Upcoming events and news

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. A couple of upcoming events, and important information for you.......

Merit Badges:

Citizenship in the nation:
Riley Mastovich, Gavin Miller, Brendon Petrell, Mike Reynolds and Eli Sakmar need to write a summary of five national news headlines from five different days. This should be a national story, not local or world news. These need to be turned in by the meeting on January 4th or they will have to start over on the merit badge which may include new requirements.This badge is required for Eagle Scout. Any questions can be directed to the merit badge counselor, Paul Miller.

Personal Fitness:
We have started the personal fitness merit badge, anyone participating needs to keep a fitness log for 90 days. Please make sure your son has started to do this. This badge is required for Eagle Scout. Any questions about this can be directed to the merit badge counselor, Paul Miller.

Parents Meeting:
Monday January 4th, there will be a brief 15 minute parents meeting. The focus of this meeting will be to briefly discuss the troop finances. Paul will have an envelope for each of you that will include, if you owe money, how much you owe, and for what.As our troop continues to grow this will be an increasingly important issue. As a heads up, I (Dan) will be making a motion to the committee in February that as of March, if you owe the troop money, you cannot participate in any camping trip or outing until arrangements for payment have been made.

Board of Review:
At the meeting on Monday January 4th, we need 2 or 3 parents to stick around and help with boards of review so that boys can advance.

Blog:
We have now successfully signed up at least one parent from every family to the blog. A couple of things to mention:

You can add as many email addresses as you wish so you can get updates at work, or home, or on your phone.

Moving forward I urge you to have the boys enter their email and follow the blog as well. That way, you can put the monkey on their back. If they see an event and want to go, they can ask you and sign up for it themselves.