Troop 136 News

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Meeting, Backpacking, Fleece Sweatshirts, name tags, and future events

Hi Troop 136!

Tuesday 11/17 - Knights of Mandalore Patrol Meeting at the firepit

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TImzwWFeXx24wQ3e5dMR6-dZyESSXbHgDbhaEmV6C2E/edit

Be sure to join before 7:00 pm to avoid waiting for us to finish the flag ceremony to allow you to join the group. I will open the Google Meet at about 6:50. Be sure to join the meeting wearing a Class A uniform. After we complete the meeting, the Alpha Dogs Patrol will meet briefly to vote for their Patrol Leader. Only those in the Patrol will be able to vote. Noah Wright and Shane Fuller are running for Patrol Leader and will have an opportunity to speak if they want before the Patrol votes to determine their next Patrol Leader on Tuesday night. If they decide to speak, they will have up to two minutes to speak about why they want to be the next Patrol Leader.

Backpacking trip in November:

Only one more week to get help in preparing for the backpacking trip in November. Roland Guay will be at the church on Tuesday night at 6:30 to check your gear. Plan to bring what you are thinking about wearing and hiking with this weekend. Roland wants to see what gear you might need in preparation for the trip. He can give you feedback about what you should or should not have for the trip. Lots of good information shared and great questions! The weather for this weekend is amazing!!!!

Zaleski Backpacking trip 11/20-22:

We will meet at the church on November 20th at 5:30 and leave at 6:00 PM. We will travel to the campground and families can drop off their Scouts. I have included a link for both the approximate drop off location and pickup location on Sunday at about 11:00 AM. I will be using the 270 to 33 to 56 to 278 route to and from the location.

Zaleski Backpacking Trip November 20-22, 2020

Fleece Sweatshirts and name tags:

I will be sending out a separate email with a sign up for your fleece sweatshirts and name tags. The fleece sweatshirts will be partially paid for by the troop and the name tags will be paid for by the troop. Two name tags will be provided to each Scout. One will be for their shirt and the other will be for their fleece jacket. The decision was made by the committee to have the name tag on the fleece sweatshirts just like the uniform.

Future Events:

11/17 Virtual Troop Meeting at 7 PM and Knights of Mandalore Patrol Meeting at 7:30 PM

11/20-11/22 Hiking campout Location to be determined by PLC on 10/6 The PLC has chosen to go back to Zaleski

11/24 No Meeting

12/1 Virtual Troop Meeting at 7 PM and Alpha Dogs Patrol Meeting at 7:30 PM

12/8 Virtual Troop Meeting at 7 PM and Dragons Patrol Meeting at 7:30 PM

12/10-12/13 No Campout at Christmas in the Cave Campout (Need to determine another activity since Covid-19 does not allow us to sleep in the cabin)

12/15 Meeting - PIE in the Face to Mr. Freeman for Scout Advancement and Popcorn Sales! Location TBD (Every Scout that had a rank advancement in 2020 and/or those Scouts who sold at least $300 in popcorn sales or increments of $300 will get one pie to throw for each achievement in rank or for each increment in $300 in pie sales!)

12/22 No Meeting

12/29 No Meeting

Phillip Freeman

Scoutmaster, Troop 136 in Grove City, OH

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Tonight's meeting, backpacking in Nov, and more

Hi Troop 136!

Tuesday 11/10 - Alpha Dogs Patrol Meeting at the firepit

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1csgnqJafaSeNs319kUxiy0HU9VyIHrFnHXYEFyr0I4E/edit

Bure to join before 7 pm to avoid waiting for us to finish the flag ceremony to allow you to join the group. I will open the Google Meet at about 6:50. Be sure to join the meeting wearing a Class A uniform. After we complete the skills instruction, we will have nominations for SPL. Patrol Leader elections tonight.

Backpacking trip in November:

Only two more weeks to get help in preparing for the backpacking trip in November. Roland Guay will be at the church each Tuesday night at 6:30 to check your gear and to give feedback to you about what you should or should not have for the trip. We have had great attendance at the event. Lots of good information shared and great questions!

Zaleski Backpacking Trip November 20-22, 2020

Meeting location during the winter months:

No news yet. I will hopefully be able to share news regarding a location for us to meet this month. Some things to think about is the number of people that we might bring together for the meeting. We might still need to meet virtually as a Troop and have patrol meetings similar to what we are doing right now once a week.

Cub Scout Pack 136:

Cub Scout Pack 136 has reached out to us for help. They need a Wolf Den Leader. If you are looking for something to do and want to help these Scouts be successful, please let me know and I will let the Cubmaster and a den leader in the Pack know you are interested in helping.

Sunday 11/10 Advancement Blitz:

It was a great day to get some advancement completed. However, we did have some Scouts show up without their Scout Books and were not ready to begin advancement. Scouts, please be prepared and ready to demonstrate your advancement. We will schedule another one soon, but be prepared when you come and read your book ahead of time. The 30 minutes of time does not give you a lot of time, so be prepared instead of spending the time reading and trying to learn new material. Thanks to those Scouts who came prepared!