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Hey Everyone! Hope your summer has been
terrific and you're excited about revving things up again in the fall. A
few notes:
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On August 10th, we will be hosting a Council
School Night Meeting. Invitations will be extended to folks who will be
volunteering to conduct School Nights for Scouting at our local
Elementary Schools, people that will be helping organize those School
Nights, and any Cubmaster or Volunteer for a Pack that the School will
be feeding into. For the Cubmasters and Volunteers, this meeting,
albeit informative, isn't required of you to attend. The location is
still pending, and will be updated.
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The
information of the meeting on the 10th will be distributed at our First
Roundtable of the Year, which will be on August 12th. A side note: We
will be holding our Roundtables at a new location, offically. Asbury
UMC has been welcome establishment for our Roundtables for the past few
years and we are grateful for their hospitality. Our District
Roundtables will now be held at
Shandon
United Methodist Church, at the usual time of 6:30. I urge
ALL Unit
Leaders to attend our inaugural meeting at Shandon UMC. Cubmasters,
especially, will need to be there to gather information from the Council
School Night Meeting, as well as Dates and Times for your individual
unit's School Nights, and Boy Talks (if you are able to help with
those.) The efforts volunteers will be putting forth to aide you all in
School Nights will be very appreciated, and if you yourself would like
to conduct a School Night or two for the good of the District, please
contact me.
- The 2010 Popcorn
Gala will be on August 19th at the Colonial Life Arena, starting at
6:30. Units participating in the sale are STRONGLY URGED TO COME!!!
This Gala will be nothing like any you've seen before. Trail's End is
giving each unit a large "Popcorn Sale in a Box" for your unit's use,
which is full of items that will be useful to you in your sale efforts,
including a Marshmallow Crossbow, for you to use at your discretion.
Your attendance on behalf of your unit will also gain you extra
commission for your sale, so it's a win-win. Again, all units
participating in the sale should definitely be at the Gala. Any
questions, either contact me or Pam Roberts, Congaree District Popcorn
Chair, at 803-353-0398.
- Congaree District Cuboree will be
taking place at October 2 at a location TBD. More info to come.
- The South Carolina State Fair will be going on at the SC State
Fairgrounds from October 13-24. Scouts and Scouters are encouraged to
come out to the Fair and celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Scouting at
the Ruff Building. We will be there everyday with displays and stations
set up about Scouting. Scouts and Scouters that attend the Fair in
Uniform will be admitted
FREE OF CHARGE!!!
Come on out for good times, good food and fun with Scouting!
The Summer leading into the Fall is a great time
to start spreading the word to potential Scouts in your neighborhood,
church, or sports teams. I'm looking forward to seeing you all again in
the upcoming months and talking to leaders about ways to help recruit
new youth. I'll be in touch with new information about School Nights,
Popcorn Sale and other events upcoming in the District and Council.
Thank you all for what you do for Scouting and Happy Trails!
Yours in Scouting,
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