National
Summertime Pack Award—Keep
your Pack going. Now is the time to plan to plan for the summer months of June,
July, and August. Memorial Day Parades, Cub Scout Day Camp, 4th of July
Parades, picnics, baseball game with the Schaumburg Flyers, are just a few of
the many things to do this summer. Summer activities are the best way to keep
those new Tiger Cubs active and keep your existing Scouts involved. Your Scouts
will have a head start for the upcoming year. Have a different person in charge
of each activity so that it won’t be too much work for one person.
National Summertime Pack Award
Fort Dearborn had 10 packs and 75 Scouts at day camp to get credit for a June activity. Thanks to all the great Volunteers with Bonnie and Steve Budde from Pack 3889 heading things up for the Fort Dearborn District.
Youth
Protection Training (YPT) is now required before a new adult leader can
register. And if your YPT date is more than 2 years old at the time of
registration, your registration will not go through. This is a National Policy
effective 6/1/2010.
See the notice. Indian Trails is offering Cub Scout Leader training on Sunday July 25th. This training is open to all. CLICK HERE for the flyer... Are you a Boy Scout leader that needs YPT or This is Scouting, COME ON DOWN.
The
new "Den and Pack Meeting Resource Guide" has been released. It should be in
your scout shop now. A lot of the info from it can be found here,
CLICK HERE for the Resource Guide...
The theme of the month for the Cub Scout program will be changing completely starting in September. The top of the calendar on the Fort Dearborn “Outing in Scouting Calendar” lists the themes for all levels of Scouting. See the new line up now for the Cub Program.
Wednesday August 25th 7:00 PM is Fort Dearborn’s first roundtable for the 2010-2011 year and our fall membership kickoff/training. Every Unit should have someone in attendance.. Our fall membership Drive is from Monday September 12th through September 26th. We would like all Units to have at least one sign up night/day during this period. They may want to secure their Boy Talk dates soon.” Need more information contact our District Director Joe Stocchero.
It is
not too late to sign up for popcorn. This is a great fundraiser for the pack or
Troop. Training for Unit Popcorn Kernels will be held on August 21st
or August 28th. Attending this training gets your unit extra
commission points.
Scoutfest
100 at Northerly Island, formerly Miegs Field..
September 18 and 19 They are promising an event even larger than the
Camporall in 2008. Visit the web site to see all the different things that you
can do at this event. Stay for the day, or camp overnight in Downtown Chicago.
Did you know there is another new merit badge? Visit the National Web site to learn more about the Inventing Merit Badge.
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