Desserts for Hog Roast

Please see the email below from Patty Spencer about the need for desserts for this Saturday’s Hog Roast.

I am using a distribution list from last December, so I apologize to those receiving this message who are no longer in Troop 136.  I will try to avoid using this list in the future.

Don't forget about the desserts we need for Saturday's Hog Roast.

Plan to bring 1-2 dozen of brownies or cookies or sheet cake (pre cut - icing not necessary) Friday night or Saturday morning by 8:30 am.

If possible on the brownies/cookies/sheet cake pre package them in a sandwich bag (1-2-3 or 4 depending on the size) and we will put them on individual plates.  If you bring in your own pan please have your name on it so you can get it back.

Please do not purchase dessert items as the people buying can buy their own store bought items at any time - we are looking for home made

And for those boys who are going to be working on their cooking merit badge this would be a good time to learn how to make something (with the help of a parent if you need it)

Patty

Todd Miller

Troop 136 Committee Chair

Hog Roast/Tag Sale, Arts in the Alley Parade, Shootout, Camporee and Backpacking

Hi Troop 136!

Tag Sale:

We have a big weekend ahead of us!  In case you thought you were not needed, think again! We need your help!  Below is an online form that you can use to help sign up for slots to help with the Hog Roast and Tag Sale!  This will help you see where we need help.  This is a huge fundraiser for our troop!  Plan to spend some time on Friday and/or Saturday making this a successful event.  Our sign is up!

Sign up here!

Arts in the Alley Parade:

Scouts will be walking again in the parade this Saturday.  Please plan to meet at the CVS parking lot at 8:30.  I will have a huge flag the scouts can carry.  This is also something the scouts can sign up to do and receive one service hour.  

Sign up here!

Three Eagles Shootout Event - October 5th

The feedback from the troop for the PLC meeting determined that a lot of scouts wanted to go shooting.  Attached in the pdf with additional information.  We will meet at the church on Saturday, October 5th and drive down that morning.  Once the event is done, we will drive back to the church.  The event will cost $15 ($10 for the shooting and $5 for lunch).

Here is the permission slip.

Fall Camporee October 25-27:

The Fall Camporee will be held at the Mount Oval Farm again.  This is a great event and there will be partial merit badge opportunities in the morning and activities in the afternoon.  It is a great event and a lot of fun for everyone involved.  This is the next campout that a scout can work on some of the camping and cooking requirements within their patrols and as a troop. 

Here is the permission slip.

Zaleski State Park Backpacking Trip November 8-10

One of the items the scouts in the PLC wanted to continue was a backpacking trip.  This is a great way to get a lot of the Second Class and First Class requirements completed.  This is also a great way to begin the hiking needed for the Hiking and Camping Merit Badges.

Here is the permission slip.

Troop Meeting Plans:

Here are the Troop Meeting Plans created by the PLC (Any grammatical errors or ideas have not been fixes purposefully)

9/17

9/25 - Court of Honor (I need someone that wants to MC the event for the Communications Merit Badge Requirement)

10/1

10/8

10/15

10/22

10/29 - The PLC will finish planning this at the next PLC Meeting on 10/6

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Phillip Freeman

Scoutmaster, Troop 136 in Grove City, OH 

Orienteering Course on Sat, 9/14

Good morning!

As it was announced at the meeting on Tuesday, there will be a chance for the scouts to participate in an orienteering course.  Plan to be at the church by 10:15.  They will be leaving the church at 10:30 am.  It will be at the Three Creeks Metro Park in Groveport, OH.

Club Information, schedule and other information can be found here:  https://sites.google.com/site/centralohioorienteers/

I am recommending that the scouts bring $5.  A donation of $3 and they can buy a map if they want as well.

Donations
Scouts/Student projects       $3
extra map                             $2
compass rental                     $1

The following people have signed up to go tomorrow morning with Roland Guay to the Orienteering course:

Jayden Viscantas

Cooper Emmelhainz

Brady Emmelhainz

Alex Rodriguez

Kohta Weese

Calvin Clasby

Zach Brown

David Sweet

Will Wisenbarger

Elias Ewing

Ian Ball

I will not be able to be there.  I will be in Indiana this weekend.  Have a great time and take pictures to share with the rest of the troop about your time at the orienteering course.  A huge thanks to Roland for suggesting that we go to this location.  Have fun!

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Phillip Freeman

Scoutmaster, Troop 136 in Grove City, OH 

Arts in the Alley/Hog Roast/Tag Sale, Creek Sweep, COH and more!

Good afternoon!

I hope you had a great weekend and were able to spend time with family and enjoyed the last few days of summer over Labor Day weekend and again this past weekend with the great weather we have been able to enjoy. As we start to get back to a normal routine with school, I wanted to share a few upcoming items with you. 

