Thursday, January 15, 2009

T399 Information & Dates

T399 Parents:

I. Scout meeting on Tuesday, January 20 @ 7 pm, TUMC

#1 Parent Meeting @ 7 pm, TUMC

#2 Scoutmaster conferences and Board of Reviews will be conducted at this meeting.
Please volunteer to help conduct a Board of Reviews. Special thanks to the many
parents who volunteered their time at the meeting to assist with Boards of Review.
We could not do it without you!These conferences and reviews are in preparation
for the January 27th Court of Honor.

II. Camp-outs: Sign-up on-line if your Scout plans on attending. Go to www.troop399.org to sign-up and pay. If you signed up for Cracker-barrel or camp-out leadership (2-deep leadership) you will be contacted by Leslie Benitez. We need two-deep leadership for both campouts.

#1 NASA camp-out, January 23 - 25. Camp Strake & NASA! Tina Chan has agreed
to Ram Rod this campout. If you have any questions contact Tina or Phil Condra.

#2 El Rancho Cima, Backpacking camp-out, February 6 - 8. This is not a misprint,
Tina has agreed to Ram Rod this campout also. If you have any questions contact
Tina or Phil Condra.

III. Special Events

#1 Court of Honor, Tuesday, January 27 @ 7 pm @ TUMC Fellowship Hall. This
is a special ceremony as we honor Scoutmaster Mark Marshall and welcome Dirk
Heinen as our new Scoutmaster. Please make every effort to have your Scout attend.
Class A uniform required.

#2 Spaghetti Supper, February 8 @ 6 pm @ TUMC. Scouts are asked to sell tickets.
They are red tickets and your Scout should have brought some home from Tuesday's
meeting. $6 a person and $20 a family. Last year we had a record crowd, great
fellowship and a wonderful meal. Thanks to Julian Fontana for chairing this
fundraiser again for the Troop. We appreciate your hard work and your great cooking!
#3 Just in time for the upcoming Court of Honor! The Casis Elementary School Forest, where several Troop 399 scouts have done Eagle projects, needs volunteers on Saturday, January 17th, beginning at 9:30 AM to remove additional invasive species. Thanks to scouts Sam Faries and Seung yeon Lee, they've all been tagged, so you'll know which ones to remove.

Please come if you can, and bring workgloves, Children are encouraged and welcome.

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."

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