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The Shakopee Venture Crew is sponsoring the River Rally Hot Rod and Classic Car
Show every other Friday night. This event is being held in
scenic down town Shakopee from 5pm to 9pm.
The dates of the car show are:
July 3rd
July 17th
July31st
August 14th
Augist 28th
Sept 11th
Sept 25th
The cost of admission for this event : FREE
Refreshments and food are being sold by the Venture Crew. Come out and
have some fun and support our Crew
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NFL and Minnesota Vikings need
Volunteers
The NFL and the Minnesota Vikings need volunteers for the National 7 on 7 tournament July 10th and July 11th.
They need 6 volunteers to help out during each the four sessions listed below. You can sign up for one or multiple sessions.
Friday July 10 AM (7 am – Noon)
Friday July 10 PM (Noon – 5 pm)
Saturday July 11 AM (7 am – Noon)
Saturday July 11 PM (Noon – 5 pm)
Volunteers must be at least 15 years old. (No exceptions). Can be male or female.
Some of the areas that they would need assistance with would be garbage, filling up coolers, score keepers, runners and parking.
Volunteers will receive a t-shirt to wear at the event.
More information about what the 7 on 7 tournament is can be found at
http://www.nflyouthpd.com/7on7/index.html
If you are interested and can commit to one or more sessions or have a question, please email Bill Anderson-Horecka at:
Billa-h@northernstarbsa.org
First come, first serve. Thank you!
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2 Millionth Eagle Scout!
Anthony T. of Troop 471, in Dan
Patch District, is the 2 millionth Eagle Scout. Anthony is a 16 year
old who has achieved his Eagle Scout and will be the representative
for Scouts on a National level over the next year with a meeting with
President Obama, Parades, and many other appearances. |
"Baton" handed off
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Mike Alexander is Dan Patch Districts new District Committee
Chair. On June 2nd the District Committee met and held elections
for the 2009-2010 District Committee Members.
A big thank you to our Nominating Committee for all their work,
interviews, report and recommendations!
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Reminder.........Packs and Troops - with the end of the 08-09 year you may have some change over in your Units. Please remember to email Julie with
any changes in your Units contact info! (Go to "About Us" page and click on
your unit number - if your Unit number is Black no info has been provided to
date - please email current to Julie.) Email Julie (DP District Webmaster)
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What is the eNavigator you ask?
Navigator Going Greener
The combination of a challenging economy, concern for better
stewardship of paper/resources as well as the opportunity to
utilize technology for more timely communications have converged
to make for some upcoming changes to our Navigator newsletter.
The number of paper issues will be reduced from nine to eight
per year.
This will mean for the balance of 2009, instead
of the current May/June/July, August, September, October and
November/December issues, we will go with a bi-monthly schedule
of May/June, July/August, September/October and
November/December.
This reduction in print will be more than offset
by an increase in electronic communications with the debut of an
e-Newsletter Version of the Navigator this summer. It will be
more than a PDF of the paper version, but instead will have
brief news items with links to details that readers can select
based on their interest. It will have a number of versions and
readers will have the opportunity to subscribe to the categories
they choose.
A joint effort between the council’s Marketing
and Technology Committees, this will be a state of the art
communication that will make the information necessary for a
successful Scouting experience be even more accessible for both
leaders and member’s families.
Sign up to receive the eNavigator
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Patch Yahoo Group.
Dan Patch has a new communication tool for volunteers. It is a yahoo group
called Dan Patch. This is a great opportunity to stay informed about
upcoming training events, activities, promotions, and keeping in contact with
each other. The following are some instructions on how to go about doing this.
You need an email address and a free Yahoo Groups account.
Go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DanPatch
follow the instructions on setting up the free account and joining the group. It
is really easy to do and the instructions are pretty straight forward. |
Help Wanted.
Are you interested in getting involved in a different level of Scouting?
Do you have organizational skills you are dying to use? Do you have ideas
for campouts or activities that you would like to see used? Do you love
Scouting and want to help out wherever needed? Or do you just like to get
involved and contribute? If the answer to any of these questions is YES,
then we are looking for you. The district is a place where many things in
Scouting happen and we are in need of some people to take on some of these
important roles. Extensive Scouting experience is not required, only a
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Council News
More info
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Northern Star Council on Twitter
Minnesota Swarm
The
Minnesota Swarm is excited to partner with Northern Star Council for
another season.
100 Years of Local Scouting:
Pre-Order a Centennial History book
Own a
piece of Scouting history! Our specially commissioned Centennial History
Book provides a great way to commemorate this milestone.
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Important Dates
(click on blue highlighted for more info)
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July 10th |
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Burnsville Day Camp 2 |
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July 13th |
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Savage Day Camp 2 |
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July 24th |
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Bloomington Day Camp 2 |
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July 27th |
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Shakopee Day Camp 2 |
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August 20th |
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Program Kick-Off |
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Roundtable Handouts
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Dan Patch District Committee Notes
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Leader Helps
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South Side
Uniform Exchange
Info and Contacts
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Cub Scout Award of the Month
Emergency Preparedness BSA
To encourage Scouts of all ages to be prepared for emergencies, the BSA has
approved an Emergency Preparedness Award program for members of all ages.
Info and form
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Boy Scout Award of the Month
Available to Scouts, Venturers, and Scouters
Info
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