Uniforms:

We will begin wearing our Field Uniforms (Class A) at our troop meetings.      

Rank Advancement and Court of Honor:

A few scouts have been working on their next ranks.  I am so excited for them to start progressing with their advancement.  I want to recognize Jason Wright for helping us make the transition to Scoutbook the past several weeks.  He has spent a lot of hours updating Scoutbook.  Jason stated that it took him between 2-3 hours to enter the 104 merit badges from summer camp along with the first year and second year program advancement.  We took some time at our meeting this past Tuesday to update Scoutbook using the scout books.  We found some scouts had items signed off from 2015 and 2017 that were not entered into Scoutbook.  Please be sure to send Jason Wright or myself a picture of your son's book with the name on the pages so that we can enter the advancement. We are hoping to finalize the transition by the end of the year and be able for every parent to see their son's progress using Scoutbook.  Thanks for being patient with us as we continue to make the transition.

Put-in-Bay Trip:

We had a great trip.  Troop 136 received the Baden Powell Award for attending the event and participating in the required and optional activities.  There was some confusion on the times for the evening activities on Saturday night.  An incorrect time was posted for an activity.  We missed the campfire and the scouts had prepared a skit to complete the requirement for the Baden Powell.  When we arrived at the location of the campfire, a scout was separated from his troop.  We were able to help get him back to his troop since we were going the same way.  Since the scouts were not able to present their skit at the campfire, I will recommend that we have the scouts present their skit on Tuesday night at the beginning of the meeting.  If you attended the campout, be there a few minutes early.  It was a great skit they created in a very short amount of time with some added incentive to work hard at creating a skit.  They even practiced it a few times to get it right.  I am looking forward to seeing them perform it at the meeting.

Adults that attended: 

Freeman, Phil (Friday - Sunday) Driving 

Betz, Darryl (Friday - Sunday) Driving 

Steele, Becky (Friday - Sunday) 

Weese, Ron (Friday - Sunday) Driving 

Fuller, John  (Saturday - Sunday) 

Wright, Jason -  ( Saturday - Sunday) Driving

Scouts that attended:

Brown, Zachary

Craig, Nicholas

Emmelhainz, Brady

Emmelhainz, Cooper

Ewing, Elias

Fuller, Shane (Saturday night only)

Hurt, Anderson

Royce, Alex

Sweet, David - was elected as the SPL for the campout

Weese, Kohta

Wright, Noah

Flags at Greenlawn on 9/10 between 4:30 pm and 6 pm:

I was contacted by Greenlawn Cemetery to help distribute flags tomorrow.  They want for us to help between 4:30 pm and 6 pm tomorrow, Tuesday, September 10th.  I know that it is short notice and right after school.  There may not be many that will probably be able to help, but I wanted to share the opportunity to earn some service hours.  These types of service projects are a great way to give back to the community.  If you are available between 4:30 pm and 6 pm or part of the time to help distribute flags, please let me know by signing up using the link.  We will meet me at the Greenlawn Cemetery at 4:30 pm.  When you arrive at Greenlawn, tomorrow, text me at (614) 563-3894 or call me and I will let you know where we are meeting.  Here is the online sign up for service hours.  I will let them know tomorrow how many can come.

Hog Sale/Tag Sale:

Attached is the information for tagging items you bring to sell.  Christa has stepped up and will be leading the event.  Thanks Christa for taking on this task!  She will need everyone to hep in some way.  Be sure to see her email below for more details:

Parents and Scouts: Here is information for the upcoming Tag Sale that will take place in September during the Hog Roast activity on September 21^st. I have included tag numbers for each scout family and a tag sheet 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 your son.  If you have any questions please let me know.  See you Tuesday night! Sincerely, Christa EwingTag Sale Chairchrista.ewing@gmail.com

Arts in the Alley Parade:

The parade will be on Saturday, September 21.  For those who can march in the Parade, please dress in full Class A's. Please meet at the CVS parking lot at Southwest Blvd and Broadway on September 21st @ 8:30 am to get instructions and be ready for the parade to kick off.   Let me know if you can attend the parade.  Sign up here.

Creek Sweep:

Please be ready to help with our 2019 CREEK SWEEP!  We will look forward to ALL that can be there to join us on Saturday, October 12th.  We will meet at the First Presbyterian Church in Grove City. We will start between 7:30 and 8:00 AM with a Pancake Breakfast provided by Grove City.  Once we are fed, we will move to the target creek this year. We should be on the Creek Sweep by 9 am and done by 1 pm. You can also have your Arrow of Lights Cub Scouts assist as well. This is a great opportunity for community service, AND if scouts are working on Camping merit badge, you can have the requirement for conservation project signed off if they help.  Click here to sign up!

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Phillip Freeman

Scoutmaster, Troop 136 in Grove City, OH