Category Archives: Fundraising

2011 Mulch Delivery – Second Day

Posted on March 27, 2011 by dick.barnes

March 26th was the second day of mulch deliveries for our annual fundraiser. We had a good turnout, and everyone worked hard and seemed to have lots of fun as well. I certainly saw a lot of Scout Spirit. It … Continue reading →

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2011 Mulch Fundraiser Part 1

Posted on March 12, 2011 by dick.barnes

Today we delivered the first installment of mulch for our big annual fundraiser. The proceeds of this sale are used to replace Troop equipment and to subsidize camping and other activities throughout the year. We’ll do another, bigger delivery on … Continue reading →

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Final Mulch Delivery

Posted on March 31, 2010 by dick.barnes

Well, we delivered our final 1500 bags or so of mulch this past Saturday. The turnout as not as good as we had hoped for, but all the bags were delivered to the customers by around 3 pm or so. … Continue reading →

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Earlybird Mulch Delivery

Posted on March 6, 2010 by dick.barnes

This year, we decided to to an “earlybird” delivery for those who wanted to get a head start on spreading mulch. We will deliver the remaining mulch on the 27th of March.

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Adopt-a-Spot and Mulch Flyers

Posted on February 17, 2010 by dick.barnes

Well, we picked a great weekend . Snowed on us … not as bad as the previous weekend … just flurries this time! Before going out to deliver fliers for our annual Mulch Fundraiser, we did the Adopt-a-Spot (the road … Continue reading →

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A Busy Saturday

Posted on April 20, 2009 by dick.barnes

Wakeup came early on Saturday. I was up at 6:30am, getting ready for the final day of our big fundraising event … mulch delivery. Sales were up this year, with quite a few repeat customers. I arrived at the church … Continue reading →

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Shipman Adventures

Posted on April 1, 2009 by dick.barnes

Last weekend, the Troop made its way to Shipman, VA, which is between Charlottesville and Lynchburg on US 29. It was sort of an introduction to basic backpacking and primitive camping for the newest members of the Troop. They backpacked … Continue reading →

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OA Elections & Troop 11 Website Work

Posted on March 10, 2009 by dick.barnes

Well, I’ve been busy this week. I supervised an OA election on Monday night, and I can’t remember one that I was more unprepared for. I got off very late from work and had to rush to get to the … Continue reading →

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