During the Friends of Scouting campaign, each Pack and Troop is encouraged to conduct a FOS presentation at a February or March meeting. Your District Family FOS Chairperson will be contacting you to finalize the date for your presentation. To have an effective FOS campaign in your unit, here are some things you need to do:

• Appoint an FOS chairperson for your unit. This person will oversee the program in your unit and follow up with families who are not able to attend the meeting where the FOS presentation is done.
• Establish an FOS presentation date which enables the most families to attend, a Pack Blue and Gold banquet or a Troop Court of Honor
• The presentation will take ten minutes maximum.
• Have the Unit FOS Chairperson introduce the District FOS presenters
• Explain to the parents that it costs $125 to support one boy in the Scouting program for one year.
• This cost includes leader training, camp maintenance, communications, insurance, and district support.

Introducing the new FOS recognition plan: All donors will receive a FOS window sticker, those contributing $50 or more will receive a FOS Window Decal for their car or home. Gifts of $125 or more will be recognized with a FOS US flag lapel pin. Donors of $250 or more will be recognized with various plaques.

A Scout may attend the 2002 Troop Leader Training Conference if he:
... is a First Class Scout or above
... is a current or future troop Junior Leader
... is a minimum 13 years old on June 17, 2002
... has attended at least one long term (six days and nights) Boy Scout camping experience, like Summer Camp.
... has participated in a unit or District Junior Leader Training Workshop
... has developed good camping and cooking skills
... has his Scoutmaster’s approval

The course will take place at Paul Bunyan Scout Reservation, June 16-22, 2002. The cost is $120.00 if full fee paid by May 3, 2002, $145.00 if full fee or balance paid after May 3, 2002 ($60.00 deposit at time of registration reserves a spot for a Scout)

Only 58% of LHAC units achieved Quality Unit status, 2% below the needed standard. Lack of trained leaders and program were two of the major components where many of our units fell short. We in Lake Huron Area have many wonderful training sessions offered each year and our camping opportunities are beyond reproach. Each unit is asked to complete and submit a Quality Unit report with their charter each year. That is the time when each unit should review their program and determine what needs to be changed, if anything, to offer a quality program. The youth in our units deserve to be offered quality programs with trained leaders. With your dedication, we can do it!

Looking down the road, LHAC is the host Council for the 2002 Wood Badge Course for the 21^st Century. Wood Badge is a super way to receive high quality supplemental training in leadership skills. Also, for LHAC Commissioners we have the Annual Commissioners Conference on March 16^th at Camp Rotary. David Harrison has put together a great program for this conference. Plan to be there. And also in September, we have the annual Michigan College of Commissioner Science. This is a premier supplemental training session for all commissioners, and a wonderful opportunity to rub shoulders with fellow commissioners from across the State.

The first Wood Badge Course offered in our area will be hosted by Lake Huron Area Council. Wood Badge is an advanved training course for Scout leadres (male or female). The course has been enhanced with the latest leadership concepts and is open to Scouters in all programs. As a participant of Wood Badge, you will learn skills in leadership, teamwork, and communications, while exploring all Scouting programs. Skills learned at Wood Badge will help you as a scout leader, at work, and at home. To participate in Wood Badge you must be a registered scout leader at least 21 years old or older (unless you are an assistant Scoutmaster, in which case you must be at least 18 years old) and have completed the basic leader training for your particular program, (all 3 parts) for Boy Scout Leaders and Venture Leaders.

The course will take place in two parts, August 16-18 and September 13-15 at Camp Rotary in Clare. The cost is $185 per person, which includes all food, training materials, facility costs, recognition, and miscellaneous costs. Wood Badge scholarships are available. For more information contact course Scoutmaster Claude Tanner at 989-777-3006. Registration information is available through district roundtables or at the council service center.

Wood Badge Dinner 2002

The Lake Huron Area Council is pleased to be a co-sponsor of this Unity Celebration in Saginaw alongside Consumers Energy, Alpha Phi Alpha, the Bridge Center for Racial Harmony and Delta College. Nearly 300 youth and leaders attended the youth symposium and learned about the struggle for Civil Rights from Judge Terry Clark and Mrs. Vera Mack. At the recognition luncheon, the Council presented the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Service Award to Amos Oneal of the United Way of Saginaw County, John Sivey, of Wright K Technology Inc, and Gerald Dawkins, Superintendent of Saginaw City Schools. All of these outstanding candidates have contributed greatly to the advancement of Scouting in Saginaw and other urban areas. Congratulations to all for a job well done.

