Boy Scout Troop 1001

Once again, Troop 1001 will be camping at Quail Alley (Mr. Ken Raney's ranch) outside Breckinridge, Texas, for the Fishing, Archery and Shooting Campout on the weekend of October 19-21, 2007. This annual October event has long been a tradition for the troop and is always one of the best campouts of the year.

Scouts should be at the church parking lot no later than 5:30 p.m. on Friday evening in Class A uniform. We will be returning about 12:45 p.m. Sunday to the hospital parking lot across Campbell Road.

Each patrol will cook its own breakfast and lunch Saturday and will prepare a side dish to share at dinner to accompany the main course prepared by the adults. If you did not pay $10 Monday for shotgun shells and the main course at the Saturday night dinner, bring it Friday in addition to $10 for your patrol's food.

Earn the eagle-required Citizenship in the World merit badge during the months of October and November. Mrs Van Hamme is offering this class before the troop meetings on October 15 and 29 and November 5. A fourth session may be held on November 12 if necessary. Each class starts at 6 pm sharp and will finish in time to attend the troop meeting at 7 pm. See Mrs. Van Hamme for details.

Details of this weekend's campout:

Where: Camp Cherokee at Clements Scout Ranch near Athens, TX.

What: War Canoes and other good Scout stuff! 

When: Meet at TBC by 5:30 pm Friday, Sept 21.  We'll return by 12:45 Sunday to the hospital parking lot across from the church.

Be prepared!  Bring:

• A signed permission form (this has a packing checklist, too)
• Sack dinner for the drive Friday.
• Backpack or duffel with all your personal gear.
  
• Clothing appropriate for the weather.
• A map, if you are driving.
• An adventurous spirit!
  

Dear Parents,

Cottonwood is the troop's major fundraiser.  Money raised from Cottonwood is used to fund campouts, purchase camping supplies, pay for buses used on some of the camping trips, and other troop activities. Every boy and parent in the troop benefits from Cottonwood and as such we need every scout and adult to participate. 

Each scout was given the information below, which describes how parents can assist.  There will be having sign up sheets at the next few scout meetings.  I urge each of you to donate your time generously.  If you cannot donate your time, the troop will kindly accept a donation of $75 or greater. 

If you have any questions, please contact either Roy Carnes at 214-223-2817 or Dan Bryan at 214-529-4862. 

Thank you,
Roy Carnes and Dan Bryan

Cottonwood Arts Festival is the troop's main fundraiser.  The troop makes money three ways (largest to smallest): tips from the artists, a payment from the city, and water sales.   The more people helping the artists, the more tips we make.  Based on past years we need about 470 adult hours for Cottonwood to be successful, which equates to about 9 hours of adult help per scout.   We need everyone to help!

As this fundraiser benefits all scouts and parents, the troop will be accepting donations of $75 for those families unable to participate. 

Opportunities to help

Friday, October 5: 

Need help setting up the artist.  Need 20 adults from 10:00 to 4:00 and 12 adults from 4:00 to about 7:00

Saturday, October 7:

Festival hours are 10:00 to 6:00.  Needed are 5 booth sitters and 4 beer garden attendants for each 2 hour shifts starting at 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM for the beer garden.

The booth sitter role is an excellent opportunity to for those who enjoy shopping for art, to mix a little shopping with fulfilling this important requirement.  This role is responsible for watching an artist booth during breaks and various other artists tasks.

The beer garden role is one of the easiest roles at the show and that is to make sure no alcoholic beverages are taken out of the beer garden. This year we are suggesting that we have 2 uniformed adults are at each exit. 

Sunday October 8:

Festival hours are 10:00 to 6:00.  Needed are 5 booth sitters and 4 beer garden attendants for each 2 hour shifts starting at 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM for the beer garden.   Please roles above

Need everyone starting at 6:00 for artist tear down.   

Other Opportunities to Help:

• Redesign of the Troop Information Sheet
• Troop Advisers are responsible for recruiting parents in their patrols
• Help on Thursday, October 4 packing trailer and setting up tent, tables etc.
• Staying late on Sunday to return and unpack trailer

Service Hours Opportunity

All Scouts and adult Scouters of Troop 1001 are invited to work with the people of Trinity Bible Church on a 4-hour workday cleanup project. Scouts can earn four rank advancement service hours. Bring your Scout Handbook for sign-off if applicable.

Date: Saturday, September 8, 2007
Time: 8:00 am to Noon
Place: West parking lot. Look for Mr. Frank. Please sign in and out.
Bring: Leaf rakes, dirt rakes, shovels, work gloves. Put your name on your equipment.
Dress: Class D.M.M. … Dirty-Muddy-Messy. No uniforms. Wear protective shoes.
Jobs: Spreading mulch in children’s playground; tree trimming and stacking; general/trash pickup.

The church will be open for restrooms and drinking water.

Questions:
Grady Frank
972-658-0103

Parents, what better way to spend the end of your Labor Day weekend than learning how this year will be you son's best year in scouting yet?

Please join us for our 2007-2008 Scouting year kick-off in Fellowship Hall at TBC, 7-8 pm on Monday, Sept. 3.  Important reasons to attend:

• Learn about all the exciting plans for 2007-2008
• Get the calendar of events for the year
• Update your son's contact and medical information
• Learn how you can help in small and big ways
• Learn about high adventure and other opportunities for your son

All Troop 1001 Parents,

We are having a Troop 1001 parent-committee meeting this Saturday, August 11, at Palomino's Buffet, SW corner of I-75 and Belt Line.

The meeting will take place at 9:30AM in a specific area on the premises. Please join other parents for a buffet breakfast (Dutch) and socializing beforehand if you like.

All committee chairs should have their "ducks in a row" as far as what they need (paperwork, volunteers, etc...) for the year.

We especially encourage our new parents to be in attendance so they will have an idea as to what the year is going to look like, and we strongly encourage them to get involved however feel they can best serve.

We are in serious need of a Troop Secretary to record the minutes of our parent and committee meetings. Nothing fancy required- just take notes at our meetings, then send them to the committee chair and scoutmaster by email. They will be proofread and posted to our website. If this sounds like something you would like to do, bring paper and pen and let me know before the meeting starts.

So far the year looks awesome, I am looking forward to getting the ball rolling again!

Doug Miller
Committee Chair, Troop 1001