The Old North State News June/July 2014 | Page 6

Volume 42 Number 4 Page 6 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