District Note: 2008 Big Sweep (Thursday, August 28, 2008)
TO PIEDMONT DISTRICT SCOUTERS:
2008 BIG SWEEP WATERWAY CLEANUP
The annual Big Sweep waterway cleanup, coordinated locally by Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful, will be held Saturday, October 4 from 9AM to 12:30PM.
Last year nearly 4,000 volunteers, including many Scout groups, removed nearly 35,000 lbs. of trash and debris from rivers, creeks, ponds and lakes in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. This is an excellent opportunity for Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts to get some service hours, cleanup the environment, and have some fun!
All supplies will be provided as well as breakfast and lunch!
Many cleanup locations have already been established and you can pick one of those, or you can establish your own location. To volunteer please call George M. Stilphen or Kittie Mattox at Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful at 727-8013 or e-mail georges@cityofws.org.
(George is also Scoutmaster of Troop 719 in Lewisville).
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Keith Huffstetler
Piedmont District Commissioner
Piedmont District of the Old Hickory Council
(336) 773-2274
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posted by Troop 919 # 4:49 PM 
District Note: Favorite Spots / World Championship / PD Committee
TO PIEDMONT DISTRICT SCOUTERS:
Tell us your Unit’s Favorite Camping Spot!!!
(This request was sent earlier, but only 4 responses have been received - and that is going to make an awfully short DVD!)
I am creating a list of favorite camping spots from the units in Piedmont District. This information will be compiled and presented at the September 11th District Roundtable. I may ask some of the contributors to give a brief talk about why they chose their favorite site. A DVD will be distributed with all of the camping information at the meeting (This will be a great resource in planning your unit’s outings). Please complete the attached short form and email it along with any digital photos of the site to gchamberlin@cmitsolutions.com .
Thanks for your help!
Yours in Scouting,
Glenn Chamberlin
336-499-4526
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Did you know there is an Official Pinewood World Championship?
Hello Race Fans,
We have solidified the date for the Pinewood Cup on August 28-29, 2009. Due to the size of this event and the enormity of putting it on, this is the earliest feasible date. It will be held at the Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah USA. For more details go to www.PinewoodCup.com .
We have attached a race flier and also a template to help youth design their cars before they start cutting into the wood.
Thanks for all that are participating to make this event succeed! Have a great season and we will see you at the Pinewood Cup: The Official Pinewood World Championship!
If you are a vendor and would like booth space at the racing and toy expo that will be going on at this event, please see the vendor page at www.PinwoodCup.com and click on Exhibitor application.
Best Regards,
Blake
director@pinewoodcup.com
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Are you a member of the Piedmont District Committee? If so, please attend our first meeting of the new Scouting Season - 7:00 PM, Thursday, September 4 at Maple Springs UMC. (The Commissioners' Meeting will start 1 hour earlier, at 6:00 PM.)
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Keith Huffstetler
Piedmont District Commissioner
Piedmont District of the Old Hickory Council
(336) 773-2274
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posted by Troop 919 # 4:28 PM
District Note: Service Opportunity (Monday, August 25, 2008)
TO PIEDMONT DISTRICT SCOUTERS:
Do you have any scouts who may be looking for an Eagle Scout project…or a troop looking for a very worthy day project?
I’ve just become aware of Twisted Whisker Farm Sanctuary (Pinnacle) which is a sanctuary for abandoned pets with special needs/health issues. The owner has recently relocated her home and all her animals to a new location and is in desperate need of assistance in preparing the sanctuary for the winter. I’m enclosing additional information below. Please feel free to call Kris (the owner) directly @ (336) 756-2833 or myself (336) 972-0321. Kris is a teacher at Mineral Springs Elementary, so is not generally available during the weekdays. Pls. leave a message if you get her voicemail.
Thanks for any assistance you can provide to Kris and the animals she has pledged to care for until death.
Sincerely,
Susan Smith Harris
Winston Salem, NC
See pictures from Twisted Whisker Farm Sanctuary below. Twisted Whisker offers a forever home for abandoned pets with bowel disease, diabetes, blind, FIV and FeL positive, animals with special needs and deformities as well as the aged, and is located in Surry County, NC - near Pilot Mountain.
