May-June 2010
District Website: www.mccscouting.org
Apache District Key 4 Contacts
George MacBain – District Chairman, 704.954.1139, gmacbain@bbandt.com
Steve Eriksen – District Commissioner, 704.588.4260 x447, seriksen@netbsa.org
John Crapster - District Director, 704.342.9324, john.crapster@scouting.org
John Bittinger – District Executive, 704-342-9336, john.bittinger@scouting.org
District Committee Updates
We would like to welcome George MacBain as our new Apache District Chairman. He has served numerous roles with our District and Council over the past couple of years. Let’s also welcome Peter Olynick as our Communications Chairman for Apache District. We are looking for a couple of people to help coordinate our District Trail’s End Popcorn Sale for next year. If you are interested, see Del Whitaker or John Crapster. We will buy you a “corn husker hat!”
Geocaching
Come one, come all this Saturday, May 15th at 9am and be a part of our Cache In, Trash Out at McDowell Nature Preserve. We will meet at the waterfront shelter, the park is located at 15222 York Road in Charlotte. Bring a GPS Unit (if you have one), work gloves, trash bag, water bottle, snacks, trade items for caches, picnic lunch, pen or pencil.
Cub Scout Open House
Mark you calendars now Cub Scout leaders. Our annual open house recruit night at all Pack meeting locations will be on Thursday, August 26th starting at 7pm. Let Phil Adams know if you want to participate by emailing him at hrdadams@yahoo.com. This is a great way to recruit new Cub Scouts and their parents.
School Night for Scouting
Make plans now to have several volunteers present at the August 12th roundtable at Sharon Baptist Church. We will be going over the School Night recruiting game plan. All CMS schools will be open on one of the following dates: September 2, 15, 20 or 23 (please be prepared to give us your school preference at the roundtable if not before). We will need many volunteers to get involved to be successful this year. Please encourage your leadership to get involved and let’s get more youth involved in our great Scouting program.
Training Opportunities
There are some great training opportunities for adult leaders coming up. Please go to www.mcctraining.org for details.
Adult Leader Roundtables
Roundtable will be on the following dates at Sharon Baptist Church starting at 7:30pm: June 10th and August 12th. July we will not have any district meetings including roundtable. The June and August Roundtables are extra important. Cub Scouts are rolling out a new delivery method that all Packs will need to deliver this fall. Many new exciting things are happening and we will be prepared to give these to you at the June roundtable.
Camp Card
Thank you to Harris Teeter, Coke, Bass Pro Shops, Domino’s, Jesse Browns, Jiffy Lube and Carowinds for allowing your business to participate. Units should have turned in your money to the Scout Office and cleared your account by now. If you have any questions, see your District Executive.
Day Camp
Apache Day Camp scheduled for June 21st -25th at Belk Scout Camp. Camp Director, Bobbie Hague, and Program Director, A.J. Ayd, are looking forward to an outstanding camp. For further information contact Bobbi Hague at 704-957-7583. Leadership training for day camp will be on June 5th and 19th at Belk Scout Camp. Be There!!! We still need volunteers!!!
New - Council Twilight Camp
Our Council Twilight Camp will be on June 28th-July 2nd from 6pm-9pm at Marion Diehl Recreation Center on Tyvola Rd. Our theme is Cub-Olympics. We are going to have so much fun! Swimming, crafts, nature, sports and having fun are all things we are going to do! Please promote at your den/pack meetings. Cost is $50 per scout before June 2nd. Late registration may be accepted, but the fee will be $75 and the camper may not get a t-shirt. If you are interested in helping as a staffer, please let John Bittinger know by emailing him john.bittinger@scouting.org or calling 704-342-9336.
Apache Family Friends of Scouting
At this time, Apache District has completed 55 of 60 scheduled presentations. We have raised $91,000 of our $115,000 goal. Special thanks to John McLean, our Apache District Family FOS Chairman, and his committee for doing an outstanding job. Also, we would like to thank all units for participating. A phone-a-thon has been scheduled to wrap up the campaign on Monday, May 24th from 6pm to 8:30pm at the Scout Office. Let John Crapster know if you are interested in helping out. He will buy you dinner J!!!
Program Dates:
May
13 Apache District Roundtable, 7:30PM
13 Apache District Commissioner Meeting, 8PM
15 Geocaching at McDowell Nature Preserve
22-24 Woodbadge – Session 2
24 Council Annual Business Meeting
24 FOS Phone-a-thon
27 Camp Grimes Summer Camp Meeting
June
5 Day Camp Leadership Training
5 BB/Archery Range Officer Training
5 Whitewater Center Outdoor Fitness Adventure Series
10 Apache District Committee Meeting, 6:15PM
10 Apache District Roundtable, 7:30PM
10 Apache District Commissioner Meeting, 8PM
11 Night with the Charlotte Knights
19 Day Camp Leadership Training
20 Camp Grimes Opens for Boy Scout Summer Camp
21-25 Apache Cub Scout Day Camp
28 Council Cub Scout Twilight Camp Starts
July
No District Meetings
Summer Camps Continue
31 Shining Light Across America
August
12 Program Preview Roundtable
12 School Night For Scouting/Fall Round Up Training
26 Cub Scout Open House Recruitment Night
September
2 School Night For Scouting
8 Council Popcorn Kickoff
9 District Committee Meeting, 6:15pm
9 District Roundtable, 7:30pm
9 District Commissioner’s Meeting, 8pm
15 School Night For Scouting
20 School Night For Scouting
23 School Night For Scouting
25 Scouter’s Success Seminar
October
1 Trail’s End Popcorn Distribution
2 Popcorn Sale Begins
8-10 Cub Scout Fall Cub-o-ree
14 District Committee Meeting, 6:15pm
14 District Roundtable, 7:30pm
14 District Commissioner’s Meeting, 8pm
15-17 Boy Scout Camporee
29-31 Council Cub Scout Encampment