DISTRICT ACTIVITIES CHAIRMAN:
LIZ JOHNSON
For general information on Council Activities, click above.
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DISTRICT PINEWOOD DERBY
Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
The 2009 Pinewood Derby is just around the corner. Scouts will have the opportunity to design and (have cut) their cars at the January CSAW/BSAW. This year's derby will be at Union Station again on Feb. 21. Start time is 10 a.m. There will be Cub Scout and Boy Scout divisions again this year.
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For general information on Scouting for Food, click above.
GRAND TOWERS SHOWS A DECREASE IN OVERALL CAN COUNT, BUT COUNCIL HAS INCREASE OVER 2007 BY MORE THAN 100,000 CANS
Members of Pack and Troop 201 take a break from picking up food on bag pickup day.
The Alpha Phi Omega Chapter at St. Louis University help out at the Vandaventer Fire Station.
Scouting for Food is America's Largest One-Day Food Drive. Next year should be bigger and better than this year. We have more active units and thus we should be collecting more food. Turn in your Scouting for Food commitment cards to Daron or Bryon at the June Roundtable.
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We accept applications for the District Award of Merit year round. The knot for this award is shown above. Click the button above for the application. Our district is allowed to give out two District Award of Merits each year at the annual adult recognition dinner.
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GRAND TOWERS DISTRICT ADULT RECOGNITION DINNER
Date: Friday, Feb. 6
Time: Gathering 5:30 p.m.; dinner, 6 p.m.; program, 6:30 p.m.; and dancing and fun, 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Location: Adams Park Unit-Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club, 1311 Tower Grove Ave.
Cost: The cost for the event is $15 per person. If you RSVP after Jan.28, the cost is $18 per person. Bring your spouse and enjoy the Mardi Gras celebration. Please start to plan now so we are able to enjoy your presence at this fantastic event full of awards, fun, dancing and more.
If you are interested in helping plan this event, contact Daron Storman as soon as possible.
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A VERY BIG THANK YOU!!! goes out to Kerry McEvoy and Marilyn Walker for agreeing to be our day camp directors for the summer 2009 Cub Adventure Camp in Forest Park. If you are interested in helping them with day camp, contact Kerry by clicking here. The theme for the 2009 camp is "Bugs Slugs, and Venus Fly Traps."
Another THANK YOU goes out to Darryl Franklin for his countless years of service as day camp director.
Day Camp is the pinnacle of the Cub Scout year... The theme for this year was "Go for the Gold" -- riding the theme of the Olympic Games (kudos to whomever made that decision). The amount of fun we had in Forest Park was of Olympic proportions. Fifty Cub Scouts participated in the two-day adventure camp. This is 100 percent more than the amount of youth we had in 2007. The day camp was filled with games, crafts and a trip to the zoo for a scavenger hunt (in the rain). While there were no gold medals given out, each Cub Scout received a "Go for the Gold" T-shirt and lunch.
We are already looking forward to next year's day camp, which will be held June 11-13 (that's right, a three-day adventure camp.) We will be back in Forest Park.
A special thanks goes out to Darryl Franklin (camp director), Yvonne Dukes, Ruby Binion, Paul Winter, Val Ferguson, Sue Thomas, Bob McRath, Jesse Trigg, Craig Piper, Jarret Datcher, Kerry McEvoy and Tom Thomas for their help and support of the day camp.
Click the picture below for more pictures from day camp.
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For general information on day camp and for camps other than Grand Towers, click above.