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 21st. 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
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