Committee Chair Report

May 16, 2005

Hi!

It must be that time - again. Yes, the Troop Committee Meeting is Monday, May 23rd at the Lohkamp's home. The meeting begins at 7pm. The scouts had their planning session a week ago. We will take a first look at a 2005-06 calendar. There are bound to be changes, but by approving the boy's outing choices, we can secure our choice of dates and locations.

There is a fund-raising committee meeting this Thursday, May 19th at the Lohkamp's. This meeting will be to start organizing the fund-raising events for next year. If you have ideas, I suggest you attend, or give Carmen a call.

We have two service projects happening this Saturday, May 21st. One is the first phase of JW's Eagle Service Project, and the other is putting plants into the ground at a senior care center. Please encourage your scout to participate on one of these projects. The gardening project would also be appropriate for families. Various amounts of service are needed for rank advancement and a service project counts as a troop activity for the TTFC Scouts!

Thursday, may 26th is Flag Placement at Willamette National Cemetery. Those of you that have participated in this event know what a special privilege and honor we have in the Thunderbird District. I encourage all of you to attend.

The last calendar item I want to remind you of is the last troop meeting on June 14th. This is Court of Honor and mandatory summer camp meeting.

Training: Youth Protection Training will happen at the June 9th Roundtable. I want to offer Troop Committee Challenge training to those of you who are registered committee members and are not trained. We need to come up with a three hour block to accomplish this. I am taking suggestions.

See you on Monday.

M