Den Meeting this Tuesday, May 17th and Pizza Party

Dear All,

I hope everyone is having a fabulous week.  I wanted to remind everyone that next Tuesday, May 17th at 7:00 PM will be the last den meeting until August. If your scout’s den had homework in order to meet their badge requirements, you still have time before Tuesday.  We are also having a pizza party from the Old Hickory Council.  The council is giving us this party based on our excellent Friends of Scouting donations. Thank you all for donating to scouting. The pizza party will take place at the end of the den meetings in the family life center.

Although, it will be the last den meeting for a while, we do have several summer activities scheduled and hope that many of the scouts can participate.  Just think of all that energy they can expend while getting to be with friends!
📣Please note the deadlines that are looming and don’t wait until the last minute.  Rank Advancement is a very busy night and the sign-up table will not be open the entire time so that the volunteers may also watch their scouts advance.
📆We will resume our den meetings this coming fall on Tuesday, August 30th at 7:00 PM at Mt Tabor UMC. Please mark your calendars.
🎙The Council, along with our very own Shannon, is looking for parent volunteers for Day Camp.  Please see the on-line registration form, not only for your scout, but also to volunteer your time.  This is a great program in which I know many of our parents will want to be involved.
Sign ups: 
Spring Family Camping Trip, May 20th weekend (deadline Tuesday, May 17th) 
Dash Game and Sleepover, June 3rd (deadline Tuesday, May 24)
Yorktown Trip, November 4th weekend (deadline Tuesday, May 24th)
Cub Scouts Day Camp July 11th-15th (on-line registration at  http://www.oldhickorycouncil.org/ tentative deadline July 1st)
Summer Movie Night July 9th (deadline July 1) See new sign-up sheet at table
🍅Pack Vegetable Bed– We still have several weeks of openings to look after the pack vegetable bed.  If you sign up for a week, it counts as your scout’s service for next year!  They have made it very easy.  All that is required is to run by the UMC community garden several times during the week you schedule.  Ensure the plants are watered.  (There is talk of adding an irrigation system, until then you just use the water bucket from the water collection barrel.)  Pull weeds and pick any ripe vegetables.  If the garden coordinator is there, you give him the vegetables, if not there is a container beside the water collection barrels to place the harvested vegetables in and the coordinator will take them to the food pantry. 
Upcoming Calendar Events:
5/17/16 – 7:00 pm Den Meetings – Den Rooms & pizza party in the Family Life Center
5/20/16 – Spring Family Camping Trip – Stone Mountain Campground
5/24/16 – Rank Advancement – MTUMC Sanctuary
6/3/16 -Dash Game & Sleepover (6:00 PM parade, 7:00 PM start of game)
6/15/16 – 6/18/16 Cub Scout Resident Camp at Camp Raven Knob
7/9/16  – Summer Movie Night – Burkhead UMC  (Time to be announced)
7/11/16 – 7/15/16 -District Cub Scout Day Camp at The Children’s Home
8/30/16 – 7:00 pm Den Meetings – Den Rooms
Look forward to seeing you Tuesday,
Hope
615-516-8922