Dear Advisors and Crew Committee Chairs:
This month's Venturing Roundtable will be Thursday night, May 7 at 6:45 at St. John the Divine in L-18. The topic is "Favorite Texas Trails."Other upcoming activitiesThe 2nd SHAC Venturing Forum will be Tuesday May 26 at 7 PM at the Cockrell Center. VOA Officers will be elected by the youth so get your crews there in force. Those who went to the first one in February found it both fun and informative. Announcing the Project Wild / Aquatic Workshop!! Saturday, May 16, 2009 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Fun activities to teach about habitat, wildlife and area natural resource issues. Project Wild - More info http://www.shac.org/Home/Events1/ProjectWildWorkshop EMS Open House Celebrate Emergency Medical Service Week at the annual Bellaire EMS open house on Saturday May 16, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.. The day will be filled with demonstrations such as vehicle extractions and a Life Flight appearance, plus Moonwalk, dunking tank, free food and drink, freebies, and a raffle. Location is Bellaire City Hall, 7008 S. Rice. Questions: 713 662-8202. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Summertime Planning Now is the time to start planning for the next year of scouting. Make sure you have your District calendar in hand when setting your Crew calendar so you don't miss out on District events. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Silver Beaver Nominations The deadline for nominations is 4:30 pm on May 31st. For more information about the qualifications for this prestigious award and to find a nomination form click the link provided below. Silver Beaver - info and nomination form can be found o the SHAC website. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get trained! Your District's goal is 100% trained leaders. A lot of training is available on-line which means you can do it on your own schedule at your leisure. To sign up on-line to take training, you will need your personal id#. If you don't have your pocket id card from BSA, contact your Troop leadership to get this number. Past due items... If you have not already done so, please see to it that your Troop has taken care of the following: Scout Fair Tickets - Scout Fair Tickets are past due. If your unit has not already done so, please turn in the monies collected and the unsold tickets asap. You can turn these in at roundtable or at SHAC. NEW - In the Fall, the entire District (all Units) will have their first rally night on the same night. A large centralized turn-in for new applications will be offered and the District will be able to get the printing and distribution of the FREE flyers done more quickly. Stay tuned for the date, which will be announced after the official date is agreed to by the HISD superintendent. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wood Badge - Wood Badge is a mentally intense 6-day leadership course designed for all adult Scouters. It is hoped that every adult Scouter will take the course to help them focus on their responsibilities, identify goals, and to give them the tools to reach them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This publication is a volunteer effort on my part and is not an official communication of the Boy Scouts of America. Thank you for taking time to read this and for passing it along to your Crew Leaders and parents. If someone in your Crew is not receiving this bulletin and wants to, have them e-mail me. If you would like to mention an upcoming event, please email me by a few days before the end of the month, David Coughlen GAD Venturing RT Commissioner 832-366-2345