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Monday’s Meeting October 20th
Gathering – Steal the Bacon – Mike M
Patrol Meeting – Menu planning for camporee and advancements
Skills – Lashings – Will & Zach
Merit Badge – Family Life – Mark
Committee Meeting

Reminders
Bring $22 and Permission Slips for Camporee
Bring your unsold popcorn and and your popcorn order forms

Yours in scouting
Mark

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Joes eagle project

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Joseph Kuschke is looking for help with his Eagle Scout Project of removing bushes at Kenilworth UCC located at 45 Dalton Drive. Saturday, October 11th from 10 until 12. Please let me know if you are able to help by calling or email kmjjkush@aol.com.

John Kuschke is also looking for help with his Eagle Scout Project of renovating Kenilworth UCC’s attic storage space. Monday, October 13th from 10 until 2. Please let me know if you are able to help by calling or email kmjjkush@aol.com.
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Thank you.

Joseph and John Kuschke
(716) 836-8972
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Bowling

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Monday Oct 13th out meeting is Bowling from 7-9pm at Tonawanda Lanes. Cost is $12 including pizza/pop/shoes. Whole family is invited. Scouts $12 will be paid for by the troop. Uniforms should not be be worn. Payment must be cash or check, no credit/debit cards.

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Popcorn update

Good Afternoon all:
i apologize and wanted to resend out sales totals for Galleria Mall and Gander Mountain for those that may have missed it:

Galleria had a sales total of $47.80 that needs to be added to each scouts sales who were there to sell. 3 lines can also be marked down on their sheet for Fill a Sheet prizes.

Gander Mountain was a HUGE success. I am thinking planning a show and sell that late in the year got some repeat sales since some folks said that they ran out of stuff they purchased earlier! Also with hunting season coming up shortly the store was busy with folks getting licenses. Our gain! Total was 5 lines to mark and each boy received $84.10! Whoot Whoot! Nice job!

ALL UNSOLD POPCORN MUST BE TURNED IN BY MONDAY OCTOBER 20 at the meeting that evening. We WILL be at the Monday bowling out meeting and we will have receipts to issue for anyone that wishes to return popcorn that night. Please let me know if you will be doing a return before that evening so we know what to expect and from whom. Please return any UNSOLD popcorn in its original box as this helps us to repack and return complete cases.

We will NOT be taking ANY CASH or CHECKS as popcorn payment that evening at bowling. I do not want Maureen to have any large amounts of money during that outing as it is unsafe to carry. Payments in full ARE NOT due 10-20, just the unsold popcorn. You can keep on selling through November so if there is family, friends or neighbors that want to get more or place an order, by all means, please take it! Final Payment date will be sent out in a separate email. I believe it will be sometime the end of November but will send that out as soon as that date is confirmed.

November 1, we are turning in ALL complete cases of unsold popcorn. So on 10-20 when you turn in unsold, PLEASE come prepared with a list of items you NEED. We will do turn in of popcorn first, then we can re-distribute what is needed later that evening once we have returns documented. This way, if anyone needs anything they ran out of, and some gets returned, you can take it with you that night on 10-13 from the family bowling night.

A special Congratulations to PACK 286 for winning Scout Shop Gift Cards for turning in early payments. Troop 286 turned in early payments too but we were not a winner THIS TIME….Next year!!

As a reminder, get in the drawing for Week 6 by sending copies in by mail to 2860 Genesee St. Buffalo, NY 14225, emailing the copy to Justin.king@scouting.org or Lenora.stepp@scouting.org or faxing to 716-891-4008. You can also drop off hard copies to headquarters. All entries for the week must be entered by Monday morning at 10 am. Always include the Scouts name, unit type, unit number and phone number in case he wins. It saves us a lot of time. There should only be one Scout’s name on the sheet; even if scouts are selling together there can only be one winner.

