BSA Troop 125

Pre-Sales

Laurie Simon — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:49:00 GMT

Regarding the last post about pre-sales: I wanted any totals your scout had so far, by August 27th. This does not need to be your final total, scouts can and are encouraged to continue to sell up until the days we make the pies. After Saturday NO ONE can get pies at pre-sale price.

We like to see the scouts take this responsibilty on themselves, since they are not as involved in the making of the pies, this is a way for them to contribute to this fundraiser. The log (which can be found on the website) is for their use. Their count of total sold and money, is due at time of pick up, which, if you're working Fri or Sat you can do after your shift, other wise you'll have to make a trip out to Eisenhowser to pick yours up.

Any questions, contact Laurie

Apple Pie Pre-Sale Deadline: Wednesday the 27th of August

Scott Schuster — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:50:00 GMT

Yes, that would be tommorrow. We just noticed this deadline on the attached form, and have rallied to sell a bunch of pies (very easy to do via email). Here is a copy of an email my wife Amy sent out -- and in one day netted 14 sales! cut, paste, tweak and send it to your email contacts. The spam king has nothing on Troop 125!

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Hello friends.....as you may or may not be aware, my boys are Scouts in Troop 125. Our annual Troop fundraiser is selling PIES at the Art & Apple festival in downtown Rochester the weekend of Sept. 6-7th. The OPC sells pies on Saturday, and our Troop sells pies on Sunday (the 7th). I know a lot of people look forward to the annual fair so they can purchase their yummy pies. The reasons you should buy from US instead of AT THE FAIR is:

(1) They're cheaper pre-sale....they're only $10 from me, $12 at the fair.

(2) You don't have to carry your pie around the fair, or pay extra to have your pie "babysat" at the pie booth!

(3) My boys will deliver your pie to your door on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 6th) with a smile on their face :)

(4) Your supporting your local Scouts!!!!!

If you are interested, please e-mail me back your order by Wednesday afternoon. Thank you for your support!

Available items:

Apple Pie - crumb top

Apple Pie - crust top

Cherry Pie - crumb top

Apple Cake (9x9 pan, dense,moist cake)

ALL ITEMS ARE $10.00 each. You can pre-pay (checks made out to me or cash), or give me the money upon delivery.

Any questions, give me a call!

Philmont 2009 -- Kickoff Presentation & Sign-Up

Ron Razzano — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:19:00 GMT

Attention intererested scouts:

Troop 125 has a strong history in sending crews to Philmont National Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico, and is again privileged with (2) crews for 2009. The Philmont expedition runs August 2-13, 2009.

Attached is a presentation intended to serve as an informational overview and request to formally sign-up. There is no meeting planned so this presentation should answer most questions. The troop owes a financial obligation to Philmont by October 1, 2008, so participation will be locked in during September. Scouts and adults must finalize their plans accordingly ! Several of you have already signed-up; if unsure whether you're on the list please confirm with me.

Philmont stipulates scouts must be 14 yrs old by January 1, 2009, or 13 yrs old and have finished 8th grade by the beginning of the expedition (August 2, 2009).

Any questions beyond what is in the presenation, please do not hesitate to ask!

Ron Razzano

The Strength of Troop 125: Pies and Parent Participation

Kent McCormick — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:33:00 GMT

T125 Parents:

Without your whole hearted effort for pie production, your son does not have Troop 125.

The opportunities for you son are dependant on money from pies and parent support. As a parent, you look to scouting to help your son learn life lessons and practice good decision-making. Now is the time for you to lead by example. Do your good turn; honor your commitment to T125, through an enjoyable visit with other parents while making and selling pies.

When you joined Troop 125:

- You, parents, agreed that you would “make, bake and sell pies” for Arts & Apples.

- Parent orientation made it very clear that the pie fundraiser is primary fundraising activity and all must participate.

- If you won’t help with pies, your son cannot be part of T125.

Consider that you and your son chose Troop 125 for:

- The many wide ranging activities.

- Numerous opportunities for youth to learn and lead.

- The troop is fiscally fit.

