Sign up now (space is limited, and invitations to other Districts are open as of May 1), so Get it On your Mind and in Your Calendar: the Fall Cub 'n' Camp o Ree at Jamison Side of Bert Adams will be Oct. 19-21.  Troops and Packs camping.  Sign ups are open now.

From Jessica Jimenez: Registration for the South Fulton Cub Scout Twilight Camp is now open online via this link:  Details are as follows:  WHAT: 2012 South Fulton Twilight Camp for Cub Scouts -- WHERE: Romar Academy - 2148 Newnan Street, East Point, Georgia 30344 -- WHEN: June 11th - 15th, 5:45 - 9:00 p.m. daily -- WHO: Cub Scouts and all boys 1st through 5th grade (current 2011-12 K through 4) who want to be Cub Scouts! --  WHY: Because it will be FUN!!!   Sign up for camp will be available via hard copies at the Volunteer Service Center, electronic copies via email, and online beginning Friday, April 27th.   Our Camp and Program Directors, Bonnie Winfrey and Carle Byrd respectively, have worked hard to put together an AWESOME program for our boys!  The cub scouts will be able to experience BB's and Archery, Woodworking, Knots, and ton of other fun things that will keep them engaged and excited about Scouting! As with all scouting events, we cannot do it without you!  We are in need of about 15 dedicated volunteers to make this event run smoothly, so if you are available during the above time slots, please contact our program director Bonnie Winfrey via email at BDWinfrey@aol.com or phone at (770) 463-6862 / (404) 493-0761 ASAP.  Remember, there may not be an "I" in TEAM, but there is a "U" in Volunteer!   

Check this out.  A "making of a champion" video from the 2012 Pinewood Derby.

A reminder: materials from the Cub Scout part of the March Roundtable on planning your annual activity calendar (where to go, what to do, how to organize, how to promote to kids/families), are in the "Cub Scout Month by Month Activity Ideas" page.  Feel free to use the Flyer Template there to create a "take home" handout for kids in the schools in your neighborhoods, so that you attract new members.  If You Build It (your calendar), They Will Come (more kids and parents).  Don't worry if you don't know for sure who is going to "lead" the event.  If you build it, they will come.  If you put it on your calendar and people like it, they will help!  Some of the places to go / things to do listed there are good for Boy Scouts too, but for more tools to allow your Patrol Leaders Council to decide what to do / where to go, see this example survey from a local Troop (email the Webmaster if you want to use this survey tool yourself).  More tools to help you decide what to do are in this Website -- see this for how to find those tools.

This topic is also known as " If You Build It (Your Calendar), They (Scouts and Adults) Will Come".  District Leader's Roundtable on March 15, 7:30 at Woodward's Middle School will cover planning YOUR Unit's activity calendar for the next year.  For Cub Scout Packs, we will have plenty of ideas to create an easy and fun activities calendar that you can take to parents in your Pack, and to prospective parents and kids, to show them the fun things that your Cub Scout Pack will do over the next year.  For Boy Scout Troops, we'll also share ideas on how to get the boys to select activities and "own" their calendar.  Everyone can share their ideas about cool places to go and things to see.  Attendees will get information on specific, easy and fun events, so that you can -- this very night -- start to set your calendar and promote it to your current Scouts and families and then use it to recruit new Scouts and families starting . . . today.  Presenter will be Bert Bender, and those in attendance will receive a packet of useful information to get your program done in the fun and easy way.  Sign up now, so that he knows how many copies to bring.  As at any Roundtable, YOUR questions can be put out on the table, and answered by the collective knowledge of the group (that's what we're here for . . . to support each other). 

Please contact the Derby Commissioner if you have any photos from Derby Daze.  The Initial Photos are here (thanks Bill Lyman!)