Kidd's Eagle Court of Honor, Tree Sales instruction

On behalf of the Troop Committee, our Charter Organization, the Bluff Park United Methodist Church, all the Scouts, their parents and leaders, have happy Thanksgiving Holiday....

Please don't forget that P Kidd's Eagle Court is this Sunday, Nov 30, starting at 1:00 PM. If you haven't attended an Eagle Court before, it is key to the Scout understanding what the goal for all his work culminates in. Uniform is Class A plus, that is, the Troop neckerchief and merit badge sash. Scouts should start arriving at 12:45 to begin gathering as a group for seating. The location is the old Sanctuary of the Bluff Park United Methodist Church, facing 733 Valley Street, 35226.

We need a good turnout for the Tree lot starting at 8:30 AM Friday, November 28th to make sure we are up and running Friday afternoon and for the first weekend, The more we have on hand helping out, the quicker we go home.

Thanks to Mr. Young we have about 600 Troop 21 Tree Lot leaflets printed and will be available at the Lot Friday. We need all the Scouts and their families to distribute the leaflets through their churches, neighborhoods, stores, or other dispersal areas as to attract new customers and remind our regulars that we are open. Please help out with this as to maximize our sales. We need a few families with other Scouts to particularly deliver the leaflets down in the Oxmoor Valley area where there are hundreds of new homes and condominiums. It is important not to put the leaflet in a mailbox as it is to tape it to it or drop it in a newspaper tube or door. In or out of uniform will be acceptable for the distribution.

We also need some moms or dads to pick up a couple of Troop tree sale signs or banners and put them at some major close by intersections and watch them for a couple of hours, then return them to the lot to attract new customers, especially during the first weekend of sales to attract new customers.
Any other media to advertise our lot will be appreciated.

Finally, congratulations again to Mr. Turner, Mr. Lepianka, Mr. Gunn, Mr. Oliver, and Mr. Eggers for their attending the District's Outdoor Leaders Training (OLS) this last weekend, for earning their "Trained" tab and the Polar Bear Patch (17degrees).

Here is a copy of the lot rules this year:

Christmas Tree Lot Rules 2008 Sign in on the sign in sheet to get credit for your tour. If you can’t make your tour, leaders and Scouts must find a replacement and call another Scout or leader on the day you were supposed to be there and say who is taking your place. Scouts may only use the bathroom in the Church. They should bring their snacks with them and tell a leader when they are leaving to use the bath room in the Church Running and playing in the Church is not permitted. Only Leaders are permitted to20use the electric chain saws or the large drill. Please check the oil level in the chain saw to assure it is visible and not low….please add as required…whenever required… When opening, please lock the padlocks to the lock on the Frank Tank Door Latch and lock the padlock to the Trailers on the lock latch also…otherwise they get misplaced Please put all trash in the trash bags. Put tree stumps stump cuts in another bag for kindling on campouts. If the trash bag is full, toss them in the dumpster behind the Church and put up a new one. Please keep the Frank Tank and the Troop Trailer neat at all times. Last Leader out for the evening, assures all gear, all articles are picked up and places them in Trailer and the Frank Tank, then and turns off the lights, turns out the main power switches, and locks the Trailer and the Frank Tank…. We will be selling pop corn this year at the lot..if weather permits, set up the table with samples and prices, then if any sales, put them in the pop corn box to keep them separate from the tree sales. We will keep the pop corn in a separate trailer. Call Dr. Tracy Hamilton, Call Mr. Dan Strunk, Mrs. Mary Lou Kunka or Mr. Wes Smith if you have any problems. Their phone numbers are posted inside the frank tank. Someone will be around to pick up the sales for the day, if not, take all but twenty dollars in change home with you and call Mrs. Kunka the next day. Put the money boxes out of sight in the cabinet when you leave.

Thanks for all your support this year in helping and contributing to make Troop Tree sales as successful as we usually are. As you know, wreath and trees constitute our annual operations budget each year in order to support all that we are as a troop. Popcorn sales are a successful way for the Scout to assist the family in supporting Troop trips and activities as all the profits turned from his sales are returned directly to him (30% of his total sales).

YiS Dan S

"Delivering the Promise"