Dear Troop 1001 scouts and families,

 

It was a pleasure to work with you all at the Spring 2017 Cottonwood Art Festival. The City of Richardson and the visiting artists were extremely appreciative and complimentary of our service.

 

We logged 380.9 volunteer hours by boys, and 667.5 hours by adults. Wow!!! We also had record water sales requiring an extra trip to Sam's Club on Saturday for more Dasani. The boys sold the last bottle on Sunday at 4:55pm. The record of service hours and hours for advancement has been forwarded to Lori Danen. Please contact us if you find any discrepancy and we can re-check the logs, as needed.

 

Mark your calendars now for next Cottonwood event, October 7 & 8, 2017, with set-up beginning on the 5th. Hopefully, we'll experience another gorgeous and profitable weekend at that time.

 

We appreciate the dedication and the positive spirit of service you bring to the troop in this huge fundraising effort. See you again in the fall.

 

Sincerely,

Tim and Carol Ozlowski

Cottonwood Committee Chairs

Boy Scouts is different from Cub Scouts; the boys are older and ready to do more on their own.  To help parents understand the differences between the two programs, there will be three classes and one infosession held during our next four Monday night Troop meetings.  The first class will start with the "This is Scouting" video and end with a discussion about the Aims and Methods of the Boy Scout program. Our second session will be about all things summer camp: logistics, gear recommendations, and merit badge classes to name a few. The third topic is Board of Review (BOR) Training, which will qualify you to serve on Boards of Review for the Troop. We usually have at least one a week if not more, so please don't miss this session. We need your help! Last but not least, we will cover Merit Badge Counselor Training which will allow you to teach your own class or serve as an instructor during Winter Camp in January. All sessions will start at 7:15PM in Room 2 at the church. Mark your calendars now!

Each spring, the troop elects a Senior Patrol Leader and Patrol Leaders for the following year.  Applications are due Monday, May 15th for the spring elections.  Scouts applying for appointed positions of Assistant Senior Patrol Leader and Troop Guide need to turn in applications as well.  See the following documents for details.

For all scouts that have been participating in camp card sales the official end of the sale for our Troop is this weekend.  All unsold cards and money raised MUST be returned to the troop at the upcoming troop meeting, Monday May 8th.  No exceptions.  Please be sure to contact Randy Lawson either before or during the meeting to return your cards and money.  (** Please be sure to balance your account before hand by ensuring you have the correct amount of dollars and unsold cards to turn in.  do a careful comparison of the number of cards you were issued and substract the number of cards you have sold.) 

We look forward to working with you all at the Cottonwood Art Festival this weekend. This is a huge fundraising event for our troop and also an excellent opportunity for the scouts to serve the visiting artists, and their community.  If you have not already done so, please use the Signup Genius to sign up for some work shifts.  We need the time and support of the entire troop! 

 

 

Should you need to reach us during the festival, please call (no texts) the troop track phone at 214-693-0934. Our internet access will be very limited.