The Bittners: NIagara County's Distinguished Citizens

Jim and Margo Sue Bittner will be recognized as our Niagara County Distinguished Citizens at Thursday's BoyPower Dinner. Here's a nice write-up about them from the Lockport Union Sun & Journal:

http://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/a-role-model-couple/article_f92f6af9-9124-5834-baab-a8cdb2a687d9.html

Offices closed on Memorial Day

Both Council service centers will be closed Monday, May 25th in observance of Memorial Day. Enjoy the unofficial start of summer with your families and PLEASE take the time to recognize the true meaning of Memorial Day...quietly and genuinely reflect upon and appreciate the accomplishments and lives of our military men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice.

Camp Dittmer work weekends

Please join us for the May 30 or June 20 Work Days at Camp Dittmer. A variety of projects are slated to be done, and both skilled and unskilled labor will be helpful! For details & to let us know you will be joining us, please email Bob Drury: rdrury@bsamail.org

A family of Eagle Scouts

How's this for an awesome story: Four brothers, FOUR EAGLE SCOUTS.

Check out the nice report in the Lockport Union Sun & Journal:

http://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/four-eagle-scouts-in-one-family/article_09d608f5-5af2-5da3-b55c-97e685659cf2.html

June 15th golf tournament

The June 15  'Character Counts' Golf Tournament is a brand new event that will be held at the Livingston Country Club in Geneseo. Join us for a day of golfing, dinner, and auction.

Details here:

http://itcbsa.org/Joomla/images/Forms/2015/2015LivingstonGolfFlier.pdf

Save the date: Fall Camporee

Troop Leaders - save Sept 18-20 to for the Fall Flag Fest Camporee at Camp Dittmer. The BIG EVENT will be a camp wide game of CAPTURE-THE-FLAG. Other activities will include a large scale Flag Retirement Ceremony, a Short-Squad Rapid-Fire Flag-Football Tournament, and multiple stations where you can earn your own Morse Code Interpreter Strip or complete the requirements for the new Signs, Signals & Codes merit badge.