Event is Open to All Boy Scout Troops and Crews in the Fox river District as well as Cadette through Ambassador girl scouts.

Come on out for an all night of skating

March 24^th 9:00 pm till 7:00 am

Capelli’s Traxside Skate in Burlington

Cost is $20.00 at the door for the skate

Includes a Pizza Buffet with unlimited soda for 2 hours and Breakfast treats in the AM.

Skating Merit Badge instruction (Roller Skate) will be offered.

Please Contact Ken Penge: kentroop329@wi.rr.com to report number of people attending by 2-25-12

Prepare for an entire night of FUN but bring your Sleeping bag just in case.

Everyone must be picked up by 7:00am on Sunday

Rules for Scout, Open and Pro classes have been provided for the 2012 District PWD on April 21, 2012.

You can download the rules and more information right here.

• When: February 25th
• Where: Camp OhDaKoTa
• Time: Registration will start at 8:00 am and the events will be from 9:00 am until ~1:00pm (including lunch)

You can sign up at the Council Office or use the online Council calendar.

• Early bird registration deadline is February 10th, 2011
• Cost: $7.00 for both Scouts & leaders until February 10th
• After February 10th, registration is $9.00/participant.
• Final registration deadline is Wednesday, February 22nd

Do you have any ideas for games, events, or changes from last year? Please send them to Ben Manning at bmanning3@wi.rr.com

Ben is also looking for volunteers to help out. He would love to have the troops of the district take a station to run. It is 5-6 hours of great fun and helps to bring some enthusiasm to our up and coming Boy Scouts.

On Monday evening, several hours were spent hashing out procedures on how our Eagle applications, workbooks (and there will be more meeting on this one) and reference letters will be handled. For now, until we finalize our understanding and the understanding of the nation rules, enclosed will be the policy we will be following. You will notice there is a section that states the Scout is responsible for handing out the reference letters to the people he has on the application (this is an area we will be addressing down the road). Well these letters were in the Eagle packet that is given to boys when they made life (per their advancement form that was turned in by the Adv. Ch. of the troop) at the time they turn in the form. Being we did not do it that way, none of our boys who made Life received any of these letters. It is my understanding that they can be downloaded from the website, or give to by council for the time being.

Also, on Monday was the discussion (but nearly as long as needed and this to, will be another meeting upcoming) the Eagle workbook. The format is entirely different than what was used in the past. The beginning phase is concept, along with brief description of the project, and what is believed to be necessary to get the project approved. What also needs to be included, is ALL the contact information, and ALL the signatures, BEFORE you turn it into the District Chairman. One area I am noticing (because it hasn’t been done before) is boys are not listing the Eagle Coach. EVERY life Scout who is working on a project MUST have one. There will be an Eagle Coach training in the future, and will be required to be one if you plan on reviewing and assisting with a Scout’s Eagle write up/workbook. The Scout cannot work on his project until the coach has reviewed it with him and advised him appropriately. Please take the role seriously! And do not pencil whip it so the Scout can get started. Explanation’s, plans, forethought, materials, etc will need to be included. Failure to have a quality workbook, would have an impact on his Eagle Board of Review. If a Scout in your troop or crew, would like to have someone from the district work with him, that will be fine and we will assign someone to him. This does not mean, that who is working with him, is who his mentor is! It is just what I said it is. Someone to work with him on his Eagle Booklet. Obviously all the answers are not here, and there are still going to be growing pains.

Remember that national has now made “This is Scouting” and “Fast Start Training” optional material. These both have valuable information and I highly recommend that new leaders do take these online sessions as they await in person sessions.

If you find your unit in need of leader training, we can assemble a team and bring some of these to your unit, just ask.

Yours in scouting,

Tim Hush, Lighthouse District Training Chair

timhush@gmail.com 262-930-3160

Last year’s very popular Merit Badge Tech and University of Scouting will be held again this year at Gateway Tech on March 3, 2012.

• Merit Badge Offerings: (Coming soon!)
  
• Cub Scout Leader Courses: (Coming soon!)
  
• Boy Scout Leader Courses: Registration Form
  
• Commissioner Training: (Coming soon!)
  

More details to follow! More Training opportunities will be announced!

Stay tuned for details: http://www.gtc.edu/merit_badge_tech.php

 commitment form

and return to Katie.Dembowski@Scouting.org by Friday, February 3, 2012.

Thank you and have a great day!!

Katie Dembowski, Fox River District Director

[Dan's note: the linked form has been "fixed" from the one that was distributed on email lists.]

• Delisa Yaeger, Pack 323
• Kyle Kaczmarek, Troop 332

• Mary Ehr, Troop 334

• Keith Klima, Pack 323
• Deborah Colletti, Pack 329

• Robert Lane, Troop/Crew 328
• Daniel Larson, Pack/Troop 385

• Jeremy Laffin, Pack 385
• Carol Voss, Troop 310