A contribution to the Lake Huron Area Council Memorial/Tribute Fund is the perfect tribute. It will be put in trust so that it continues to give in perpetuity.

In Memory of :

Honored for:

Send Acknowledgment to:

Address/City/State:

Donor’s Name:

Donor’s Address/City/Zip:

Make checks payable to Lake Huron Area Council, BSA
Mail to: LHAC Memorial/Tribute Fund, PO Box 129, Auburn, MI 48611-0129

Individuals staffing archery and bb gun ranges at all district events, Cub Day Camp(s), Weekend Camp(s), and Resident Camp(s) must be certified at one of these two dates. Each training session takes approximately one (1) hour. Certification is valid for two (2) years.

Campers arrive Friday or Saturday evening and leave the next morning. Cost is $15 per person and includes all activities, a late night snack, breakfast, any workshop materials and a camp-in patch. Participants must bring their own sleeping bag and personal items.

Do your boys need money for their 2002 summer camp adventures? Could your unit use $1,000 for its treasury right now? Well, if you answered yes to either of these questions, then you should consider participating in the Lake Huron Area Council’s annual Spring Popcorn Sale. Popcorn sales in the Lake Huron Area Council are scheduled to start on March 22, 2002. Popcorn Sales provide an opportunity for your Scouting youth to earn large profits to support your unit’s program. As you are planning your 2002 summer program, please include popcorn sales as a method to earn the revenue needed to support your upcoming activities. Lake Huron Area Council’s 215 units collectively earned over $215,000 for their treasuries (an average of $1,000 per Scouting unit) from the 2001 Fall Popcorn Sale.

The 2002 Spring Popcorn Sale includes five products, which may be ordered individually or by the case.

Please sign up using the Generic Registration form found on this page to indicate your unit’s intention of participation in the 2002 Spring Popcorn Sale. The boys in your Pack or Troop deserve to have the quality program which participation in the 2002 Spring Popcorn Sale can provide.

A unit must turn popcorn and prize orders in by April 16. Orders may be picked up on May 3. *Bonus checks will be deposited into qualifying unit accounts by May 31. All accounts must be completely closed by May 14 to qualify for the bonus commission.

This sale is primarily a take order only sale. There is a limited amount of product at the Council Service Center, which can be used for consignment sales on a first come first served basis.

March Roundtable Popcorn Sales packets distributed
March 22 Popcorn Sales begin
April 14 Popcorn sale ends
April 16 Popcorn product and prize orders due*
May 3 Popcorn picked up & paid for with a postdated check cashable 5/14/02*
May 14 POPCORN CHECKS WILL BE CASHED; all accounts are closed*

* Requirement to qualify for bonus commission

 Summer Camp 2002

Is your troop signed up for camp this summer? As of this printing, both camps have a few openings during selected weeks. Call Linda at the Council Service Center for availability of weeks/sites. Remember, $60 for each Scout attending camp is due in council by March 15^th to qualify for the discount fee of $165. (The only exceptions to this are camperships and late Webelos Crossovers) The full fee ($180) is due for all other Scouts and for payments after May 10^th, 2002. Plan ahead and save!

Scouting for Food 2002

30 million American, including 6 million children, go hungry at some time every month … and that today there are more hungry people in our country than at any time during the past 40 years?

Our goal is 100% participation this year! LHAC will once again provide bags to distribute and free patches for all youth participants. All units should have received a SFF information packet in mid-February. If you haven’t signed up to participate in Scouting for Food, contact your district chairperson or LHAC and do so today.

Our goal is 100% unit participation this year!

 Awesome Canoe Experience
(A.C.E.)
May 24-27, 2002

The crew leader is Karl Meyerholt. Plan to arrive by 7 p.m. on Friday and the estimated departure is Monday at 2 p.m. The fee covers: breakfast, lunch, and dinner Saturday & Sunday and breakfast and lunch on Monday. Fee also covers canoe and camp usage, and recognition. Bring your own camping gear and personal items. You will be spending two and one half days on the AuSable River canoeing and camping. Use the generic registration form on page 3 of this Scouter issue and mail paid reservations to: LHAC / PO Box 129 / 5001 S. 11 Mile Rd. / Auburn, MI 48611-0129. Or fax to 989-662-4465 with your credit card information. No phone reservations accepted.

Pistons Scout Night

You may also fax orders to: 248-377-4263