New Scouts, Court of Honor, and Summer Camp

Hi Troop 136!

New Scouts:

I will be sending you a separate email to discuss advancement for you this month.  I would like to spend time with each of you so that you can earn your first rank advancement before we go to summer camp.  Some of you might not be able to earn it before that time, but we will try to make sure that you have a couple of opportunities to earn the Scout rank this month before summer camp.  We discussed some ideas at the Committee Meeting last week to help you with your rank advancement and also with preparing you for summer camp.  Please see the email that I am preparing to send out this morning to all of the new Scouts and parents with more details. We also want to get you some of the items that we provide to the new Scouts.  We provide a neckerchief, Scout book, epaulets and 136 numbers, but most of you already have those.  This will help you as you prepare to get your uniform ready for summer camp.

Court of Honor on June 23:

We will need to know by next Tuesday, June 16, what type of awards ceremony we will have on June 23rd.  We discussed several ideas.  We want for everyone to be recognized on June 23 at the Court of Honor.  Not sure what it will be yet, a modified in person church parking lot meeting with less than 10 people at a time or another virtual session.  We will do our best to make it a special event for the Scouts to receive their individual recognition.  More information will be shared at some point during this week as we plan for the Court of Honor.  Our Emcee for the event will be Elias Ewing.  He will be working with Jason Wright and myself to plan the Court of Honor.  This is for his Communication Merit Badge.

Summer Camp:

A few items that you need to know for summer camp will also follow in a separate email.  I contacted the MVSR Camp Director yesterday and he said he has a meeting with the Health Department on Wednesday.  Information will be shared with the Scouts and adults later this week.  Medical forms for summer camp will need to be collected by June 23.  This is a hard date and cannot be moved back.  I want to avoid sending anyone home because they do not have their medical forms completed before camp.  Please make sure they are correct for Part A and B and C.  If you went to summer camp last year and your physical is dated after February 1, you will be able to attend using the same medical form, but part A and B will need to be updated.  

Phil

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Phillip Freeman

Scoutmaster, Troop 136 in Grove City, OH