We will once again be serving complimentary Hot Chocolate at the Scout House during the Cedarburg Winter Festival.  We serve from noon until 3:00pm on Saturday, February 4th with 1:30 – 2:30pm being the peak time with Winter Festival activities taking place right outside the Scout House.  The Festival parade starts in town and ends around 1:20pm at the Scout House.  The bed races on Cedar Creek follow at 1:30pm, and the barrel races at 2:00pm.  Details can be found at http://cedarburgfestivals.org/winterfestival.html.  Patrons come into the Scout House to enjoy our hospitality, a warm fire, family movies, coloring activities, and of course, free hot chocolate and doughnuts.  There is a sign up sheet on the website in the Event Registration section.  Please indicate in the notes column when you can start and finish.  We also need a few scouts at 11:00am for set up and could use a couple adults between noon-3:00pm as we may be asked to sell Festival mugs.  

We are missing Recharter forms from the Scouts and Adults on the attached list.  Please take a moment to review this list.  If you find your name on this list, please complete the attached Recharter form.  The 2012 Boy Scout registration form is needed for each Scout, even if the Scout does not plan to continue with BSA.  To make the process easier, the registration form can be completed online, then e-mailed by clicking the Submit button at the top-right of the form.  You should save a copy of your completed form before clicking Submit. 

If we follow our usual pattern we would do a 7-day sailing trip some time over Spring Break, March 29-April 7, 2013, and this would probably be the Bahamas Adventure based on our 2011 experience.  These trips are priced by the boat and the 2012 fee for the Bahamas Adventure is $5,950 divided by how many attendees.  For example, a crew size is 6-8 Scouts/Adults so for a full crew of 8 the fee would be $743.75 per person.  The other major cost is air fare, and there is also a possibility of an overnite stay depending on airline schedules. 

Attention Scouts, Leaders, and Parents or Guardians:

Eagle Scout rank requirement 5 has been reworded. To support that change, a new Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook has been created.

Only 2 spots remain for our crew to the Scuba Adventure at Florida Sea Base next spring break:  April 8-15, 2012.  To  be able to participate, a Scout must either be age 13 and graduated from the 8th grade or at least 14 years old.  This is a Scuba Adventure - each participant must be a Certified Diver.