From the Scoutmaster:
Here is a somewhat longish reminder note. My apologies for the length, but I wanted to remind all Scouts and parents of a few things.
We need to be alert to the calls from Scouts for support on Eagle and other projects. Those projects are what introduce us to the town so they are really important. Eagle projects are managed by older Scouts who have spent several years in Scouting helping younger Scouts so this is our chance to give them a small gift by helping them complete an important Eagle requirement.
I understand—there is so much going on that the weekends are precious. However, there are two projects and one class coming up. One of the projects requires no weekend time at all and we could really use some Scoutpower on both. Adults are also very welcome to participate in both projects and the class.
The first project is next Thursday starting at 5:00 PM or as soon as you can get there, and ending when the pizza arrives. We will be helping the Friends of Cary Library move something like 8,000 books from the storage room to the sale area to prepare for their twice-yearly book sale. The work is easy, you get to operated the lift, wheel carts back and forth, show off your muscles, and eat pizza in the library. The money that FOCL makes from the sale is an important part of the fund which purchases new material like those Manga books which you like so much. So show up and help. We will be through in time to walk over to our respective meetings and while we are at the library we will satisfy half of Requirement #4 for Reading merit badge. If you have participated before, then you will finish the requirement by participating this time. Scout or LHS community service hours are also available and I will the appropriate LHS forms available. A FOCL volunteer will be on hand to tell us about the group while we stuff ourselves with pizza.
The second project is the holiday decoration of the bandstand. We need to have it done before Thanksgiving so all those interested should meet next weekend at the bandstand starting at 8:00 AM. If we hustle, it shouldn’t take more than two hours. We are a bit hampered this year by the rough treatment our stored material received last year while the bandstand was being repaired and we also lost a few timers and extension cords during that period so we will have a little extra work sorting out the good light strings from the bad. Yes—we can give either Scout or LHS service hours for this work because we are doing this for the Town, not for ourselves. If you have a safe stepladder, you might want to bring it. Staplers will also be useful, but we want to use as few staples as possible since the bandstand has just been renovated.
One last thing to remind you about is the upcoming class for Citizenship in the Community. Come on down even if you didn’t get a reply from me. The class will run both Monday and Tuesday–just pick a day. Yes, you can switch days if things interfere some weeks. Parents are both invited and encouraged since we will need to elect a Board of Selectman and probably a Planning Board. Scouts should be thinking about a law they would like to see enacted and of course we will spend some time during that first meeting making sure our town of Lexingtonia is set up correctly. I will need to know if we need to work around Thanksgiving week. I assume not, but if there are some Scouts who will not be there for some reason we may have to skip Thanksgiving week and simply extend the classes one week. Let me know at that first class.
So—to recap:
-Hank