TROOP 390 CAMPORALL PARTICIPATION CANCELLED. Troop 390 will not participate in the Great Trail Council Camporall Campout, November 2-4, due to schedule conflicts for many Scouts and Troop leaders. The new Troop calendars will be distributed Tuesday, November 6.

FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH RUMMAGE SALE CLEAN UP, 1:30, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3. All Scouts and their families are asked to help with clean up after Faith Lutheran Church’s annual Rummage Sale. Please be at the church at 1:30 p.m. this Saturday, November 3. It only takes an hour or so to take left over items to the Goodwill and take the clothes racks back to the basement. All Scouts, parents, cars, vans and trucks are needed. The church depends on the Troop to help, so please make a commitment to show up. Thank you! PS: Faith has invited anyone from the Troop to come to the Early Bird sale Friday evening from 6-8p.m.

TROOP 390 PARENT ORIENTATION & CALENDAR REVIEW MEETING, NOVEMBER 6. Parents, please attend our first Parent Orientation & Calendar Review meeting during our next regularly scheduled Troop meeting on Tuesday, November 6. It is very important that the parents of each Scout attend. Each family in the Troop was sent a special invitation in the mail, which contains the agenda for this important meeting. The Troop Committee needs your help to ensure quality programming for our boys. Parents, please plan to attend. If you have any questions, please call our Troop Chairman Paul Orchosky at 330-665-2537 during the evening or 330-612-7513 during the day.

POPCORN PICK UP SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10. Please pick up your popcorn orders on Saturday, November 10, between 9 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Pick up is at the Zbasnik house located at 379 Gresham Dr. in Fairlawn (second driveway on the left from Elgin Drive). Any questions, please call Mary Zbasnik at 330-666-7307.

SAVE YOUR ACME RECEIPTS FOR TROOP 390 !! Please save your ACME receipts and bring them to the Troop meetings. Cashback cash register receipts must be dated between September 26, 2007 and February 16, 2008. Be sure to mark EACH receipt with the SCOUT's NAME. The Troop will get 5% of the Cashback amount shown on the bottom of each receipt. Contributing Scouts will get credit for participating! Denise Fresh is chairing this project again this year.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP MERIT BADGE WORKSHOP, NOVEMBER 17. Here is a great opportunity that the Scouts should not pass up. The Great Trail Council is conducting a workshop for the Entrepreneurship Merit Badge on Saturday, November 17 at Camp Manatoc’s Dining Hall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Scouts will learn the requirements, hear speakers on the merit badge project and learn how America’s free enterprise system works. There is no fee for this workshop. Lunch and the merit badge book will be provided. Scouts wishing to sign up should contact Mr. Ostapowicz, phone: 330-730-5073 or e-mail him at pack3390@aol.com. DEADLINE TO SIGN UP IS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8. Merit Badge requirements will be available at the Troop meeting, Tuesday.

TROOP 390 WILL PARTICIPATE IN SALUTE TO VETERANS ON NOVEMBER 11. The annual Old Portage Salute to Veterans is from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m., Sunday November 11, at Copley VFW Post. Scouts, parents siblings and friends are all invited. Scouts should come in uniform and be there at 2:30 to line up with your unit before the salute starts. This counts as a civic service participation toward rank advancement.