[scouts] Maple Leaf Weekend

[Shuck, Mark W.]

I visited with Robert some last evening.  He is going to help get things
set up on Friday afternoon.  I am planning on being out of town Sat and
Sun for a vacation.
 
There is a weather decision pending on the use of the lot where you
usually work.  If that gets canceled we may need you at the other lot
where we currently have no one signed up.  Its unusual to me that we
have more scouts than ever before but less parents available to help.
 
thanks
Mark

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From: scouts-bounces at baldwin-city.com
[mailto:scouts-bounces at baldwin-city.com] On Behalf Of Betty Lawrenz
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 11:25 AM
To: Baldwin City KS Boy Scouts Listserv
Subject: Re: [scouts] Maple Leaf Weekend


I'm sorry, Mark, that we did not stay for the meeting last night. I did
not know that you were having one. I didn't get your e mail until this
morning, We would have been there if I had opened your e mail yesterday
afternoon instead of this morning, Pleas accept my apologies. Is there
any thing that we need to know before Saturday?


Betty 


--- On Mon, 10/13/08, Shuck, Mark W. <ShuckMW at bv.com> wrote:


	From: Shuck, Mark W. <ShuckMW at bv.com>
	Subject: Re: [scouts] Maple Leaf Weekend
	To: "Roger Boyd" <Roger.Boyd at bakeru.edu>, "John Richards"
<madjack at earthlink.net>, "John Richards" <madjack at earthlink.net>, "Donna
Curran" <donnagcurran at yahoo.com>, "Nanette Kraus" <kraus4ku at msn.com>,
"Bruce Peterson" <bap4home at yahoo.com>, joe at theleaven.com
	Cc: "Baldwin City KS Boy Scouts Listserv"
<scouts at baldwin-city.com>
	Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 8:25 AM
	
	
	We need to have a discussion following the closing of the scout
meeting
	tonight to make sure our Maple Leaf plans are in place.  Anyone
	interested is welcome to attend.
	Thanks
	Mark
	
	
	-----Original Message-----
	From: scouts-bounces at baldwin-city.com
	[mailto:scouts-bounces at baldwin-city.com] On Behalf Of John
Richards
	Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 11:55 AM
	To: Troop 65 List Serve
	Subject: [scouts] Maple Leaf Weekend
	
	Dear Folks -
	
	I am writing because we need your help. Our troop has two major
fund
	raising events, the Maple Leaf Festival and the Thomas the Tank
	weekends. These two events provide the troop with its operations
budget
	(utilities, phone, equipment maintenance and repair, training
costs for
	youth and leaders), the purchase of all of the badges, patches,
pins,
	ribbons, and other awards that your boys earn, and for the
	transportation costs to troop activities and high adventure
trips. 
	
	Before we added Thomas the Tank, the troop used to add a
transportation
	fee to each scout activity that required travel by vehicle,
usually 5 to
	ten dollars per trip. However, because we added the Thomas the
Tank
	weekends to the Maple Leaf weekend, we have been able to remove
these
	fees. Most troops continue to charge for transportation,
frequently
	totaling more than $150.00 a year per boy. We don't have to do
this
	because we have these valuable, but crucial, opportunities to
raise
	money.
	
	These fundraisers work, but only if parents are willing to help
out. Our
	lives are enormously busy, and I know how difficult it is to
find time
	to help out. Believe me, there are lots of things I could be
doing other
	than scouting, but because I believe that scouting plays an
enormously
	positive role in the development of youth, I gladly give my
extra time
	to it. We don't ask much from our parents, but this weekend is
one where
	we must. We need people to help with all of the activities we
do:
	running our troop food booth, parking cars, and working on trash
pick
	up. You need not do all of these, but you should do one of them.

	
	Scouting can work but only if parents are willing to help out
when they
	are needed, and now is one of the times we really need you to
help. So
	please step up and contact Nanette Kraus by calling her at
594-2466 and
	volunteer for a shift at one of these activities. We especially
need
	people to help with car parking. Every dollar we make goes
directly to
	the troop. We also need folks to work the food booth. Trash is
pretty
	well staffed because so many of the older boys sign up for it. 
	
	Thank you! 
	
	John Richards
	Scoutmaster of Troop 65
	
	
	
	
	
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