NORTH STAR DISTRICT 2018 OBJECTIVES & 2017 AWARDS

Posted on February 9, 2018

Setting the Stage for Continued Growth

[INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, February 8]  District Leaders, mentors, family and friends assembled at the 2017 North Star District Awards ceremony to offer well-deserved congratulations to the Leadership team and to recognize members of the District for their commitment to service.  Included in these honors was the highlight of the Journey to Excellence Gold Award status earned by North Star with the overall highest score in the Council and an announcement that North Star’s contribution led to the Crossroads of America Council being the highest scoring council nationally, too.  A highlighted list of honored outgoing leadership and 2017 Award Winners can be found below.

2018 District Objectives

As 2018 North Star District Committee Chair Mark Maucere outlined in his keynote address, there are four pillars on which the upcoming leadership team will be focused in order to build on the success of this past year, which are:

Membership Growth.  This includes development of strategies to communicate with Charters and Schools as well as in assisting our Units with Leadership Outreach and Program Awareness.  This work will help keep up the interest with new/prospective Cub Scouts and their parents in the competition for time and attention with other extracurricular activities.  Our new Membership Chair is soon to be named.

Increased Unit Commissioner Involvement.  Stephen Heath is the 2018 District Commissioner, and he is looking forward to building the Unit Commissioner team and for these Unit Commissioners to create stronger and more cohesive working relationships with each of our District Units as “one team.”

Program Offering.  Mark Pishon as 2018 District Program Chair will bring a passion and energy to this critical pillar to enhance our current program offering as well as expand in areas that will further encourage greater recruitment, participation and retention.

Communication.  Cheryl Bilsland will be serving as 2018 Communication Chair and brings corporate digital marketing and Toastmasters communications mentorship experiences to the role.  We look forward to building upon and expanding our communication and outreach presence in a way that best meets the needs of the District.

Mark emphasized his “open door policy” and is humbly looking forward to meeting and working with each of you, thanking you for your service, insight, talent, energy and involvement in order to grow our District in 2018.

2017 North Star District
Leadership and Award Winners

We want to thank our 2017 District Key 3 team for their dedicated servant leadership:

John Wiebke                                       District Chair

Con Sullivan                                        District Executive

Jeffrey Heck                                            District Commissioner

Hearty congratulations and gratitude for your service, goes to the following 2017 District Award Winners:

Alec Damer	T514	Merle H. Miller Eagle Scout Project of the Year Award
Austin Damer	T514	Judge John Price Outstanding Eagle Scout of the Year Award
Agrayan Gupta	T56	Dr. Bernard Harris SUPERNOVA Award (the first awarded in North Star District, based on our information)
John Wiebke	T358	District Award of Merit
Mike Yates	T56	District Award of Merit
David Sperry	T514	Unit Leader Award of Merit
Michael Faulk	T56	Arrowman of the Year
Bill Buchalter	P83	Cubmaster of the Year
Ron Wells	T343	Scoutmaster of the Year
Denise Purdie-Andrews	T69	Firecrafter of the Year
Katherine Ritchie	T343	Boy Scout Committee Chair Person of the Year
Todd Sanger	P514	Cub Scout Committee Chair Person of the Year
Nick Griffith	T56	Hooked on Scouting
Jason Chamness	T358	Hooked on Scouting
Laura Gunderman	T358	Hooked on Scouting
James Stiles	T358	Hooked on Scouting
Amanda Walsh	T358	Hooked on Scouting
Jill Williams	T358	Hooked on Scouting
Mary Fenchak	T514	Hooked on Scouting
Jill Carson	T343	Spark Plug Award
Mark Carson	T343	Spark Plug Award
Brendan Cavanaugh	T358	Spark Plug Award
Joe Forler	T358	Spark Plug Award
Brad Gibson	T358	Spark Plug Award
Kathryn Gibson	T358	Spark Plug Award
Bob Jalaie	T358	Spark Plug Award
Dawn Pasquale	T358	Spark Plug Award
Chris Pishon	T358	Spark Plug Award
Chris Strachan	T358	Spark Plug Award
Jane Sullivan	T358	Spark Plug Award
Valerie Swack	T358	Spark Plug Award
Matthew Glaze	T514	Spark Plug Award
Marilyn Mathioudakis	T514	Spark Plug Award
Ken Savin	T514	Spark Plug Award
Lisa Savin	T514	Spark Plug Award

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If you would like more information about this topic, please call Cheryl Bilsland, 2018 North Star Communications Chair, at 317-225-6102, or email c.bilsland@yahoo.com.