Thanks to everyone who has participated in our fundraiser so far! We have sold over $4000 so far, which results in $1400 raised for our Pack and our Scouts (and another $1400 for Central Texas Scouting). We have ~$500 left of inventory that we need to sell. We have opportunities to sell at Waterloo (on Escarpment) on Friday evening 10/16 and at Sam's (Mopac and 290) on Saturday from 10:00-6:00. If we can get a few more people to sign up for those shifts, we should be able to finish our inventory by October 17. This fundraiser is a big part of what allows our Pack to keep our unit dues low.

Our Linktree has a bunch of links of things discussed at our meeting today. This includes how to sync the Pack Calendar with your Google Calendar or Apple Calendar. All families need to discuss the "How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse" with their kids and log in Scoutbook or notify a leader that you have to earn Bobcat. You are welcome to go into whatever level of depth on this topic that suits your family. This is a topic that Scouting America takes very seriously (and all the leaders have to take specific training in this matter). The purpose of this requirement is to make sure you are also aware of the protections put in place by the program.

Hopefully everyone enjoyed the popcorn samples at today's meeting! To sign up and sell popcorn at our organized storefronts you will need the Trail's End app, see instructions below. 

We didn't mention it at the meeting, but save the date for our October Campout at McKinney Falls State Park on October 23-25 (https://pack81austin.com/node/6417). You can stay overnight 2 nights, 1 night, or just come for the day! More details to come in the coming weeks!

Hope everyone is having a good start to the school year! I wanted to put out some reminders about a few events we have coming up:

On Thursday 9/3 we will have a table at Kocurek's back to school night. We'll have folks there from ~5:30-6:45 so feel free to stop by to share information about scouting with Kocurek families.

We've finalized a date for our "Join Scouting Night" and Playground Meetup. It will be at Mary Moore Searight Playground on Saturday 9/12 from 4:00-5:30 PM. We hope you can join us!