Eric completes requirement 7-ABC of Citizenship of the Community.

Volunteering at C.U.I.C. was a great experience.

Helping side by side with Eric and the other volunteers was very humbling to me.

I really enjoyed helping. As for Eric Jr. His experience was different. He finally did get the swing of things, but did not fully undersatnd the why he was there part. After hours of trying to convince him what he was doing was a good thing. He shrugged his shoulder and said okay. Great Job Eric! Volunteering in our community is very important. Thanks to Ms. Kay for allowing Eric to complete his over more than 8 hours of community service at CUIC.

Pat Knight ASM

Eric completes Requirements for his Art Merit Badge

Under the supervision of Ms.Pena, Eric was able to create some interesting Art work.
Eric also attended a workshop given by Ms Pena and display his work along with other Crosbians of ages 12 and below in an Art Exhibit given at the Crosby Community Center on June 30, 2011 Great Job!

Getting ready for Summer Camp--

Wow what a meeting we had last night!!!!

First off we now have two patrols

Patrol 1

Ean

Eric

JT

Jeffrey

Quentin

Patrol 2

Travis

David

Trevor

Jacob

Jonathon

Before the next meeting on August first, they need to come prepared to say what position they would like to hold in the troop.

To see a list of positions and their responsibilies, click here

We will have a vote after each member presents why they want the position.

In the even of a tie (say three people want to be bugler) please have a backup that you'd like to do.

These positions will be held for 6-9 months.

Each Patrol will need a patrol leader and we will need one Senior Patrol Leader.

OK so now on to summer camp.

On Sunday, be at Kareena's house at 8:00

Pack light! Refer to the paper handed out on what is needed. The only item listed as optional that they HAVE to bring is their Scout Book. They will be passing off skills for ranks and we need to sign the book when it's done. Put it in a Big baggie, to help keep it safe

The Camp is in Fischer texas, outside of San Marcos and Wimberly, it's about 206 miles away.

We need to be there at one to check in.

Please Have the boys bring a big lunch to eat in the car, Since Miss Kareena is driving, she's not as generous as Mr. John --so bring your own food!!! LOL

We will be home on Saturday around noon.

For August Campout 8/5-8/7

The following boys are preparing and purchasing food for themselves and four people for Saturday's meals, to satisfy their first class rank requirements.

Trevor

JT

Eric

Two items must be cooked items

They need to make a shopping list, set a budget and stick to it. They need to pay for the food, put it in coolers and by the next meeting present a list of of equipment that they will need to cook. They will also be in charge of making sure the items are cooked, which means they supervise their patrol in the preparation and clean up.

JT will have the honor of cooking for the leaders -- but he'll still be supervising a kitchen

At the next meeting we will create a duty roster for this campout, so everyone has a chance to help and David isn't hogging the dishwashing, since he loves it so much.

For friday's meal, they boys need to have packed a foil dinner and bring it with them, and then for Sunday's Breakfast it will be poptarts, muffins etc things that dont' need cooked, so it's easier to get packed and home. This worked out great at the last campout, the kitchen was packed after the Saturday Evening Meal.

We are looking forward to summer camp and August Camping at lake livingston, as well as seeing what new positions we will have on August First!

Go Troop 1411

Citizenship Badge-In Austin

My parents live in Austin so we took the opportunity to visit the legislature while we were there. The building is really beautiful and we had a fun tour. This completed a part of the Citizenship in the nation badge. While we were there we met with a member of State Senator Tommy Williams staff and discussed how to be involved in politics, completing a part of the first class rank and not to be outdone, we sat in on a Hearing for SB 29 which covers groping by TSA officers at the airports, and after the boys write a letter about their feeling on that issue they'll have a part of their Citizenship in the Community knocked out. It was an educational four hours.

There was a neat display of all the medal of honor recipients from Texas.

This is the picture and bio of Crosby's Own David Mcnerny.

Quentin took pictures of the information on how one earns this honor.

This is Rita Cook, a staffer in the Senators office.

She told us Senator Williams is an eagle scout, A&M Alumni and a CPA.

He is chairman of the Transportation and Homeland Security Comitee

This is the hearing for SB 29, the author is Dan Patrick from Houston.

Tommy Williams is in the center, he's the chairman

This guy was real friendly. He's a chef for the Luitenant Governor's reception hall.

He explained that Texas is the only state to House people in the capitol.

Currently only the Speaker of the house resides there.

He showed us different antiques, none are originals because the room burned up in 1983

And the Senate floor, where the magic happens.

Apparently it happens on a different timeline, because they were to convene at noon.

We waited until 12:45 and then we broke for lunch.