Advisor’s Minute Hello Central Region and welcome to June! Although the weather in Chicago is still a blistery 45 degrees today, the calendar says that the official start of summer is less than a month away. Hopefully, all corners of our Region get to experience some beautiful weather soon! But, June also bring us something else; something a little more important to the world of Venturing. June 1st brings us the ending of one term, and beginning of another for our youth officers. As we have been discussing transition for the last 2 months, it is now time to recognize some amazing youth and adult leaders for a job well-done. First, to Emily Mausshardt. It has been an absolute honor to work with you through this past year. You are a fantastic, intelligent leader and will be successful in teaching and any career you decide to pursue. Throughout this year, you have kept us focused on our goals, and made sure that our Region is successful in every aspect. I consider myself very lucky that I had the opportunity to advise such an amazing young adult. Thank you for your tireless service, unending spirit, and miles of smiles. To Brian Parro, Lizzie Schneider, and Dagny Gargas, thank you for the amazing efforts through this past year as well! You have supported Emily on every occasion, and helped to make our Region shine! I am truly thankful that I also got to work with each of you to help strengthen and grow the program that we love! To Chris Sandberg, thank you for everything that you have done for Venturing, for Area 1, and for International Scouting. While I know you may only be transitioning out of the Area position, your influence and support have been crucial to our success, and to the overall exposure of World Scouting within the Region and beyond. I know we will see you on the path, but thank you so much for everything you have done. To all of our outgoing youth and adults, thank you for an outstanding and amazing year. You made it such a pleasure to do the great work that we do, and I am proud to have served with each of you. To all of our adult staff that will be staying around for just one more year, thank you for keeping me sane and helping to develop and deliver the program that we work so hard to support. And finally, to Brian, Nate, Katie, and Jenny, I look forward to an amazing year ahead of us. There is no doubt that we will encounter challenges and hurdles, but we will face them together with an amazing team of volunteers and professionals that will help us overcome them all! I look forward to working with all of you for the year ahead. As I close this month’s article, here are some final thoughts: Go Hawks, Go Venturing, and make sure you sign up for PTC!
Have a great month,
Kris Zahrobsky