Circle Ten Council would like to encourage our Scouts and Scouters to purchase a brick ($150 each) at the Constantin/Jack D. Furst Aquatic Base “Plaza of Honor”. The bricks are a great way to commemorate a family member and/or honor an accomplishment and have it become a part of the centerpiece of camp. This program has already sold 115 bricks and raised $17,250 which was used to pay for part of building the flag plaza. The plaza has over 2,300 bricks in it and when we sell them all, we will have raised $345,000 to be used on future building projects at the camp.
We are currently looking at another great project at camp: building a 42’ X 44’ metal pavilion at Commissioners' Cove where we currently do Scoutmaster luncheons and teach the Fishing merit badge under temporary tarpaulins. The project's estimated price is between $35,000 - $48,000 depending mostly on whether we just do concrete footers and gravel ($35,000) or do the whole pad in concrete ($48,000). We would like to set a goal of an additional 125 bricks sold by May 1 to help make this project happen before summer camp.
This permanent structure would save us money and labor in the future by replacing old, worn and tattered tarps that are currently used in this location during the summer program. These tarps currently require the staff to set up and take down weekly as the wind will not allow them to stay up permanently. In addition to this, the new pavilion will give Scouts a better place to work on merit badges and our Scoutmasters a more accommodating location for their appreciation luncheon during summer camp. Not to mention the added benefit of getting our fiberglass canoes out of the damaging sun during the off season! Please consider purchasing your brick today!