Troop 131,
It looks like the trip to the SWAT team was a lot of fun yesterday and thank you to Mr. Saulski who organized it! Scouts let us know if you were inspired to work on your Crime Prevention merit badge and we will be sure to give you a Blue Card.
TROOP MEETING & BOARD of REVIEWS
Unfortunately, I have managed to pick up a summer version of Covid and will not be able to attend the meeting this Monday. I am doing fine and hopefully will be back at the meetings next week. With that said the show or in this case the meeting must go on!
We will have a Troop meeting at 7:30PM this Monday at Immanuel Church on the Hill!
Declan Heatherington is acting in the SPL this week and I know he has a good meeting plan for you with a discussion about Leave no trace (very important), patrol time and of course since it is the summer, plenty of time for games!
As per the schedule, we will hold a Board of Review at the meeting, and I know we already have a few candidates. Due to vacation schedules, we will have a second board of review next week and on the 22nd!
Our August outing is a patrol only activity. If you recall, we tried this in November of last year and it was a resounding success, with each patrol planning their own activity. I would certainly encourage you all to plan a patrol overnight camping trip, but if you wanted to do a day activity like a movie and pizza or go see a baseball game, etc … then that is fine too. It is up to you all, however, you have to help plan it!
Some of the initial ideas last year did not meet the guide to safe scouting, so the adult leaders will need to approve the plan well beforehand. During the patrol time at the meeting, start thinking about what you want to do!
JAY SETLIFF EAGLE PROJECT
See note below from Jay, he has scheduled his eagle project and needs your help. Remember, time spent on Eagle projects count toward your rank service hours.
I will be leading my Eagle Scout project at ICOH on Saturday, July 27th, from 9 am-1 pm.
We’re reclaiming an overgrown pathway in the wooded area behind the church. Please wear pants, long sleeves and bring gloves if you have them. We’re also refurbishing 2 wagons that are used for the pumpkin patch.
We will have plenty of food for breakfast and lunch and drinks to keep cool.
Please let me know if you’re coming or if you have any questions or concerns
Thanks,
Jay Setliff
BEN MOORE EAGLE PROJECT
See note below from Ben, he has scheduled his eagle project and needs your help.
Benjamin Moore’s Eagle Project is forthcoming, and he is looking for volunteers. The project is a book drive for the Boys and Girls Club of Alexandria. On August 10th starting at 10 A.M. and most likely ending around noon, I need help dropping off flyers to the neighborhood around the church (similar neighborhood to Scouting for Food). The flyer will request neighbors to donate books for kids from ages 6-18. On August 17th from 10:00 A.M. to roughly noon we will pick up any donated books and take them to the Boys and Girls Club of Alexandria. Ben needs scout volunteers to help him drop off flyers at these houses and pick up donated books the following week.
Adult drivers are also needed for both days to transport scouts throughout the neighborhood and to pick up books and transport to the Boys and Girls Club. Any donations by scouts would be greatly appreciated! If you would like to volunteer or have any questions email Ben at bendmoore07@gmail.com.
BOX OF DESTINY (Woggle/Slides)
As I announced at the meeting last week that as a fun summertime activity, we would have a woggle painting competition. Each of you is to paint your Patrol Woggle. We will review the painted woggles at the Court of Honor/Family picnic on August 26th and the best three will be able to take a woggle from the Box of Destiny (see below)!
The winners may take one of the blanks from the box or one of the ones that I painted. I am painting a few new ones now!
For your patrol woggles, I recommend that you:
- Prime them first with white or grey spray paint/primer.
- Paint them with Testors Acrylic or Enamel paint.
- Seal them with a clear spray paint coating.
For younger scouts, please talk to your parents first!
ACTING SPL
As you know the troop leadership core is at Goshen for the coming weeks so we will have a rotation of Scouts who will be the “acting” SPL at the Monday meetings. Please be sure to support these scouts!
This may change, but here is the current plan with the acting SPL in (bold):
Monday, July 15th – (Declan Heatherington)
Monday, July 22nd – (Miles Jackson)
Monday, July 29th – (Josiah Baldwin)
Monday, August 5th – (David Lloyd)
ACCOTINK BAY DISTRICT FLIGHT SCHOOL- SATURDAY AUGUST 17
Assistant Scoutmaster Patel sent me the link below to a very interesting program that Anjan Patel is going to attend. He offered to coordinate efforts/carpools for any other scouts that would like to attend. The program includes:
– Learning about rockets and flight
– Launching rockets
– Earn the Aviation and Space Exploration merit badges
Please let Mr. Patel know if you plan on attending and let me know if you would like a blue card for these Merit Badges.
https://scoutingevent.com/082-flight2024
ADULT VOLUNTEERS
We cannot do this without you! We need 2-3 volunteers to help with:
- Wreath sales (our annual fundraiser)
- Service Coordinator(s) (to help coordinate all our service projects)
SCHEDULE: One Month(ish) Look Ahead
Monday, July 15th – Troop Meeting- 7:30 PM (BoR) – Immanuel Church on the Hill
Monday, July 22nd – Troop Meeting- 7:30 PM (BoR) – Immanuel Church on the Hill
Saturday, July 27th – Jay Setliff Eagle Project – Immanuel Church on the Hill
Monday, July 29th – Troop Meeting- 7:30 PM – Immanuel Church on the Hill
Monday, August 5th – Troop Meeting- 7:30 PM – Immanuel Church on the Hill
Friday August 9th – 11th Patrol Outing or Camping Trip – TBD By Each Patrol
Saturday, July 10th – Ben Moore Eagle Project – Part 1
Monday, August 12th – Troop Meeting- 7:30 PM – Immanuel Church on the Hill
Saturday, July 17th – Ben Moore Eagle Project – Part 2
Monday, August 19th – Troop Meeting- 7:30 PM (PLC and BoR) – Immanuel Church on the Hill
Monday, August 26th – Court of Honor and Family Picnic – Immanuel Church on the Hill
Monday, September 2nd – No Troop Meeting- Labor Day
Monday, September 9th – Troop Meeting- 7:30 PM – Immanuel Church on the Hill
