Activities & Events

Keenen Wilson, District Activities Chair, (317) 889-7484

Merit Badge Lock-In Needs YOUR Help!

Attention Pathfinder District adult leaders! The merit badge lock-in on March 12-13 is still in need of a few instructors for this year's event!

Courses still needing instructors are: American Heritage, Aviation (need 2), Camping, Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation (need 2), Cooking, Crime Prevention, Emergency Preparedness, Fishing, Lifesaving, Radio (need 2) and Weather.

Also, set-up help is needed beginning at 4:30 PM on March 12th at Greenwood High School.

If you are willing to help, please contact Tom Williams at Twillie304@gmail.com or 317-752-3874

Scouting for Food is a community service project that helps people that need assistance by providing donations of food to local food shelves and pantries and soup kitchens that supply food and meals for the hungry and underprivileged.  Scouting for Food is part of the national Good Turn for America program, which is designed to teach Scouts to help other people in their community in any way that they can.

The Pathfinder District will be conducting the annual Scouting for Food Drive on March 20 & 27, 2010. Please note that the dates on the district calendar were originally a week earlier, but due to a request from Kroger and the Girl Scouts, our council agreed to change the dates.

This change in date will affect our Cub Scout Packs, because we had planned to move the District Pinewood Derby to March 27^th (from the original date on Easter weekend). However, we have a solution to this potential issue.

This is our revised plan for 2010:

·        Cub Scout packs and Boy Scout troops will team up to work the Scouting for Food project together. The pack/troop teams will select a section of the community that they will be responsible for.

·         On March 20^th, the packs will distribute grocery bags supplied by Kroger to homes in their selected area. The bags will have instructions for the residents indicating that they should fill the bag will non-perishable food items and put them on their porch by 9 am on Saturday, March 27^th for the Scouts to pick up.

·         After the packs have distributed the bags, they confirm with their partner troop the neighborhoods where the bags were distributed. Then the pack records their participation on the Good Turn for America website. Then they are done.

·         On March 27^th, the Boy Scouts go to the neighborhoods where the pack delivered the bags and pick up the food. The food is then delivered to a pre-arranged location (food shelf, soup kitchen, church pantry, etc.) of their choice.

·         If there is a Kroger store in their selected area, the troop is encouraged to have a collection booth set up in the entrance/exit area of the store (having made arrangements with the store manager in advance).

·         When the Scouts deliver the collected food, the estimate how much food is collected (see the report form for suggested ways of making an estimate).

·         The final step for the troop is to record their participation on the Good Turn for America website and return the report form to the district.

To sign up to participate, click here. To let us know how much food you collected, click here.

There are lots of exciting changes with the district Pinewood Derby scheduled for Saturday, March 27th at Rascal's Fun Zone in Whiteland.

For complete details about the 2010 Disrict Pinewood Derby, click here to download the information brochure. Here is a summary of the changes:

• New location - Rascal's Fun Zone is a sponsor of the Pathfinder District and will be hosting the derby this year. While the Cub Scouts are waiting for their car to race, they can have fun bowling, playing arcade games or getting a snack at the concession stand.
• A district "Grand Champion" will be determined, with the winner receiving possession of a traveling trophy for one year. The winners name will be permanently engraved on the trophy.
• Cub Scouts can qualify to participate in the deby by finishing in 1st or 2nd place in their age division in their pack. Age divisions are Tiger, Wolf, Bear and Webelos.
• Boys that didn't finish in 1st or 2nd place in their pack can enter the "open division". The winner of the open division will advance to the district finals.
• Each pack can select one Cub Scout and his car to be entered in a "design division". Cub Scouts that participate in the district derby will vote on their favorite car in the design division.

The cost to enter the District Pinewood Derby is $5.00 per Cub Scout. There is no cost for spectators to attend. To register for the derby, use the online form by clicking here. The registration deadline is March 19th.

If you are interested in helping with the derby, please contact the derby chairman Larry Pence at (317) 514-4841 or by email.

Crossroads of America Council is teaming up with the NCAA to present all Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturing families with some very special opportunities to be a part of the 2010 Men's Final Four in April 2010.

There are several service opportunities, and fun and exciting events planned for Scouting families to get involved:

Download complete event information here, or call Mary Carrico at the Boy Scout Office - 317-925-1900 for More Information.

The Spring Camporee will be held at Johnson County Park and is being hosted by the Order of the Arrow and Firecrafter.

More information coming soon...

Boy Scout Winter Camporee

The 2010 Pathfinder District Winter Camporee was held January 15-17 at Ransburg Scout Reservation.

Thank you to Troop 183, Center United Methodist Church for hosting the "Star Wars" themed weekend. There were many fun activities like the AT-AT missle launch (pictured), defending the Ewok village from the AT-ST using natural forrest materials, light sabre duels, Sith master challenge, clone confidence course, pod race challenge and the ever popular Star Wars video games section.

There were 14 troops with 172 Scouts and leaders in attendance. Following the Saturday activities, there was an adult leader cooking competition and campfire program including skits by the Scouts and the "Yo Mamma Fight" pitting Luke Skywalker and his entourage against the Emperor and his Galactic Empire. After the campfire, the Scouts watched a Star Wars movie in the Inlow Aquatics building.

More pictures from the camporee are available on the Photo Gallery page.

If your Cub Scout pack doesn't have a pinewood derby track, you can use the district's track!

To reserve the track and make arrangements to pick it up, contact Mark Key at (317) 670-3191 or (317) 780-0968.

We encourage you to make your reservations soon, because the track gets used a lot during January, February and March.

Have fun racing the cars!

Need a location for your Pinewood Derby?

If your Cub Scout pack is looking for an exciting location to hold your Pinewood Derby race - Rascal's Fun Zone is the place for you!

Located at 629 US 31 South of Greenwood Park Mall in Whiteland, Rascal's is close to every pack in our district. With mini bowling lanes, an arcade and concession stand, your Cub Scouts and their siblings will have plenty to do while they are waiting for their car to race.

Visit www.rascalsfunzone.com to see everything they have to offer and call Rick Smith at (317) 535-7600 to schedule your pinewood derby.

District Leadership Recognition Dinner

The District Leadership Recognition Dinner was held Saturday, February 6th at the Knights of Columbus with 137 Scout leaders and Eagle Scouts in attendance. Thank you to Linda Grube and the program team for organizing a great event! Many awards were presented including:

Knobby Knees Award: Bob Mueller

Wood Badge Beads: Ian Grube

Outgoing District Chairman: Tom Jackson

Guiding Light Awards:

Molly Burns (Pack 92), Mark Goodsman (Pack 104), Heather Cleary (Pack 184), Laura Stafford (Pack 245), Carrie Wheeler (Pack 265), Tim Tichener (Pack 601), Woody Woodruff (Pack 607), Doug Huntzinger (Pack 621), Jerry Gilliam (Troop 39), Cynthia Modlin (Troop 104), Tammy Hanley (Troop107), Jon Cardwell (Troop 245), Chad Gilles (Troop 265), Elleen Laughlin (Troop 465), Stacy Shepherd (Troop 564) and Glenn Rupard (Troop 615).

Silver Beavers:

Tony Lang, Deb Perkins and Charles Walters

District Award of Merit:

Margo Brandenburg, John Bush, Bob Hoffmeyer, Sharon Rangazas and Debra Zimmerman.

For a list of past award receipients, click here. Photos from the dinner will be posted as soon as possible.

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