Wednesday, August 8, 2018

August Newsletter


Our Theme this Month is:  Wilderness Survival
Please note the following upcoming events.
Refer to the 2017-2018 Program Plan for the complete year planning events.  Note that the plan is subject to minor changes.
1.    PLC: [Patrol Leader’s Council]
Next Meetings will be August 12th & 26th at 5:00 pm
Senior Patrol Leader, Asst. Sr. Patrol Leader,
All Patrol Leader’s. & Asst. Patrol Leader’s and other Troop leadership positions Please plan to attend.

2. Troop Committee / Parent Meeting:
Next Meeting is August 26th 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.
3.Camp-out this Month:
This month’s campout is CANCELLED

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, and also by Kroger Plus purchases. Use Kroger Plus Card for your family food purchases. A percent of your spending at Kroger on the Kroger Plus card will go into the Boy’s Scout Account.  The Scout Account can be used to pay for Summer Camp fees, Monthly camp-out fees, Troop Dues, and Troop related expenses that are approved by the Scoutmaster. Please note that the purchase of Personal Gear is not an approved expense that your scout account will cover.

Please check with Jim Baughman on status of your son's Scout Account.


5. Become a Den Chief for the Cub Pack  
You can become a Den Chief – You must be First Class Rank and go through a training course. This course will be given at the end of August or first part of September.  This will count as a position of Leadership Responsibility, which is needed for the Ranks from Star to Eagle.  See Kirk for details.

6. Camp out this month
The troop will NOT be going camping this month due to lack of Adult Leadership to participate on outing.

7. CPR Training this month
The Church is sponsoring a CPR class on August 25 at the church.  The cost is $30.00 and another $17.50 if you need a CPR completion card.  Please let Kirk Bohanan know of you interest by 8/9/2018 if you wish to attend. Payment will be due the day of the training.

8. Program Plan for 2018-2019
We have developed our next year’s program.  Look for this plan to be out soon.  Remember - some updates and change may occur throughout the year.

9. Troop Tag Sale - Sept. 15th
The Tag Sale will be on the 15th of September.  It will coincide with the Arts in the Alley weekend activity [Hog Roast Too!].  Plan to bring items for the sale on Friday, September 14th for setting up the event. Remember that 75% of what you sell at this event will go to your son’s scout account. These items should already be marked and priced.  We will need both parents and scouts to work this event.  If you can sign up please let Kirk Bohanan know. 

10. Hog Roast Fund-raiser Next Month Too! [Sept. 15th]
We will hold our annual Hog Roast Fund-raiser.  It will be September 15th at the church.  PLEASE plan on attending and HELP out.  See additional e-mails and information about this event.  The boys will earn money for their Scout Accounts.

11. BSA Health Forms
HEALTH FORMS from summer camp are now on file for the next 12 months.   If you did not go to summer camp you should have at least Part A and Part B of the New Health Form submitted to the troop.  [Part C 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.  PLEASE MAKE A COPY AND TURN ONE IN TO THE TROOP.  KEEP ONE FOR YOUR RECORDS AND JUST INCASE WE MISPLACE OUR COPY.

12. POPCORN SALE STARTS IN SEPTEMBER!
We will have our Popcorn Kick off in September.  Please be ready to get all of the information on product and prize incentives.  The sale will begin in late September. We will have information on when and where you can get popcorn for take and deliver orders. [WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A POPCORN KERNAL – IF YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE LET ME KNOW]

13. Court of Honor – Sept. 25th
We will have our Fall Court of Honor on September 25th at the First Presbyterian Church, starting at 7:00.   This ceremony will award all of the advancement that has been earned this summer.  All Advancement for this COH will need to be turned in by September 19th. Please plan to have your parents come and be apart of this event. 

September’s Theme is Sports / Cycling

Monday, August 6, 2018

Tag Sale info


Parents and Scouts:


Here is information for the upcoming Tag Sale that will take place in September during the Hog Roast activity on September 15th. Click here for info about the Tag Sale

I have included tag numbers for each scout family and a tagsheet to be used to generate your price tags for items to sell. It is an Excel based program.  If you need help with making this work see me at our meetings.  I will be having a sign-up sheet at our meetings for those to help during this event.  Please plan to assist.

Please work to get items together for this sale that will benefit you son.  If you have any questions please let me know. 


See you Tomorrow night!

Sincerely,

Kirk Bohanan
Scoutmaster Troop 136
Grove City, Ohio

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Some reminders


Troop:

Just a couple of reminders:
  • Tomorrow night we have our district leader round table meeting – at the First Presbyterian Church at 7 PM.  Please plan to attend if you want to get details on what is going on in our district. It will be the kick off meeting for the year.
  • Scouts in the OA [Order of the arrow] also have an OA district meeting tomorrow night – same time and same place.
  • PLC meeting is this Sunday at 5 PM.  We will discuss September planning and finalize the year plan.  IF you are not going to be able to attend PLEASE let me know.  You should also give me your input to the plan that your patrol has been discussion so we can get it finalized.
  • Be on the lookout for the information on our upcoming Hog Roast and Tag Sale.  It will be on September 15th.  I will be looking for help and this coming weekend I will have info on the sale and your tag numbers. 


That is all for now.  Thanks!

Sincerely,

Kirk Bohanan
Scoutmaster Troop 136