Kris Rieck formed her North Carolina sanctuary, a lifelong dream, before Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. Formerly a resident of Virginia and retired from the military, Kris purchased property in a remote area with beautiful rolling hills near Pilot Mountain, NC. Kris' lifelong dream does not exactly fit the norm... she built a sanctuary for special needs animals, i.e. the unadoptables. She employs local resident animal lovers to help her with the daily chores. Life did seem wonderful.
Kris, director of Twisted Whisker Sanctuary (TWS), also works as an elementary school teacher and uses her income to sustain the sanctuary. Hurricane Katrina interrupted her own business of life-saving work, leaving TWS in good hands with the animal caretakers. Kris came for months helping to rescue animals from the floodwaters or found walking the streets dehydrated and starving. Trips home meant trips home with abandoned animals who needed more help than just veterinary medical care. They were the abandoned pets with bowel disease, diabetes, blind, FIV and FeL positive, dogs with special needs and deformities from the storm, the aged... the list goes on. Over half of Twisted Whisker's population are animals rescued from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Now as a result of sudden, unforeseen personal circumstances, Kris has had to relocate herself and all her beloved animals (in June, '08) to a new location. The sheds have now all been moved, kennels redone at the new place, and the animals all moved. Each of the outside sheds now need to be winterized. The three (separate) encloses for FIV cats, FeL cats, and for geriatric cats need to be insulated and heated. The five sheds for healthy kitties also needs to be heated, the water supply lines prepared for winter and two 12x12 metal or vinyl sheds are desperately needed for storage of pet food, cat litter and pet supplies and rescue equipment.
Twisted Whisker Farm Sanctuary also needs loving people to come help care for the animals and just spend time giving them personal attention. You will be part of a work that has literally helped hundreds of animals who would have had no other chance at a good life.
Please consider coming to volunteer and support Twisted Whisker with donations of materials or financially. If you want to volunteer please call Kris at 336.756.2833. She will be very glad to hear from anyone who can help! Animal handlers, rescuers, vet techs, vets... are always needed. Kris needs help with painting, fencing, minor carpentry and general chores (feed and care for the animals on a daily basis). Come on down (or up!) and lend a hand! Everyone and anyone is welcome.
Donations can be sent electronically through ARNO's Pay Pal Site http://www.animalrescueneworleans.org (and click on any 'donate' or PayPal link) and are tax deductible. Your donation will go to Kris to help support the care and maintenance of those animals from Katrina rescued from Louisiana and Mississippi. EVERY PENNY WILL GO DIRECTLY TO TWISTED WHISKER IMMEDIATELY. Please make sure to put TWISTED WHISKER in the notes or comments (or wherever you can, even in your address) so we know you want to help TWS. All donor names will be supplied to Kris for acknowledgment of your gift. (Charlotte Bass Lilly, E. D.)
Donations directly to Twisted Whisker can be mailed to:
Twisted Whisker Farm Sanctuary
P.O. Box 422
Pilot Mountain, NC 27041
Twisted Whisker is NOT a 501(c)(3) tax exempt corporation so cannot provide a tax deduction for direct donations.
Twisted Whisker's web site is in the process of being updated since the move. The address is http://www.twistedwhisker.org if you would like to take a look at some of the animals that have been saved and are living there, and pictured on the site (also in the process of being updated). Kris does not have internet access yet since the move, so the listed e-mail on the website is not active. The best source of contact is the phone or mail.
Can't donate, can't volunteer? Then please cross post this message to animal lovers everywhere... Twisted Whisker Farm Sanctuary needs help... they have and continue to be there for so many needy animals.
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Keith Huffstetler
Piedmont District Commissioner
Piedmont District of the Old Hickory Council
(336) 773-2274
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posted by Troop 919 # 9:24 AM
District Note: LRP Survey (Tuesday, August 19, 2008)
TO PIEDMONT DISTRICT SCOUTERS:
The Old Hickory Council is currently involved in its Strategic Planning and its Long Range Plan. Attached to this email is a copy of a Long Range Plan survey being conducted by the council to gather input from our volunteers. Please take a few minutes to go through the survey and then send your results to our Scout Executive, Steve Wilburn - by email, fax, or mail.
Email = swilburn@bsamail.org)
Fax = (336) 760-4222
Mail =
Old Hickory Council, Boy Scouts of America
Wachovia Scouting Center
6600 Silas Creek Parkway
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
Your input is needed and will be much appreciated!
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Keith Huffstetler
Piedmont District Commissioner
Piedmont District of the Old Hickory Council
(336) 773-2274
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posted by Troop 919 # 1:29 PM
District Note: POPCORN REMINDER!
