Trail News of Note
Webelos Open House at November 12th Roundtable! If you are a
Webelos Scout, you will have a chance to meet Boy Scouts from several
different troops in the district at the October Roundtable. All Boy Scout
troops from the Kirkland and Redmond area will be invited to set up a
table at the Webelos Open House to be held from 7:30PM to 8:30PM on
Thursday, November 12th. Webelos and their parents are invited to meet boys
from the various troops as well as some of the adult leaders. You can ask
questions about Boy Scouts in general, learn about the various troops, and
decide which troops that you might like to visit. Each Boy Scout troop has
their own unique personality. Troops often have boys from several
different Cub Scout Packs. Each Webelos can decide which troop meets their
needs and is the best fit for them. This is a perfect opportunity to get
to know several troops at the same time! For more information,
please contact Lisa Wylie at lisa.wylie@comcast.net
Sammamish
Trails Popcorn Deliveries - November 13-14! We had a
good year of sales and now it's time to deliver our final round of
popcorn. We will be distributing popcorn Friday, November 13 from 3-8pm
and Saturday from 10am-Noon. We are at a new warehouse in Kirkland; see
district popcorn website above for details. We also need volunteers on
Friday from noon-8PM and Saturday from 10AM-noon; we hope that we can get
a representative from each unit for at least an hour or two. Full
details can be found at the Popcorn website at the link above!
Training
for Scoutmasters and assistant Scoutmasters, and anyone else
interested in the program for a troop, is available on November 14.
This helps you take advantage of the actual Boy Scout program, help the
Scouts run the best possible program, and do it all with less effort and
more success.
Dutch Oven Cooking Experience in June. Ever been curious
as to how those guys and gals manage to turn out everything from lasagna,
roast beef and cornbread to peach cobbler, apple crisp and chocolate
cakes, all in the middle of nowhere? Join us at the Dutch Oven
Cooking Experience this coming June to find out. This will be a full day
of lessons, demonstrations, and hands-on cooking experience. You will
learn how to prepare and maintain your cast iron, as well as how to cook
with it. You will also come away with a cookbook on disk, containing
hundreds of tried and true recipes. Come HUNGRY. Fasting the night
before is not a bad idea. See you there! For questions or to
volunteer, contact Jeff Gettmann at jg_scouting@hotmail.com.
Adventure
Base 100 will at the Puyallup Fair September 17-19, 2010! Do
the Puyallup and experience Scouting like never before with Adventure Base
100! Created specifically for the 100th Anniversary Celebration, Adventure
Base 100 is traveling the country to give people an exciting, hands-on
view of the history and future of the Boy Scouts of America. This
10,000 square foot campus features immersive Scouting experiences
including a ropes course and zip line, interactive digital exhibits, a
multi-sensory IMAX-like dome, and more! It will also house a traveling
museum that will showcase real artifacts from the National Scouting Museum
in Irving, Texas.
WashJam 2009
is over now, but what an event! Thousands of Cub Scouts and Boy
Scouts from across the state swarmed Fort Lewis over the WashJam weekend
for a four-day campout, the largest Scout event ever held in
Washington. Read
the Tacoma News Tribune article about it here.
Boy Scouts track down missing woman on Blake Island.
Scouts from one
of our own units, Troop 570, put some of their scouting skills to the test on
Saturday, May 30 and showed that they take the motto of
"Be Prepared" to heart! Their story was covered in the Kirkland
Reporter, the Seattle
PI web site and on TV by Q-13
Fox News. Check the links above for
the story details and a video of the news cast. Great publicity for Scouting
and highlights what all of our young people are capable of!
Troop
Committee Challenge: This training is a fun way to build your
team, whether you are new or a seasoned Committee Member. We bring this
valuable training to you!
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Register
Now for National Jamboree 2010! The 100th birthday of
Boy Scouts of America will be in 2010. To help celebrate, there will
be National Scout Jamboree in Fort AP Hill, Virginia July 25th thru
August 10th of the same year. Chief Seattle Council will be taking 5
troops. Scoutmasters have been selected and applications are now
open for youth that may be interested in attending. Please select
the above link that will bring up an information document on how to
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Important Links
Sammamish
Trails District Calendar at a glance (revised 10-05-09). Download this
or print it out for a quick glance at the coming 18 months or so of
District events. For more up-to-date information, please
consult the main calendar by clicking on the link at the top of the page.
Roundtable calendar of topics for
Boy
Scouts
District Publicity Request Form. This on-line form is used by
the District Publicity Chair to coordinate putting articles in the local
newspapers about Scouting events and service projects. Just fill it
out, submit it, and it is emailed directly to our Publicity Chair.
Where Units Meet. We have some
information
on where units meet, including some web sites. This should help people looking for a unit to
join.
Merit Badge Clinics for Boys
Scouts are offered on the same Thursday
nights as Roundtables and the second Saturday of each
month.
Eagle
Scout guidance
for scouts working towards Eagle. Documents to download for
Leader coaching instructions, project document, project checklist, reference
form, and more.
The Heron News Flash is the
monthly publication of the Sammamish Trails District. For the
current issue as well as back issues, go to the Newsletter
page.
Sammamish
Trails Popcorn Web Site! This site contains everything you need to
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