I hope everyone enjoyed your Spring Break.
Gateway District Awards Social: The Gateway District Awards Social was held on Sunday, 3/24/24 at the Grove City Methodist Church. Congratulations to all the award winners from the district. Winners from Troop 136 were:
- Carter Freeman received the Carl Cheeseman Eagle Project of the Year Award for his Eagle Scout Project.
- Jim Baughman received the Pathfinder Award
- Jason Savage received the Bridge Builder Award
- Ron Newcomb received the Bridge Builder Award
Honor Flight # 129: Members of Troop 136 traveled to John Glenn International Airport on Thursday 3/28 to greet 90 veterans from World War II, Korea, Viet Nam, the Cold War and the Gulf War, including Cindy Freeman's father Fred Kaiser. The crowd lined up, clapped, cheered, shook the hands of veterans, welcomed them home and thanked them for their service. Great job Troop 136!
2024 Solar Eclipse: For any scouts interested in earning the 2024 Solar Eclipse patch, please follow the steps below:
Earning the 2024 patch is easy and fun. It could make a great activity for a den meeting, pack meeting, Scouts BSA meeting, family outing … and everything in between.
- Locate a site suitable for viewing the eclipse. There are lots of good sources out there, but I’m partial to NASA’s official site, which lists all the major cities over which the eclipse will cross, with the exact times that Scouts and families need to be ready.
- Describe how to safely view the eclipse. It is not safe to look directly at the sun without specialized eye protection for solar viewing. This includes looking at it through binoculars, a telescope or your phone’s camera. Solar viewing glasses are thousands of times darker than regular sunglasses. Look for solar viewing glasses that comply with the ISO 12312-2 international standard. You can also safely view an eclipse using an indirect viewing method, such as Scout Life’s shoebox viewer.
- Discuss with your group what you saw and felt during the eclipse. A total solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the sun and Earth. Depending on how close you are to the path of totality, you may see the sky darken considerably. Depending on the weather, you could see stars, as if it were nighttime. In some instances, night creatures might even come out.
- Do the following: Scouts BSA members: Draw a diagram of the positions of the moon, Earth and sun to show how the solar eclipse occurs.
April Hocking Hills Campout: The PLC has been working on a plan to camp in the Hocking Hills over the weekend of April 19-21. They have several different ideas to nail down as far as the events they want to do. Below is the sign up genius: https://www.
Mulch update: Thank you to the 11 scouts and 10 adults who met at the Creekside and passed out mulch flyers. Please mark your calendars for Saturday, April 27th. This is a great opportunity to earn money for camps or other scouting costs. Mulch orders are due by April 1st. GRRRRR
Gardens at Gantz Flower Guarding: Friday, May 10th volunteers from Troop 136 will be helping guard the plants at Gantz Farm. Scouts will be sleeping in the tents with the plants and receive service hours for watching them.
Flag Placement Green Lawn Cemetery: Saturday, May 25th Troop 136 has been invited to place flags on the grave sites of veterans at Green Lawn Cemetery.
Camp Falling Rock Summer Camp 2024: Summer Camp this year is from Sunday, June 30th to Saturday July 6th at Camp Falling Rock. Below is the link for the sign up:
Upcoming Events:
4/7: Committee Meeting
4/8: Eclipse Viewing as families
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: Guarding Flowers at Gantz
5/17 – 5/19: OA Conclave at Camp Manatoc
5/25: Memorial Day Flag Placement Greenlawn Cemetery (TBD)
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
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