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Dates to Remember:
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May
12 - Roundtable
19 - District Dinner
June
1 - New Cub Program Launch
13 - Cub Scout Carnival
14/15 - APEX Weekend
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Conestoga District Leadership
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District Chair
Robert (Bob) Booth
302-319-0095
robertj.booth@verizon.net
District Commissioner
Dave Zimmerman
484-410-7415
Senior District Executive
Matthew Fernandes
484-654-9232
matthew.fernandes@scouting.org
District Committee: Advancement Chairman (& Eagle Project Approval) Paul Dallatore Eagle Board of Review Robert Wetzel 610-328-4429 Training Chairman Jim Foster Membership Chairman Barry Walsh Family Friends of Scouting Chairman Mark Crater 610-352-0586 District Camp Card "Coach" Linda Graeff Scouting for Food Chairman Frank Dewan District Dinner Chairman Judy Neiman District Camping Chair Richard Blank Day Camp Director John Thomas District Camporee Chairman Jim Fitzgerald District Cookoree Chariman Michael DiStefano Order of the Arrow Adviser Jamie Flick Roundtable Commissioners: Unit Commissioners: Michael DiStefano P54, T54 Jim Foster P37, P503, T375 Jim Fitzgerald P44, P355, P485, T43, T44 Joel Jeffries P92, C32 Josh Nay C32, T355, C355 John Seng P375, T32 Barry Walsh P240, T503 Dave Zimmerman P111, P339, T2 |
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District Dinner
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UPDATE
Join us in congratulating
Dave Zimmerman and Jim Fitzgerald
as our District Award of Merit recipients!!!
REGISTER HERE
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 6:30pm
First Presbyterian Church
365 Summit Road, Springfield, PA 19064
Join Us!
All Scouters and Parents
(Cub Scout/Boy Scout/Venturing/District Leaders)
Good food, door prizes & fellowship!
We will honor our District and Community Leaders with a multitude of awards, including the District Award of Merit, Spark Plug Awards, Adult Recognition Awards and the Annual Jack Edmonson Award along with recognizing our 2014 Eagle Scouts, new units and Top Conestoga units in membership, popcorn, camp cards, and many other categories.
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District Update
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For the past five years, Conestoga District has been fortunate to be professionally served by both a District Executive "DE" as well as a Quality Unit Executive "QUE". The unique position of a QUE was made possible, for a defined period of time, by multiple partners and grants. By the nature of the funding for this program, it was ended effective May 1, 2015. Conestoga District thanks BettyAnn Atkinson for her service in this position during that time.
Service to all units continues to be a function of the district executive, the commissioners, and the district committee. All unit leaders and families are welcome to reach out to our District Executive, Matthew Fernandes, our District Commissioner, Dave Zimmerman, or the respective Unit Commissioner for any assistance or guidance they may need.
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Roundtable
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Drexel Hill United Methodist Church
600 Burmont Rd, Drexel Hill, PA
Joint Session 7:30-8:00 pm
Program announcements
Program Breakout 8:00-9:00pm
Program-specific discussions and presentations relevant to you.
- Cub Scout
- Boy Scout
- Venturing
- Order of the Arrow
All Scout leaders and interested adults are welcome to attend Roundtable. Every Unit should have at least one leader attend.
Yours in Scouting,
Dave Zimmerman
District Commissioner
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Camp Cards
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Greetings Fellow Scouters.
The Camp Card sale has officially ended. That being said if you want to keep selling please let me or Matthew Fernandes know ASAP.
Full payments are past due and commission will drop shortly so please let us know when you plan to turn in payment before the commission structure changes!!!
Thanks for giving your scouts the opportunity to earn their way to camp!
Sincerely,
Linda Graeff
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Friends of Scouting
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The 2014-2015 Conestoga FOS is in the home stretch! Our goal is already at 70+%!
If you made a gift $150 or above, then you and your immediate family are invited to attend, free of charge, the special "Lighting the Way" recognition event on the evening of Friday, June 19, 2015 at Musser Scout Reservation.
Activities will include:
Night Run/Walk
Swimming in the pool
BB gun range
Archery range
FOOD!
Click here to register for the event
http://colbsa.doubleknot.com/event/friends-of-scouting-lighting-the-way-event/1683871
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Cub Scout Program Updates
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Exciting changes are coming to the Cub Scouting program that will make it simpler to execute for unit leaders and more fun for boys!
The changes were outlined in webcasts conducted on January 17. Those webcasts were recorded and are available for your use below. A "History of Cub Scouting" video was shown during the webcasts and is also available at the link below.
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Den Chiefs
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Did you know that the Packs in our district with Den Chiefs have an over 80% crossover rate to the Troops who provide the Den Chiefs while the Packs without Den Chiefs cross very few Scouts over to Troops at all? We need to fix this!
Cub Leaders: Does your Pack have a Den Chief? At least 1 for each den? Boy Scout Leaders: Does your Troop send Den Chiefs to Packs? More than one Pack? Boy Scouts need leadership experience and Cub Scouts need youth leaders. We have 19 Packs in Conestoga and not even half have Den Chiefs, let's fix that! Den Chief Online Training |
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Summer Camp
|  It's cold outside now but Summer is coming!
Registration is open for all Summer Camp options, sign up now!
Register for camp!
We have exciting activities for Cubs at Musser and Day Camp, and for Boy Scouts and Venturers at Resica Falls!
Single Day Cub Activity Dates:
- Bait and Bulls-Eye is May 2
- Cub Carnival is June 13
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Cub Scout Fall Fest is October 17, 18, 24 and 25
Registration is live at www.colbsa.org/musserevents and flyers will follow shortly.
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Unit News
|  What has your unit been up to? Anything you want to share with the rest of the district?
Send article submissions and photos to Matthew Fernandes by the first Wednesday of each month to be included.
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