Generations of parents before you made thousands of pies to cover troop operating costs and add to the capital fund. That’s why we enjoy local and national outings, as well as a nice trailer and other equipment to support our large roster of Scouts.

Remember that we will lose the Arts & Apples Sunday pie tent as a fundraising opportunity, if we don’t produce enough quantity of quality pies to sell for the entire day. Without the “pie franchise” Troop 125 would have to charge annual participation fee and work much harder for multiple fundraising activities.

Regards.

Kent McCormick

Apple Pie Update/reminder SIGN UP NOW

Laurie Simon — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:01:00 GMT

Here's an update & reminder.

Out of 60 families only 27 have signed up for their shifts. 33 have either not signed up at all or not signed up for enough. If we are going to make this fundraiser a successful we need everyone to sign up for their shifts A.S.A.P.

Below is the orignal flyer, in case anyone needs it again.

Also thanks to all who signed up for spice night, we now have enough volunteers. If anyone else does want to help, please let me know, instead of just showing up. Thank you!

Laurie

** Shifts with a line though are full. **

Thursday September 4 – Dough Night 4pm-7pm, ~~7pm-10pm~~

Friday September 5 - Pie Making 2pm-5pm, ~~5pm-8pm~~, 8pm-11pm

Saturday September 6 – Pie Making 8am-11am, 11am-2pm, 2pm-5pm, 5pm-8pm

Sunday September 7 – Pie Selling ~~8:30-11:30am~~, 11:30-2:30, 2:30-5:30pm

To schedule your shifts: The best way is to email your requested shifts and I will send you back a confirmation. If you call, please leave a detailed message and I will call or email you back.

Laurie Simon- lsimon-sez@sbcglobal.net

H-248/601.1141 or C-248/894.5028

**FYI to all, including leaders: Please read, as there are some changes and new information from last year:

We cannot raise the price of our pies yet cost of ingredients and supplies go up every year. The only way we can counter act that and still raise the funds we need to run the troop is to increase the number of pies we make. As much has we want this to be as enjoyable as possible we have to make sure we’re staying focused and productive, So, in an effort to increase the productivity & pie output and in turn increase the money we raise for the troop we are requesting the following:

One of several ways we can use our time more wisely and increase productivity will be to decrease the number of shifts/hours scouts and other kids work. We love having the scouts participate, but this fundraiser has always been the parent’s responsibility. Having lots of scouts/kids there, some of who are not quite capable to do this kind of work, slows the process down. So this means only scouts & siblings 13 and older are to participate. Any questions or concerns regarding this please feel to call Pam or Laurie to discuss further.

Of the scouts who do attend, they must work their whole shifts and unless they are 15 years or older, must be accompanied with a parent, no exceptions! Only scouts 15 years old or older can work Sunday selling shifts. If they are working parking that day please make arrangements for them when they are done, we cannot have them hanging around the selling tent during your whole shift.

Since we need a certain number of volunteers for each shift, we need to make sure everyone is working their full shifts. So for example, if you sign up 4 people to work then we are counting on 4 people working their whole shift. If one of them stops working and/or doesn’t complete their whole shift, then are short handed, even if it looks like we have plenty of volunteers.

Also leaders & other adults, if you are there just to take pictures then I cannot count that as a pie making shift and will need to schedule accordingly to make sure I have enough people on each shift so please let me know if you are there to make pies or take pictures. Also, I ask that you do your picture taking with the least disruption to the pie making as possible, please. As stated above we need a certain number of people working on pies to achieve our goal. The more people we have, working as fast as possible the more likely the goal will be met.

If it turns out you can’t sign up until the last minute or didn’t sign up at all, please still call us to see where we need help the most, rather than just showing up and leaving at random times.

Thank you!

For further information or questions, please contact:

Pam Orzechowski- pam_orz@yahoo.com

H-248/652.6003 or C-248/894.6572

Laurie Simon- lsimon-sez@sbcglobal.net

H-248/601.1141 or C-248/894.5028

New Troop 125 FTP site for uploading photos

Scott Schuster — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:31:00 GMT

I'm making part of my personal web site available for folks to upload batches of their Troop 125 photos. Thus far, I have Summer Camp photos from Robin and myself, and I will be uploading them for Kent McCormick to access.

