Parents and scouts:
Just a quick note about
upcoming activities of the troop. Our meeting tomorrow night will focus
on Lashings – so Patrol leaders please be ready. Tomorrow night will also
be the last night for signing up for the camp-in this coming weekend. The
permission slip is attached. If you wish to participate please have your
permission slip in tomorrow. You will need to have your class A uniform
with you for the trip to the air Force Museum. We will be going there on
Saturday. Plan to either bring a sack lunch or money to buy a lunch at
the museum.
As for the Camp-in, we
will meet at 6:00 PM Friday night [at the church] and have pizza for dinner. As
in the past years the night well be filled with games and fun. bring your
favorite games to play with others. [and don’t forget about a snack to
share] There will be a Mind craft game set-up for those who wish to participate.
See Kenneth Buckingham for details on what to bring. And don’t forget the
Nerf War.... Here also are the rules we have worked up from past years.
PLEASE be aware that you may not get the same darts back that you bring.
Plan to identify them and we will do our best to find yours at the end of the
evening. Bring your sleeping bag and personal items to make it through
the evening.
We will be getting up
early to have breakfast and get things cleaned up and off to Dayton. I do
need help from parents to drive to the Air Force Museum. If can help
please let me know and how many seatbelts you have. It is a great trip to
see aviation history.
If you have any
questions – let me know. Below is the December Newsletter
Thanks,
Kirk Bohanan
Scoutmaster Troop 136
December 2013 Newsletter
Our Theme this Month is: Scout Skills - Skits P
Please note the
following upcoming events. Refer to
the 2013-2014 Program Plan for the complete year planning events. Note that the plan is subject to minor
changes.
1. PLC: [Patrol Leader’s Council]
Jan 5th -
from 5:00-6:00 at the
Church.
Senior
Patrol Leader, Asst. Sr. Patrol Leader,
All Patrol Leader’s. & Asst. Patrol Leader’s and other members of
the PLC including Scribe, Historian, Quartermaster are also encouraged to
attend.
2.
Troop Committee / Parent Meeting:
Next Meeting is Jan 5th at 6:00 PM at the Church.
All parents
are invited to attend this meeting and learn what is up coming in the Troop
activities.
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3.Camp-out this Month:
Date:
Dec. 13-14, 2013
Location: CAMP-IN
at the Church - Then trip to Air Force Museum in Dayton.
Leave
Friday @ 6:00 PM [at the
church]
Return
Saturday @ 3:30 PM
Cost: [$5.00 for
food Dinner, Breakfast] PLUS a Sack Lunch or money for lunch at the museum
Permission
slip must be filled out and returned by:
12/10/2013
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4.
Monthly Dues: “A Scout is Thrifty…”
Please
keep up to date on your monthly dues.
We collect $10.00 each month for troop operation. This can be paid or taken from your son’s
Scout Account. Scout Accounts are
funded by participation in fundraising activities. The Scout Account can be used to pay for
Summer Camp fees, Monthly camp-out fees, Troop Dues, Uniform expenses, and
Troop related expenses that are approved by the Scoutmaster.
Please check with Jim Baughman on
status of your son's Scout Account.
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5.
Eagle Court of Honor - Dec. 21 and Jan. 5th
There will be two Eagle Court of Honors in the upcoming months. December 21 [2:00 PM] - Andy Colborn and on January 5th [3:00 PM] for Brent Reichert. The Troop and our families are invited to
attend.
6.
December Camp-In is Dec. 13th-14th
We will be holding our December outing as a Camp-In at the
Church. We will meet at 6:00 pm on Friday and then on
Saturday we will go to the Air force Museum in Dayton [you will need a sack lunch or money
for lunch on Saturday]. The camping in
will be our annual Holiday Party. We
will have dinner on Friday night and Breakfast on Saturday. Bring
a snack and game to share for our Camp-In!
This will be a Class A uniform
outing. All scouts will need to WEAR
their uniforms TO the Friday night party so we will know that they are ready
for the trip to the Art Museum. [once at the Friday night camp-in they can
change into their Class B uniform]
7.
January Outing 1/18-19/13– Camp Falling Rock
We
are planning our January camping trip. It will be winter camping - in
tents. Please plan to be ready to this
cold weather camping. we will have a
meeting to get the scouts ready in early January. Mark your calendars and join
us for a fun filled weekend!
8. BSA Health Forms
HEALTH
FORMS from summer camp are now on file for the next 7 months. If you did not go to summer camp you should
have at least Part A and Part C of the New Health Form submitted to the
troop. [Part B is the visit to the
Doctor’s office]. This is important information that we take on our outdoor
outings in case of an emergency. Please
help us by getting this information into the Troop. As any medications change
please update Part A of your son’s form. See the website for this form.
9. Kroger Plus
Program
If
you currently are using the Kroger Community Rewards program to support the
Troop you need to follow up as directed to get credit for you scout account.
You will need to go to your Kroger reward website and print off the page that
tells how much you have contributed toward our organization in the community
rewards section. You will have until the end of September to bring the
documentation of your participation in the rewards section area to get your
credit for the latest amount received.
January's Theme is: Computer Programming
