2 . FOS Campaign Progress Report, 4 . Golf Tournament, Calendar, Brain Teaser, Spring Sporting Clays for Scouting Recruitment Order Form 5 . Endowment, Future of Charity 3 . Eagles, Commissioner’s Corner 6&7 . Camping 8-15 . District News www.hoac-bsa.org Heart of America Council • May, 2002 Spring Recruitment 2002 Plan of Events Recruitment Supply Order Form on Page 2 ScoutScout NightNight withwith thethe FREE Youth Fishing Clinic “Catch“Catch ofof thethe DayDay ForFor thethe BSA”BSA” RoyalsRoyals Kansas: Saturday, July 13, 2002 Rose’s Pond at Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park (87th and Lackman) Royals Vs. Derby starts at 9:00 a.m. and continues through 1:00 p.m. Indians Date: 5/11/02 Missouri: Saturday, July 27, 2002 James A Reed Memorial Conservation (13101 S.E. Ranson Rd—off 350 Hwy) Time: 6:05 p.m. Prairie Meadows Lake Carlos Beltran bobble Come in uniform & Derby starts at 9:00 a.m. and continues through 1:00 p.m. head giveaway25,000 fans! to first participate in pre- The purchase of 25 game parade Register your pack NOW! For more information call Tickets or more get around the field! Kids MUST pre-register to fish!! David Riker at your unit # displayed (816) 942-9333, ext. 174 on the scoreboard! Special Discount Seating, Regular Bring your own sack lunch Prices are $16 & $10 and fishing pole! IMPORTANT—If your tickets are purchased by Friday, May 3rd, they will be mailed directly to your contact Enjoy a day at the water’s edge and person listed below. All orders received after May 3rd must be picked up at the council service center. learn to fish safely and have To purchase tickets please return by May 8th. fun with your friends trying to catch that “Big One!” Pack #: _________ Troop #: __________ District Name: ________________ Contact Person: ________________ Phone #: ( ) ____________________ Address:_______________________ City, State, Zip: _____________________ Something fun and exciting for all of you Kansas Scouts to look forward to is Number of Field Plaza Tickets @ $11 ea. = $ ______________ learning everything there is to know about fishing. Individuals will be there to Number of View Level Infield @ $6 ea. = $ ______________ teach you many fishing skills Make Checks Payable to: Questions? Please contact Heart of America Council, BSA This event is just another way to keep your pack or troop busy through the Lori Gooding at (816) 942-9333 summer months. So why not allow as many youth as possible to join in the fun. Attn: Lori Gooding ext: 154 – Event Code - 697 10210 Holmes Rd. , Kansas City, MO 64131-4212 DO A SPRING RECRUITMENT! It’s not too late! Scout Night with the Adventures in Scouting Scout Night with the brought to you by RoyalsRoyals Sign up to sell pop- corn at our Popcorn Friends of Scouting, Kickoff and attend the May 11, 2002 & August 24th game. August 24, 2002 United Way and the Scouts can again support the Liberty Memorial, the only memorial in the United States dedicated solely to the soldiers of WWI, by participating in the re-dedication program on May 25th, 2002. For more information, please contact Bryan Bolding at (816) 942-9333. Trail’s End Popcorn Sale. 2 • May 2002 • Adventures in Scouting 2002 Friends of Scouting Family Council Calendar Campaign Progress Report May The 2002 Friends of Scouting Campaign is off to a great start! 1 Day Camp Meeting 4 Bartle Work Day At the March 13th report meeting, Dana Raynes, Family FOS Chairman for the Lone Bear District, reported in at 103.7% of goal. At the April 3rd report meeting, 8 Pow Wow Staff Meeting Debra Howell, Family FOS Chair Chairman for the Trailhead District, reported in 10 Blood Drive at 100.4% of goal. Not too far behind are the Northern Tier District, FOS Chair- man Christy Hall, at 95% of goal, and the Twin Rivers District, FOS Chairman Bud 11 Bartle Staff Orientation Burris, at 84.4% of goal. 12 Mother’s Day 14 Commissioner Meeting, Executive Board Meeting 15 Philmont Draw 18 Bartle Work Day, Armed Forces Day, National Camp School 19 Venturing Training 22 FOS Victory Celebration 27 Memorial Day June These districts for doing an outstanding job! 1 Council Commissioner Luncheon at Bartle 1 Mic-O-Say Tribal Feast District;s Acutal- $ Needed % of 2 Mic-O-Say Tribal Feast Team Wilkinson Chairman Base Goal To-Date T0-Goal Goal 2-8 Brownsea II @ Naish Big Muddy Ted Traczewski $ 6,500 $ 2,205 $ (4,295) 33.9% Blue Elk Bob McConchie 63,000 47,975 (15,025) 76.2% 3 Naish & Bartle Staff Week Begins Kaw Donald Courtney 23,500 19,437 (4,063) 82.7% 9 Naish Boy Scout Session #1 Lone Bear Dana Raynes 4,500 4,668 168 103.7% 10 Bartle Session #1 Begins North Star Jeff Cook 84,000 45,461 (37,539) 55.3% 30 Webelos Camp Session #1 Northern Tier Christy Hall 48,000 45,603 (2,397) 95.0% Pelathe Kip Crosshans 30,500 20,558 (9,942) 67.4% Pioneer Trails Steve Livingston 38,000 27,124 (10,876) 