Boy Scout Troop 1001

Hello Scouts and Parents,

Spring is here and to Troop 1001 that means the Cottonwood Arts Festival. This season's festival is May 2-4.

Cottonwood is the troop's primary fund raiser and it allows the troop to take fabulous and affordable trips such as Report to State in Austin and the upcoming trip to Galveston. These trips your scout will always remember. With the state of the economy and rising gas prices, every scout and every parent benefits from the troop's earnings Cottonwood.

In addition to the scout's significant time investment, the troop needs about 500 adult volunteer hours. This is about 8 adult hours per scout. We need the most help during the day on Friday to help set up the artists and Sunday evening to help the artists pack up. During these two times we can never have too much help. Adult help is also needed during the day on Saturday and Sunday for booth sitting and beer garden hosting.

We will have sign up sheets at the scout meetings on April 21 and 28. Please donate your time generously. Your scout is counting on it.

Dan Bryan and Roy Carnes
Cottonwood Co-Chairs

Opportunities to Help

Thursday May 1
We need 8 adults from 5 pm to 8 pm to help to set up the troop tent and to assist local artists with both set up.

Friday, May 2
We need help setting up the artists. Needed are 20 adults for shifts between 10 am and 4 pm and 12 adults and 12 scouts from 4 pm to about 7 pm.

Saturday, May 3
Festival hours are 10 am to 6 pm. Needed are 5 adult booth sitters and 4 adult beer garden attendants for each 2 hour shift starting at 10 am, 11 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 service. An adult in this role is responsible for watching an artist's booth during breaks and various other artists' tasks.

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

Sunday May 4
Festival hours are 10 am to 6 pm. Needed are 5 booth sitters and 4 beer garden attendants for each 2 hour shift starting at 10 am, 11 am for the beer garden. Please see roles above.

We need all adults and scouts starting at 6 pm Sunday for artist tear down.

Sign up sheets will be available at the scout meetings on April 21 and 28. We're counting on every parent and scout to make a generous commitment of time.