C and O canal itinerary

Sat October 1st
7 am- Meet at the church, load bikes, arrange transport
7:30 - Leave the church and head to the trailhead in Connellsville
8:30- Arrive, unload, unload, safety brief
9:00 - Hit the trail
When we get there- Set up camp etc


Sunday October 2nd
7 AM wake up, breakfast, tear down
9 AM Hit the trail



What you need to know:
Helmets are REQUIRED
Equipment needed is just a tent, sleeping bag, clothes, rain gear, anything else is optional
Please check your bike, tires, chain etc and make sure it is in proper working order
We will have a chase vehicle for medical or mechanical emergencies.
Please wear closed toes shoes
There is a bathroom at the campground but not a shower.
Please bring a water bottle

Points of contact
Dan Miller-(814) 233-1464
Glenn Stutzman-(814) 241-0015
Campground- Outflow Campground Confluence PA
                       1579 Mae West Road, Confluence, PA 15424
                        (814)395-3242, site 2A

Change to times for Saturday

Previously I was told that the suicide awareness walk started at 3pm at central park, this is not correct. We need to be there between 1pm and 1:30 pm, the walk actually starts at 2 pm. Sorry for any misunderstanding, hope to see you all there.

Updates,info and C and O canal

Advancements
As promised, Paul has printed out advancement sheets for every boy. I will be sending these home on a monthly basis so you can discuss with your son where they are and where they need to go.

You will also find a tab on the blog with every ranks requirements in detail and I will be adding links to this page to help you along with more detailed information.

We will be starting environmental science in October, this badge is required for Eagle.

C and O Canal
When: Depart Saturday October 1st at 7 am
            Return Sunday October 2nd around 7 pm

Where:We will leave from the church, drive to the trailhead in connellsville, bike to confluenece to                 the campground. Campground to be determined as I have contacts with a couple that we are                 trying for better pricing. Sunday morning we will pack up and bike back to connellsville. 52               miles total.

Cost:   25 dollars per person as of right now, bike rental is 30 dollars per day

PLEASE RSVP BY THIS FRIDAY BY POSTING A COMMENT ON THE BLOG!!!! IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE WITH POSTING IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTACT ME FOR HELP!!

Service Hours (suicide awareness walk)
When: Saturday, September 17th at 3PM

Where: Johnstown central park

Please bring a couple canned good items for donation and wear your class B uniform!

Notes from the parents meeting

Advancements

1. We are urging parents to take a look at the merit badge list and sign up if you see something that you have some expertise in. Two that we would really like to fill are personal management and family life.
2. We will be sending home advancement reports at the first meeting of each month with your son so that everyone is on board with what the boys can be working on at home. I will also be adding a page to the blog with links to all of the requirements in case you need to reference them
3. Our goal is to get the boys advanced by the end of the year under the old requirements

England Trip

1. It was decided by the group that we will not be making the trip to England and will instead explore other alternatives
2. I am already looking into other options but if you have suggestions please feel free to bring them to my attention

Fundraising

1. Popcorn sale is going on now, orders are due Oct 17th, delivery is Nov 4th. All profits go to the boys
2. We will be doing another gunbash
3. RADA knife sales will be in Oct/November
4. Cookie Dough etc will be in Nov /December
5. Fundraising efforts other than popcorn will be profit sharing with 50% to the troop, 20% to high adventure fund and 30% going to the boy.

Service Hours

1. September 17th at 1pm we will be participating in the veterans suicide awareness walk, we are also working on other opportunities in this area.
2. October 29th we are looking at putting together a booth for a cancer awareness program, more details to follow.

Upcoming events
There will be another blog post coming behind this one about the C an O canal, please make sure you read it and correspond according to the directions in that post

Important upcoming events

Congratulations!!!
Logan Pringle, Landon Miller, Glenn Stutzman and Braydon Winkleman all advanced to the rank of tenderfoot last night!

Next Monday, Parents meeting

Next Monday, August 29th at 6:30 Pm we will have a parents meeting to discuss upcoming events, fundraising etc. We will try to keep it as brief as possible and will end our regular meeting when the parents meeting is over. Some of the items will include, gunbash, rada knife sales, popcorn, C and O canal trip, plans for winter and decisions on the possible England trip. If you have any items that need to be discussed or need time to speak please contact me asap so I can get you on the schedule.

Save the date

We are in the process of getting details about a walk on September 17th at 1 pm leaving from central park. This is to raise awareness about PTSD and complications in our returning troops.

Service hours Available

Cambria Arts Center is looking for volunteers for its Log Cabin Festival 2-3 September.  Please contact Pat Petrell if you can help out.

Pat Petrell

254-0256

 

Communication

 

If you have opportunities for the troop, or need to communicate via mass email, blog post etc, feel free to email or call me and we can make sure that the info gets sent out in the appropriate manner.

 

 

Remember, if you don't come to the parents meeting, you may miss the opportunity to have a say in what happens, see you all there!

This weekend

I apologize for the late information but here are the plans for the weekend.
Friday night at 6:00 pm you can either take your son directly to Benshoff Hill sportsmans club, you can meet up with Glenn at the church and follow him. He will be there from 6:00 pm to 6:15 pm,
after that he will be gone. We will be working and shooting Saturday, cleaning up and ready to go by 11am on sunday. The address for the club is 1260 Benshoff Hill Rd, Johnstown, PA, 15906.
Estimated cost for this camp is going to be around 25 dollars. Hope to see you all soon.

Dan

Shooting sports camp

 Shooting sports camp is rapidly approaching, here is what you need to know.......

Shooting camp will be Friday July, 22nd through Sunday the 24th.

 You must register your son ASAP by responding to the blog in the comments section. We need first and last name so that Brian Law can register the classes properly. Please also include any family that will be attending  I will not accept Text messages, emails etc. as registration as Brian needs to be able to look at them as well. Your son needs to be registered no later than this Friday, July 15th.

Next Monday at our regular scout meeting is the mandatory safety training. If your son wants to shoot, he needs to be there.

We have been asked to do some maintenance around the club to help them prep for their NRA day the following weekend. This a completely reasonable request as they charge us nothing and shut down their club for us. We will need Moms and Dads to help with this, especially Saturday. Nothing too hard but it will help them out a great deal. Please respond ASAP and let me know how many of you can help. If we do not have parents that will help clean up a bit, we will cancel the shooting camp as it is not fair to use the facility and turn our backs when they need a hand.

If you have questions, problems, concerns, feel free to contact me directly at 233-1464