Good evening Scouts and Families,
It’s that time of year again. We are starting to prepare for Popcorn Season and cannot wait to share all the great information for this years selling with you.
We will be having our Popcorn Kick Off meeting Tuesday September 17th so please make sure your scout attends and parents are welcome too.
Until then, there are three things you and/or your scout can start thinking about.
- Get your scout to log into and download the Trails-End app. This app will let them track their orders, send emails out, take credit cards and also sign up for selling booths.
- A form was set out through troopnews email. If your scout wants to have popcorn in hand for opening weekend of popcorn sales, please fill out the form and hand it in this week or at next weeks meeting. Please note the day and time for popcorn pick up. Friday, September 20th from 2pm-5pm is the only time available for scouts to pick up popcorn before selling starts on September 21st.
- I am looking for two parents to help volunteer their time to assist during popcorn season. This would include finalizing selling booths, help with distribution of orders, help with set up and break down of selling booths and collecting final orders/payments. If interested, please email me directly.
More information will be shared and distributed at the September 17th meeting. Looking forward to an AWESOME Popcorn Year!!!
Kimberly Scimeca
Service Hours
We have an opportunity to help a local nonprofit called Redefined Courage – They are having a gala on September 7th to help raise money to support women with breast cancer. I have copied Nikki Speer on this email, who is the president of this nonprofit.
She is looking for some volunteers to help set up and possibly help set up and walk guests to the tables. 1 hour for each group.
Here is what she needs:
5-7 more kids To help set up tables
4:45-5:45 *wear comfortable clothes
And
4 dressed Nice 5:40-6:40 (they are asking for black dresses or dress pants and a white shirt )
To walk people to tables, help take pics for guests by backdrop, and registration
It is at the Renaissance center in Wake Forest.
Please contact Ms. Nikki Speer via email at redefinedcourage@gmail.com if you are interested.
Virginia Creeper Trail
Registration is now active for the September outing to the Virginia Creeper Trail, a 34 mile long rail line converted to a bike trail in beautiful southwest Virginia.
Register Here
This trip includes being dropped off with a rental bike and helmet at the “top” of the trail, for a mostly downhill ride to the “bottom”.
Cost = Announced via Troopnews Email
Includes camping, transportation, bike and helmet rental, meals (for scouts), cracker barrel, and fishing “tournament” on Saturday night – you can choose to catch your dinner from the trout stocked pond at the campsite (or just catch and release).
Start practicing your knots!
Raleigh Park and Recreation will be hosting a Pioneering Merit Badge Clinic at Forest Ridge Park (Wakefield area) on Saturday 9/28 9:00-12:00.
Cost is $15. You need to register and pay directly with them.
If you sign up please see Mrs. Rabon for a Blue Card.
From Forest Ridge:
Earn your next merit badge at Forest Ridge Park. Sessions are designed to cover most of the material required for merit badges. Allow our experienced instructors to teach new skills while allowing for hands-on application. Equipment will be provided for all activities. Most time will be spent outdoors so dress for the topic and weather.
Registration is required.
Ages: 12 to 18 years
Location: Forest Ridge Park Pioneering Saturday, September 28, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Barcode: 244459
Register Here
Next ride will be at Forest Ridge Park again on Sunday September 8th 10:00.
Homework
- Clean and lubricate your bike.
- Bring your clean bike and helmet to Tuesday’s Troop meeting.
- Print the merit badge worksheet below and start working on it. You do NOT need to print pages 5-11 unless you want to do the road bike option.
- On page 12 document today’s ride. And document all future rides.
MB worksheet: Link
MB book:
This is an old version of the actually merit badge book I found online. The requirements are old but it will give you some basic information that will be helpful. Link
Hey Everyone sorry for not posting for these last couple weeks, caught up with school work.
So for the last few weeks we have been working on the camping merit badge with JP and Mr.Burr, selling camp cards (They go straight to your account!). some upcoming events are Citizenship in the world and the Orienteering merit badge. Again sorry for the late news!
Hey everyone we had a PLC today here are some important things that we talked about today.
*Troop guides are no longer allowed to sign of requirements. you can teach them but you can not sign the requirement. bring the scout to a scoutmaster to sign off.
*This months camp out is the cooking outing. remember to sign up if you are interested, it is a very difficult merit badge so it would be good to get it soon!
*We are thinking about doing a backpacking trip so if this would interest you talk about it with your scoutmasters and other scouts.
*We are also planning on doing a wilderness survival outing, but with a twist. it will be a shoe box outing and the summer picnic. we will do an outing but your stuff must all fit in a shoe box, and we will build our own shelters. then on Sunday parents and family will come for the summer picnic. This is still being planned but if you are interested please tell a scoutmaster.
*This years summer camp is Powhatan!
- Jared’s Eagle Scout project has been cancelled this weekend
- Meal plans for December outing
- popcorn money is due next week
Anouncements:
- Jared’s Eagle Scout project- 11/13/18
- sams Eagle Scout project- 11/13/18
- New patrol names
- sking outing registration is closed
PLC meeting.
Planed December outing to bush gardens with Roman themed breakfast competition.
Planed for January rock climbing merit badge outing.
Discussed possible February rock fish outing.
