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Used Scout Uniforms
Needed Needed: Used Cub Scout & Boy Scout shirts, neckerchiefs, slides, belts, pants, etc., in gently used, good condition, to give to Scouts from low-income families located anywhere in the Twin Cities southern suburbs. · We need blue Cub Scout shirts of all sizes. · We need tan Boy Scout shirts of all sizes, particularly for Webelos moving to tan shirts. Collect: Please ask all current (and recently departed) Scouts and Scouters in your units to donate their out-grown or no-longer-needed Scout uniform items. · Proactive asking yields better results than hoping parents will think to donate items they no longer need. · Periodically ask all parents to donate shirts as their Scouts outgrow their current shirt and get a new one. · When Webelos change to tan shirts, ask them to donate their blue uniform shirts to the program. · When Webelos cross over into Boy Scouts and no longer need their Webelos neckerchief and slide, please ask them to donate their Webelos neckerchiefs, slides, and blue uniform shirts to the program. · If parents want to keep a shirt with patches as a keepsake, kindly suggest they remove the patches and donate the shirt. They can attach the patches to a piece of appropriately colored fabric from a fabric shop. · As Cubs move from one rank to the next and get new neckerchiefs and slides, please ask them to give their old ones to the program. · Yard sale & thrift shop enthusiasts: Please buy what you find as cheaply as possible and donate them. Bob Elliott will reimburse reasonable costs if requested. · Cash donations are gratefully accepted (to be used to subsidize purchases of uniform items at Scout Shops, eBay, etc., when that size or type of item is not available through this program). Units can administer funds. Help Your Unit 1st: Each unit should make sure its own families in need are served first. · Please donate all remaining uniform items, to be shared with families in need who belong to other units in Chief Black Dog, Dan Patch, Rolling Meadows, Prairie Lakes and Kaposia Districts. · When we really get rolling and have enough items to meet needs beyond Chief Black Dog, Dan Patch, Rolling Meadows, Prairie Lakes and Kaposia Districts, items will be shared with the Zulu (African-American) and Silver Maple (Asian) Districts, and through the Council’s Hispanic Outreach program. Bring: uniform items to Roundtables and call Bob Elliott at the number below so I can be there to get them. · Or, call me at the number below if you have several items to donate and I’ll come get them from you. · I will store them until they find new homes with families in need, and distribute them as required. Who to Call for Help: If any low-income family in your unit needs uniform items and you don’t have any to give them, please contact Bob Elliott · Email or phone me with the type(s) and size(s) of item(s) you need. · I’ll provide what I have on a first-come first-served basis, and add names to a waiting list if need be.
Uniform Exchange Open Houses: When we get enough uniforms to make it worth while, I will schedule open houses at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Apple Valley and other locations farther west. · Boys will be permitted to come and get items they may need, and when possible exchange their out-grown items for their new ones. · Boys will be encouraged to donate outgrown items for next size up items. · Times and dates of open houses will be announced on the Chief Black Dog District website.
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