 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 |
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| 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 |
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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
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