Hi Troop 136!
Patrol Meetings:
I wanted to be sure that you knew about the plan for this
week. We will not have a troop meeting on Tuesday, September 1st. We have
several patrols who will be meeting during this week. Please look
at the Band app. The Patrol Leaders have tried to find a time that was
good for their patrol members. I will also encourage the
Patrol Leaders to contact each of the patrol members to be sure they are
aware of their meeting dates to work on the cardboard boats in case
the Scouts in their patrols do not have access to the Band app.
1. Be sure that when you meet in your patrols that you
are wearing a mask and have hand sanitizer available when you arrive and
when you leave when you are working as a team to make your boat.
2. When you meet, be sure to review and become
familiar with your patrol name, emblem, flag, and yell. These items are what
you will need to display your patrol spirit at the Cardboard boat race.
Please share this with me by email. I would like to be able to share
with the troop your selection of patrol names and patches in an email next
week.
3. Share with me your patrol patch design, your name,
emblem, flag and yell by Friday, September 4th. I want to be able to
order your patch for the September Court of Honor. I would need the
designs if you want to have a patch created as well by Friday, September 4th in
order to place the order for you to receive by the September Court of
Honor.
4. While you are meeting, plan your next Patrol
activity to start working toward the National Honor Patrol Award and share what
you plan to do with me so I can add it to the future events in my weekly emails.
Here is the National Honor Patrol requirements: https://www.scouting.org/awards/awards-central/national-honor-patrol/
Cardboard boat race:
You may want to review the rules for the cardboard boat
race. Be sure to follow the guidelines. The boat can only be made
out of three items: cardboard, duct tape and pvc pipes. We will plan to
meet at the YMCA pond at 6:30 pm for the boat race. We will have the
inspections and the boat race will begin at 6:45 pm. The patrol
member that will be in the boat to cross the lake and back again will be the
same person and will not be required to wear a mask when they are in the
water. They will remove their mask when they enter the boat and will put
it back on as they leave the boat. We will also have a popcorn tasting
and handout of supplies at each of the patrol locations. A map will be
shared with you this week with the location of the patrols. I am hoping
to be able to use the names of the patrols when I share the map details.
I should be able to share this next weekend once the patrols submit their patrol
names with me this week.
Future Activities:
8/29 PLC Meeting 4:30 pm at the church firepit area, bring
your devices and look for an email from the SPL with the shared documents
8/29 Troop Committee Meeting at 6 pm (Parents and leaders
are encouraged to participate)
9/1 Patrol Meetings to put together your cardboard boat
(Patrol Leaders will set up a location for the patrol to meet this week.
Please let me know so that we can have adult leaders at the location
supervising the construction of the cardboard boat.)
9/6 Personal Management Merit Badge 3 pm at the church firepit area, Thanks for Jeff Colborn being the merit badge counselor
9/8 Meet at the YMCA pond for the boat race at 6:30, Inspections of the boats
and race beginning at 6:45 PM
9/8 Popcorn kick off tasting and pick up of sales material for
the popcorn sales
9/15 Virtual Troop Meeting at 7 PM and Dragons Patrol Meeting at 7:30 PM
9/22 Troop Court of Honor
9/25-9/27 Campout at the Great Seal State Park, Central Ohio Orienteers will
have an orienteering course setup and other activities will be planned by the
PLC on 8/30.
9/29 Virtual Troop Meeting at 7 PM and Blackhawks Patrol Meeting at 7:30
PM
10/6 Virtual Troop Meeting at 7 PM and Blue Blazes
Patrol Meeting at 7:30 PM
10/9-11 Three Eagles Shooting Event and Campout at Mount
Oval
10/13 Virtual Troop Meeting at 7 PM and Dragons Patrol
Meeting at 7:30 PM
--
Phillip Freeman
Scoutmaster, Troop 136 in Grove City, OH
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