Minutes from Meeting on 4/1/2009

Item 1)

we counted the food items collected in the scouting for food drive this year.  Our total is 253 items.  Thanks to everyone who donated and to the cub scouts and boy scouts who helped distribute bags, collect and count the items.   

Item 2)

We discussed our backpacking trip planned for June 29-July 3.  We plan to leave very early on June 29.  We will start at Grand Maria in the mid afternoon and hike 7.1 miles to the Ausable East camp ground.  Tuesday we will hike 14.6 miles to the Coves camp ground.  Wednesday we will remain at the coves camp ground and make a 12 mile round trip around beaver lake. Thursday we will hike 12.8 miles to reach the Cliffs camp ground.  Friday we will hike 6.4 miles from the Cliffs out to the Munsing falls visitor center.  We plan to take a shuttle bus back to our car and drive home that night arriving late.

Item 3)

We practiced orienteering skills around the church parking lot to find the package of cookies which we enjoyed for treats.

Next Week:  We will continue making plans and learning backpacking skills for our backpacking trek,  we will also plan our April 17-18 overnight trip to help Matt Morse plant trees.  We will also get information about summer camp July 27-Aug 1.

Assignments: we need firm commitments from boys for both the backpacking trek and the summer camp by the end of the month.

Our Next court of honor is scheduled for April 29.