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Troop 406 Update
April 2, 2008
NEWS -
Daniel Boone
Patriot Days – Date Change!!! The event will be held June 13 – 15,
Tentative $30.00 fee
Summer Camp
– We’re still open for parents to attend. You can split the expense and
attend a half-week. Don’t miss this opportunity to spend time with your
Scout! Talk to the Scoutmaster ASAP!
Golden Age
Manor Dinner has been postponed due to organizational changes
at the Manor. The dinner will be held Sunday May 4. Details will be sent
separately sometime soon.
Summer Camp
Programs for new Scouts as well as experienced Scouts will be
announced soon. If you feel adventuresome the entire program guide is
available at – Warning if you print this, it is about 64 pages!!!
http://www.colbsa.org/openrosters/DocDownload.asp?orgkey=1112&id=37785
If you see a
special program that interests you please contact your SPL or
Scoutmaster. Just be sure to check the age requirements and any extra
fees required.
Please Note
SEABASE and PHILMONT crews:
If you are part of
our Philmont Crew or Seabase Crews, your events, notices dates and fees
are not posted here. Previous experience shows that the majority of our
Scouts and Scouters become confused with all the additional information.
Please refer to your Crew leader’s emails and notices for your activity
specific dates. Those activity specific dates ARE considered when
scheduling regular troop activities to de-conflict as many as possible.
Rechartering
- The Troop has re-chartered. Due to some paperwork mismanagement
between us and the Council offices we will need to ask a few of the
adult leaders to submit new paperwork to maintain their membership. Tom
and I apologize in advance for this inconvenience.
PARENTS/MERIT BADGE COUNSELORS -
Please review the matrix below and
verify what badges you want to counsel for. Send the information
to pwcriswell@gmail.com.
Send an email, even if the answer is none! Also, please let us
know if you want to counsel outside the troop and whether you would like
to lead a session at the college.
Old Merit
Badge Counselor Matrix -
Click Here
Important Dates
April 8 – Tuesday -
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Parent’s/Committee Meeting – Social Hall, Grace
Lutheran Parents this is your Scout’s Troop let’s hear your ideas,
complaints or constructive criticism! The Scouts may run the troop but
you still have a say in it.
April 9 – Wed.- 7:30
PM – 9:00 PM – Roundtable and OA Chapter Meeting – Methacton HS
If you are a leader or even
an interested parent come on out and see what the troop’s registered
adults do on their night out! If you are an adult or youth OA member
come on out and see what makes the OA tick!
April 10 -
Swimming @ Ursinus 7:15 PM – 8:45PM Swimsuit, towel, $2.00 and a
have fun attitude required.
April 12 – Saturday
– 11:00 AM – Andy Hoffman’s Eagle Court of Honor
April 18 – 20 - OA
Service Weekend – Camp Hart First opportunity for our new OA
Candidates to complete their Ordeal.
April 25 – 27 -
First Class Camping – French Creek State Park - ALL Scouts new
and experienced have more fun and earn more rank advancement here than
anywhere else, except maybe Summer Camp! And it is Inexpensive! $25.00
New policy – If the weather is forecast as turning cold, windy and
downright ugly for Sunday we will pack up Saturday night and return to
the warmth and comfort of our homes. Just kidding! Scouts make sure you
are “Prepared”. Warm clothes, waterproof outerwear and waterproof
footwear are a must! Remember three quarters of Scouting is Outing.
May 4 - Golden Age Manor
– Community Service Project. Opportunity to work on your Cooking Merit
Badge, come up with a skit or song or organize a “Campfire”, more on
this later.
May 8 -
Troop Meeting
- Relaxed dress code
takes effect. Class B uniform is acceptable at Troop
Meetings only. The Full Class A uniform is still required for Boards of
Review, any Troop Travel to and from camping and Courts of Honor.
May 29 -
Spring Court of Honor - Class A Uniforms
June 13-15 - Daniel
Boone Patriot Days
Payment Due Dates - Just as
a reminder -
April 10 - $25.00/$30.00 – First Class Camping - Apr
25-27 – French Creek State Park
May 1 - $30.00/$35.00 – Lafayette District Spring Camporee and Canadian
Scout Exchange – May 16-18 – The Armory, Spring City, includes
collectable patch! This is also the Canadian Scout Exchange Weekend.
Meet Canadian Scouts and learn how they Scout in the Great White North!
Host a Scout if you have previously participated or would like to travel
to Canada for the Exchange in 2010.
May 22 - $30.00/$35.00 – Daniel Boone Patriot Days – June 13-15 – Daniel
Boone Homestead
March 27 -
T.I. Summer Camp Deposit- $50.00 due by Thursday March 27th.