TO PIEDMONT DISTRICT SCOUTERS:
POPCORN 2008
Attention Scout Leaders! In order to qualify for the popcorn bonus, it is required that a representative from your unit attend a district level popcorn kickoff.
Piedmont’s Popcorn Kickoff will be on Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 7 PM at Forsyth Medical Center’s Lambeth Auditoreum. That is THIS THURSDAY!
There will be no charge for Parking if you follow these instructions:
Parking will be in the employee lot, which can be entered from either Silas Creek Parkway or Hawthorne Road. The gates will be up, so there will be no tickets to validate.
The employee lot is the closest parking to the Lambeth Auditorium, there will be officers on hand to guide attendees.
Popcorn Materials and information will be given out at this meeting, so don’t miss it! This year’s District Popcorn Kernel is Tony Potter. His e-mail address is apotter@novanthealth.org. His home number is 922-1652. Please contact him if you have any questions concerning this year’s popcorn sale.
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Keith Huffstetler
Piedmont District Commissioner
Piedmont District of the Old Hickory Council
(336) 773-2274
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posted by Troop 919 # 1:17 PM
District Note: WS/FC Open Houses / Shooting Clay (Monday, August 18, 2008)
TO PIEDMONT DISTRICT SCOUTERS:
Attention Cub Scouters!
Wednesday, Aug. 20 is the Open House night for our Elementary Schools in Forsyth County. As we met with the principals, most of them said that it would be OK for our packs to come and setup a table in the building so that Packs would be available to parents for information.
It is strongly recommended that each pack have representatives there in addition to the Cub Scout Sign-Up night. Remember, if your Pack is not there, there may be another pack represented (giving them an advantage).
Before deciding to attend the Open House, please clear it with the Elementary School first. It should not be a problem, but it is simply a good idea to let them know that you are planning to come.
Piedmont District Staff
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Attention Venture Scouters!
Friendship Sporting Clays
Will be hosting a
Hunter Education & Safety Course
August 21 – 23
by instructor Bob Edwards
Free of charge.
If you or anyone you know is interested,
please contact us at (336) 699-8694.
4805 Siloam Road
East Bend, NC 27018
***Please check our website for Promo's and NSCA Shoots. Our next shoot is August 30th "Vacation's Over" 200 Bird Tournament. Also we are taking reserving times for our 1st annual "NC Ducks Unlimited Championship"***
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Keith Huffstetler
Piedmont District Commissioner
Piedmont District of the Old Hickory Council
(336) 773-2274
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posted by Troop 919 # 5:32 PM
District Note: PICNIC TIME CORRECTION (Thursday, August 14, 2008)
TO PIEDMONT DISTRICT SCOUTERS:
Our annual Picnic and New Year of Scouting Kickoff is tonight at Fairview Moravian Church on Silas Creek Parkway, just down from the council office.
THE MEETING IS ACTUALLY SCHEDULED TO START AT 7:00 PM.
Food will be coming off the grill and serving will start a little before 7:00.
This evening's events were planned by multiple people and we got our start time a little mixed up and I apologize for any confusion resulting from my earlier email. Feel free to come early if you can. However, if you can not get there before 7:00 you will not miss any important information, but you will miss some additional fellowship time!
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Keith Huffstetler
Piedmont District Commissioner
Piedmont District of the Old Hickory Council
(336) 773-2274
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posted by Troop 919 # 10:03 AM
District Note: REMINDERS (Wednesday, August 13, 2008)
TO PIEDMONT DISTRICT SCOUTERS:
This Friday, August 15 is the deadline for signing up for National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) which I believe is often referred to as "Top Gun." In the old days, it was called JLT for Junior Leadership Training. It is geared toward the Youth leaders in our Boy Scout troops. It is valuable training that could greatly enhance your troop leadership and program for the coming year, so if you do not have someone signed up to attend, then please do so by Friday!
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Our August Round Table is always different from all the others. The most obvious difference is that we have a picnic and it is held at a different place. This takes place tomorrow evening (Thursday, August 14) at the Moravian Church (Fairview) near the Scout Office on Silas Creek Parkway. It will be outside under the picnic shelter and will start around 6:00 PM and will include Fried Chicken, Hamburgers, Hotdogs, and Watermelon plus a lot of information you will need for the coming new year in Scouting.
