the Webelos Adventure day this year. It has been the camp where Pack 85 goes for Summer Camp the past three years. It is the oldest Scout Camp in Connecticut.
Camp Workcoeman
300
This is the annual dinner or banquet held around the time of the birthday of scouting, in February. The whole family is invited, and once we even had stormtroopers attend.
What is the Blue & Gold Banquet?
300
This slippery gray substance used to make wheels turn better is sold in a tube but is actually a powder.
What is graphite?
300
Sleeping outdoors at the home of this baseball team is rather dangerous, with the mascots CHOMPERS and CHEW CHEW running around all the time!
What is the Hartford Yard Goats!
300
This award can be given to any Cub Scout or Boy Scout who convinces another kid to come to a scout meeting and try scouting. If the kid signs up, the award is earned.
Recruiter
300
This is the name of the Council that Pack 85 belongs to, and is the Scout Council that covers most of Connecticut.
Connecticut Rivers Council
400
This is Pack 85's annual fundraiser, but instead of Santa's reindeer pulling a sleigh it usually means its time for Tony's red truck pulling a trailer around town.
The Christmas Tree drive.
400
The fastest cars will have the most weight in this part the car (for example, the top, the bottom, the front, the back, the wheels.)
The back (actually the top/back)
400
The hockey rink for this Hartford team gets awfully loud when they score on Scout Night!
The Hartford Wolfpack
400
This "Code" is not said at every Cub Scout meeting, but it is taught at least once per year. It teaches to Be Clean in your outdoor manners, Be Careful with fire, Be Conservation minded.
The Outdoor Code
400
This is the troop number of the local Boy Scout (Scouts BSA) troop in Wethersfield.
Troop 85
(Trick Question!)
500
On this special holiday, Pack 85 helps the Elks Club by showing off the American Flags from historical times.
What is Flag Day?
500
This is the number of lanes in Pack 85's pinewood derby track, meaning this number of cars race at one time.
What is six lanes?
500
Earning your Whittling Chip requires carving an animal out of this hand washing supply- but be sure it doesn't end up in your mouth!
What is Soap?
500
This character from the Jungle Book was a Wolf who was known as a wise leader who taught Mowgli the Law of the Jungle. This wolf's name has been with Cub Scouting since it started in 1930.
Who is Akela?
500
When the National Jamboree happens every four years, Connecticut hold this event as well to celebrate for all those who can't make their way to Virginia. Pack 85 went to this in the fall of 2016.
The Connecticut Scouting Expo.