I hope you all had a great weekend and for those that took part in the Intro to Scuba this Saturday, I cannot wait to hear how it went. There were a few scouts who could not participate due to illness or other issues, there is a possibility of a makeup class on the 22nd, however you will need to coordinate directly with the Scuba shop. A big thank you to Mr. Saulski for organizing this for the troop!
PATROL LEADERS CONFERENCE (PLC)
We will have a Patrol Leaders Conference (PLC) on Monday at 7:00 and right before the meeting. All newly elected or appointed leaders should show up!
TROOP MEETING
We will have a Troop meeting at 7:30PM this Monday at Immanuel Church on the Hill!
Your new SPL has asked all scouts to bring their books to the meeting as the topic will be planning future meetings. Patrol Leaders will survey their scouts using a spreadsheet.
Thanks to a black Friday sale, the holidays have come early for the troop. We are in possession of five new GSI Troop Cook sets. They are stainless steel, tough as nails and even you-all will have a hard time destroying these. We can say goodbye to all the old and beat up aluminum gear! At the meeting, I would like you all to pull them out of their packaging, look at them and then put them into your patrol bins.
ELECTIONS
Thank you all for another successful election. See below the results and if you have not collected your new leadership patch, please see Mrs. Farmer and she will give it to you.
SPL: Arthur Dalton
ASPL: Theo Ramirez
ASPL: Owen Farmer
Troop Guide: Jonathan Nguyen
Troop Guide: Rylan McDonald
Troop Guide: Andy Devlin
Quartermaster: Tadhg Devlin
Scribe: John Grocki
Librarian: Thomas Grocki
Chaplain’s Aide: Henry Mills
Historian: Elliot Perry
Bugler: Arthur Dalton
Order of the Arrow Rep: Josiah Baldwin
Den Chief: Anjan Patel
Outdoors Ethic Guild: Declan Heatherington
Moose/Nylon
PL: John Wells
APL: Gabe Muldoon
Mustachios
PL: Jack Norris
APL: Joshiah Baldwin
Snapping Turtles
PL: George Pica
APL: Francis Gress
Goats
PL: Talis Saulski
APL: Rhys Devlin
Penguin Raiders
PL: Teddy Teixeira Moffat
APL: Karsten Gross
REORGANIZE PATROLS- NEW WOGGLES
Just a reminder on the new patrol organization. For any scouts who need a new patrol woggle, I will have them at the meeting!
- Moose and Nylon (combined)
- Mustachios (no change)
- Snapping Turtles (no change)
- Goats – Combine with ½ of the Tasmanian Devils
o Logan Bond (on sabbatical)
o John Grocki
o Greyson Hunt
o Peter Hay
o Talis Saulski
o Rhys Devlin
o Sami Lipke
o Anjan Patel
- Penguin Raiders- Combine with ½ of the Tasmanian Devils
o Thomas Grocki
o Karsten Gross
o Nate Horn
o Elliott Perry
o Teddy Teixeira Moffat
o Simon Macek
o Quinn Ziemann
(*) Note: If I left anyone off this list, I apologize in advance, this was my understanding of who will continue with scouts into the new year!
2025 ACTIVITY PLAN
Thanks to your collective efforts we had a good year, but we need your continued help and commitment to make 2025 Successful. See attached Draft Calendar for the coming year. This represents the activities you wanted to do and is based on input from the PLC’s.
Except for scuba and summer camp (which are locked in) all these dates are tentative.
- January -24th-25th – Winter Camping and Caving (TBD)
- February 21st-23rd – Winter Camping Backpacking (TBD)
- March 14th-16th – Camping and Shooting (Issac Walton League)
- Saturday March 29th – Scout Skill Saturday
- April 25th -27th Primitive Camping and Fishing (Linden VA and Lake Thompson)
- Saturday May 3rd – Scuba Confined Water Swim (Minnie Howard Pool)
- May 9th -11th – Camping Trip and Biking Trip (Leesburg/TBD)
- June 6th-8th – Camping Trip – Scuba Open Water Course (Lake Phoenix, VA)
- July 6th -12th – Summer Camp – Camp Marriott at the Goshen Scout Reservation.
SCHEDULE: One Month(ish) Look Ahead
Monday, December 9th – Troop Meeting (PLC)- 7:30 PM – Immanuel Church on the Hill
Monday, December 16th – Troop Meeting (BoR)- 7:30 PM – Immanuel Church on the Hill
Monday, December 23rd – No Troop Meeting
Monday, December 30th – No Troop Meeting
2025
Monday, January 6th – Troop Meeting – 7:30 PM – Immanuel Church on the Hill
Monday, January 13th – Troop Meeting – 7:30 PM – Immanuel Church on the Hill
Monday, January 20th – No Troop Meeting- Federal Holiday
