Volume 42 Number 4
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ALAMANCE DISTRICT
PTO/PTA president to develop relationships with each
school. By hosting a booth at the Fall Festival you can
get more information to the parents, have an activity for
the youth and invite them to your sign-up night!
District Chairman: Tom Steele, Jr.
District Commissioner: Jean Chandler, 213-8244
Dist. Executive: Christopher McKnight, 267-334-4303
Meet the Teacher Night is typically the week before
classes resume and is an excellent opportunity for your
pack to gain visibility by holding the doors for incoming
parents. You can have a booth to let parents know
where you meet and when you’ll be back to recruit. This
person will make or break recruitment for your pack this
fall.
(Serving Burlington, Saxapahaw, Snow Camp, Mebane,
Graham, Elon College, Union Ridge and all points between)
Alamance Calendar
June
4
Dist. Committee/Commissioner’s Meeting,
6:15 PM, First Presbyterian Church
5
OA Chapter Meeting, 6:30 PM, Macedonia
Lutheran Church
5
Dist. Roundtable 7 PM,
Shiloh PresbyterianChurch
9
Eagle Board, 7 PM, First Presbyterian Church
10-14 Alamance Twilight Camp, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM,
Burlington City Park
July
10
KEY 3 LUNCH!
14
Eagle Board, 7 PM, First Presbyterian Church
26
Scout Night at the Burlington Royals
Scout Night at the Burlington Royals!
Scout Night at the Burlington Royals will be July 26! $5
for the game, $9 to camp out! Register at the Royals
Office (by pack, if possible)
Alamance Summer Camp Opportunities
YOU ALSO NEED A CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES/PACK
MEETINGS TO HAND TO PARENTS AT RECRUITMENT…NO
INFO = NO PLANNING OR PROGRAM = NO KIDS…
Training schedule for School Nights, TBD: July/August
Alamance Pinewood
Derby
On April 5th, the Alamance District celebrated its top racers
from the Pack Pinewood Derbies. We had
fantastic attendance at
Westcott
Buick
and
want to pass on an extra Thank you to Westcott Buick, Westcott Body Shop, Wendy’s, and The Burlington Royals for their sponsorship and hosting of this
year’s event. We look forward to growing the event
again next year.
We have the opportunity in Alamance to take advantage
of Three summer camp opportunities; Twilight Camp for
our Cubs; Camp Woodfield for our Webelos; and Camp
Additionally, we celebrated the life of one of our Scouting
Cherokee for our Boy Scouts and Venturers.
If your cub or scout is not registered to take advantage Family at this year’s event. The inaugural Elliott Fauof one of these opportunities, there’s still time! Provi- cette- Spirit of Scouting Award was bestowed to one of
sional troops for Boy Scouts or the Webelos program at our young competitors. The guidelines given to the
Twilight, or the Cub program at Twilight for you Cub or judges were that the award should go to the boy who
new Tiger. Take advantage of getting your son outdoors had put forth great effort to make his car his own. This
this summer! If your Scout-aged son is not interested in year’s winner, Niko Fotiou (Pack 39, Macedonia), is a
attending residential camp, maybe he would rather vol- Tiger! Niko was presented his award and prize (a youth
season pass to the Burlington Royals) at the end of the
unteer his skills to the Twilight staff!
day’s races. Check out the photos from a great event!
We have some good numbers for this summer:
This year’s Top 6 Racers at the District were: Nick W
72 Cub Scouts are Attending Twilight Camp
(13.031 sec); Christian M (13.08 sec); Logan P (13.15
9/13 Packs are Attending Woodfield (*LDS units are not sec); Ryan E (13.20 sec); Logan R (13.21 sec); Zack W
included in our ratio)
(13.22 sec) Congratulations to all the Cubs and their
15/17 Troops are Attending Camp Cherokee, with one helpers for great cars and a great race!
heading Out-of-State
Akela Continued...
The outdoor experience is an integral piece of the Scouting puzzle. It allows for our boys to put into practice, Facebook
the skills they learn in their den/patrol meetings and to Join our District on Facebook. Search for the Akela Dissee how they compare with other boys. By experiencing trict and request our friendship. Also, share a link to
a summer at camp, you’ll see leaps and bounds in the our page with other Akela Scouts and Scout parents.
development of your cubs and scouts!
Cherokee Boy Scout Camp
Fall Recruitment
If you missed out on Boy Scout Camp at Cherokee
With the limitations placed on us by the school district,
Scout Reservation, you don’t know what you are misswe need t