Hello, I’m Jake Brown and this 3 minute update is coming to you from Berea, Ohio, The Grindstone City! A former manufacturing mecca for sandstone grinding wheels, Berea is home to Baldwin Wallace University, Berea Falls, and one of our Roundtables! Check out this place when you get the chance, it’s pretty neat!
In this week’s update, we have Eagle Scout Recognition Luncheon, Celebration of Scouting, Wood Badge, Fall Popcorn/Recruitment Kickoffs, Scouting for Food, Scout Shop updates, the Religious Relationships Committee, and the upcoming Summer Camp Leaders’ Meeting.
But first, a huge thank you to Pack and Troops 286 for assembling 99 medical kits to go to Ukraine over the last few weeks. These folks sent in some pictures of them making the kits, in addition to getting them to us so they can be sent to the front lines in Ukraine. With their donation, this brings the total number of kits donated through LEC to 300ish. If you’d still like to participate, please email me.
Registration for the Class of 2021 Eagle Scout Recognition Luncheon on June 5th is extended through May 30th. So please, Eagle Scouts, if you are planning on attending with your family and or your mentors, register them now! The link is here.
The Celebration of Scouting is also upcoming June 24th, so please register now at this link!
Wood Badge is a training course offered to adult Scouters and is meant to build upon the skills and knowledge gained through position specific training. It is available to all Scouters. In the words of one of last year’s participants, “I needed help communicating and persuading other parents in my Pack to become leaders, in order to make my Pack better. Wood badge gave me the tools to communicate this need, and the result was increased participation and help from my peers." There’s a zoom meeting to answer any questions prospective participants may have about the course coming up on June 1st at 7pm. Email joelbussman@gmail.com to get the zoom link.
Also on June 1st at 7pm, there will be a leaders’ meeting on zoom for those headed to Beaumont for summer camp this summer! Email Anthony.Dworning@scouting.org or Noah.Boksansky@scouting.org for the link. We look forward to seeing you there!
If you’d like to attend both zoom meetings but can’t please focus on attending the summer camp meeting, and shoot an email over to Joel letting him know you’re still interested in Wood Badge and would like to talk at a later time.
Did you know the Lake Erie Council has grown over the last two months? Yes, our membership growth is 1% over last year, and we’re on track to have more Scouts registered as of today over the same date last year, until at least July 31st. There the predictions get a little fuzzier. But this is great news, and deserves a round of applause for everyone who has added youths to their roster and kept them engaged in the program over the last year! This membership growth is of course only possible through the efforts of dedicated volunteers like yourselves, and for that we say thank you!
Speaking of membership, there will be four fall kickoffs to help get your units prepared for fall recruitment, along with the combined popcorn and Scout’s Own sale. They are June 23rd, July 21st and 26th, and August 3rd. Register your unit now by finding these on the Council calendar! All unit leaders from each Pack, Troop, and Crew, are welcome and encouraged to attend. You can register here.
The Cleveland Scout Shop will be open this Saturday from 10-2, and both Scout Shops and the Unit Service Center will be closed Monday for Memorial Day.
Scouting for Food will take place August 20th and 27th. The premise is simple: Scouts will canvass neighborhoods, hanging door hangers from folks’ doors, which asks them to leave non-perishable food out the following Saturday, August 27th. On that day, Scouts will return to the neighborhood, collect the food, and work with us to get it distributed. This is a great campaign to get other groups involved in, like your school or your Church! More details will come, but you can soon sign up at this link and any questions should go to Michelle.Cali@scouting.org.
Finally, folks, it’s been an especially hard week to watch the news. I know for me, sometimes it feels like it’s too much to process. However, I reflect on the good I see each of us put into Scouting. It is inspiring, and serves as a reminder that there are no impossible challenges. Keep leaving your world a little better than you found it. And with that, thanks for all you do, and thanks for being you. Until next week, take care.