After August, our remaining Round Table meetings will be at 7:00 at Maple Springs UMC on Reynolda Road, on the 2nd Thursday of each month through May.
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If you are serving with the Commissioner Service or if you are a member of our District Committee, then mark the 1st Thursday of each month for our meetings, also at Maple Springs UMC.
Commissioners meet at 6:00 and the Committee meets at 7:00.
If you are one or the other (or both) please be there to help kick off our new year!
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Keith Huffstetler
Piedmont District Commissioner
Piedmont District of the Old Hickory Council
(336) 773-2274
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posted by Troop 919 # 9:49 AM
District Note: Picnic / Popcorn (Tuesday, August 12, 2008)
TO PIEDMONT DISTRICT SCOUTERS:
REMINDER - PIEDMONT DISTRICT ROUNDTABLE PICNIC IS THIS THURSDAY!
Fun, Food, Fellowship, and Information!!!
This is our kick-off session for our New Year of Scouting and is open to all registered adult leaders in our district. Our District Leadership will have a lot of valuable information for you there to help you plan for a great year, so please try to attend.
Thursday, August 14, 2008 - Fairview Moravian Church - Silas Creek Parkway (near Wachovia Scout Center)
6:00 PM - Fried Chicken, Hamburgers, Hotdogs, Watermelon
Led by Jim Jackson and David Curtis
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POPCORN 2008
Attention Scout Leaders! In order to qualify for the popcorn bonus, it is required that a representative from your unit attend a district level popcorn kickoff. Piedmont’s Popcorn Kickoff will be on Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 7 PM at Forsyth Medical Center’s Lambeth Auditoreum. There will be no charge for Parking if you follow the following instructions:
Parking will be in the employee lot, which can be
entered from either Silas Creek Parkway or
Hawthorne Road. The gates will be up, so
there will be no tickets to validate.
The employee lot is the closest parking to the
Lambeth Auditorium, there will be officers
on hand to guide attendees.
Popcorn Materials and information will be given out at this meeting, so don’t miss it! This year’s district popcorn kernel is Tony Potter. His e-mail address is apotter@novanthealth.org. His home number is 922-1652. Please contact him if you have any questions concerning this year’ popcorn sale.
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The September Round Table will be Thursday, September 11 7:00 PM at Maple Springs UMC
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Keith Huffstetler
Piedmont District Commissioner
Piedmont District of the Old Hickory Council
(336) 773-2274
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posted by Troop 919 # 12:11 PM
District Note: New Year of Scouting (Friday, August 8, 2008)
TO PIEDMONT DISTRICT SCOUTERS:
PIEDMONT DISTRICT ROUNDTABLE PICNIC
This is our kick-off session for our new year of Scouting. Our District Leadership will have a lot of valuable information for you there to help you plan for a great year, so please try to attend. Fun, Food, Fellowship, and Information!!!
Thursday, August 14, 2008 - Fairview Moravian Church - Silas Creek Parkway (near Wachovia Scout Center)
6:00 PM - Fried Chicken, Hamburgers, Hotdogs, Watermelon
Led by Jim Jackson and David Curtis
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The September Round Table will be Thursday, September 11 7:00 PM at Maple Springs UMC.
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Keith Huffstetler
Piedmont District Commissioner
Piedmont District of the Old Hickory Council
(336) 773-2274
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posted by Troop 919 # 12:59 PM
District Note: Camping Spots / Day Camp Achievements (Monday, August 4, 2008)
TO PIEDMONT DISTRICT SCOUTERS:
Tell us your Unit’s Favorite Camping Spot!!!
I am creating a list of favorite camping spots from the units in Piedmont District. This information will be compiled and presented at the September 4th District Roundtable. I may ask some of the contributors to give a brief talk about why they chose their favorite site. A DVD will be distributed with all of the camping information at the meeting (This will be a great resource in planning your unit’s outings). Please complete the attached short form and email it along with any digital photos of the site to gchamberlin@cmitsolutions.com
Thanks for your help.
Yours in Scouting,
Glenn Chamberlin
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CUB SCOUT DAY CAMP 2008
Attached is the list of the boys who attended Piedmont District Day Camp and what they earned. Questions can be sent to Catherine Stancil at cpstancil@aol.com.
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Keith Huffstetler
Piedmont District Commissioner
Piedmont District of the Old Hickory Council
(336) 773-2274
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posted by Troop 919 # 3:54 PM
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