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March 2025

Sunday March 2

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Blue & Gold Banquet
Veterans of Foreign Wars

Tickets: http://www.pack862.org/bg25

The Blue & Gold Banquet is our annual celebration of Scouting! Wear your neckerchief and full uniform as we enjoy looking back at our past year with Pack & Den Highlights, and help fifth graders cross over to Scouting America troops in a captivating ceremony and slideshow.

Tickets are $5 per family. A selection of finger foods and cupcakes will be served!

Saturday March 8

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Shoreline Spruce-Up
2998 White Rock Rd

Come join Pack 862 for donuts and to do a good turn cleaning up a portion of White Rock Lake shoreline adopted by our unit! Trash grabbers are provided.

Saturday March 15

8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Day Trip to Waco Mammoth National Monument
Waco Mammoth National Monument

Join us for a fun day trip down to the Waco Mammoth National Monument, and catch a glimpse into the lives and habitat of Columbian mammoths and other Ice Age animals! We’ll take a look at real fossils (and dig for practice fossils) at the only place in the country showcasing evidence of a nursery herd of Ice Age Columbian mammoths.

Learn more about WMNM here: https://www.nps.gov/waco/index.htm

Preliminary Schedule
8:00 a.m. – Depart for Waco (families desiring to caravan/carpool together will meet at CLC by 8:00, but you’re welcome to go directly from home to WMNM).
10:00 a.m. – all attendees meet outside the Welcome Center at WMNM.
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – explore WMNM, including exhibits and dig shelter, and work on National Park Service Junior activities.
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – picnic lunch.
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. – hike the half-mile Eagle Trail, a nature trail developed and created as part of an Eagle Scout project; visit the gift shop or do additional exploring on your own.
2:30 p.m. – Depart for Dallas. Families desiring to make a longer day of it might consider visiting the nearby Dr Pepper Museum or Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum.

Cost: $4.00 per person. After you have RSVPed, a separate payment request will be sent to you through Spond; alternatively, you can pay in cash at WMNM.

Food: Each family should bring a picnic lunch for each member of their family. Dens may wish to coordinate den picnic lunches.

April 2025

Friday April 4

5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Estes Rockets Launch
TBD

Details coming soon.

Saturday April 12

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Shoreline Spruce-Up
2998 White Rock Rd

Come join Pack 862 for donuts and to do a good turn cleaning up a portion of White Rock Lake shoreline adopted by our unit! Trash grabbers are provided.

May 2025

Friday May 2 5:00 pmSunday May 4 10:00 am

Spring Family Campout
TBD

Details coming soon.

Saturday May 10

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Shoreline Spruce-Up
2998 White Rock Rd

Come join Pack 862 for donuts and to do a good turn cleaning up a portion of White Rock Lake shoreline adopted by our unit! Trash grabbers are provided.

Monday May 26

7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Dallas Symphony Memorial Day Concert
Flag Pole Hill Park

Opening Flags for DSO concert at Flag Pole Hill.

Scouts in uniform, present at 7pm for a quick rehearsal. The show starts at 8:15pm with fireworks at 9:15pm.

Stick around for great music and a fireworks show at the end of the event.

Let’s show East Dallas how awesome Pack 862 is by showing up in uniform in big numbers! Please RSVP in Spond.

June 2025

Saturday June 14

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Shoreline Spruce-Up
2998 White Rock Rd

Come join Pack 862 for donuts and to do a good turn cleaning up a portion of White Rock Lake shoreline adopted by our unit! Trash grabbers are provided.

July 2025

Saturday July 12

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Shoreline Spruce-Up
2998 White Rock Rd

Come join Pack 862 for donuts and to do a good turn cleaning up a portion of White Rock Lake shoreline adopted by our unit! Trash grabbers are provided.

August 2025

Saturday August 9

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Shoreline Spruce-Up
2998 White Rock Rd

Come join Pack 862 for donuts and to do a good turn cleaning up a portion of White Rock Lake shoreline adopted by our unit! Trash grabbers are provided.

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