T399 Business

T399 Parents. Topics included on this email:

#1 Parent Meeting, Nov 11
#2 Joint Webelos Camp-out, Nov 14 – 16
#3 Winter Camp, Dec 20 – 23
#4 Hornaday Weekend, April 17 – 19, 2009

1. Parent meeting, Nov 11. Please join us on Tuesday night as we will be hosting guests. We have invited several parents and their sons to this meeting from area Cub Scout Packs as they review their options for Boy Scout Troops for their Scouts. Please put this on your calendar and attend if at all possible. I have attached a proposed agenda. We would like to make the Cub Scout parents feel welcome and also learn about our Troop.

2. Joint Webelos Camp-out, Nov 14 – 16. Please go to www.troop399.org and sign-up. Currently we have 18 Scouts and 9 parents from Troop 399 signed-up for this campout. We need all participants to sign-up as soon as possible. (We will have computers available at the parent meeting next Tuesday if you cannot sign-up prior to then.) At last night's Troop meeting the Scouts planned the details of this very important campout. We did this one week in advance because we anticipate over 50 new scouts and parents at the campout and a great deal of planning will be needed for the event to run efficiently. We do not want the Webelos to out-number the active Troop 399 Scouts, so please sign-up immediately.

3. Winter Camp, Dec 20 – 23. We have submitted the names and merit badge selections for 16 Scouts from Troop 399 Scouts to attend Winter Camp. We currently still have open spots on our reservation for 9 additional Scouts, so if your Scout intends to attend please sign-up. We will have merit badge selection forms available at the meeting on Tuesday night. These forms are also available at www.troop399.org.

4. Hornaday Weekend, April 17 – 19, 2009. Troop 399 will be participating in the Hornaday Campout at LPSR. Classes have already begun to fill-up so please sign up immediately. This has become a national event and Scouts attend from all over the country. Troop 399 has always had the largest presence, so let's keep up the tradition. Go to http://www.hornadaybsa.org/registration.html. Please let me know if you are having any difficulty with registration.

Don B. Mauro
dmauro21@gmail.com
512/657-0195

"It is the mission of the Boy Scouts of America to serve others by helping them to install values in young people and, in other ways, to prepare them to make ethical choices over their lifetime in achieving their full potential.
The values we strive to install are based on those found in the Scout Oath and Law."