You already missed it but talk to us. We will leave NO Scout at home!
This is too much fun and too important to miss! Remainder
($225.00) due by April 24. Fee is $300.00 total after that date.
Please contact Mr.
Szabo to pay these fees.
Go - TROOP 406 EAGLES!
For More Troop 406 Eagles go to the The
"Troop Structure" button above and then click on the "Eagle
Scouts"
button.
Brian P -
Eagle Court of Honor
- May 24, 2008
Matt O. -
Eagle Board of Review - Feb.
13, 2008 Done!
Chris B. - Eagle
Court of Honor - May 24, 2008
James E. - Eagle
Court of Honor - May 31, 2008
Andy Hoffman - Eagle
Court of Honor - Apr. 12, 2008 - Done!
Frankie R. - Eagle
Court of Honor – March 2, 2008 - Done!
Kenny Houseal -
Eagle Court of Honor - June
1, 2008
Bill Dougherty -
Eagle Court of Honor
- Aug. 2, 2008
CONGRATULATE
OUR
EAGLES!
Stories-
Remember if you need to publish a story for
your Communications Merit Badge (Eagle required) you can do it here,
just send your story to the Historian, he'll post it. For the latest
story go to the scrapbook and click on the links at Camp Spencer .
Photos
-
All Photos are now in the “Scrap Book” To access these photos scroll to
the top of this page and click on "Scrapbook" and Voila! There they are,
including everything from the Fort Mifflin to the Klondike Derby and
includes Eagle projects. Check them out! The Ski Shawnee
Photos are up!
Information -
Cradle of
Liberty Council Merit Badge Counselors List is once again available on
line.
You or
your son must be a registered member of the BSA in order to receive a
login and a password in order to access the list. This is done for the
privacy of the MB Counselors. If you have difficulty obtaining the
required MB information please contact the Scoutmaster.
If
you for some reason
you
haven’t received your patrol patch, or haven’t sewn your patrol patch on
yet, this is where it goes - click on
"Eagle Patrol".
Scout
Participation -
At
the last several Parents/Committee Meetings there has been discussion
about how much does a Scout need to participate in order to meet the
requirements to advance in rank. This discussion revolves around the
Scouts who participate in legitimate activities outside of Scouting the
two largest being Marching Bands and Team Sports. Hanging on the corner
with his buddies or computer gaming is not approved. Rather than bore
everyone with all the discussion the results are defined as the
following.
It is
recommended that a Scout should attend at least 30 % of the Troop’s
Meetings and other activities. Less participation than this could be
detrimental to a Scout’s advancement. A Scout is required to attend the
mandatory community service projects or an approved alternate. Each
Scout’s participation can be reviewed by the Scoutmaster on a one by one
basis. The Scoutmaster can decide whether an individual Scout has met
the requirements of participation. Note that each Scout must present
himself to a Board of Review in order to advance. The Board of Review is
the last step in a Scout’s advancement approval.
Request Forms-
A page has been added to the site that allows the scouts to request a
scoutmaster's conference or a board of review. This page can help
patrols better plan the amounts of patrol / individual time needed per
meeting and can help you finish your requirements faster by ensuring
that someone is at the meeting in order to complete your needs. The
page is found "here"
or in the navigation bar at the top of
the page. Please be
punctual
in relaying your information as it takes a little while for the
information to be processed (don't submit it the day of a meeting and
expect to do what you want that night) To request a Merit Badge
Counselor please contact them directly. Thank you.
Links to other interesting Scout Stuff -
We
are Troop 406, a uniformed troop. There may be a surprise uniform inspection at any time. The
Patrol with the highest score will be treated to a trip to Nelson's Ice
Cream. Once rechartering is completed your new membership cards will be
distributed. The membership card is part of your uniform. It is advised
that you laminate your card as Mom's washing machine will turn it into a
useless white lump. Council will NOT reissue a new card until the next recharter. If you joined after re-chartering, see the Scoutmaster for
your temporary ID.
The
Scoutmaster
still
has a really cool National Guard Beret. The beret is a size 7-1/2
(Small) black, lined, wool, made in the USA and has the basic light blue
patch with 13 white stars on it. I think it should go to a Scout that
does an exceptionally good turn. If you know a Scout who deserves and
would like this beret please inform the Scoutmaster. All submissions
will be considered. Keep on the lookout for Scouts doing good deeds!
(I guess I am going to have this Beret forever!)
Bring your empty ink jet cartridges
for donation, Mr. Miller tells us that the used cartridges have
earned us over $500.00! Probably $750.00 by now!
Yours
in Scouting,
Mr. Houseal, Scoutmaster Troop 406
610
310-0468 or email to
khouseal_1@hotmail.com
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