Scouting for Food
Special thank you to all the units that participated in
this year’s Scouting for Food drive. Overall we
collected over 3,500 canned goods for needy areas in our
community. This is a wonderful service that we can give
during a very special time of year. Thank you to our Scouting
for Food Chairman, Gary Cummings for all his efforts in
leading our district in this project.
Welcome New District Commissioner
We are fortunate to have Sandy Miller from Burgaw Pack
247 as our new District Commissioner. Sandy is the former
Cubmaster of Pack 247 and she has just recently gotten
back from a District Commissioners Training in Philmont.
Sandy has some great ideas for the district and she could
use your help. If any of you would like to help provide
her with suggestions, ideas, names of potential Unit Commissioners
than please do so. That would be a great welcome to her.
District Scout Show
The theme for this year’s Scout Show is “Scoutings
Good Turn in your Community”. Bill Marett, our District
Scout Show Chairman is strongly encouraging every unit
to participate in this year’s event. It will take
place on Saturday, March 1 from 9am-12noon at Scotts Hill
Baptist Church. Units may arrive at 8am to start setting
up their booth displays.
District Pinewood Derby Race
The race will take place at the Scout Show. Bill Marett
is chairing this event as well. All 1st place winners
from every Pack (every rank: Tiger, Wolf, Bear, Webelos
I and Webelos II) are invited to this race. Registration
will be from 9am-9:45am with the race starting around
10am or shortly after. Please come out and support this
event even if you are not racing. If you want to see the
BEST race setup that you have ever seen, then come on
out and check it out.
District Banquet
Our NECF District Banquet, in which we honor leaders for
their great service to scouting, will take place of the
February Roundtable. Location is still being determined
but the date is February 5 at 6:30pm. This will be a great
evening as we will honor those who have given great service
to the district and scouting units within the past scouting
year. More info to come soon.
Popcorn
Thank you to all the units that participated in the popcorn
sale. Because of your efforts, many boys earned prizes,
many boys will be able to go out Pack/Troop trips or Resident/Summer
camp free of charge, many boys learned valuable skills
in communication and business. Overall we came very close
to our district goal by selling $131,000. Thank you very
much to our District Popcorn Kernel John Fort and his
POPS Team Todd Brohaugh, Jan Eldridge, Ellen Gurganious
and Matt Apke.
Congratulations to the following for outstanding popcorn
sales:
Pack 234 - $24,578 (top selling pack)
Pack 220 - $15,415 (increased sales the most from previous
year)
Troop 215 - $7,840 (top selling troop)
John Williams, Jr. – Pack 220 - $2,555
(top selling Cub Scout)
Chance Simmons – Troop 215 - $2,503 (top selling
Boy Scout)
Training
February 23 – BALOO Training
April 29 – New Leader Essentials Training
May 1 – Cub Scout Leader Specific Training
May 3 – Boy Scout Leader Specific Training
Roundtable
District Roundtable meetings will be held at McClure Presbyterian Church, located at 5908 Castle Hayne Road. We will continue to meet on the FIRST Tuesday of every month. Roundtables begin at 6:30pm with a gathering of all, to share council and district news. Then we split up into our Cub Scout Roundtable and Boy Scout Roundtable. Please have a representative from your unit attend this very informative meeting.
District Committee meetings will be held at McClure Presbyterian Church, located at 5908 Castle Hayne Road. We will meet on the LAST Thursday of every month beginning at 6:30pm. District Chairman, Mike Pavlovich has asked that all District Committee members attend these meetings and inform us if you will be unable to attend.
If you have questions or need your unit’s id number or password, please contact our GTFA District Chairman, Todd Brohaugh at 270-1812.
