Author: Jeffrey Heck
Winners of the Inaugural Polaris Award for Patrol Competition
To recognize and memorialize the best patrol in competitions, the District is inaugurating a new award:the Polaris Award. The new plaque will travel with each new patrol listed and photographed.
The winner of the inaugural Polaris Award is Troop 56’s Elemental Patrol.
Members of Elemental are Sam R., Luke E., Will S., and Matthew H.
The phantom is the newest ASM and patrol advisor Cullen B.
New Scout Handbook is Released
The new scout handbook (2016 ed.) has finally been released. Take a look at it here.
2015 Popcorn sales thank you
To have a smooth run popcorn sale requires hard work, organization, and a
team effort.
I would like to take a moment to thank our North Star District
Popcorn Kernels (and assistants) for their commitment of time, dedication to
the program, and hard work! From the very start our unit kernels
demonstrated this by making North Star’s Popcorn kickoff/training one of the
best attended in years. We had representation from nearly every unit in
attendance!
During the sale, our popcorn distributions were near perfect
due to the large number of motivated volunteers that turned out to help sort
and load orders.
Finally, due to the remarkable organizational skills of
our unit kernels, North Star District was the first district in the Council
to have all popcorn funds submitted!
When you encounter your unit’s Popcorn
Kernel (or assistants) please join me in offering them thanks in recognition
of their exceptional efforts during the popcorn sale this year.
North Star Unit Popcorn Kernels and Assistants
Crew 69 Denise Purdie Andrews
Crew 408 Mick Witte
Pack 18 Suzanne Lincoln
Pack 18 Cindy Hallberg
Pack 35 Sarah Hargis
Pack 64 Kit Williams
Pack 84 Marilee Rahn
Pack 84 Marilyn Langston
Pack 84 Jeff Long
Pack 105 Tucker Herbold
Pack 105 Teresa Arens
Pack 174 Ed Spahr
Pack 175 Matt Hibbeln
Pack 179 Devon Harmon
Pack 179 Rachell Laucevicius
Pack 358 Tom Rude
Pack 358 Jenny Beyer
Pack 514 Todd Sanger
Pack 514 David Paul
Pack 625 Jennifer Davis
Pack 625 Tia Bell
Pack 625 Pati Allison
Pack 830 Brian DeaKyne
Pack 830 Ed Stehno
Pack 830 Bill Buchalter
Troop 56 Rebecca Zirnheld
Troop 56 John Blue
Troop 69 Mark Reasoner
Troop 73 Doug Petry
Troop 269 Ann Salima
Troop 343 Andrew Himebaugh
Troop 514 Leah Roggeman
Troop 804 Niki Parker
Troop 804 Jill Williams
Sincerely
Tom Petersen
North Star District Popcorn Kernel
National Guard Thank You for Popcorn 2015
Brigadier General Ronald Westfall, Chief and Director of the Joint Staff of the Indiana National Guard, visited University of Scouting 2016 to offer his thank you to the Crossroads of America Council’s scouts for their donation of 20 palettes of popcorn worth $85,000. Listen to General Westfall’s comments.
Coming Online Applications
In the near future, BSA will roll out the Online Application for Youth and Adults.
They have already posted videos to YouTube to explain the process.
Below is the first video, an overview of the system. It will use my.scouting.org. It is important that your Unit Key 3 have access to my.scouting.org. The unit leader (e.g., Scoutmaster, Cubmaster, Venturing Advisor, etc.) approve youth applications. The unit committee chair and chartered organization representatives must approve all adults. This approval process is all electronic.
More videos about using this new system are available at the Scouting Multi-Media YouTube Channel.
Please note that the system collects only national dues and Boy’s Life subscription fees. This is a capability and not required. This means that you will have to verify that BSA has received these funds through the system. If it remains due and payable, you will have to collect it from the new member and pay to council before the application can be processed by BSA.
Your unit will be solely responsible for billing and collecting your unit dues and Crossroads of America Council’s insurance premium of $1.00 per member.
Pack 105 Bear Den 2 Service
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Here is a report from John Salewicz:
One of the new adventures in the Cub Scout program is to do community service.
The Den 2 Bears in Pack 105 did a E-Cycle Drive. We set-up a collection drive of unwanted, broken electronics and took them to a recycle center. Prior to the collection, the boys learn about why these items should not be put into landfills and types of material are in electrons. We disassembled a flat screen television to see what is used to make something that we spend a large chunk of our time.
During the e-cycle drive we collected all sorts of old computers, printers, ipods, stereos, phones and TV’s. The large tube TV’s were taken to St Luke’s Church and donated so that they can be fixed if needed and given to families who are less fortunate. I am very proud of these boys, their parents and our community for coming out and supporting the environment and Scouts. Wahoo!
Basic Commissioner Training at Camporee
Bridge Prop for Cross Over Ceremonies
Pack 830’s Cubmaster Bill Buchalter is looking for a bridge to serve as a prop for his March 1st cross over ceremony. Does anyone have any leads for him?
Bill Buchalter, Cub Master – Pack 830, Wbbuch1@comcast.net,317-509-0767
Service hours reporting 2015
Don’t forget to make sure that your unit has reported all of their service hours for 2015. You can report that using the link on the right column. This information will be closed out in the next week or two. Now is a good time to wrap it up.
Remember we are trying to contribute to the worldwide effort to report over a billion hours of service by 2020.
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