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Darryl Felker of Pack 3353 writes:  "I assisted with cutting cars last year and would like to offer my services again to assist those units in need.  If there are any units needing assistance, they can call me on my cell at 404-314-9884 or e-mail me at dfelker@bellsouth.net." Thanks Darryl!  More help is needed, so if you can host a Pinewood Derby "Car Cutting" for more than your Pack, or find someone who is willing to do that (at Lowes, Home Depot, or another hardware store), please contact the Derby Commissioner so that we can advertise the events and help the Scouts make their cars (safely).  And the Pinewood Derby Page contains information about the February 24-25 Pinewood Derby Daze for South Fulton District Scouts.  To volunteer to help, feel free to email the Derby Commissioner, or take this Point & Click Survey.  To pull it off takes advance, committed, communicating volunteers who will lead different parts of the job, like those in the Plan on the Pinewood Derby Page or these excerpts of different jobs in the plan.

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Scouting for Food involves Scouts across 11 counties in the Atlanta area who visit neighborhoods and schools and churches and businesses to distribute Publix shopping bags to those who will donate food.   Donors then fill these bags with food goods, and (depending on how you do your pick up) place them on their doorstep one week later for Scouts to come and pick them up, or return them to a donation point at a school, church or business.  Scouts then take these goods to local agencies that will use the food to help those in need.  Simple.  Good.   Sign up here.  Get cool patches for your Scouts.  Questions?  Contact Genelle Jefferson, our Scouting for Food Coordinator, at 404.964.5400.

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Scouter’s Academy, Saturday, January 28 at Woodward is great for any Parents -- not just leaders.  You can take up to five classes on things like, for Cub Scout Leaders, cool places to go, things to do in meetings, fun and impressive ceremonies, new games to play with kids, Blue & Gold Banquets made easy, Songs and Yells, and more and more . . . for Boy Scout Leaders and parents, they have classes like Merit Badge Counselor Training, Backpacking Cooking, Camp Cooking, Motivating Boys, Fire building, Orienteering, etc. so that you can stay ahead of what the Scouts learn.  Mostly for adults, but there are also Youth Classes this year for Boy Scouts and Venturers (Life to Eagle, Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops (ILST), etc.).  Go, and you will develop super powers, win friends, influence people, achieve self-actualization and get a T Shirt.  Register here.

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From Cam Sutherland:  "The tree planting was one of the major projects for District Governor Margie Kersey of Rotary International District 6900 for her year, 2011-2012.  Her goal was to plant, or have planted, one tree for each member within our district, which is 4,500+.  To date, over 16,000 trees have been planted & the number continues to climb.  Here's a listing of Boy & Cub Scout units that participated with planting the 500 dogwood trees the Atlanta Airport Rotary Club purchased:
 

Message: This just in . . . The prize for the winner of the Chili Cook-Off will be a new Dutch Oven, courtesy of the Atlanta Area Council. Come out and cook!

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The Pinewood Derby Page contains information about the Upcoming South Fulton District Pinewood Derby Events: the January 19 Adult Only Pinewood Derby a Go Go Go (a Roundtable for South Fulton District and Friends in other Districts, to "play the game" like Cub Scouts and share ideas about how to make a Derby fun and successful for Scouts and Families), and the February 24-25 Pinewood Derby Daze for South Fulton District Scouts.  The plan for Derby Day is currently a "Draft", subject to comments and ideas and volunteering.  To volunteer to help, feel free to Add a Comment, or email the Derby Commissioner, or take this Point & Click Survey.  To pull it off takes advance, committed, communicating volunteers who will lead different parts of the job, like those in the attachments (excerpts from the Plan on the Pinewood Derby Page).