Did you know that while we celebrate May in the Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, it is Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere? And the month of May typically starts the kickoff of Summer Vacation for us folks living in the United States, which is right about when we celebrate Memorial Day. May is also the third of the seven months to have a length of 31 days. While there are plenty of days that are celebrated in the month of May, here are a few that are most recognized… Mother’s Day, Cinco de Mayo, Memorial Day, President Truman and John F Kennedy birthdays and something I didn’t know, the Indianapolis 500 always happens on or around Memorial Day.
Some of our youth may ask, “Why do we have a Memorial Day”? I know that my daughter has asked me this before and this is what I have told my daughter… Memorial Day is a holiday that we celebrate to honor the men and women who died while serving our country in the military. It is so we never forget those brave people who protected our country and kept us safe. The people who died to protect us here at home, also helped others around the world. That is why we honor them on this special day.
So with that, if you can, please remember to fly the stars and stripes up high and take a moment of silence for our fallen soldiers.
Here’s what’s happening in Pio Pico
Pio Pico District - Spring Camporee!
Camporee was on the weekend of April 29th, and I hear it was a great success. We had a total of 496 scouts in attendance! If anyone has any pictures to share, please send them over to me and I will add them to the next Newsletter.
Roundtable Picnic
June 15th, 2022
Location: Palm Park- El Rancho Dr. Whittier, CA
6PM-9PM
Price: $5.00
Contact: Tom Garcia @ 562-355-6978
Cub Scout Adventure Day Camp
Save the Dates: June 20th to the 24th
Montebello City Park
Cost: $175.00
Pushcart Derby
Save the date November 5th
Location TBA
AB 506- Financial Assistance for Live Scan
The Greater Los Angeles Area Council is offering financial assistance up to $47.00 per
individual to help mitigate the cost the Livescan fingerprinting
services required by AB 506.
To read more information please visit: https://www.glaacbsa.org/livescanscholarship
If you would like more information on the live Scan:
https://californiascouting.org/background-check-info/
Jeff Sulzback has announced his retirement. Below is a letter about his announcement:
Stay informed at the District Round Table!
Round table falls on the 3rd Wednesday of the month. We are now meeting Hybrid. So, you can now either come down in person or tune remotely from wherever you may be.
Remember, Roundtable is for everyone! Not just leaders.
If you would like to join us in person we meet First Methodist Church 13222 Bailey St. Whittier, CA 90601.
If you cannot come in and would like to be on the email with the link for the Zoom Call, please reach out to me or Tommy Martinez (tlc_martinez@yahoo.com).
We hope to see you there!
High Adventure Training (H.A.T)
Attached HAT activity survey e-mail, HAT HiLites with training fliers Below is the calendar for HAT Training:
Please be sure to check out the HAT HiLites! There’s a lot of great information on there about training and contact info.
Recruitment information
As many leaders are recruiting throughout the year, there are times when some get asked about the cost of registration.
History Corner
By Lou Smith, Pio Pico District Vice Chair
100 Years ago, in the Los Angeles District Council (GLAAC now) ….
June 5, 1922 – Rotary Scouts Lead in City (LA Junior Times, Page 6)
Club’s Troop Wins Five of Six First Prizes
Finest Lot of Boys in Los Angeles, Say Backers
Outing at Yosemite or Big Tree Park Planned
If there ta a troop of Boy Scouts in Los Angele better than Troop 36, over which
the Los Angeles Rotary Club hold a protecting wing, Rotarians would like to know which
one it is. For Troop 36 has been scooping up the prizes all spring at the weekly Boy
Scout camps, at Camp Arthur Letts, Hollywood, in competition with twelve to fourteen
other troops that camp there, and Rotarians declare there isn't a better behaved or more
manly looking set for youngsters in the city than the members of the Rotary Troop.
The Rotary Club’s Troop – a name by which it is better known than by its number
- has a history dating about two years back, and like many other troops, it had some
early disappointments. Last February, however, the Rotary Club engaged Walter
Westcott. a cheer leader at the Southern Branch, University of California, and one of the
most popular students in that college, as scout master.
SIXTEEN IN TROOP
When Scout Master Westcott took charge, the troop had only six scouts of
tenderfoot rank, and none of first or second grade. Today there are fourteen boys well
on their way to being second-class scouts, and two of second-class rank and aiming at
first. In March they were well trained enough to put on a demonstration at a Rotary Club
affair at the Alexandria, where they won hearty applause, and in the week-end camps at
Camp Arthur Letts, they have won five firsts and one second prize for having the best
and neatest tent in the camp. The week-end camps last from Friday night to Sunday
noon, and the boys enjoy them thoroughly.
Camp Arthur Letts houses about seventy-five to a hundred Scouts at these
week-end camps, many of them from the best homes in the city and carrying off the
prizes so many times in a field of such keen competition Is a feather in the cap of Troop
36, of which it is very proud.
The boys have about one hike a month. Longer hikes are planned for the
summer by Scout Master Westcott, who is going to take his boys to the tops of Mount
Wilson, Old Baldy, and other peaks of the nearby mountains. The Rotary Club is
arranging for a regular vacation camp for Troop 36, which probably will be held at
Yosemite or Sequoia Park.
THEIR GOOD TURNS”
For their daily “good turns” the Scouts of Troop 36 find plenty of employment at
the Community Settlement House, 335 Bauchet Street, where they have their headquarters. The boys do much of the sweeping and dusting there and aid in the
distribution of supplies to poor families. The Scouts of Troop 36 wash the dishes for
mother, help blind men across the street, run errands and do the other good turns for which scouts are famous.
Troop 36 has a basketball team meeting every Wednesday night, which won
about half It games the past season, and a baseball team recently was organized.
Thursday It is a regular meeting evening.
