2013 Freinds of Scouting Campaign beyond week of Giving

    Our commitment to the scouting program has made an impact with-in your unit, scouting organization, and community. This impact can be seen at a district level in the quality of our unit programs and combined achievements from 2012. To highlight some of these achievements:

-          0.8% Membership Growth to 1,646 youth

-          73.9% Retention of Youth from 2011 to 2012

-          78.79% of Cub Scouts and 50.07% of Boy Scouts Receive a Rank advancement

o   50 Eagle Scouts in 2012

-          69.20% of Cub Scouts and 62.1% of Boy Scouts attended Summer Camps

-          5,340 reported service hours for a 3.24 hours per youth average

 

These achievements represent the impact that our commitment makes on each youth involved in scouting. These achievements also represent an extending impact that scouting has on the youths’ families and community. Every time a youth is asked to be a scout, we give them an opportunity to experience new things and learn what it means to be a servant leader. Through the use of the Cub Scout motto “do your best” and Boy Scout Motto “Be prepared,” they learn and live the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

 

                As part of the Longhorn Council our commitment impacts more than just our units and community. To hear about the impact and importance of the Friends of Scouting Campaign to the Longhorn Council please take a second to listen to our Scout Executive John Coyle. (link to video)

 

For the 2013 Friends of Scouting Campaign Cross Timbers District has set a goal of 350 gift commitments to raise $42,500. As we ask youth to be a scout we are asking that each one of us make a commitment to “do our best” to help “be prepared” financially for success in 2013.

 

This year there are three ways to make a commitment.

1)      Easiest and Fast way is to go to http://longhorn.kintera.org/fos

2)      Complete the Commitment form found on the website listed above and turn in to your unit leader during the week of giving or mail to

                Cross Timbers Friends of Scouting 2012 PO Box 54901 Hurst, TX 76054

3)      Respond by e-mail to 662crosstimbers@bsamail.org or call 817.231.8529 to be contacted about how your commitment can be remitted.

 On March 22^nd, 2013 we will have our District Dinner to celebrate the hard work of our volunteers through the awarding of the District Award of Merit. To register for the District Dinner please go tohttp://longhorn.kintera.org/ctdinner.  Please join us for this celebration.

 

We would like to leave you with this quote from Sir Robert Baden-Powell, “No one can pass through life, any more than he can pass through a bit of country, without leaving tracks behind, and those tracks may often be helpful to those coming after him in finding their way.”