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OPERATION POPCORN PICKUP!
Calling All Unit Popcorn Kernels!
The name of the your mission is OPERATION POPCORN PICKUP.
Date: Friday, August 24
Time: A time slot to be determined between 12noon and 5pm
Place: North Star District Popcorn Warehouse: IDS (Integrated Distribution Services), 9431 All Points Parkway, Plainfield, IN 46168
Your mission (should you choose to accept) is to help DRIVE to the NS POPCORN WAREHOUSE (IDS), ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME & UNIT (Crew, Pack, or Troop) & PICKUP THE POPCORN THAT YOU HAVE ORDERED!! Should you successfully complete your mission, you will get to take your popcorn with you and raise ALL the funds you could EVER NEED (and want) for your IDEAL YEAR OF SCOUTING!!!.
*** If you have not already done so please pick a time at the SignUp Genius Link: ***
OPERATION POPCORN PICKUP
Please contact our NS District Popcorn Kernel, Kimberly Gorham at ns.district.popcorn@gmail.com for more information.
GOOD LUCK TROOPS!!
Council-Wide In-person Training for Cub Leaders
Council has created this list of training dates and times for Cub Direct-contact Leader Training.
2018 Scout Popcorn Festival AUG 19!
Come one come all – this Sunday August 19, 2018, to the 2018 Scout Popcorn Festival!
See this post for details on the Festival, don’t miss out!
RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/2018CACFestival is appreciated but not required.
Full-sized flyer link: 2018 Scout Popcorn Festival Flyer.
FYI for Scouts: Pope Pius XII Religious Medal Program
What: Troop 514 (based at St Monica Catholic Church) is offering a program for scouts in 9th through 12th grades to earn the Pope Pius XII Religious Medal, which will be presented in a ceremony at the SS Peter and Paul Cathedral by Archbishop Thompson. This medal is for scouts who are Catholic.
When & Where: Troop 514 adult Chaplain Mr. Ed Isakson and Mr. Steve Schelonka will facilitate the Pope Pius XII program, which will be held at the Isaksons’ home on Sunday evenings from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm starting on August 26th and concluding in December.
To register: Please e-mail Mr. Isakson at eisakson@comcast.net by August 20th to register for this program or to obtain more information about this medal or medals available for scouts of other faiths.
Also, please see the link below for a description of the Pope Pius XII medal from the National Catholic Committee on Scouting. It is a great opportunity for high school-age scouts to discuss how their faith affects the choices they make in life regarding careers, service, and state of life (marriage, single life, religious life, and priesthood).
Learn more: https://www.nccs-bsa.org/index.php/religious-emblems/pope-pius-xii.
You can also contact Troop 56 Assistant Scout Master Ed Parada if you have questions (Edparada@sbcglobal.net).
New EAGLE SCOUTS – August 2018
CONGRATULATIONS to the following Scouts who passed their Boards of Review this month (August 2018):
This group led the completion of over 747 project hours, and three Scouts earned four Eagle Palms between them (2 Bronze, 1 Gold and 1 Silver). Hearty Congratulations Eagle Scouts!
Roundtable Notes – Aug 9 2018
From District Commissioner Stephen Heath:
1 – Adult Leader Recruiting / Retention
At our August 9th Roundtable, attendees discussed the need to recruit and train adult leaders in order to sustain the cub and boy scout programs. A few ideas that came forth included:
- Provide a parent welcome guide for new parents, explaining operations of the unit and expectations for parent involvement
- Provide an adult talent sheet to understand occupations and skills, which could be deployed as den leaders, future treasurers, advancement chairs, merit badge counselors and cub/scoutmasters.
- The packs and troops can do more to work closely to ensure that both boys and adults are recruited. Several troop leaders offered to help support pack recruiting events. This also helps connect the troops to help retain boy and adult membership through crossover.
- Several units stated that they have parent packets in use. Pack 830 provided their guides in case another pack would like to use some of that content.
LINK: Cub Scout Pack 830 Guide
2 – CAC Fall Service Events: “Good Turn for Nature”
Crossroads of America Council is sponsoring service events this fall around the theme of Good Turn for Nature. Details are available at http://www.crossroadsbsa.org/123. Along those lines, Dan Corum and Pack 358 have opened up their trail cleanup service project to others in the district who might be interested in attending with their boys. The event is Oct 6th, from 10 AM to 12 PM, and anyone interested should contact Dan at corum.daniel@gmail.com.
3 – Recording of Service Hours
Are you recording your service hours, as we get close to recharter and filling out our Journey to Excellence? Here are some helps.
Record Service Hours (BSA) Video
https://servicehours.scouting.org/UI/Security/Login.aspx
4 – Pack 105 Five-year Program Plan
Pack 105 recently shared its 5-year program plan to help provide a well-structure program with intentional variety so that each boys gets a diverse experience in his 5 years as a cub scout. There are also Webelos campout plans, and a guide for teaching the Whittling Chip. If anyone is interested in those program helps, please let Jessica, Mark or I know, and we’ll make that information available to you, courtesy of John Salewicz.
5 – “One Hike per Month” (& September Roundtable “homework”)
Finally, we have an outstanding action from the spring for Troops in the District to organize one hike per month for the cub/boy scout units, as a means to keep the outing and comradery in scouting. For troops with the means to support this, please be prepared to sign up for specific months and events at the September Roundtable.
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The next Roundtable is on September 13, 7:00 pm at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 100 West 86th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260.
September Roundtable topics are:
– Cub Scouts: Den Leader Training
– Boy Scouts (Family Scouts): Leadership Training Opportunities / Firecrafter and OA Programs
Yours in Scouting,
Stephen Heath, North Star District Commissioner
2018 Popcorn Update and Kernel Intro!
2018 Scout Popcorn Festival!
Reminder – Cub Scout Open Houses 2018
See this previous post for Cub Scout Open House info:
Kroger Popcorn Storefronts Update – Urgent
This update comes from Crossroads BSA, email 6-Aug-2018:
We just received a phone call from Kroger headquarters and have some important news to share with all popcorn selling units. First and foremost, we value our relationship with Kroger – especially our Scouting for Food partnership – and we appreciate what they do for our community and Scout families! To clarify a couple of details and things that were mentioned on the call, we are following up with Kroger, but here are some things that you should be aware of now:
- Excluding Kroger, continue to book your own storefronts to ensure you hit your sales goal. This ONLY applies to Kroger. Look at some new and different stores that you have not sold at in the past, think outside the box, and let us know how we can help.
- Please do not contact Kroger (local stores or corporate) moving forward about selling in front of their stores. Kroger has instructed Council leadership to work directly with Kroger stores managers and coordinate all storefront shift with the units.
- We know that we will be booking and coordinating with units all Kroger selling shifts from Sept 17 – Oct 21. More information coming soon on how this process will work.
- If you have booked shifts with Kroger, hold tight and don’t do anything right now – don’t reach out to Kroger and don’t cancel the shifts. We are hoping you can keep everything you have already booked. We will be in touch soon.
- We are getting clarification on the Kroger “Race for Riley” fundraiser and how this impacts our sale before Sept 17.
Stay tuned for more information and a link on how your unit will sign up for Kroger store front sale through the council.
CAC North Star Unofficial Website 
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