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Committee Chairman’s Corner
Spring is a busy time for everyone. Getting ready for summer trips, activities, vacations or camp. Scouting is also very busy. We start out with following the Scout Slogan of "doing a good turn daily." Community service projects of Adopt a Road and St. James clean-up to name a few. We then prepare for the Troop summer adventures to Hidden Valley and Camp Bell. It will be quiet an adventure. As another Scouting year slows down for the summer, (we never really stop) I want to extend a heartfelt thanks and gratitude to all for the adults who are responsible for supporting the Troop through all of the adventures, large and small over the last year. The Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmasters, Members of the Advancement Committee, Members of the Troop Committee, the Activities Chairperson, the Troop Publicity and Newsletter person, the Fundraising Committee, and all of the parents who provide transportation to the events. Without their continued support and contribution of countless hours, this Troop and the programs would not exist. All of your assistance is needed and welcomed. 'If everyone does just a little, there won't be any big jobs left to be done.' Become a member of the Troop Committee or even consider becoming an Assistant Scoutmaster. No experience necessary. We provide you with the experiences (and opportunity to attend training!) Get involved with you son's activities. Participate beside him and have fun, without getting in his way. You will be provided with opportunities to actually see how wonderful of a young man he has become.
Thanks,
Marsha Kofman Troop 401 Committee Chair
rdhetal@yahoo.com
Attention:
****EAGLE COURT OF HONOR.....All
scouts and their family members are cordially invited to Kurt Mithoefer's Eagle
Court of Honor. The ceremony will be in the sanctuary of St. James United Methodist
Church on Sunday, May 19, 2002 at 2:00pm. Reception will follow in the Fellowship
Hall. ******
Summertime Uniform (Class B)
shirt orders being taken.
It's that time of year again where some Scouts need Class B uniform shirts.
The troop's selected shirt is a custom screened, the Scout fleur-de-lis on the
left chest in red, and the full-color troop logo on the back on a light tan/stone
color tee. Cost is $7.50 per shirt.
I need to know, no later than 13-May-2002, how many and what sizes you will
want. Delivery will be approximately 2 weeks later. Remember that the class
B uniform is what we wear on just about every event in the summer, except for
the 4th of July parade when we wear our Class A's.
Mr. P
News to Note
Friday, May 10, Matt Petovic's Eagle project, taking
pictures for a photo-essay, "A Day in the Life of Merrimack". He needs parents
and scouts willing to take photographs around town for at least an hour sometime
during May 10. He especially needs photographers from midnight to 6:00AM Friday
morning.
e-mail him at cyberbro85@hotmail.com or call 424-6621.
Please continue to save cans at home for our
Can Sort. The dates for the sorts will be listed in the Upcoming Events section
of the newsletters.
Parents and scouts: sign up for the Troop e-mail sites in order to receive updated information as well as access to the latest newsletters, changes, etc. See a leader at the meeting to sign up!!
Meetings
HERE YEE! HERE YEE!
District Roundtable Meeting will be on the second Wednesday of each month from 7-9 PM.
Committee Meetings moved to the second THURSDAY of the month from 7-9 PM.
Note to all Patrol Leaders
and Patrol Scribes!!
I have not gotten ANY patrol information for the last several months.
There will only be two more issues of the newsletter this year. Please submit
ANY information you have to Mrs. Southwick asap! You can put it in my
mailbox or Mr. Southwick’s mailbox on Monday nights.
Upcoming Events
May
5/6 – Board of Review
5/11 – Nascar Race
5/19 – Kurt Mithoefer’s Eagle Court of Honor
5/20 – Scoutmaster Conference
5/27 – Memorial Day, No Meeting
5/31-6/2 – Frank Daley Campout
June
6/17 – Court of Honor
6/22 – Deep Sea Fishing Trip
6/25 – Pride Game
July
7/4 – Holiday Parade, dunk booth on the midway
7/14 – 7/20 – Troop camping at Hidden Valley
August
8/4 – 8/10 – Troop camping at Camp Bell
8/28 – First day of school
September
9/9 – Troop meeting