My Scout News

Archive for September, 2009

Kids in foster care have had some tough breaks.  Their family life has been disrupted and now they are being placed in a family who can care for them.  When it comes time to move, often these kids have to load what few things they own into trash bags.  A caring social worker and foster parent, Ron Nickerson, decided that giving kids trash bags to transport their belongs sent the wrong message.  Trash belongs in trash bags, not precious belongings.  Kids needed a suitcase that they could call their own.

Intent on making a change, Nickerson began with a modest goal of colleting 700 suitcases in the Haverhill area.  The project had its very first collection in June 2009 and collected 1,339 suitcases – almost double what he hoped to collect!

Nickerson has a new goal – and he hopes you will help.  He wants to collect 14,000 suitcases by June 2010.  That would provide one suitcase for every child in foster care in Massachusetts.  If he can reach that goal, he then wants to collect one suitcase for every child in New England – 86,000 suitcases.

The only way he can reach this goal is through caring donations.

On Saturday, October 10,  Suitcases4Kids will hold a collection at six sites around Boston.  In Cambridge, Woburn, Burlington, Somerville, and Wilmington, volunteers will happily accept your suitcase donations.  These suitcases will go directly to children in need.  S4K Cambridge-Burlington Flyer

At the Burlington Mall location, Boston Minuteman Council will also be hosting a Cub Scout/Boy Scout recruiting drive.  You can sign your son up to join a local Scout organization and donate a suitcase at the same time.

So, bring a suitcase to one of the collection sites on October 10 and make the life of a child in need better – and send them the message that they matter!

Help put the bears to bed for the winter. Winter is approaching and the black bears are ready to slumber. Join us and help put the bears to bed for the winter. Please bring a picnic lunch and join us for lots of fun!

WHERE: Stone Zoo, Stoneham
WHEN: Sunday, October 25, 2009
TIME: Registration 10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Program Begins at 11:00 a.m.
COST: $5 for Scouts
$6 for siblings
$12 for adults

Activities include:
• Tour of zoo
• Scavenger Hunt
• Educational programs
• Story Time with the Bears

To register your Den or Pack, visit www.bsaboston.org.
For more call 617-615-0004 ext. 310

Below are pictures from our 2008 event.

 

A bear snoozes after story time

Join the Flintlock District for our annual fall camporee at Parker Mountain Scout Reservation in Barnstead New Hampshire. This year’s theme is Wilderness Survival. To view event details and register for the event click here.  Below are pictures from the 2008 camporee.

2009 Parker Camporee Flyer 

OrienteeringSafe water practices

Swimming

Low impact fire building

hiking

Saturday night camp fire