News & notes - 1/16/2012
We will be starting our Spring merit badges Tuesday. The meeting will begin at 7:00pm, as usual.
The next campout will be on February 4-5 at Camp Durant. We need to know who is going camping by next week (1/24).
There is a Norther Tier meeting at the regular scout meeting. Anyone going this summer should make plans to attend this meeting. Also the next payment of $216 is due at the meeting.
A reminder that Scout Sunday will be celebrated at Epworth UMC on February 12th. Everyone should make an effort to attend the 11:00am service to show our support for the parish.
Kevin Peterson will be collecting recharter money at the meeting. All adults listed on the roster will need to make sure that their Youth Protection training is up to date before I can turn in our charter. Money is due by 1/31/2012. The fees this year are $25 dues, $16 registration, and $12 for Boys' Life. Boys' Life is optional.
Spring Merit Badges - 2012
Here are the merit badge class assignments for this Spring:
Family Life (Ms. Moore) - A.Marron, Rajagopalan, Saper
Communications (Mr. Van Acker, Mr. Saper) - Fowler, F. Marron, Moore, Daniels
First Aid (Mr. Peterson) - Anders, Boyea, Fortner, C. Lamb, Pusak, Weaver
E-Science (Mr. Lamb) - E. Lamb, Z. McGinnis
Citizenship in the World (Mr. Daniels) - Van Acker, Struhsaker, Davis
Camping (Mr. Morris) - Graffagnino, others (who have partials)
Also,
All Scouts – Review your Camping MB partial status on Jan. 24 with Mr. Fowler
Joey Graffagnino – you may be able to get help from Ms. Moore to finish Cit Comm., also consider taking Cit. World since we are now offering it.
Anyone interested in working on Hiking MB should see Mr. Langdon
Troop Recharter - 2012
It's time for the troop to recharter for another year. The following will be the costs for this year:
- $16 for registration, for each scout and adult on the roster
- $25 for dues, for each scout on the roster
- $12 for Boys' Life, for each scout that would like to receive this magazine
You can start bringing the payment for this anytime. I need to have everyone's money no later that 1/31/2012 (along with any Youth Protection Training certificates).
More information will be provided in the near future.
Summer Camp 2012
The first payment for Summer Camp - 2012 is due this Tuesday 1/10. The amount is $100.00.
The fees for the various camp options are:
- Brown Sea Island - $340.00
- Merit Badge Camp - $340.00
- Mountain Man - $380.00
- Fish Camp - $360.00
- Claytor Lake - $380.00 (plus $60.00 if you take the Personal Watercraft Elective)
- New River Adventure - $380.00
- High Knoll Trail - $360.00
Camp is scheduled for June 10-16 2012 this year. See Mr. Morris if you want to sign-up, and to make your payment.
News & Notes - 1/9/2012
We will be having our regularly scheduled troop meeting on Tuesday 1/10. The meeting starts at 7:00pm.
This is a special meeting. We will be having some cub scouts visiting from Pack 486. Eli and Will have been working on a meeting plan so it is important for everyone to come out to this meeting. It would be good to get a few more cub scouts into the troop.
Also on Tuesday we will be talking about a new way to elect which merit badges you are going to be working on for the spring. You should come out and learn about this so that you can get into the merit badge class that you want.
There is a ski trip scheduled on January 16th. Please contact Zack McGinnis ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) for more information on this trip.
Next Tuesday there will be a meeting for everyone that is going to Northern Tier. The crews need to start getting their planning together for the summer. Also the next payment is due to Mr. Morris.
The next troop camping trip will be the weekend of February 4 and 5. The current plan is to go down to camp Durant on Saturday morning.
It is that time of year again and the troop needs to recharter. There is a compressed timeline this year and I have about five weeks to get all the paperwork done and submitted. The cost this year is going to be $16 for adults, $41 for Scouts, and add $12 for Boys' Life if you would like that.
The troop committee would like to emphasize that we want scouting to be available to all scouts. If the costs to register, camp, or participate in any troop activity is a hardship for your family, we encourage you to talk to Tim Shafer our Committee Chairman or Kevin Peterson. The troop has funds available to assist scouts and families with these costs.
Eagle Project Workdays - Kodjo Kumi
Kodjo will be having two Eagle Project workdays at Triangle Presbyterian Church on the 8th and 15th of January. Stay tuned for more information about when to be there and what to bring.
