Our Theme this Month is: Astronomy and Space
Please note the following upcoming events. Refer to the 2015-2016
Program Plan for the complete year planning events. Note that the plan is subject to minor
changes.
1. PLC: [Patrol Leader’s Council]
Feb. 7th - at
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 Feb 7th 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: Feb
19-21, 2016
Location:
Marengo Cave, Marengo Indiana
Leave Friday @ 6:00 PM
Return Sunday @ 1:00 PM
Cost - $64.00
Permission
slip must be filled out and returned by: 2/16/2016
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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, 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.
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5.
Scout Sunday – February 7th
We will honor Scout Sunday on
February 7th. We will be observing this at the First Presbyterian
Church by assisting in the 2 services on the 7th. This will
include greeting, ushering and assisting with collecting the offering that
morning. The 2 services are 9:00 am [traditional service] and 11:15 am
[contemporary service]. You and your families are cordially invited to
come and visit the church that Sunday. They would love to have us
all! This is a Class A Uniform Event. To be involved in the service,
please be there 15 minutes prior to the times listed for the services. If you wish to attend you own church in
uniform that is also acceptable. Just
let me know so I can update our activity records.
6.
Merit Badge Super Saturday – Feb. 13, 2016
Mark your calendars for Merit Badge Super Saturday on
February 13th at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at in
Galloway! As of 1/31/2016 the registration is FULL. There is a wait list if you wish to still try
to get in to this event. Check-in is from 8am-8:45, The Opening Ceremony begins
at 8:45 and Merit Badge Sessions start at 9am.
Registration ends February 13th at 5 p.m. Register online at http://scouts.mbsupersaturday.org/registration. If you have questions please contact MBSS
Coordinator Ken George atscoutteam485@gmail.com.
7. February campout
at Marango Caves!
Our
campout this month will be to Marengo Caves in Indiana. We will Leave on Friday night, Feb. 19 at 6PM
SHARP! Please plan to attend the troop
meeting to learn about what we will need to go caving. Cost for this trip will be $64.00. It will include a 5-6 hour caving
experience. You will get wet and dirty,
with a shower at the end of the day – so plan accordingly. This outing is going to be LOTS of fun. We hope to have a great turnout. Start to get ready NOW. You can go to www.marengocave.com to see details about
this adventure.
February 2016 Newsletter - Page 2
8.
The Eagles Have Landed…
Congratulations to our newest Eagle Scouts – Caleb Porter
and Jeremy Kilgus. They have successful
completed their Board of Reviews in January.
Their Eagle application paperwork is now in progress of getting filed at
the National BSA office. Look for more
details later as to their Eagle Court of Honor.
We will also be holding Eagle Court of Honors both this month and in
March. On February 13th we
will hold an Eagle Court of Honor for Tommy Robinett, Brian Kuehne and Aaron
Stover. In March, we will have Sheridan Smith’s Eagle Court of Honor on March
12th. Please mark your calendar and be a part of their recognition ceremonies.
9. Get Ready for
Mulch!
We will have our Mulch Fundraiser again this year – but we
need your HELP! Dates are March 6th
in the Creekside Subdivision for to take orders and April 15-16th to deliver. Please
keep these dates free for lots of work! On the March 6th date, we will meet at the
Creekside subdivision in Grove City. Our
meeting location will be at the corner of Autumn Wind Drive and Snowy Creek Drive [At the Historical Dig
Site]. We will meet at 9:30 and be done by 12:00 PM. This will be a Class A uniform event on March
6th; not on the delivery dates
10. Dorchester International
Brotherhood Camporee – May Campout
The troop is planning the trip to Dorchester Canada which
will be May 6-8th [Mother’s Day Weekend]. We will be leaving early Friday about
8:30 am [so no school that day if you go]. This event is an International Camporee
weekend that will have lots of activities for the scouts to interact as well as
meet scouts from Canada and other states. If you are interested in going please
plan to have the following documents for the trip: 1] Birth Certificate and 2]
Insurance card / Proof of Health Insurance.
We are not going to have to have passports to go for the scouts, but any
adults will have to have one. We will
need help on this trip to transport the troop.
We will have more information on this later as it relates to cost and
travel arrangements. The cost will be
approximately $75.00. We will firm up
this price as we get closer.
11.
Summer Camp 2016!
This year we will be going to Chief Logan in Jackson
Ohio. Date of camp is July 3rd-July
9th. The Camp fee is due
March 29 to the troop - $260.00 for early bird and $280 after this date.. Keep a look out for upcoming information in
the months to come.
12. BSA Health Forms
Health
Forms from summer camp last year are now on file for the next 6 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 have and are able to take
on our outdoor outings in case of an emergency.
Please help us by getting this information into the Troop. As any
medications changes please update Part A of your son’s form. See the website for
a link to the latest revision of this form. Once you get this Medical Form updated, please
turn in to Rob Robinett. PLEASE MAKE A
COPY FOR YOUR OWN RECORDS BEFORE TURNING IT IN TO US.
March’s Theme is: Engineering