If you know how to use FTP and would the ftp address, username and password, please contact me at scott.schuster@cvctroop125.org.
If you don't know how to use FTP and would like to learn, I can help.
If you just buy another storage card when your digital camera gets full ... then bring your gear to the troop meetings where I can be found with my laptop, ready to capture photos.
If you are old school and use 35 mm film, get it processed at Walgreens or CVS and ask them to make you a photo disc -- they are cheap and better than negatives for getting reprints!

Kent donates his time and skill to make our court of honor events fun and engaging for all. Let's do a better job of getting our pictures to him this season!

Thanks,

Scott Schuster

Urgent ** Spice Night

Laurie Simon — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:02:00 GMT

We are in danger of not getting our spice bags put together because we don't have enough volunteers. I need about 10-15 more people.

If you are planning to come but haven't told me, I need to know now. Please don't just show up, I need to know how many people I have before hand, to make sure I have enough.

Older scouts can volunteer for this also, but please no children under the age of 13.

If you can, please bring measuring spoons (1/8 & 1/4) and small and/or medium size bowls to use for the evening.

Thank you!

To sign up or other questions email Laurie asap: lsimon-sez@sbcglobal.net

When: Wednesday, August 27 at 6:30 pm – 10 pm

Where: Paula Torrente ph# 586-323-1969

49603 Shelby Creek Dr, Shelby Township 48317

Thank you!

Laurie

Apple Pie Reminders!

Laurie Simon — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:22:00 GMT

So far, I have only half of the troop familes signed up for their pie shifts and only 6 people signed up for Spice Night. Please sign up for your shifts and spice night now.

As a reminder, each family is required to work five shifts of dough and/or pie-making, plus one shift of pie selling on Sunday. This can be just Mom/Dad, or Grandma/Grandpa, neighbors, friends, coworkers, etc. Below are the shifts, again those with a line though them are all full.

Thursday September 4 – Dough Night 4pm-7pm, 7pm-10pm

Friday September 5 - Pie Making 2pm-5pm, ~~5pm-8pm~~, 8pm-11pm

Saturday September 6 – Pie Making 8am-11am, 11am-2pm, 2pm-5pm, 5pm-8pm

Sunday September 7 – Pie Selling ~~8:30-11:30am,~~ 11:30-2:30, 2:30-5:30pm

Spice NIght: Wednesday August 27th 6:30pm-10pm

Any questions and to sign up for your shifts contact Laurie Simon, lsimon-sez@sbcgloal.net

Thank you!

Web site maintenance in progress

Scott Schuster — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:25:00 GMT

We've migrated our Web site to a new hosting service, and are now settling in to our comfy new server space. Please report any problems you experience with the site by sending me an email via scott.schuster@cvctroop125.org.

Thanks!

Spice Night reminder

Laurie Simon — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:36:00 GMT

Spice night does not count towards your shift requiredments. Spice night is and has always been in addition to the pie making/dough/selling shifts. When we have plenty of volunteers 14-16, it won't have to take til 10pm.

Also, because of the importance of making the dough & pie, we would rather not subsitute a selling shift for a dough/pie making shift.

If you have questions, contact Laurie or Pam.

Thank you for your support,

Laurie lsimon-sez@sbcglobal.net

Pam pam_orz@yahoo.com

Reminder to sign up for your Apple Pie shifts

Laurie Simon — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:01:00 GMT

Please sign up for your Apple Pie making shifts now, shifts are filling up! PLEASE TAKE NOTE, SHIFTS THAT ARE CLOSED/FILLED ARE CROSSED OUT.

Each family is required to work five 3 hour shifts of dough &/or pie-making shifts, plus one 3 hour shifts of pie selling on Sunday, this new this year, you now have one less hour of selling shifts. ** Keep in mind this is the minnimum required, you are always welcome to do more!!

