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New Horizons

District Director - Robbie Waclawski
   Phone: (810)235-8719
   Voice Mail: (810)235-8719
   Email: robbie.waclawski@scouting.org

District Calendar

January 2010
7) District Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm, General Baptist Church
14) C.S. & B.S. Leader Roundtable, 7:00 pm, Fenton Road Baptist Church
23) Klondike Derby, 9:00 am check-in, Camp Holaka
28) Commissioner Meeting, 7:00 pm, Scout Service Center
   
February 2010
4) District Annual Business Meeting
11) C.S. & B.S. Leader Roundtable, 7:00 pm, Fenton Road Baptist Church
25) Commissioner Meeting, 7:00 pm, Scout Service Center
27) Pinewood Derby, 9:00 am, Lake Fenton High School, 4070 Lahring Road, Linden

2010 Friends of Scouting

YOUR FRIENDS OF SCOUTING CONTRIBUTIONS MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Thanks to everyone whom had your unit scheduled in 2009 for a FOS presentation!

We are planning 2010 Family Friends of Scouting Presentations right now! Please contact your District Executive to schedule your Pack, Troop, or Crew Family Friends of Scouting Presentation. These Presentations will be available between January and May of 2010. It is beneficial to our volunteers to schedule these presentations during a Cub Pack Blue & Gold, a Troop Court of Honor or Crew Family night.

FOS Trained Presenters will conduct the presentations in a timely fashion. Presentations take approximately 10 minutes. Presenters may need the assistance of a unit coordinator to collect pledge cards and follow up with families. Cost to conduct the Scouting program is $120 per Scout for our Tall Pine Council.

Please contact the Finance Department for more information at 810-235-8728.

The 2nd Annual "Good Turn For Goodwill Service Project!"

Sponsored by The State Bank
January through March, 2010

Earn your Goodwill Patch and help hundreds in your community.

The Goodwill Good Turn Donation Drive helps people with disabilities and other barriers to find independence and employment through Goodwill programs. The donations you collect are resold in Goodwill stores providing jobs and funds for other employment programs giving people the dignity of a paycheck and the satisfaction of a job well done. For years, Goodwill Industries and the Tall Pine Council of the Boy Scouts of America have been improving people’s lives through the Power of Work - one donation, one job, one life at a time!

Click here to download the PDF document for more information.

Webelos / Boy Scout Swim Program
Grand Blanc HS West Pool

Friday January 29, 2010 - NEW DATE

7 to 10 pm – Lifesaving Merit Badge (see below)
8 to 10 pm – Swimming Merit Badge;
2nd & 1st Class Swimming requirements.
7 to 8 pm – Webelos Aquanaut activity badge

ATTENTION SCOUT LEADERS IMPORTANT!!!

  • Note New Costs !!! – Units will be charged as follows to cover increased costs for pool rental & 2 lifeguards: Troops - $50.00 Packs - $10.00
  • CPR training for swimming merit badge will NOT be provided. Troops must provide this on their own.
  • Scouts must bring a completed and signed merit badge application form to their first session.
  • Each participating unit must provide two adults in swim suits (on deck) to help supervise and teach.
  • WEBELOS units must provide their own adults plus necessary equipment to conduct Aquanaut activity badge.

No need to pre-register!

*NOTE: Attendance mandatory for all three sessions in order to complete the Lifesaving Merit Badge.

Questions? Contact Swim Chairman
Jim Legacy: 810-629-0671

District Award of Merit
Nominations Due January 31

The District Award of Merit is a council award presented by districts in the same manner that the Silver Beaver is a national award presented by councils.

The award is available to Scouters who render service of an outstanding nature at the district level.

The award is made available annually on the basis of 1 for each 25 traditional units or fraction thereof. The district need not present all the awards to which it is entitled each year.

It is not appropriate to nominate a Scouter who has already received this award.
A professional Scouter or other council employee may not receive this award based on employment service. However, a professional Scouter or employee who also serves as a volunteer Scouter may be eligible, based on volunteer service.

To nominate a Scouter, please download the District Award of Merit nomination form and send it back to the Tall Pine Council Scout Service Center before the deadline of January 31.

New Horizons District Annual Meeting

The District Annual Meeting will be held on February 4th, 2010. The meeting will be at 7pm at the Faith Baptist Church in Hill Road.

Pinewood Derby

New Location: Lake Fenton High School
4070 Lahring Road, Linden MI 48451

Weigh-in and Check-in on Friday February 26, 2010
6:30-9 pm Lake Fenton High School

Race Starts Saturday, February 27, 2010
10 am – 2 pm Lake Fenton High School

The unit fee is $20.00 and the race fee per a scout is $5.00.

Roundtable Summary for 2009-2010

Location: Fenton Road Baptist Church

Roundtable is for ALL Leaders in your pack and Troop to assist you in preparing for next month’s Den meeting, pack meeting and troop activities. Arrive between 6:45 and 6:59 to sign-in and interact with other leaders. Please encourage each of your adult leaders to attend this useful and informative meeting.

Note that Child Care is available for $1.00 / child 5 yrs and older (snack/movie/craft).

You filled out a survey and we listened! Here is a Roundtable Summary for 2009-2010.

Upcoming Roundtable Dates
January 14, 2010 February 11, 2010
March 11, 2010 Arpil 8, 2010
May 123, 2010  

Friends of Scouting

It’s time once again to help inform our families on the importance of supporting the Scouting program in our communities. That support comes in many forms, and financial contributions are an important one. FOS is the one of the largest sources of income for the Tall Pine Council, and we couldn’t operate without it.

Please plan 10 to 15 minutes for a FOS presentation in your Blue & Gold Banquet or troop Court of Honor in the months of January, February and March. Unit leaders will be contacted for dates, times and locations - but you can help us out by sending the information sooner to:

Nadine Baxter
810-694-4594
or
Aisha Curmi
810-344-9386

Refund and Transfer Policy

A written request with a brief explanation for the cancellation must be sent to the Tall Pine Council Service Center. The request should be received by the Service Center at least 3 weeks prior to the camp, activity, or event start date. A 10 percent (minimum $5.00) administration fee will be withheld from the refund. Refund requests received after the camp, activity, or event will be denied (extentuating circumstances may be the only exception). Transferring fees from one person to another is permissible before the event. The Tall Pine Council should be notified in writing of all transfers. This cancellation / refund policy was effective January 1, 1998, and supercedes any prior cancellation / refund policy of the Tall Pine Council, BSA.

Order of the Arrow

Chapter meetings are the same days, time location as roundtable meetings.

Attention Scoutmasters & Cubmasters!

The Tall Pine Council is in need of your e-mail addresses. With e-mail being an effective way to communicate information quickly, it is necessary that we get your e-mail address as soon as possible.

If you could please e-mail Robbie Waclawski (robbie.waclawski@scouting.org) with the following information we would grately appreciate it:

• Your Name
• Pack/Troop/Crew Number
• Your Position Title
• Your Email Address

 
 
Upcoming Events

RECOGNITION & AWARDS BANQUET
• February 20, 2010
Holiday Inn Gateway Centre
Doors open at 5:30 pm
Dinner at 6:00 pm

 

 
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