Osceola Newsletter Update

October 2008

Osceola Cub Family Campout

Osceola District is calling on all “valiant knights!” The 2008 Osceola Cub Family Campout will have a medieval theme to it – and is calling on all knights of the round to join the renaissance. All Cub Scouts in Osceola District are welcome – and time to register is NOW!

The CFCO will be held October 10-12 at Chisholm Park in St. Cloud. Registration flyers are available at Roundtable and all District meetings.

If you have any questions or need to register, please contact Rick Hunter at rickhunter445@yahoo.com or Patrick Linfors at patrick.linfors@scouting.org

October Roundtable

            The poptober sale is in full swing and school nights are wrapping up, but at the October Roundtable, we’ll focus on two other major projects: recharter and Scouting for Food, so make sure your unit is well represented!

            Recharter packets will be handed out and we will be hosting a recharter workshop to get folks motivated and trained on this year’s process – we’re going all internet recharter – so this will be new for lots of you!

            In addition, units will be receiving their Scouting for Food bags and signs, so be prepared to haul some stuff.

Roundtable will be Monday, October 20th at 7pm at Bible Baptist Church. As always, look for fun, music, snacks and drinks.

poptober!

            Osceola’s poptober sale is in mid-stride, as units hit the streets and stores with popcorn and take order forms.

The focus now is selling your first order supply of popcorn and encouraging Scouts to fill up their “fill it up” forms. Once they fill up their take order form, get them registered for our weekly drawing for a laptop. Register at www.popcorn.cfcbsa.org. Lots of laptops will be awarded in poptober!

Check your poptober calendar to make sure you know what’s due and when. If you have a poptober questions, please contact our poptober kernel, Jason Smith, at diznymagik4u@mac.com.

Scouting for Food

Thanks to all of the units who have committed to participating in Scouting for Food - the largest one day food drive in America! Scouting for Food is a critical part of what we teach our Scouts and everyone's participation is appreciated and encouraged.

Your participation in Scouting for Food is critical to the needs of our community. As a District, our goal is to collect 25,000 pounds of food -- and we'll need every unit's help to reach this worthy and lofty goal.

At the October Roundtable, your unit will receive its ordered bags and signs. On the first Saturday of November, your unit will place bags on doors throughout your assigned neighborhoods. Then the following Saturday, your unit will pick up the bags and bring the food to your delivery site. In St. Cloud, units will deliver to the Winn Dixie on Canoe Creek Road. In Kissimmee, units will deliver to the Council on Aging.

All of the food collected in Osceola County stays in Osceola County.

If you have any questions, please contact our Scouting for Food Chairs:

• for St. Cloud - Art Polnasek, mrp192@aol.com
• for Kissimmee - Mary Beth Salisbury, zaber1@embarqmail.com

Every Boy Deserves a Trained Leader

The Osceola Training Team is working hard to make sure all of our new leaders and existing ones are getting trained. Here are some key upcoming dates:

·        Saturday, October 4^th, Osceola Community College @ Trinity Lutheran (NLE, all Position Specifics – Cubs, Boys and Venturing)

·        Saturday, October 18^th, University of Scouting at Freedom Middle School. For info and registration, check out http://www.uofs.cfcbsa.org/

·        Sat and Sun, October 25-26, BALOO, OWL and Boy Scout Outdoor Leader Skills @ Elks Lodge.

For questions about training or to register for any District trainings, please contact Osceola’s Training Chair, Ross Keener, at rkeeneriii@cfl.rr.com

Staying in the Know

There are several ways to stay in the know when it comes to District events, campouts and activities.

1)     Receive e-mails from the District’s Osceola BSA Yahoo groups. To receive District e-mails, simply send an e-mail to osceolabsa-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

2)     Attend Roundtable! Roundtable is a once a month meeting for ALL unit leaders. Monthly trainings are held at Roundtable for all Cub Scout and Boy Scout leaders. The latest District and Council news is also available. Roundtable is held on the 3^rd-Monday of the month at 7pm at Bible Baptist Church, which is on 192 between Denn John and Michigan Avenue. It’s across from Valencia Community College.