Thursday September 4 – Dough Night 4pm-7pm, 7pm-10pm

Friday September 5 - Pie Making 2pm-5pm, 5pm-8pm, 8pm-11pm

Saturday September 6 – Pie Making 8am-11am, 11am-2pm, 2pm-5pm, 5pm-8pm

Sunday September 7 – Pie Selling ~~(8:30-11:30am~~), 11:30-2:30, 2:30-5:30pm

Spice Night - Wednesday, August 27th 6:30 - 10:00pm

To schedule your shifts: The best way is to email your requested shifts and I will send you back a confirmation. If you call but don'r get me, please leave a detailed message and I will call or email you back.
Laurie Simon

lsimon-sez@sbcglobal.net

H-248/601.1141 or C-248/894.5028

Thank you!

August 22~25th Canoe & Kayak- The Mighty Pere Marquette River, Baldwin Michigan

Don Balmes — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:32:00 GMT

The camp-out and event permission form has now been posted to the troop's web site.

Retrieve a copy and mail with check payable to troop 125.

Mail by August-14th, to Don Balmes- 6896 Houghten, Troy, 48098.

If you have any questions, call Don @ Home #248-879-3472 or Cell #248-840-1056.

Thanks,

Don

Apple Pie Baking Instructional Video

Scott Schuster — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:32:00 GMT

Have a look a this entertaining and instructional "how to" video. The kitchen is smaller (and less messy) but it looks a lot like how we bake our pies.

http://cvctroop125.org/forums/p/802/1001.aspx#1001

Thoughts?

Apple Pie Committee

Laurie Simon — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:32:00 GMT

Just a reminder about the Apple Pie Committee meeting, this Wednesday July 30, 7pm at Panera, Walton & Livernois.

If you'd like to attend to discuss coordinator positions and other assistance needed, please contact Laurie or Pam.

Thank you, your Apple Pie Chairpersons,

Pam 248-894-6572

Laurie 248-894-5028

Selling Tool to help pre-sale effort

Scott Schuster — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:16:00 GMT

The Troop 125 Apple Pie Marketing Team has prepared a promotional flyer for you, the Second to None sales team to use in your Pre-sale effort, as you canvas your neighbood and email-blast your relative. Please see the attached.

Start thinking 7.

and how easy it would be to get to 11.

Your Apple Pre-Sale Effort=Happiness AND a Huge Profit for the Troop

Scott Schuster — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:58:00 GMT

Please note that a large percentage of our fundraising profit comes from the pies that we pre-sell.

Your friends, neigbors and family love the apple pies, the apple cake, the cherry pies -- and there is no better way to ensure a crumb-top pie than to PRE ORDER!

Use the attached form to bring happiness to a minimum of SEVEN families by selling SEVEN items. Of course, seven is just the minimum. Now then, if you are the kind of person who is content with achieving the bare minimum, well then, that's cool. No peer pressure here.

Apple Pie Spice Night 2008

Laurie Simon — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:55:00 GMT

Troop 125 COME ONE, COME ALLTO PARTICPANT IN THE SPICIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR! SPICE NIGHT 2008 We measure and bag the spices and dry ingredients that go into our apple pies ahead of time. This makes pie assembly much quicker and easier. We need volunteers to assist with this. The more people (14-16) helping the quicker we’ll get done. FYI: This would be in addition to your dough/pie making and selling shifts. Older scouts can volunteer for this also, but please no children under the age of 12. If possible please bring measuring spoons (1/8, ¼ tsp) and small and/or medium size bowls to use for the evening. Thank you! To sign up email Laurie asap: lsimon-sez@sbcglobal.net When: Wednesday, August 27 at 6:30 pm – 10 pm Where: Paula Torrente (Anthony Spears mom) ph# 586/323-1969 49603 Shelby Creek Dr Shelby Township 48317 If you have any questions contact: Paula - 586/323-1969, Pam - 248/652-6003 or Laurie - 248/601-1141. THANK YOU!

Please sign up for your Apple Pie making shifts now!

