Alpha Rho needs volunteers for their annual Merit Badge University in Austin. There are over 1000 Scouts that come to UT for this event and APO brothers teach merit badges to the Scouts. This is a great project and will be a lot of fun!!!! They need all different type of volunteers and volunteers get a lunch and free t-shirt too! The date is February 16, and they need volunteers from 7am – 6pm. Come and go as need be, just let the volunteer coordinator know. Contact Mallory Johnson volunteer@utmbu.org.
Section 43/44 Conference
February 7, 2013Co-Sectional Registration is up folks! Start registering for this awesome exciting conference, best conference yet, and bring your favorite super hero costumes!!! (more explanation to come) http://fs18.formsite.com/textreme/form4/index.html
All information for Sectionals can be found HERE! <—That link there
Or this link here —-> https://aposection43.org/events/conferences/section-4344-conference/
Section 43 Project and Fellowship
February 7, 2013Section Project this Spring semester will be held February 22 – February 24, 2013 in Ding Dong, Texas (Yes, I spelled it Correctly). It is a project with the C5 Foundation and will be fricken awesome! Volunteers will stay in cabins (serving as a “counselor”), assist with projects, and participate in various activities.
Please register here: http://fs18.formsite.com/textreme/form5/index.html
If you can not stay the entire time, we will have something else at the camp planned for you to do as well.
If you plan stay the entire weekend, please contact
For those serving as cabin counselors/group leaders (need:15+; 9 female/6 male)
6pm, Friday, February 22 – 3:30pm, Sunday, February 24
3012 Industrial Terrace, Austin, Texas, 78758
We’ll have space on our buses for volunteers to ride into camp with your youth OR they can drive themselves and follow the bus.
**THESE VOLUNTEERS WILL NEED TO COMPLETE/PASS C5’S BACKGROUND CHECK**
I’ll also have a volunteer orientation with them, either via conference call or in person)
I will need to know names/have background checks of the cabin counselors/group leader volunteers no later than February 13 (to process background checks).
For those coming in just for Saturday’s project (15+; any gender split)
8am – 7pm, February 23 (Or come at 9am and miss breakfast, you may be able to stay over night, we are working out the details)
2419 Gann Branch Road, Killeen, Texas, 76549
We will provide these volunteers with Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
I’ll need to know final numbers for Saturday only by February 20 (to buy the correct amounts of food).
Volunteers can tag team (i.e., one stay the first night, another the second night), but I would need to know in order to plan accordingly.
Section 43 Fall Project
October 15, 2012The Section 43 Project and Fellowship will be held November 3/4 in Bastrop, Texas. Get it on your calendar! The weekend will include two service projects (one for the Scouts and the other will be helping at the Race for the Cure in Austin (Yes, some driving will be required), a catered dinner, and skating at the Bastrop Skate Park! Woohoo! Look for more info to come as we get closer to the date.
There is no cost to the brothers for this event other than the $5 skating fee. This event is open to any and all brothers.
Staff the 2013 Boy Scout Jamboree
June 26, 2012Are you interested in serving on staff at the next Boy Scout National Jamboree?
Then apply to serve on the Alpha Phi Omega booth or service corps at the 2013 National Scout Jamboree! The application is live and still taking applications from what I understand, but you will need to contact Brothers Kevin Studey for booth staff, (kevinstudey@gmail.com) or Gary Brownstein for service corps (garybrownstein@comcast.net) to let them know you are interested in applying.
To apply online you must logon to the APO.org national website to register.
Visit: http://www.apo.org/show/National_Programs/Scouting_and_Youth_Services/BSA_Jamboree
For more information and apply for APO staff positions!
It is an experience you will never forget.
Sectionals 2012
February 3, 2012Want to find out more about the Section 43/44 conference that will be held March 2nd-4th? Then go here (https://aposection43.wordpress.com/events/conferences/section-4344-conference/) to find out more! Hope to see you all there. Oh and, by reading means that you will be attending the conference.
Well, sorta. Just go register and see you all in a month!
Region 7 Conference
September 28, 2011The Section 43 Staff is looking forward to seeing brothers from all across Region VII at the Region VII Conference that will be held October 28th to the 30th in San Antonio, Texas. The conference will be hosted by our own Delta Pi Chapter (Trinity) along with the other chapters in San Antonio which include Alpha Alpha Zeta (St. Mary’s), Alpha Alpha Rho (UIW), and Alpha Gamma Omega (UTSA).