May 15, 2013
There is no teaching to compare with example.
— Lord Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941)
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Tiger Cub Summer Events: Click here for information on FIVE FREE Tiger Cub events! Water Rocket Launch, a Fishing Afternoon, and Bike Rodeos!
Potawatomi Scout Shop: Stop in at the Potawatomi Scout Shop this Saturday for the Get Ready for Camp Event! We will have Geocaching, First Aid demonstrations, and Dutch oven cooking recipes. The store will be open from 9:30am to 1:00pm. If you spend $100 on camping merchandise, you will receive a $20 gift card! Spend the morning with us getting prepared for your adventures at summer camp.
Please help us recycle some of your 2 liter soda bottles. Our Tiger Cubs are having a Water Rocket Launch Night this June and we need your soda bottles! Please drop them off at the council service center. Thank you for helping to make this event a success for our Tigers.
For more information on the Potawatomi Scout Shop, click here.
Highway Safety Event: The Waukesha County Highway Department invites all Scouts to join them on Tuesday, May 21st for an afternoon presentation on how the department operates and the methods they use to control traffic flow and the equipment they use to help keep the roads safe. Check-in for this event will begin at 3:00pm with the presentation beginning at 3:30pm, it should last for approximately 90 minutes and will be held at the County Highway Shop at the intersection of Grandview and Woodburn. Please email jeanne.lawrie@scouting.org if you wish to attend because space is limited to 100 participants. Parents are welcome to attend with their Scout but must be included in the RSVP.
Love animals? Want to help at a great event? The Wisconsin Illinois Cat Fanciers pedigreed and household pet cat show is being held on Saturday, June 8th and Sunday June 9th at the Waukesha Expo Forum Building. They are looking for Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts that might be interested in volunteering to help. Please contact Mary Reiss for more information at daisyndooley@yahoo.com or by phone at 414-303-6279. The Wisconsin Illinois Cat Fanciers are online at www.wis-illcatfanciers.com.
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Attend the OA Spring Conference for Free! Both adults and youth of any honor level can attend Wag-O-Shag's 2013 Spring Conference free of charge by becoming an Elangomat. Elangomats serve as guides to assist new candidates as they complete their ordeal. In addition to having your conference attendance fee waived, you will receive a special edition Elangomat T-shirt to identify you as an Elangomat, and an Elangomat rocker for the lodge activity patch. For more information, visit www.wagoshag.com and enter keyword "Elangomats" in the search box. To sign up as an Elangomat and register for the conference in one easy step, fill out the registration form at http://www.pacbsa.org/document/oa-spring-conference-67-92013/124096 and mail it to the Potawatomi Area Council (804 Bluemound Road, Waukesha, WI 53188-1698) or email Marty Kowalski, Lodge Membership Committee Adviser at marty.kowalski@gmail.com.
Potawatomi Area Council, BSA
804 Bluemound Road, Waukesha, WI 53188-1698
Phone 262-544-4881
Email: office@pacbsa.org
Website: www.pacbsa.org
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