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Margaret Williams
Root River District Director
mwilliams@mccbsa.org
414-443-2864

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District Committee
Root River District Committee is looking for some great volunteers to help keep the district and units in Root River strong. The committee meets the first Monday of each month at Greendale Health Department, lower level at 7:00 p.m. The District Committee, the commissioner staff and the District Director work together to recruit youth into the program, raise money and product sales to help the units and council be financially sound, promote training for adults and camping opportunities. They plan all the district activities for the units to attend and offer assistance and promote advancement opportunities. If you would like to get involved at the district level, contact Jeff Mantes, District Chair, at (414) 281-1778, or Margaret Williams, District Director, at (414) 443-2864. 

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Brewers Scout Day - Monday, July 26, 2010
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Unit Profile - Troop 506

Over the years Troop 506 has had a passion for flags, especially flag ceremonies. The troop has conducted roughly 5-8 ceremonies per year at various public and private events throughout our community and state. The troop display’s their flags regularly in all Greendale community parades including the Memorial Day, Forth of July, Village Days and Labor Day parades. Any Scouter in the Root River District might be familiar with the historical flags the troop display’s at many of our district events including the 2010 RR district Klondike recently held in January at IMR. Their flags have flown over every High Adventure they have taken this decade, from the White Mountains out east to the Colorado Rocky Mountains out west. Whenever they have the opportunity to present their flags they do.

For the last 4 years they have had the privilege of presenting the flags at an opening ceremony held in the state capitol building in the Assembly chamber for “Project Citizen” which involves high school youth from around Wisconsin. They have even had the chance to do a flag ceremony at the “100 hours of Honor” held in Madison, WI at the VFW post when the ½ size Vietnam Wall was there a few years back. That was a very moving experience.

For the last 5 years Troop 506 have had the privilege of presenting the flags at an opening ceremony held at the leadership breakfast for Milwaukee County Council, Boy Scouts of America. It is an impressive site to see 30 Scouts carrying in different period flags followed by the nation’s flags.

One of the favorite ceremonies they do is at “Wilson Commons” senior living center on Milwaukee’s south side. This flag ceremony is always around “Flag Day” in June every year. The troop rolls out all the flags and honors the men and women who served our country living there. Included with the flag ceremony is the singing of all the Military branch songs that the residents really get into and show there spirit followed by an ice cream social.

Troop 506 proudly believes in the symbolism and meaning behind every flag they display as each one tells a unique story in our nation’s history.

Root River District Leadership Team
District Chair:  Jeff Mantes 
District Vice Chair: Jack Marshall
District Commissioner: Bruce Kehl
Program Chair: John Kluchka 
Cub Scout Advancement Chair: Pat Koch 
Boy Scout Advancement Chair: Jim CastelliCheryl Egan
Klondike Chair: Tom Brzezicki - Art Hokanson - Warren Bohn
Winter Cub Event: Mike Bongornio
Scouting for Food Chair: Cheryl Egan
District Dinner Chair: Donna Hart - Pam Shefchik
Camporee Chair: John Shefchik
Training Chair: Vacant
Camping Promotion Chair: Vacant
Cub Scout Training Chair: Pam Shefchik
Boy Scout Training Chair: Paul Duhacek
FOS Chair: Vacant
Community FOS Chair: Connie Gratz
Family FOS Chair: Mike Schmidt
Popcorn Kernel: Vacant
Cub Scout Roundtable: Bob Ambrose Steckbauer
Boy Scout Roundtable: Art Hokanson
District Director: Margaret Williams 

 


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