Scout Popcorn

Scout Popcorn is in. You can pick up your orders on November 25th at Scona Pool or on December 2nd at Parkallen School. For all of the families that sold Scout Popcorn we would like to thank you in making this fund raiser a big success.

November Group Committee Meeting November 19th

The 24th Parkallen Group Committee will be holding their monthly group meeting this November 19th. We will be meeting at our regular place at the Southgate Mall Food Court at 7:30 PM. I hope to see you all there.

Remembrance

Group Committee Meeting October 29th

The next 24th Parkallen Group Committee meeting will be on October 29th at the Southgate Mall Food Court starting at 7:30 PM.

This week we are reminding all parents that the Scout Popcorn orders must be in by October 28th. We will be needing volunteers to help with picking up the Popcorn Orders in November.

Big Thank You

A big thank you to all Parents, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts who came out yesterday to make this one of our best bottle drives ever. I would also like to say a big thank you to all the parents and Scouts who delivered the flyers to the Parkallen and Allendale areas. Finally, I would like to thank everyone who donated food and bottles.

We are happy to announce that we were able to collect close to 600 pounds of food for the Edmonton Food Bank.

Bottle Drive October 17th

The 24th Parkallen Scout Group Bottle Drive in on October 17th. All volunteers are to meet at the Parkallen Community Hall, 11104 - 65 Ave, at 9:00 AM to get pick up routes. We will be collecting Bottles from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. There will be no sorting of the bottles.

Snacks and Drinks will be available for everyone helping in the Skate Shake located behind

the Parkallen Community Hall.

We will also be collecting food donations for the Edmonton Food Bank. So please bring a food donation to the Parkallen Community Hall from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM.

Group Committee Meeting October 1, 2009

24th Parkallen Group Committee will be meeting on October 1, 2009 at the new Southgate Mall Food Court starting at 7:30 PM. Our Group Committee is made up of parent volunteers and Section Leaders. This allows parents to be involved in the program by helping sew scarves, plan camps and help organize the Fundraisers for our Group. With parents being part of the group committee allows the Section Leaders to spend more time developing their program for the children. We are also looking for parents interested in filling the positions of Treasurer and Secretary for this year.

Open House and Meet the Leader Night

Our Open House and Meet the Leader Night will be on September 9, 2009 at the Parkallen School Gym from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM. This is a time to chat with the leaders of our program, to ask questions and see what our program is all about.

September 16th will be the start of our regular meetings for the 2009/2010 Scout Year and we will meet in the Parkallen School Gym starting 6:30 PM and ending at 7:55 PM.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

Robert Leddy

Hawkeye

Registration Night and Group Committee Meeting

Our 2009/2010 Scouting year begins on August 20, 2009 at our early bird registration night at the Parkallen Community Hall (Skate Shack behind the Hall) starting at 6:30 PM. Our Open House/Registration Night will be held mid September at the Parkallen school where you can meet all the leaders and see what our group offers for each of our programs. Regular meetings start the week after our Open House/Registration Night.

Fees for our Scout Group is what Scout Canada requires us to charge are:

Early Bird (August 20, 2009 ) is $165.00 per youth or $390.000 per family (3 or more youths).

2009/2010 season will be $180.00 per youth or $405.000 per family (3 or more youths).

This fee pays for the registration and Insurance with Scouts Canada.

Our Group has three Fundraisers we do every year. We do two bottle drives each year, one in October and another in April and a Scout Popcorn Sale. The Scout Popcorn is not a mandatory fundraiser for our group but Scouts Canada does have badges and prizes for children to earn and we give out Scout Bucks that can be redeemed at the Scout Shop.

Finally, we are always looking for parent volunteers to help out with our program either as a Parent Helper, member of our group committee or as a section leader.

Registrations Forms are available at the Northern Lights Council Website www.ncl.scouts.ca.

MS Walk 2009

This year leaders and youth of 24th Parkallen Scout Group had organized a MS Walk Team for the MS Walk 2009. On May 31st our team proudly walked 10 km to raise awareness and raise funds for MS research. All who walked knew someone who currently live with this condition or have lost someone to it.

24th Parkallen Scout Group would like to thank all those who supported this effort.