Tasty popcorn flavors still available for your holiday enjoyment include:

 

1. Chocolate Lover's Five - This Terry Redlin "Winter Wonderland" tin is filled with 16 oz. Midnight Lightning (carmel corn and peanuts in dark fudge, 16 oz. White Ruby (popcorn and cranberries in white fudge), 16 oz. English Magic (carmel corn and toffee peanuts in fudge), 12 oz. chocolate covered peanuts and 8 oz. chocolate covered pretzels

2. Mud Puddles - This Terry Redlin "Patiently Waiting" tin includes fudge-coated carmel corn and peanuts

3. White Gold - This Terry Redlin "Our Friends" tin includes popcorn and almonds covered in white fudge

4. White Ruby - This Terry Redlin "Night on the Town" tin includes white fudge covered popcorn and cranberries

 

All popcorn proceeds support annual Scouting operations for the 7,000 youth Hawkeye Area Council is honored to serve.

 

The Scout Shop is open through 1 p.m. on Wednesday, December 24 and closed the rest of the year for inventory. For more information, call (319) 862-0541 or (877) HAWK-BSA. Call for shipping options!

 Red Cedar District Honors Outstanding Volunteers  

On November 13 in Cedar Rapids, outstanding volunteers in the Red Cedar District, Hawkeye Area Council, Boy Scouts of America were honored. Red Cedar serves the College and Cedar Rapids Community School Districts.

 

District Award of Merit honorees included:  

Todd Odeen is the Scoutmaster of Troop 8.  Todd is one of those volunteers that is 100% dedicated to providing the best possible programs to the youth we serve.  Todd is the first to volunteer when a project comes up and gives his best at everything he does for Scouting.  Todd is an Eagle Scout and has one Eagle Scout son and one son that is a Life Scout.  Todd is usually found out atCcamp volunteering his time where ever needed.
 
Janice Coleman is an Assistant Scoutmaster with Troop 766 as well as the Red Cedar Day Camp Chairman.  Over the last 2 years Janice has worked to make sure the Red Cedar Day Camps is the best possible for the boys.  She also works hard within her own Troop.  She goes on camp outs, to summer camp and this past fall ran Troop 766 popcorn sale with good success.
 
Gail Baker is a long time committee member of Troop 33.  Gail works with the Troop to ensure that all boys are advancing and getting registered with the Troop.  For the last few years Gail has run the Troops popcorn sale for them.  Gail worked as the camp clerk and did a great job out at camp working with all the Troops at camp. Gail continues to contribute a lot of her time to Scouting.
 
Mike Schmitz was awarded the Outstanding Commissioner award this year.  Since Mike was recruited as a Unit Commissioner he has worked to make sure his units provide the promise of Scouting to all youth involved.  He works tirelessly at developing ways to better provide that promise to all youth.  In 2009, Mike will take over as the District Commissioner for the Red Cedar District 

To learn more about how you can help with Scouting in the Cedar Rapids and College Community School Districts, contact District Executive  Dave Wertz or call him at (319) 862-0541 or (877) HAWK-BSA.