This Week (April 19): Troop Meeting; Virtual Smores

Virtual Troop Meeting, 7:30 pm:

 Join us for a Troop meeting tomorrow night at 7:30pm at:     https://cbre.zoom.us/j/95196594020

Virtual Smore Competition

Try your best Scouts – We’ll have a virtual Smore competition during the Troop Meeting!

Use your creative juices that have been stored up for so long.

The smores can be regular size, mini size, super size, any size.  Cook them on a candle, cook them in the oven, but ask your parents!

A marshmallow is the only required ingredient, and if you have a compelling reason to not use a marshmallow, so be it!

Advancement Ranks:

You can be working on Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class ranks right now!  Look in your books or here: https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Scouts-BSA-Requirements-3321619.pdf.Preview attachment T131 Merit Badge Counselors.xlsx

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For signoffs:  keep track of the items you are ready to sign off, and we will work with the ASM’s and Patrol Leaders to use applications such as webex, zoom, facetime, etc so that these can be signed off.  The ASM list is attached to this email.

REMEMBER to

 follow YPT guidelines of no one-on-one contact.  For example, if you are using facetime, your parent must be present.

Merit Badges:

Older scouts looking to work on merit badges:  You can start a merit badge without a signed blue card!  Send an email to the Advancement Chair and your Scoutmaster and we will make sure your virtual blue card is signed, and a counselor identified for you to contact. If you are completing a badge and are meeting with the counselor, remember that will need to be a virtual meeting (See above note regarding YPT guidelines) . To complete the blue card, an email from you and your Counselor to the Scoutmaster and Advancement chair will show completion of the requirements.  Note that BSA is not allowing variations in Merit Badge requirements.

Merit badges: https://www.scouting.org/programs/scouts-bsa/advancement-and-awards/merit-badges/

Merit badges that can be completed without leaving home! (scroll to bottom of list): https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2020/03/20/merit-badges-for-social-distancing/

NOTE: These are useful, but not official and also not required – always follow the requirement on the BSA listing NOT on the worksheet in case they are out of date: Merit badge worksheets that are not required but useful for recording your progress:Preview attachment T131 Merit Badge Counselors.xlsx

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http://usscouts.org/mb/worksheets/list.asp

Scoutmaster: seth.a.bolte@gmail.com

Advancement Chair:  131advancement@gmail.com

Troop Meetings at FBC:  cancelled until further notice, we will let you know as soon as we know!

 

March and April Outings:  cancelled/postponed.

We’ll work on whether these will replace future outings.  In the meantime – Get Outside!  Follow the CDC guidelines for social distancing but spring is here, enjoy it!

Website: http://t131.org/

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/315489231900796/

Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=bsatroop131%40gmail.com&ctz=America/New_York

Be Prepared!

SM Bolte