Meets 7:00 PM Thursdays
Shepherdsville Community Center

The Blue & Gold Banquet is part party and part Pack Meeting.  In Pack 868, it's a full evening event and begins with a pot-luck dinner by dens.  The Community Center is decorated in that year's theme --- for 2011 it was "Cubs Reach for the Stars."  So stars were hung from the ceiling and the different dens decorated their tables with rockets, telescopes, and aliens.  Naturally the predominate colors were blue and gold!

Since the Boy Scouts of America was founded in February, the banquet is also an celebration of the anniversary of Scouting in the United States.  In keeping with that theme, our "oldest Scout" was called upon to tell the story of how Scouting came to America.

One of the highlights of the event is an auction of Cub-baked cakes.  Boys had a choice of categories, such as Best Portrayal of the Banquet Theme, Tallest Cake, and Most Chocolate Cake.  There were a total of about 7 different categories.  But the real fun was the auction to see whose cake would fetch the highest bid.  Everyone had a good time and several hundred dollars were raised for the Pack's treasury.

Various awards were also presented, including a number of belt loops, patches for various pack activities, and a couple of rank advancements.

The Community Center was decorated in blue and gold with stars and lights hung from the ceiling.				Cakes that Cubs had baked for the auction were arranged on tables at the front of the room.
Webelos Scouts Andrew and Tristan performed color guard duty to open the meeting.				Andrew seemed to having a good time all night long.
Assistant Cubmaster Bob Meek told the story of how an unknown scout's good deed resulted in Scouting coming from England to the United States.				Kenneth found it comfortable to lay on the floor as Mr. Meek told the story.  (At least he wasn't on his back snoring!)
Webelos Cub Scout Adam was recognized for earning the Arrow of Light Award.				A group of scouts were recognized for their participation in the Pinewood Derby.
A sampling of the many cakes that cubs baked.