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CENTENNIAL QUALITY COMMITMENTS
The time has come to take a few moments to take a look at the 2010 Centennial Quality Commitment and Achievement Form. It is important to
understand that this is an opportunity for your Pack or Troop to sit down and create your goals for the 2010 year. These goals are meant to
give direction for each Pack and Troop in terms of the quality and ultimately the betterment of each boy in our program.
Please take a few moments with your committee or unit leaders to fill out the 2010 Goal column. The 2009 Actual column is useful to track how your Pack or Troop did in the previous year. Please then sign the areas just under the goal setting boxes and send back to the Council Office no later than Feb. 15th via mail, e-mail or fax. Please remember that each unit is eligible for the award upon reaching their goals after Oct. 30th.
The Centennial Quality form can be found at:
Centennial Award Unit
Chippewa Valley Council
710 S. Hastings Way
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Fax: 715-832-6711
Please remember:
1. Keep goals realistic.
2. Don’t be afraid to challenge your Pack or Troop in its goals. If you don’t risk failure, you will never achieve success.
3. A goal is only as good as the plan in place to reach it.
4. Communicate these goals with all other members of your Pack or Troop so as a team you can strive to achieve this award.
5. The determined goals are designed to help your Pack or Troop grow in youth members, volunteers, and quality of program.
FRIENDS OF SCOUTING FAMILY PRESENTATIONS
Casseroles are being baked for Blue and Gold dinners and Pinewood derby cars are being designed. Both Pinewood derbies and glue and gold’s are great events, but it is important to remember that they are only part of equation for the survival of scouting. This years Friends of Scouting campaign is here.
Friends of Scouting is important to the scouting because it contributes to the existence to the upkeep of Camp Phillips, Cub World, scouting insurance, day camps, training opportunities for our volunteers and for professional support.
This year each presentation will bring with it a chance to win a prize of 4 air show tickets (a value of $80) to anyone that gives a donation to the unit’s FOS Gold Card Goal. If a unit can reach its FOS Gold Card goal that pack or troop will receive 10% off the cost of camp and 10% off of purchases from the Council Scout Shop for their pack or troop.
Our District FOS Family Chair, Patty Jansky is in the process of making contact with each pack and troop to set a date on when a Friends of Scouting presenter can come to speak with your unit. If you have dates already set aside for your FOS presentation please contact Patty Jansky at 715-723-0408, or contact Chris Arndt at 715-832-6671.
2010 RECHARTER
Re-charter packets are in the process of being put together and sent out! With the new year comes a few changes and things to remember.
- Registration for yearly membership has increased to $15 plus $1 for insurance per participant.
- When re-chartering online it is important to note that you are not done with the paperwork once you click submit. You need to print off the roster and gather the signatures of the Chartered Partner Executive Officer and the Unit Leader. Once you have these signatures, mail the re-charter in to the council office.
- All new youth and adults need to have applications sent with the re-charter.
- Mark whether or not the boys are to receive Boys Life.
- This is the only time of year that you can change the position of a registered leader without having to fill out an application to show that change.
Annual District Dinner
We will be having our annual district dinner on April 6th. This is a change since it was previously going to be held March 2nd. The event will be at St. John's Lutheran Church in Cadott. For more information and a registration form, go to the following link: GE Annual Dinner
Boy Scouts Expansion
It is no secret that Webelo’s to Scout transition is very important to the health of the Troop but more importantly it is vital to the character development of the boys we serve. There are a lot of communities within our district that have strong packs but no troops for the boys to cross over into. If there is no troop for the boys to cross into the families are driving great distances to join a troop or worse the boys are dropping out of the program all together. The Communities with a pack but no troop are New Aurburn, Cornell, Lake Holcombe, Jim Falls, Owen/Withee, Greenwood/Loyal, Granton and Boyd. These communities have only one major factor playing against them and that is that they are very small. Regardless of size each boy deserves a Troop to cross over into. It is with this in mind that this year a push will be made to bring Boy Scout Troops to as many of these communities as we can. Your District Executive Chris Arndt will be making contact with the chartered organizations to see if they would like to sponsor a troop as well as the pack. He will also be working with the packs in each of these communities to go about building new troops. If you have any recommendations on the right people to contact to start these Troops off on the right foot, please contact Chris at 715-832-6671.
Glaciers End Pinewood Derby
Now that the sawdust has hit the floor, it's time to plan on attending the 2010 District Pinewood Derby! Please register your 1st, 2nd and 3rd place pack winners to take place in the District Pinewood Derby! The race will take place at the Boyd Elementary School Gym (303 East Park Street, Boyd, WI 54726-9401) on April 24th. Registration & weigh in starts at 9:00 and the race will begin at 10:15! There will be a fee of $4 per participant to cover the costs of the awards. Please pre-register with the council office by April 19th. Thank you to Pack 50 of Stanley for playing host for the event and providing the track and race system. Click on the following link for Pinewood Derby Rules: Derby Rules
Glaciers End District Contact
Chris Arndt |
| Last Updated: March 5, 2010 | Copyright © 2005 Chippewa Valley Council, BSA |