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Monday, January 24, 2022
SPJST Youth Section State Fraternal Director shares February updates Hopefully, everyone had a great time bringing in 2022! There were many SPJST lodges hosting New Year’s Eve dances and celebrations. It was low key at our house this year. I received my C o v i d booster shot and f e l t crummy so I decided to turn on the television to watch the ball drop in Times Square while in the comforts of home! Did anyone see the full moon on Monday, January 17? The Farmer’s Almanac calls it the full Wolf Moon. It caught my eye looking into my rearview mirror coming home Monday evening after work. I only wished I had pulled over to take a photo of it. I did find a great photo online taken Monday night from Yahoo. I wanted to share with you. Let’s Get Together! In the coming weeks, I will be heading to each district to visit with our youth leaders and DYCs. The goal: to listen to your thoughts about our youth program and to hear your ideas about revitalizing it. You will receive thought questions prior to the visit that will be designed to encourage meaningful discussion. Your own questions will also be encouraged. This informal gathering will last no more than a couple of hours and be held at your lodge or a quiet restaurant. 2022 SPJST Lodge Membership Drive: Up, Up and Away! Introducing the 2022 Membership Drive and Contest for all lodges. Here’s your chance to help grow your lodge and raise a little funds for the lodge, too. As we enter the new 2022 year, it’s time to focus on bringing in new members to your lodge. Last year, we introduced a new referral program. In
2022, your lodge can be paid for those referrals. For more information, see page 7. 2021 Youth Quarterly Reports Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for turning in your last youth club quarterly report for 2021. • Next report due Friday, April 15. • Youth Leaders, please become a member of the closed Facebook group page—“SPJST Leadership.” Questions? Give me a call. 2022 SPJST Youth Club Handbook Review Youth Leaders, please add this to your calendar. We will review changes to the 2022 SPJST Youth Club Handbook in a virtual meeting. • Saturday, January 29 at 9 a.m. and ending no later than 12 noon. • A .pdf file of the handbook will be sent to you weeks prior. • Here’s the link to join: https://www.gotomeet.me/spjst/youthclub-handbook-review Dates for 2022 Camp Sessions • LIT Camp Thursday, June 23 to Sunday, June 26 • Junior Camp Session One Thursday, July 7 to Sunday, July 10 Districts Two, Three, Four, Five • Junior Camp Session Two Thursday, July 14 to Sunday, July 17 Districts One, Six, Seven • All camp registrations start at 2 p.m. and last one hour. • Late registration must be coordinated with your District Youth Counselor. • All qualifying campers, LITs, and chaperones may choose either session.
• 6 p.m. - Friday night social • 7 p.m. - Appreciation dinner • Enjoy an overnight stay at beautiful Camp Kubena. • Saturday will be filled with fun, team building activities to assist you in your youth club. and a motivational speaker. • Experience high ropes, axe throwing, disk golf, and other activities and amenities at Camp Kubena. • Saturday morning breakfast and lunch will be provided. • District Youth Counselors, youth leaders, and camp chaperones are invited. Bring a guest, too. SPJST Camp T-Shirt Orders Members, youth clubs, and parents will order camp t-shirts online in 2022. More details coming soon! District Youth Achievement Days All districts will host live District Youth Achievement Days (YAD) in 2022. We will be converting to an online registration process through the SPJST website. No more cards! Yeah! • Craft categories that will have attachment uploads: * Photography * Hobby Kit (photo of box/package) * Desserts (pdf/photo of recipe card) * Royalty (speech and headshot photo) • Entries are due 20 days before the respective scheduled District YAD (Contact youth DYC for more information.) • District One - Sunday, July 10 Caldwell Civic Center • District Two - Sunday, July 17 Lodge 47, Seaton
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• District Three - Sunday, March 27 Lodge 25, Ennis • District Four - Sunday, June 12 Venue TBA • District Five - Saturday, July 16 Lodge 88, Houston • District Six - Sunday, July 10 Taiton Community Center • District Seven - Sunday, June 12 Lodge 202, Jourdanton hosting • Royalty speech topic - “My SPJST Family — What It Means To Me.” State Youth Achievement Day State YAD will be in Temple at the Frank W. Mayborn Civic and Convention Center on Saturday, July 30. District Youth Development Workshop Each district will conduct its own workshop for their respective youth. Leaders and parents, please bring your youth club members to the workshop. • • • •
District One - At spring meeting District Two - Sunday, February 20 District Four - to be announced District Seven - to be announced
Due to the upsurge in Covid cases, our districts have an option to host the workshop now or hold off until a later date. 100 Pennies Scholarship Fund Drive Everyone spread the word! The 2021-2022 SPJST 100 Pennies Scholarship Fund Drive to benefit the scholarship fund is in full swing, and we need your help!
Lodge 25, Ennis youth: fun pizza, bingo times
Camp Registration Coming Soon We ask for your patience as we will soon introduce the camp registration process for 2022. Stay tuned to the “SPJST Youth Program” Facebook group page for updates on camp registration. Youth Leaders Appreciation and Workshop Save the Dates: April 22 and 23 Our youth leaders are very important to SPJST. Make plans to join us at Camp Kubena as we show our appreciation.
Kalynn Ryan and her dad, Blake, enjoy a game of bingo.
Kalynn’s sister Kenley Ryan and great-grandmother Margaret Krajca.
Dear Readers, I had pizza and played bingo at the meeting. We won prizes. It was fun. —Kaylynn Ryan, age 8