Scott Schuster — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:10:00 GMT

Each family is required to work five 3 hour shifts of dough &/or pie-making shifts, plus one 3 hour shift of pie selling on Sunday, this new this year, you now have one less hour of selling shifts. We will also be having “Spice Night” where we mix our spices together a week or so before pie making. So keep an eye out for an email with further information on that. Spice Night only takes a couple of hours when we have plenty of volunteers (14-16.)

Thursday September 4 – Dough Night 4pm-7pm, 7pm-10pm
Friday September 5 - Pie Making 2pm-5pm, 5pm-8pm, 8pm-11pm
Saturday September 6 – Pie Making 8am-11am, 11am-2pm, 2pm-5pm, 5pm-8pm
Sunday September 7 – Pie Selling 8:30-11:30am, 11:30-2:30, 2:30-5:30pm

To schedule your shifts: The best way is to email your requested shifts and I will send you back a confirmation. If you call, please leave a detailed message and I will call or email you back. Laurie Simon- lsimon-sez@sbcglobal.net

**FYI to all, including leaders: Please read, as there are some changes and new information from last year: We cannot raise the price of our pies, yet cost of ingredients and supplies go up every year. The only way we can counter act that and still raise the funds we need to run the troop is to increase the number of pies we make. As much has we want this to be as enjoyable as possible we have to make sure we’re staying focused and productive, So, in an effort to increase the productivity & pie output and in turn increase the money we raise for the troop we are requesting the following:

One of several ways we can use our time more wisely and increase productivity will be to decrease the number of shifts/hours scouts and other kids work. We love having the scouts participate, but this fundraiser has always been the parent’s responsibility. Having lots of scouts/kids there, some of who are not quite capable to do this kind of work, slows the process down. So this means only scouts & siblings 13 and older are to participate. Any questions or concerns regarding this please feel to call Pam or Laurie to discuss further.
Of the scouts who do attend, they must work their whole shifts and unless they are 15 years or older, must be accompanied with a parent, no exceptions! Only scouts 15 years old or older can work Sunday selling shifts. If they are working parking that day please make arrangements for them when they are done, we cannot have them hanging around the selling tent during your whole shift.
Since we need a certain number of volunteers for each shift, we need to make sure everyone is working their full shifts. So for example, if you sign up 4 people to work then we are counting on 4 people working their whole shift. If one of them stops working and/or doesn’t complete their whole shift, then are short handed, even if it looks like we have plenty of volunteers.
Also leaders & other adults, if you are there just to take pictures then I cannot count that as a pie making shift and will need to schedule accordingly to make I have enough people on each so please let me know if you are there to make pies or take pictures. Also, I ask that you do your picture taking with the least disruption to the pie making as possible, please. As stated above we need a certain number of people working on pies to achieve our goal. The more people we have, working as fast as possible the more likely the goal will be met.
If it turns out you can’t sign up until the last minute or didn’t sign up at all, please still call us to see where we need help the most, rather than just showing up and leaving at random times.

Thank you!

For further information or questions, please contact: Apple Pie Co-Chairs, Pam Orzechowski- pam_orz@yahoo.com

Laurie Simon- lsimon-sez@sbcglobal.net

Experienced Parents: We Need Help on the Pie Committee

Scott Schuster — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:02:00 GMT

We are in need of Coordinators for each step of pie making, i.e. Dough Night, Pie Making and Selling. This does not have to be a one person job; two of you can get together and share the duties. Below is a brief description for each coordinator. Pam and Laurie will be available to assist and support all coordinators. The success of this fundraiser is dependent on some parents taking a little bit bigger role and becoming a member of the Pie Committee. What we need, on the pie committee:

Dough Night

Thursday Sept. 4: 2 people to share the set up & clean up, and on-site operating including picking up supplies from GFS earlier that day. Main time commitment is Thurs from 3pm-10pm. Make sure dough balls get to GFS for overnight storage.

