EAGLE PASS CUB FUN DAY - Maverick County Lake, 2nd Area, Eagle Pass, Texas    -   SATURDAY, AUGUST 2nd, 2008  :  8:00 AM TO 2:00 PM FEE: $5 PER CUB SCOUT & $2 ADULTS
     
Bring bug repellant, cool clothes, and sun screen.  Meal provided.  Bring a drink and snack.  CALL Ms. Diaz or Ali Marines to pre register by 7/26/08,  Limited  craft supplies.  Bring two washed empty medium tuna fish cans. First come, first serve!!  Games, BB guns, crafts, Archery and much more fun.
     
Enjoy the Fun and Nature of Maverick County Lake. Units must use Tour permit. Parent must stay with individual Cub Scouts. Each Cub Scout must have a Class 1 Personal Health & Medical History Form filled out and signed by parent. These are available on line at www.cvcbsa.org click on national forms make a copy.

West Texas Leader Receives National Recognition

San Angelo, Texas – This May, Gerardo Martinez, Senior District Executive of the Amistad Boy Scouts of America District, will be recognized by the National President’s Recognition Program. This exceptional gratitude is bestowed to only 32 of the 3,800 professional BSA staff members, once every two years.
     
The Scoutreach National President’s Recognition Program, launched in 2002, honors a select few urban and rural youth-serving executives. These honorees are selected based on their outstanding achievements in unit and membership growth as well as a general increase of quality units within a Southreach area. Martinez has more than exemplified extraordinary achievement in these areas. For nearly a decade, he has reached out to thousands of youth in a district comprised of 8 counties and 13,000 square miles.
     
In 2007 his district was the only in the Concho Valley region to obtain the Centennial Quality Award, a year that marked a 9.7 percent growth in his district’s membership. Additionally, under Martinez’s direction, his district reached their annual financial fundraising goals in less than 6 months!
     
The keys to his success have been great volunteer support and his faith. “Every morning I get up, read the Bible and pray for strength,” Martinez says. “This is not an easy calling. You must spend many hours and a lot of driving. At the end of the day, though, helping families ensure their child leads a successful life is its own reward. I want to be sure to thank all the adult leaders that spend thousands of hours each year making the promise of Scouting come alive for the youth we all serve. Without them none of this would happen.” Martinez was recognized at the BSA National Annual Meeting in San Diego, California.