At our 5th Annual District Banquet on Thursday, March 14th, four outstanding scouters were honored with the District Award of Merit for their many years of outstanding service to the Scouts and Scouters in their Units, in our District, and in our Council.
Our 2018 honorees are: Hank Blake, our dedicated District Commissioner; Tim Davis, our Cubmaster Breakout Leader at Roundtable; Mike Kozar, who has served as the Scoutmaster for ITOLS for many years; and Randy Thacker, the Scoutmaster of Troop 350 who has devoted countless hours to making our annual Turkey Shoot an overwhelming success.
The time, experience, and expertise these individuals have so generously devoted to Scouting over the years have brought many memorable experiences and the true Spirit of Scouting to the Scouts and to their fellow Scouters throughout our District.
Congratulations to Hank, Tim, Mike, and Randy, and thank you for your outstanding contributions to Scouting, and to our Silver Comet Scouts.
Applications are now being accepted for 2019 Chris Schornak Eagle Scout Memorial Scholarship.
Applications are due April 15, 2019, and the award will again be presented at the Annual Memorial Day Flag Placement Ceremony at the Marietta National Cemetery on May 25, 2019.
Click on "read more" for details and to download the application.
Remember that our District Banquet will replace our monthly Roundtable and the regular OA meeting on March 14th. The Banquet will be held at the Volunteer Service Center, 1800 Circle 75 Parkway SE Atlanta, GA 30339, and will start at 6:30pm. Online registration has closed, but you can still attend the banquet if you send an email to the banquet committee, sign up to bring a side dish on the Sign Up Genius, and pay the $10 registration fee at the door.
Silver Comet's 2019 District Pinewood Derby will be held at Bethany United Methodist Church on Saturday March 30th from 9am-1pm. Check out the PWD event page, https://www.silvercometdistrictbsa.org/node/1802 for more information about the derby and the rules. A link to the Tentaroo registration page will be posted ASAP.
Online registration for our 2018 District Banquet will close on Mar 05, 2019 at 11:59 PM. Please make every effort to complete your registration online, both on Tentaroo and the Sign Up Genius, as this will greatly assist the Banquet Committee with food and space planning.
You also have two more opportunities to submit photos for the banquet slideshow. If you would like to submit photos electronically, please do so via the google drive by Friday, March 8th at https://photos.app.goo.gl/S8h75ueBnLLC8rt67. You can also bring your pictures on a flash drive to the District Committee Meeting on Thursday, March 7th, 7pm, at the First Church of the Nazarene, 4341 Dallas Highway SW, Marietta GA 30064.
All Silver Comet units are eligible to nominate a deserving leader for the Conductor Award, so make sure your unit's nomination is submitted by this Thursday, February 28th. The Conductor Award is for any adult in your unit that deserves recognition for outstanding service to scouting. Each unit may nominate one worthy adult for every 25 youth the unit serves (1-25 registered youth = 1 nomination, 26-50 = 2 nominations, 51-75 = 3 nominations, etc.).
The nominations must be submitted by the Unit Leader, Committee Chair, COR, or Unit Commissioner. Completed forms should be emailed to Clint Pope at conductor@silvercometdistrictbsa.org.
Conductor Awards are given out at the District Banquet, which will be at the Volunteer Service Center on Thursday, March 14th. Check out the banquet page for more details and for registration links.