Remember, if a Filled Sheet is not drawn as a winner, it stays in the drawing each week. Scouts can also earn an additional drawing entry for every additional Fill A Sheet turned in. Thus if a Scout fills a sheet week 1, he now has 8 chances to win, and they have some really amazing prizes.

$2,500 Scholarship
For those Scouts who sell at least $2,500 they are eligible to receive a bonus 6% commission on their sale into a College Scholarship money market account which will grow with interest until he is 18 years old. Once a Scout sells $2,500 the first time, no matter his future sales he will always be eligible to get an extra 6% into his scholarship account. Each year, the family must use Trail’s Ends reporting form to register their sales. The form can be found at http://sell.trails-end.com/content/b6b081445f2d113/college-scholarship—funded-by-trail’s-end and you only have one calendar year from the fall sale to turn in the form. Turn it in as soon as possible to earn interest and it must first come to the Council office to be signed. The Council will then send the form in to Trails End.

Thank you for a great job so far! Keep up the good work….stay warm and go sell. With the Sabres on tonigth who knows – someone may need a SNACK!!

I also wanted to note: I have a dumb phone, not a Smart Phone so I have to read emails the old fashioned way. Best way to get a hold of us, after work hours is calling home 835 2444 or text or call my cell, 548 3958.

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canoe trip

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See the attached itinerary and map for our canoe trip Thursday, August 21st to Sunday August 24th. Cost is $65 per person with 3 per canoe or $115 per person with 1 per kayak. Scouts must be physically strong enough to carry a canoe from one pond to another .3 of a mile with one other scout. Canoeing merit badge is preferred.

Campsites are limited to 12 campers. Should we go over 12, we will need a 2nd campsite and by park rules it must be at least 1 mile away but the ranger told me they can both be on Follensby Clear Pond.

We were able to secure Schoellkopf canoes which has reduced the price by $10 per person. Thanks to Jason for towing the canoe carrier,

We need to know
1) Aare you going?
2) Your preference, canoe or kayak?
3) Will you be bringing a canoe or kayak?
4) We need to know by the end of the week (August 1st)

Here is who has confirmed going. All want canoes.
Mark Oetinger
Jason Crosby
Will Crosby
Mike Brylinski
Eric Brylinski
Steve Pietrzyk
Kyle Pietrzyk
Ryan Pietrzyk
Cory Pietrzyk
Barb Reardon
Chris Reardon
Paul Orrange
Paul Orrange

Here is who is thinking about it?
Dennis Randall
Jeff Randall
Kevin Steward
Sean Steward
Debbie Krupp
Ben Thurston
Matt McGinniss

Yours in Scouting
Mark

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Service oppourtunities

Scouts and Scout Parents;

We have 2 service hour opportunities

Excelsior Ortho 7K race – Thursday August 7th from 3:30 pm – 9 pm (or any hours in between but prefer the entire length) to assist with a 7K run being hosted by Excelsior Ortho at the NFTA Boat Launch downtown. Boys are being asked to come help direct runners, keep water cups full and hand out water as well as cleaning up after the racers and any other small duties as assigned.

We are asking for older Scouts (high school age), who may need hours for advancement purposes, to sign up and then will offer the younger scouts as parental presents is being requested for any scout 14 years old or younger. 4-5 Scouts are being requested so it will be given on a First Come, First Serve basis. There will be other high school students also there to assist. Please contact Lisa Gilmartin (835-2444 home, 531-7136 office or 548-3958 cell) for more information if needed and reply to this email with your intention to participate by Monday, August 4th, 2014.

Greg Stang 5K race – Sunday August10th from 5 pm – 9 pm at Bassett Park in Amherst. Scouts are being asked to direct parking, direct runners and help with setup and take down. Greg Stang was the Track Coach at Williamsville North High School. He recently passed away and the race is to raise money to establish a college scholarship for track athletes. Scouts, parents and siblings of any age are welcome.

If you can assist please4 let Mark Oetinger know at 888-0114 or by replying to this email.

As always thank you for any assistance you can offer – it is always appreciated!
Mark
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