LEADER IDEAS
Mary Ann McKenney, a brownie leader from NW Georgia
is working on a letter writing campaign for her daughter's cadet
troop. She found all of these addresses for our military personnel
and posted them on Scouts-L.
During Desert Storm my scouts wrote to some military
personnel there and their letters were greatly appreciated. Please
consider writing to any serviceman/servicewoman using the addresses
provided below.
Here are addresses to write to the military,
particularly in the Balkans. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine
Corps land forces in Bosnia/Kosovo:
Any Service
Member Operation Joint Guard APO AE 09397
Navy and Marine Corps personnel aboard ship: Any
Service Member Operation Joint Guard FPO AE 09398
Families in Germany: Any Family
Member Operation Joint Guard APO AE 09399 MAIL TO OUR
TROOPS
ELSEWHERE OVERSEAS For mail to troops in other
parts of the world, we suggest that you contact the United Services
Organization, (USO), a non-Government group which sponsors
activities for service personnel. Some USO groups have programs
which promote pen pal exchanges. Individuals should write
to:
Executive Director, United Services Organization,Inc. 601
Indiana Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004
Individuals may also consider writing a letter to
the editors of Service oriented newspapers.
Army Times, Navy Times,
and Air Force Times, are commercial enterprises operated from the
same address: 6885 Commercial Drive, Springfield, Virginia
22159.
The Stars & Stripes is a daily newspaper published
exclusively for U.S. military stationed overseas. The address for
the Far East edition is Pacific Stars & Stripes, APO JA
96337 and for the European edition, it is Stars & Stripes, APO
AE 09211.
Outdoor Classroom Craft Judy
Polak
We made "creek bottoms" with the lids
of JIF peanut butter -- the 2lbs/8oz size. (We use that size for
Easter Eggs so we have access to them!) These can be used as paper
weights. We acquired two coffee cans (big size) of pea gravel from
the quarry. They donated it to us. This was enough for 30 lids with
some left over. The kids washed the gravel -- revealing all the
colors in the rocks! They retained their "wet colors" in
the glue. They put the gravel in the peanut butter lids and
covered it with the Elmer's Gel Glue. We figured on 2 lids per
bottle but they actually got a little more than that. We bought the
glue at Toys R Us, 99¢ each, so we had figured 50 cents per
project. The price goes down since they were getting about 3 out of
a bottle, plus we did not look for the best price, cheapest price,
discounts, donations, etc. (This was on a school budget -- not a cub
scout budget!) One of the parents brought some seashells and sand
dollars. The kids also added dried flowers, nut shells, etc. All
summer I'll be collecting freshwater mollusk shells from the state
parks, etc. for this in the future. I would have rather had
freshwater stuff so that it went with the theme. We did them on
Thursday at outdoor classroom. They sat over the weekend at school.
The kids brought them home on Tuesday -- but I think that they were
sufficiently dried by Monday. We transported them home flat in
"soda case" boxes -- we picked up a bunch at Sam's Club --
so the lids didn't slide around and get glue all over the cars. Her
son played with my example and actually popped mine out of its
lid.
Fred Feltmann who is a former member of the
Greater Alabama Council sent this to me. Atlanta is the very
fortunate council where Fred and his family lives.
An Everyday Survival Kit Toothpick Rubber
band Band aid Pencil Eraser Chewing gum Mint Candy
Kiss Tea Bag Here's why: Toothpick - to remind you to pick
out the good qualities in others...Matt 7:1 Rubber band - to
remind you to be flexible, things might not always go the way you
want, but it will work out...Romans 8:28 Band Aid - to remind
you to heal hurt feelings, yours or someone else's...Col.
3:12-14 Pencil - To remind you to list your blessings
everyday...Eph 1:3 Eraser - to remind you that everyone makes
mistakes, and it's okay... Gen. 50:15-21 Chewing gum - to remind
you to stick with it and you can accomplish anything ...Phil
4:13 Mint - to remind you that you are worth a mint to your
heavenly father ...John 3:16-17 Candy Kiss - to remind you that
everyone needs a kiss or a hug everyday ...1 John 4:7 Herb Tea
Bag - to remind you to relax daily and go over that list of God's
blessings...1 Thess 5:18 This is my gift to you. May God richly
bless you. To the world, you may just be somebody...but to
somebody, you may be the
world. *********************************************** Thank
you Linda M for this fun idea I just bought these today..yes
bought.. they were only $1.00. I am so ashamed a GS Leader buying
bird feeders Yikes what next *L0L* However, they would be so easy to
make. It was a box - you could use a McDonalds kids meal box or a
Chinese take out box. Stick a stick or pencil 1/4 way up from the
bottom all the way through the box. Fill with bird seed. Cut a slit
1/4 way up from the stick. Put a hanger on it and you have a bird
feeder. You can have the kids decorate them. The ones I bought have
pictures of fishing cabin and tackle, birds and one is a sunflower.
Yes 3--have to get one for each kid. I think the McDonald boxes
would be great because sometimes they come with little holes you
punch out so all you have to do is punch out one of the cutouts and
stick the pencil in back. Staple the top closed and to refill just
unstaple or throw away and make a new one.
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