{"id":403,"date":"2017-05-18T13:31:43","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T17:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/denverncpack83.org\/?page_id=403"},"modified":"2018-07-11T21:17:05","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T01:17:05","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/denverncpack83.org\/?page_id=403","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Our Pack<\/h2>\n<p>Our pack was founded at Hills Chapel United Methodist Church in 1989 and is part of the Piedmont Council.\u00a0 During our history, we have had many scouts cross over to boy scouts and earn the prestigious rank of Eagle Scout.\u00a0 Our pack has continued to grow and prosper year to year.  We have moved churches and currently reside at <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/6Lj48dNSrM72\">Holy Spirit Catholic Church<\/a>.  537 N. Highway 16.  Denver, NC 28037<\/p>\n<h2>Pack Goals and Values<\/h2>\n<p>Our pack goals are directly in line with the primary aims of scouting:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Grow in moral strength and character<\/li>\n<li>Development of physical, mental, and emotional fitness<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Our purpose is to provide for boys an effective program designed to build desirable qualities and grow the scout by providing positive leadership for them to emulate.<\/p>\n<h2>Setting Ourselves Apart from the Rest<\/h2>\n<p>There are several key factors that set us apart from the other packs in the area.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We ARE THE popcorn pack. \u00a0What this means, is that we collectively sell more popcorn than any other pack in the area by far. \u00a0This is very important because it allows us to fund most of our events from the year with a single fundraiser. \u00a0Perhaps most importantly we profit share with the scouts.<\/li>\n<li>Profit sharing is a rarity among packs; however, we have our pack structured to profit share with each scout. \u00a0Portions of the funds the scout raise is deposited into their scout account. \u00a0The scout can then participate in several of our pack events that cost by using funds from their scout account essentially making events no cost. \u00a0We also will let this scout account roll into a Boy Scout Troop if that Troop also profit shares.<\/li>\n<li>We are en extremely active pack, and we participate in more activities than other packs in our area. \u00a0This is great for our camaraderie, community involvement, and character development.<\/li>\n<li>We have a strong community outreach and involvement. \u00a0Year to year we raise and donate over 5,000 lbs on food to the local food bank. \u00a0We have visited assisted living facilities with Christmas gifts, cleaned up common areas, and lots more. \u00a0We strive to create a public presence which helps us grow as a pack and individuals.<\/li>\n<li>Our pack has grown year to year. \u00a0Our strong leadership, programs, activities, values, and cohesion draws more numbers each year. \u00a0We have earned pack awards for outstanding achievement for many years, which is represented by our continued growth. \u00a0We have been so successful in our retention that many of our scouts make it through every den and cross over to Boy Scouts.<\/li>\n<li>We have been a Gold Level Pack since 2011. \u00a0Our Cubmaster David Underwood won an award for Cubmaster of the year in 2016. \u00a0Ross Seeley also won Denmaster of the year in 2016 as well. \u00a0We were also awarded with Heartland District Pack of the Year in 2012, 2015, and 2018. \u00a0None of this would have been possible without the strong parent involvement and retention we have.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, we have tons of summer activities that most other packs do not do. \u00a0This makes scouts a year round activity for us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking to join a successful, growing, involved pack with great strong leadership, you&#8217;ve found the correct place. \u00a0Please also look at our <a href=\"http:\/\/denverncpack83.org\/?page_id=411\">FAQ page<\/a> for leadership information and to learn more about the pack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Our Pack Our pack was founded at Hills Chapel United Methodist Church in 1989 and is part of the Piedmont Council.\u00a0 During our history, we have had many scouts cross over to boy scouts and earn the prestigious rank [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/denverncpack83.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/denverncpack83.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/denverncpack83.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denverncpack83.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denverncpack83.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/denverncpack83.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":857,"href":"https:\/\/denverncpack83.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/403\/revisions\/857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/denverncpack83.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}