May Newsletter

Good afternoon!

1. Scoutmaster Newsletter - This newsletter is a little late in the month, but we have had a lot going on. I will start to produce these at the beginning of the month going forward along with the permission slips for our activity that month.

 Troop 136 Newsletter - May 2019

2. Greenlawn Cemetery - We have a great opportunity to help Greenlawn Cemetery on Saturday morning to find the gravestones of the veterans that may be missing their gravestones.

-Sign up tonight and pick up a map of the location.

-Meet at the Huntington Chapel at 9:30 am. See attached map or the map that you pick up tonight.

- They will supply pencils, notepads and maps to sections of the cemetery where we know Civil War Veterans are buried but likely have no headstones. 

-Your troop will be split into groups, depending on adult supervision available. We ask the scouts to try and locate and log for us any missing headstones with a note as to the section being searched and then write down the names of those without stones. 

-Scouts will return to Huntington Chapel at 11:00 am to return maps and notes and then for a short ceremony followed by lunch on us. 

Travel Warning: 

Avoid taking Frank Road east to Harmon Road, as the intersection at Harmon will be closed. I suggest coming north on 62 to W. Mound Street, then turn right or east on Mound. Follow Mound and it turns into Harmon and that will lead you to Greenlawn Avenue. Turn right and enter the cemetery. On the map below, enter the cemetery and follow the green road to section 56, which is also marked Chapel. We will be behind the chapel getting organized.

3. Flight 93 - We will be choosing between 3 different options for next weekend's adventure.

Option #1 - Travel directly to the campground on Friday afternoon. We would leave at 1 pm.

Option #2 - Travel to the West Virginia State Penitentiary and visit the prison and travel to campground on Friday night. We would leave at 7:30 am.

Option #3 - Travel to Grand Vue Park. Spend the day on the ropes course and travel to the campground on Friday night. We would leave at 7:30 am.

Note - One item that I did not take into account was the school schedules for all of the students. I was using the SWCS school calendar and not any other school calendar. Please share with me if your son still has school on Friday, May 31 and would not be able to attend if we left early on Friday morning or in the early afternoon. I do not want for them to miss out on an opportunity if they are still in school.

Yours in Scouting,

Phil  

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Phillip Freeman

Scoutmaster, Troop 136 in Grove City, OH 

Email: smtroop136@gmail.com Cell Phone: (614) 563-3894 

Troop 136 Axiom: "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time!"

Scout Motto: "Be Prepared"

Scout Law: “A Scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent."

Scout Oath: "On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight."

The Outdoor Code: "As an American, I will do my best to - Be clean in my outdoor manners, Be careful with fire, Be considerate in the outdoors, and Be conservation minded."

Dorchester Info, Troop Elections,and Muskingum Summer Camp

Good morning!  

1.  Tents and tarps

If you have a tent or tarp, please plan to be there at 6:45 if possible.  If you had a tent and/or tarp from the Tar Hollow and the previous campout at the Spring Camporee, please bring them ready to be turned in tonight.  Please be sure they are clean.  We will need them this weekend.  The weather will be nice tonight before the meeting if you need to clean out the tents and tarps before you bring them back to them back to the troop.  Please arrive about ten minutes early so that you can be checked back in with the tarp and tent.

2. Dorchester Participants

Here is the current list of scouts attending Dorchester this weekend:

 2019 Dorchester

In this list, I started the seating assignments. This will not be like most trips where you can just hop in a vehicle before we leave.  We will meet tonight for a few minutes to discuss the seating arrangements and other items.  Since we are crossing the border, you will be assigned to a vehicle for the trip there and back.  We can finish the tonight at the troop meeting along with the assigning of patrols for the weekend.

3.  Items needed for Dorchester

Below are the items that we will need for those going to Dorchester.  Here are the items that we will need:

      1. Passport or original birth certificate

      2. Permission form for the troop

 Permission Slip - Dorchester May 10-12, 2019

     3.  Dorchester Consent letter to travel to Canada - See attached letter

     4.  Canadian Health Form  - See attached

     5.  Scout Medical Form (Only Part A and part B completed for this trip, but some of you might need get a new one for summer camp so I attached A, B and C)

     6.  Medicine - Please bring any medicine along with dosage information with the scout.  Please include in the original prescription bottles and/or packaging

          since we are crossing the border.  They may want to look at the prescription medicine.

The only new item on this list is the consent letter.  The notary will not be at the meeting tonight, but said that if you stop by the HER building during the normal hours, she will sign the form for you.  I was directed to the website by a parent in the troop.  I recommend that you have both the permission slip and the consent letter notarized.  I met with Kirk last night and they had a similar release form they used for the previous trip in 2016.

4.  Muskingum Summer Camp

I cannot believe summer camp is almost here again.  Attached is the current list of participants.  I will be making a payment this week for those scouts and adults on the list.  Be sure to check with Mr. Baughman if you are not on the list so that you can pay for summer camp. If you confirm with Mr. Baughman that you are paid, I will pay the $260 for each scout to attend summer camp. I found out about the date last night when I met with Kirk.  I guess the camp is still sending him emails.

Adults - Last year we have had about 8-10 adults go to summer camp.  If you are willing to go for a few days, half of the week or even all of the week, please let me know so that I can add you to the list of participants.  In talking with Kirk last night, MVSR has been sending him the emails, but  I was not part of the distribution list for summer camp.  Kirk sent him the email that states that we have until Friday to make the payment for scouts going at the $260 rate.  If possible, please let me know the dates that you will be attending.

We will have our summer camp meeting on May 21st.

 2019 Summer Camp - Muskingum Valley

-- 

Phillip Freeman

Scoutmaster, Troop 136 in Grove City, OH 

Troop 136 Axiom: "How do you eat an elephant?  One bite at a time!"

Scout Motto: "Be Prepared"

Scout Law: “A Scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent."

Scout Oath: "On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight."

The Outdoor Code: "As an American, I will do my best to - Be clean in my outdoor manners, Be careful with fire, Be considerate in the outdoors, and Be conservation minded."