Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Scout Sunday, permission forms, and campouts

Religious - Scout Sunday, Duty to God on February 9th  
Thanks to several of our Scouts that were present at Scout Sunday.  Jim Rose started our Duty to God program again with the Scouts.  It is still not too late to begin if you could not attend the first meeting.  We were asked to help with the second service as well and so our meeting was a little shorter than we expected.  Jim met with those Scouts who were interested and as of right now, most of the Scouts wanted to meet at 6 pm before the meeting on Tuesday nights.  This would give them time to meet every other week for about three months.  This will begin some time within the next three or four weeks. There will be service projects involved and logging their daily Bible reading.  Thanks again to Jim Rose for taking the lead on this program for the Scouts.  I appreciate it!

Item that needs to be turned in this week 2/11:
1.  Permission Form for Maple Fest
Campout Maple Fest - March 6-8, 2020 Permission Form is due February 11th
We are helping with the Maple Fest at this campout.  Our station for the weekend will be the rope station.  The Scouts will be able to work in teams on this event.  Only one team will have to be at the rope station during the day.  This will allow the other team (s) to go and explore the Maple Fest.  The teams will take turns showing Cub Scouts the rope station. 

Campout next weekend for Chief Logan Klondike Feb 
We will have a great weekend camping at Chief Logan.  Plan for rain and cold weather. 
Here is the flyer for those that are going to learn more about what we will be doing:  https://skcscouts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/flyer-Barb-Wasmer-3.pdf
You may want to prepare for these competition events:
Bow drill/First Aid 
Flint and Steel 
Most creative fire starting 
Catapult snow balls/first aid 
Light, med, real snow balls 
Dessert competition 
Service project 
Sled race 
Luau dinner provided  

If you are wanting to work on any of the Cooking for advancement or to being the Cooking Merit Badge, you will need to do the following:
Find ads from this week's newspapers and bring to the meeting.
Look at the Myplate.gov website and think about the items that are on sale.
Mr. Betz will be leading the discussion of thee merit badge tonight at the meeting for those interested in earning either the cooking requirements for the merit badge or the cooking requirements advancement.  This will be done during the skills instruction time at the meeting tonight.
Here are the Cooking Merit Badge Requirements:
5. Camp cooking. Do the following:
(a) Using the MyPlate food guide or the current USDA nutrition model, plan five meals for your patrol (or a similar size group of up to eight youth, including you) for a camping trip. Your menus should include enough food for each person, keeping in mind any special needs (such as food allergies) and how you keep your foods safe and free from cross-contamination. These five meals must include at least one breakfast, one lunch, one dinner, AND at least one snack OR one dessert. List the equipment and utensils needed to prepare and serve these meals.
(b) Create a shopping list for your meals showing the amount of food needed to prepare and serve each meal, and the cost for each meal.
(c) Share and discuss your meal plan and shopping list with your counselor.
(d) In the outdoors, using your menu plans for this requirement, cook two of the five meals you planned using either a lightweight stove or a low-impact fire. Use a different cooking method from requirement 3 for each meal. You must also cook a third meal using either a Dutch oven OR a foil pack OR kabobs. Serve all of these meals to your patrol or a group of youth. **
(e) In the outdoors, prepare a dessert OR a snack and serve it to your patrol or a group of youth.**
(f) After each meal, have those you served evaluate the meal on presentation and taste, and then evaluate your own meal. Discuss what you learned with your counselor, including any adjustments that could have improved or enhanced your meals. Tell how planning and preparation help ensure successful outdoor cooking.
(g) Explain to your counselor how you cleaned the equipment, utensils, and the cooking site thoroughly after each meal. Explain how you properly disposed of dishwater and of all garbage.
(h) Discuss how you followed the Outdoor Code and no-trace principles when preparing your meals.

Here is the weather forecast for this weekend.  We might get a Polar Bear patch by camping outside in the cold weather:
DAY
DESCRIPTION
HIGH / LOW
PRECIP
WIND
HUMIDITY
FRI

FEB 14
Mostly Sunny
25°14°
0%
NW 7 mph
53%
SAT

FEB 15
Partly Cloudy
42°32°
0%
SSE 7 mph
45%
SUN

FEB 16
Cloudy
44°33°
20%
SW 7 mph
80%

2/25 Parent Meeting for the Mystery Campout over Memorial Day Weekend:
We will have another parent meeting on Tuesday, February 25th @ 7:15 PM.  This will be the meeting we pass out the permission forms for you to sign and turn back in at the meeting. You may also ask questions that you may have for the trip.  All items for this campout, permission forms and deposits will be due one month later on March 31st. 

Future Dates from the 2020 Yearly Program Plan:
February 14-16 Chief Logan Klondike at Chief Logan
February 25 Parent Meeting for Mystery Campout
February 29 SCUBA in Westerville with Captain Rick's SCUBA
March 1 Mulch Sales Begin with passing out flyers on Sunday afternoon
March 6-8 Maple Fest at Camp Lazarus
April 3-5 Spring Camporee at Chief Logan
April 17-18 Mulch delivery
April 24-26 Tar Hollow Campout with Pack 136
May 22-25 Mystery Campout (Location is a SECRET!)

--
Phillip Freeman

Scoutmaster, Troop 136 in Grove City, OH 

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