Your Randalls Remakable Card is a great way to support the troop, and at no cost to you! Just ask for a Remarkable Application Form at the Courtesy Booth and fill in the top portion and the "Good Neighbor Program" section using account number 931. A percentage of all your grocery purchases will automatically be donated to the troop every time you use the card. See
http://www.randalls.com/community_caringneighbor.asp for more details.
PLEASE NOTE: Fees for weekend campouts are usually $20.00 per scout, and $5.00 for each adult scouter. If you sign up to attend a campout and either do not attend or cancel after the food has been purchased, you will still have to pay the full amount. It's not fair to the other Scouts and adults if they have to share the cost for extra food that's not needed. It also often causes a severe hardship when last minute cancellations result in transportation problems. PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE!!!
Reminder to parents: New Leader Essentials and Youth Protection Training are short introductions to how the Scouting program works. Safe Swim Defense and Safety Afloat training are required at most summer activities that involve water sports. These are all very short courses (90 minutes each), and the troop really needs more trained adults, so please consider attending if you do not have this training. Dates and times are at the end of this newsletter.
Troop 1631 activities Apr.25-May 1 04/25 (Mon.7:00pm) - PLC at First Colony Christian Church. Plan 5/2, 5/9 and 5/16 troop meetings. Class 'A'.
04/30 - Scouts interested in earning the Swimming or Life Saving Merit badge may do so on Saturday, April 30th at the Fort Bend Family YMCA. Register by either e-mailing or calling Ryan Spears at 281-499-9622 or
ryans@ymcahouston.org. Swimming begins at 9:00am. Life Saving begins at 1:00pm. Scouts may not attempt to earn both merit badges on the same day. The cost is $5 and every scout should have read the merit badge book and bring a blue merit badge card signed by their Scoutmaster. No blue cards will be available at the YMCA.
05/01 (Sun.6:30pm) - Court of Honor at First Colony Conference Center (Note: No court of honor at family campout.)
Quotable: Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. --Elie Wiesel
Coming up:05/02 (Mon.7:00-8:30pm) - Troop meeting at Colony Bend Elementary. Class 'A'.
05/08 - Mother's Day
05/09 (Mon.7:00-8:30pm) - Troop meeting at Colony Bend Elementary. Class 'A'.
05/13-15 - Family Campout at Bates-Allen Park.
05/16 (Mon.7:00-8:30pm) - Troop meeting at Colony Bend Elementary. Class 'A'.
05/18 (Mon.7:30-9:00pm) - Troop Committee / Parent meeting at First Colony Christian Church (usually upstairs) across from Clements HS. All troop parents strongly encouraged to attend.
05/24-26 - FBISD final exams.
06/14 - Flag Day
06/19 - Father's Day
Council and District Training Schedule:05/07 (Sat.8:30-10:00AM) - Youth Protection Training at Christ United Methodist Church, in the "Scout Shack". 3300 Austin Pkwy. Every unit leader should complete Youth Protection Training to help insure your pack, troop, team, or crew is a safe environment for youth and adults. (Note that YPT is also offered online at
http://www.scouting.org/pubs/ypt/ypt.jsp.)
*05/07 (Sat.10-noon) - New Leader Essentials at Christ United Methodist Church, in the "Scout Shack". 3300 Austin Pkwy. New Leader Essentials is the initial training for adult leaders serving youth in the Boy Scouts of America. This overview of the Scouting program is an exciting insight to the great world of Scouting you can provide for your son. This course in only taken once and does not have to be repeated for a new leader position. Contact Nathan Doherty at
nathand@houston.rr.com or (281) 615-9523 to register. See
http://www.abc-cc.com/Tomahawk/trn/NLE.htm for more info.
05/28 (Sat.9-10:30AM) - Safe Swim Defense at Fort Bend Family YMCA in Missouri City, 4433 Cartwright Rd. (Also offered June 11.) Before a BSA group may engage in swimming activities of any kind, a minimum of one adult leader must complete Safe Swim Defense training. Contact
Margie Connolly (281) 499-9622 or
margaretc@ymcahouston.org. See
http://www.abc-cc.com/Tomahawk/trn/safe_swim.htm for more info.
05/28 (Sat.10:30-noon) - Safety Afloat at Fort Bend Family YMCA in Missouri City, 4433 Cartwright Rd. (Also offered June 11.) Before a BSA group may engage in an excursion, expedition, or trip on the water (canoe, raft, sailboat, motorboat, rowboat, tube, or other craft), adult leaders for such activity must complete Safety Afloat Training. Contact
Margie Connolly (281) 499-9622 or
margaretc@ymcahouston.org. See
http://www.abc-cc.com/Tomahawk/trn/safety_afloat.htm for more info.
* Calendar items changed or added since last week are preceded by an *asterisk.? Calendar items preceded by a question mark are not confirmed or are missing details. (Please email cliff@texcetera.com if you have information.)
