Mustang District Awards Banquet

Your Mustang District Annual Awards Banquet takes place Saturday, April 28 at the Heritage Church of Christ, 4201 Heritage Trace Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76244.

Doors open at 5:30 pm and dinner is served at 6:20 pm.  Cost is $20 per person.

This is a time of community, fellowship, recognition and FUN!

We not only recognize our adult leadership but we also recognize the Eagles in our District.  Every registered leader is encouraged to attend.

Click HERE to be taken to the registration portal.

Trained

Every Scout deserves a well trained leader!

The Longhorn Council will give you the tools to “do your best” to deliver a FUN and exciting program to our Cub Scouts. Both the Longhorn Council and our Mustang District Training Team offers a range of National BSA training courses to help make your job easier and more FUN.

If you are new to Scouting, new in a particular Scouting job, or perhaps you want to step up to offer assistance in a supporting role, position-specific training courses are offered for you to learn the basics of your new position. If you are a seasoned veteran, there are a variety of advanced training programs.

Saturday, November 18 is the University of Scouting. If you haven't registered, there is still time to pick your courses and make a day of it. If you can't attend this year, know that we hold it EVERY YEAR!  Registration is $25 and includes lunch.  (There are a few courses that have supplemental fees such as CPR, see the course guide for more info on that.)

Online registration will close on Friday, November 10, 2017.

Walk-in Registration at the event on will be $25 for adults, $15 for youth but does NOT include lunch so plan accordingly if you're a late registrant.

Check in is from 8:15a-9a
Classes begin at 9a and last until 12p
Lunch is from 12p-1p
Afternoon classes are 1p-4p

UOS COURSE CATALOG

CLASS OFFERINGS

REGISTER HERE

Alternatively (or additionally), please be sure to check out the online courses at  www.my.scouting.org From there you will be taken to a portal to create an account and password. At that point, you can tap into the wide array of available online training courses. Leaders, please be sure you are trained for your specific position within the pack by December 1 so that we have NO issues with recharter.

Parents, this is also the site where you should go to take the on-line version of Youth Protection Training (YPT). We want EVERY parent in the pack to take YPT.

Volunteer Opportunities Available Now

As our Webelos II begin their transition into the Boy Scouts, we are needing to fill three very critical positions in our Cub Scout Pack.  First and foremost...

Awards Chair -- This person is responsible for working behind the scenes.  You run a report from our ScoutTrack software at the end of each month, take that list to the Scout Shop and purchase the awards.  Coordinate with the Cubmaster on how they are to be presented and help package them accordingly.  

This position NEEDS TO BE FILLED IMMEDIATELY.  

Our current Awards Chair needs a couple of rotations to train her replacement on how to read and run the reports. Her son is a Webelos II and THEY LEAVE in FEBRUARY.  Without her, recognition of advancement comes to a screeching halt.  

Stated differently, we don't want to and shouldn't let our current leadership wear all the hats in our Pack!  

We know there is someone out there waiting to help fill a void -- and THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE!   We need you!  

Another couple of volunteer roles that will be coming up as well are those of:  

Cubmaster -- Have a calling to work with our youth and want to help bring the program to life?  This is the job for you!  Our Cubmaster is the face of our pack!  

and 

Assistant Cubmaster -- This lucky leader fills in for the Cubmaster when s/he is unavailable.  

PLEASE SEE OUR LEADER PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE AND OTHER WAY YOU CAN HELP FILL THE CRITICAL NEEDS OF OUR PACK.

Congratulations to Alissa Downham!

Every year we are given the opportunity to select an individual to receive the Unit Driving Force Award to be presented at the Mustang District Banquet. The Driving Force Award is for the unit to recognize its faithful adult leaders, parents or helpers. 

This year we selected Alissa Downham. Alissa has been an active leader and Committee Member for several years within our Pack. Not only has she been our Popcorn Kernel for the past three years with the responsibility of coordinating the annual show-and-sell fundraiser, the take order sales, pick up, distribution and follow-through with Council, she has also been a Den Leader from Tiger to Wolf as well as an Assistant Den Leader for the Bears this year. 

Although she is no longer active within our Pack, she was presented with her award this weekend. Her spirit, enthusiasm and leadership are already greatly missed. We appreciate the heart and soul she poured into this Pack. So, please join me in wishing Alissa the best and giving her a thank you next time you see her. 

This was just a small way for us to let her know just how much she is and was appreciated! 

Thank you Alissa!