71.4% Red-Tailed Hawk Keith Sickendick 36,000 28,563 (7,437) 79.3% ORDER FORM Thunderbird Leo Berroteran 69,000 42.296 (16,704) 75.8% Trailhead Debra Howell 50,000 50,215 215 100.4% 2002 SPRING RECRUITMENT SUPPLIES Trails West Marlene Bean 22,000 7,170 (14,830) 32.6% Twin Rivers Bud Borris 7,000 5,907 91,093) 84.4% Number of flyers needed: ______________ _________ ________ _________ ______ Team Total $ 482,000 $ 358,182 (123,818) 74.3% Date needed: _____________ * Unit Spring Recruitment Contact: Name: ____________________________ Home Phone: _________________ Business Phone: _________________ Fax: _____________________ Brainteaser Your flyer will be printed as Follows: (Please insert needed information) What was the island that Baden Powel did his first training on? PACK __________ WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO JOIN Answer on bottom of page 3 THE SCOUTING ADVENTURE. ALL BOYS AND THEIR PARENT(S)/GUARDIAN(S) ARE ? ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND OUR MEETING ON ________________________________________________ (day) (date) (time) AT __________________________________ (location) FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: ___________________________ Date for Next Meeting (Automatic Re-flyer): Date: _____________ Time: _________________ Location: ____________________ Garfield Posters are available upon request. _____ Yes, we would like Garfiled Posters _____ Number of Garfield Posters PLEASE RETURN Heart of America Council, BSA THIS FORM TO THE SCOUT CENTER 2 10210 Holmes Road WEEKS BEFORE Kansas City, Missouri 64131 * Phone: (816) 942-9333 1 (800) 776-1110 Fax: (816) 942-8086 Adventures in Scouting • May 2002 • 3 DISTRICT UNIT NAME Eagles Pelathe 64 James Michael Snow Pelathe 65 Hans Joseph Broers DISTRICT UNIT NAME Pioneer Trails 1084 Edward Emmett Keenan Blue Elk 1221 Eric Andrew Mousel Pioneer Trails 1084 John Augustine Keenan Blue Elk 1446 Michael Elza Smith Pioneer Trails 1084 Lon Lane IV Blue Elk 1692 Paul Lyndon Ewert Pioneer Trails 1084 Ryan Darby Smith Blue Elk 1692 Jason Donald Stokes Pioneer Trails 1084 William Joseph Sturgeon Blue Elk 1692 Justin Ray Taylor Pioneer Trails 1084 Bradley Warren Thomas Blue Elk 1763 Ethan Edward Valet Pioneer Trails 1118 Brian William Betterman Blue Elk 2446 Russell Edward Sampson Red-Tailed Hawk 85 Jason Michael Wandtke Big Muddy 1415 John Robert Baggs Red-Tailed Hawk 222 Daniel A. Brady Rafiner Kaw 304 Jeffrey Michael Lechliter Red-Tailed Hawk 324 Justin Robert Hughes Lone Bear 1238 Jeremiah Eugene VanBlack Thunderbird 1003 Jonathan Seth McKnight North Star 1134 Roger Blaine Antonio Bullock Jr. Thunderbird 1145 Tyler Lee Thompson North Star 1260 Benjamin S. Goehrung Thunderbird 1255 Matthew Stephen Neff North Star 1261 Christopher Glenn Roberts Thunderbird 1256 Derek James Dibben North Star 1271 Matthew Edward Beyer Thunderbird 1323 Scott William DeYoung North Star 1357 Kyle David Harris North Star 1357 Brandon Michael Ingram Thunderbird 1338 Jeremy Kyle Roof North Star 1376 Charles Jonathan Courtney Thunderbird 1550 Justin Dale Hoff North Star 1388 Justin Ryan Palmer Trailhead 92 Nicholas James Alvarez Hintz North Star 1412 Hunter Wayne Sutton Trails West 86 Daniel Joseph Gerstenkorn North Star 1444 Christopher Michael Shaffer Trails West 86 Matthew David Suddock Northern Tier 93 Timothy Allen Yeado Trails West 186 Mark Christian Talbot Northern Tier 185 Matthew David Frankel Trails West 401 James Andrew Bailey Northern Tier 299 Timothy John Mourlam Trails West 401 Andrew Patrick Mirakian Northern Tier 358 Kyle Thomas Baack Trails West 401 John Richard St. John Northern Tier 2162 Donald Wilfried Rossberg Trails West 401 Evan Dean Wunsch Pelathe 59 Dylan Paul Hilpman Twin Rivers 103 David Samuel Kirkaldie Unit Commissioners – A Unit Leader’s Best Friend addition to the assistance needed to deliver the that.” Some of them are not as experienced, but program. By “no man is an island”, we mean have a genuine desire to help -- which is really all every leader has a mentor or a friend she or he that is necessary to be an effective commissioner. can turn to when they need help. Commissioners help units succeed by “being Since the very early days of Scouting, Com- there.” They observe. They bring information missioners have been there, behind the scenes, about district or council events. They know helping unit leaders succeed. For the experi- where to go to find answers or to give feedback enced unit leader, often all that is needed is just from unit leaders. They are particularly helpful a friendly word of encouragement or a note of at recharter time because they have been trained appreciation. to know how to fill out the form and how to For the brand new leader, the commissioner avoid the pitfalls of the process. can be a very welcome oasis in a desert of new Every unit has a commissioner.