Klondike Derby 2024: What a great time the Warlord Patrol had at Camp Lazarus on Saturday. The scouts learned a lot about teamwork and improved on their teamwork as the day progressed. The scouts worked together to take a bike apart, move it and reassemble it, tie a swing to cross a stream, shoot 22 rifles, work together to raise their sled off the ground using a pulley system, build a fire using flint and steel, first aid skills, remove disks from the center of a circle and using logs and rope to pull a heavy object. Thank you to Mr. Baughman for helping the scouts modify the sled with wheels. Thank you to Mr. Guay for driving, providing a trailer to transport the sled and teaching the scouts some new skills. Thank you to Mr. Baughman, Mr. Blackstone and Mr. Guay for attending and providing leadership for our scouts. Great job working together Scouts!
Court of Honor: Tuesday 1/30/2024 is our next Court of Honor. Please come support the scouts and celebrate their advancements and badges. We will also celebrate with Mr. Baughman as he receives his Woodbadge Beads and Neckerchief after he completed his ticket. Following these celebrations, we hope everyone will join us for some pizza, salad, desserts and some fellowship.
Scout Sunday, A scout is Reverent: Please join us this Sunday, 2/4/202, at 10am to worship with members of the First Presbyterian Church. Let's show the congregation our appreciation for all their support of Troop 136 and Pack 136.
Merit Badge Super Saturday: There is a Merit Badge Super Saturday on 2/10/2024 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Galloway, OH.. Below is a link for more information on this event. Registration opened 1/21/2024.
Merit Badge Academy: The Epsilon Tau Pi brotherhood is hosting its first ever Merit Badge Academy over two weekends on 2/10/2024 and 3/2/2024 at the Ohio University Campus. I have attached a flyer for this event.
Visit Ohio Statehouse: The scouts asked about visiting the Ohio Statehouse so we have arranged a tour of the Statehouse on Saturday, 2/17/2024 from noon to 2pm. We will meet at the First Presbyterian Church at 11am and carpool to the Statehouse for a tour. Be on the lookout for a sign up for this event.
Pumpkin Patch Update: We will have some final numbers for our Pumpkin Patch regarding the amount sold, hours worked and profit soon but there were 7 scouts who earned $50 or more for the hours they worked. Mr. Baughman will be able to update everyone individually on the amount they earned.
Sheds: After 5 plus years of working with the church and the city of Grove City, the first of our sheds has been delivered. The order for the next two sheds will be placed soon.
There are a lot of thanks to go around with all the work that has been done. Phil Freeman for placing the order. The scouts and adults who returned from the Air Force Trip in November, who cleaned the gear out of the shed and stored it in the trailers. Chris Lahman who arranged for the bobcat to clean up the area behind the sheds. Jason Savage who arranged for the dumpster for the clean up. The clean up crew of Adam Frost, Roland Guay, Jim Baughman, Ron Newcomb, and Zack Newcomb, who cleaned up behind the sheds. Jim Baughman for measuring and marking the sites for the sheds. Roland Guay for moving the last two sheds and dumpster to make way for the last two sheds. Bo Blackston and the Purple Door Church for donating lumber from risers that were disassembled to be used for shelving. The crew of Roland Guay, Cory Edeards, Jim Baurhman, James Baughman and Ron Newcomb who tore the risers out and disassembled them. Cory Edeards and Roland Guay for cutting, building and assembling the shelves in the shed. Roland Guay for ordering the steel and arranging for the new security bars to be cut, welded and secured to the shed. It's likely that I forgot someone who was instrumental in this process, but what I really wanted everyone to see is what a group effort this has been up to this point and how proud I am of our adults and scouts. We will be needing more help when we get the new sheds delivered and we need to clean out the old sheds and break them down.
Upcoming Events:
2/4: Scout Sunday, 10am, First Presbyterian Church
2/4: PLC Meeting, 4:30 pm, First Presbyterian Church
2/4: Committee Meeting, 7pm, First Presbyterian Church
2/17: Tour of the Ohio Statehouse from noon to 2pm. Meeting at the church at 11am
3/1 - 3/3: Maple Fest at Camp Lazarus
3/3: PLC Meeting, 4:30pm, First Presbyterian Church
3/3: Committee Meeting, 7pm, First Presbyterian Church
3/25 - 3/29: Spring Break, no troop meeting
4/7: Committee Meeting
4/12 – 4/14: OA Spring Fellowship at Camp Lazarus
4/19 – 4/21: Troop Campout at Hocking Hills
4/26 – 4/28: Troop 136 Mulch Delivery and Spreading
5/5: PLC Meeting
5/5: Committee Meeting
5/3 – 5/5: Pack 136 Spring Campout
5/10 – 5/11: Guarding Flowers at Gantz
5/17 – 5/19: OA Conclave at Camp Manatoc
5/31 – 6/1: Ordeal / Brotherhood at Camp Falling Rock
5/31 – 6/1: New Scout Campout
6/2: PLC Meeting
6/2: Committee Meeting
6/9 - 6/26: Philmont Scout Ranch
6/30 - 7/6: Summer Camp, Camp Falling Rock, no troop meeting
7/14 - 7/20: Seabase
8/4: PLC Meeting
8/4: Committee Meeting