Pie Making

Fri & Sat Sept. 5 & 6: 2 or 3 people to share on-site operating of pie-making and baking. Pick up supplies from GFS Friday before 2pm, set up & clean up. Main time commitment is Fri from 2pm-11pm and Sat from 8am-8pm, but those hours can be split among the 2-3 people. *Currently we have one volunteer so far, Mrs. Iglesias, thank you*

Selling

Sunday Sept. 7: 2 people to share on site set-up and sales at the Park on Sunday, plus clean up & tear-down. Main time commitment is 7am-6pm Sun, plus some time on Saturday late afternoon/early evening for ice cream pickup if necessary and to pick up supplies from GFS. Misc. Jobs Transportation; pickup refrigerated truck, transport lumber, taking supplies back to the Troop storage, etc. Return truck Sunday evening.

Spice Night

We have a volunteer to host Spice Night, thank you Paula Torrente for the second year in a row! We will have a meeting for those interested in any of the above positions, the last week of July. Please let us know a.s.a.p. which day of that week you’re available and we will announce the place, date & time as soon as it is set. If you want to join the committee but know you won’t be available that week at all for the meeting, please just let us know and we can meet when you’re available.

**Please note that these positions need to be filled by parents who have been though the pie making event at least once before. And the agenda the meeting is just for discussing those positions. If you’re thinking it’s too big of a job, please plan to attend anyway so we can answer any questions you may have. If you share the job with someone else it’s not as much as you may think.**

Our Scoutmasters and committee members give generously of their time all year round to make Troop 125 a very active, dynamic, fun and successful troop for our boys. The Apple Pie Fundraiser is when we parents give back generously of our time to fund the troop expenses for the year. For further information or to help, please contact either of the following:

Pam Orzechowski- pam_orz@yahoo.com

Laurie Simon- lsimon-sez@sbcglobal.net

Web site maintenance over the next few days

Scott Schuster — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:42:00 GMT

We're in the process of making some improvements to the Troop 125 Web site, including a transition to a new hosting company. As a result, some features of the site may not work just right, or at all. I'd also like to ask folks to hold off adding any new files until we get things sorted out. If anyone needs a blog post/announcement delivered, please email me at scott.schuster@cvctroop125.org .

Thanks,

Scott

Scouts Currently at 1st Class Rank Progress Toward Star Scout has been updated to the Troopmaster Section

Virgil Finney — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:40:00 GMT

Leaders Access Only

Scouts currently at 1st Class Rank Progress Toward Star Scout

Does not Include Ranke Advancements from Summer camp

Does Include Merit Badges From Summer Camp

Troop Roster has been Updated - Troop Roster 16JL08

Virgil Finney — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:08:00 GMT

2008 Canoe & Kayak Adventure- Pere Marquette River "Wet & Wild"

Don Balmes — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:32:00 GMT

Save The Dates- August 22-24th- Baldwin, MI.

Details and permission event form to follow.

Regards,

Don Balmes

Help Michael Morrison with Eagle Project July 17, 21 and 24 (if needed)

Scott Schuster — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:32:00 GMT

Who: Everybody is Welcome
       *Scouts/students earn service hours for helping
       *Adults are needed to operate the power tools

What: We will be building six foot storage boxes for the
              Rochester Community House outdoor activity tents.

When: Thursday, July 17, 2008 from 4:00 - 7:00 pm.
               Monday, July 21, 2008 from 4:00 - 7:00 pm.
                 and if necessary
              Thursday, July 24, 2008 from (call for times)

Where: 3449 Innsbrook Drive, Rochester Hills, MI 48309

Needed: Please bring your empty bottle & can returns
                  to help fund the cost of the lumber.

*Grubby clothes, work gloves and goggles are recommended*

**Refreshments Will Be Provided**

Any questions contact Mike @ (248) 375-0948
or BMorr49257@AOL.com

AFTERNOON WITH MOM!!!!!

Robin Ruzicska-Gabbert — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:12:00 GMT

Mark your calendar:

Sunday, December 7th 2pm

A Christmas Story at Avon Theatre

Tickets: $12 each (if we get 20 people or more to go) $14 (if less than 20 people)

More info to follow..........

Ms Robin