Category Archives: Service

Information about a service project

Scout Sunday

February 11 @ 8:45 AM – 12:00 PM

Scout Sunday is coming up on February 11th and we need everyone’s attendance to make it a success!  This is our time to thank Madeira-Silverwood Presbyterian Church for all the support they provide us during the year.  Please plan to attend from 8:45am-12:00 Noon to support the activities for the morning.  All scouts are required to wear their Class A uniforms.  Families welcome to attend!

9am service – We’ll need 1 scout to read during the worship service (see Mr. Torborg, if interested).  Everyone else will either attend the service for support or help set-up for breakfast.

10am pancake breakfast – We need all scouts to help prepare, serve, and clean-up.

11am service – We’ll need 1 scout to read during the worship service (see Mr. Torborg, if interested).  Others will attend the service for support or clean-up from breakfast.

Scout Sunday (Sunday, Feb 12)

Scout Sunday is coming up on February 12th and we need everyone’s attendance to make it a success!  This is our time to thank Madeira-Silverwood Presbyterian Church for all the support they provide us during the year.  Please plan to attend from 8:45 am-12:00 Noon to support the activities for the morning.  All scouts are required to wear their Class A uniforms.

9 am service – We’ll need 2 scouts to read during the worship service.   Everyone else will either attend the service for support or help set up for breakfast.

10 am pancake breakfast – We need all scouts to help prepare, serve, and clean up.11 am service – We’ll need 2 scouts to read during the worship service.  Others will attend the service for support or clean up from breakfast.

Everyone that participates during Scout Sunday will get a special Scout Sunday patch, designed by our scout Shane S.

Light-Up Madeira (Saturday 12/3)

Each year, Troop 209 supports this annual Madeira tradition by tending the fire, handing-out juice boxes/cookies, managing the carriage rides line, and loading/unloading the passengers from the carriages.  The event happens in the plaza in front of the train depot.  We need both scouts and adults to make this happen!

Please email the scoutmaster for the sign-up sheet!

December Campout: Lock-In

What: December “lock-in”

Where: Camp Friedlander Youth Staff Cabins and Scene 75

When: December 9-10

Our “lock-in” is going to be bigger and better this year.  We have moved it from the church out to Camp Friedlander.  We will stay in the camp staff cabins where our favorite counselor “tent” during summer camp.  Each cabin has heat but we still need to pack carefully.  The heat will not be like what we are accustomed to at home.  I think each cabin might be in the upper 50s.  So be sure to pack a sleeping bag with appropriate cold-weather clothing!

 Our schedule will be setting up camp in the cabins and then driving out to Scene 75 in Milford for a couple of hours of indoor gaming.  Each scout will have $25 of Scene 75 credit to spend as they please.  Afterward, we will return to Camp Friedlander for a pizza dinner.  Saturday morning we will eat breakfast and begin work on our service project.  This year will be constructing 600 sandwiches for the non-profit organization—Our Daily Bread.  400 sandwiches will be meat/cheese, while 200 will be peanut butter and jelly.  The Troop will be providing the sandwich supplies…the scouts will become the “chefs”.  The consent and waiver form is due Tuesday, December 6, 2022.

The consent form can be found in the link below.

Lock-in-2022-Consent-Form-1Download

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all of our scouts and families.  I hope you had a relaxing holiday with your family and friends and are ready for 2020!
We have a lot coming in the January/February time frame so I wanted to get everything out to families!  March isn’t too far off and will bring new scouts into our group as well.

In this email:First meeting and PLC

Mulch Sign-up and Delivery Date

January Court of Honor

Marengo Cave

Summer Camp Sign-up

Merit Badge Challenge

Scout Sunday

Cross Over ceremony

Email Updates
We will kick off the year tomorrow evening starting with PLC at 5:45 and then our troop meeting at 7pm.  For those in PLC, please ensure that you can be there or have a back-up in attendance.


Please see the note from Greg Kyser yesterday on mulch sign-ups.  Sign up with a note to Greg by 1/11 if your scout would like to participate and earn money towards gear and troop activities.  The other key date is mulch delivery day on 4/4.


January Court of honor will be on 1/28.  This is pushed back a week from the original 1/21 date due to the 6th grade band concert.


Our January outing is the annual favorite trip to Marengo Cave on January 24-26 (this was the chosen activity to repeat from last year).  We will be doing the standard cave tour as well as the wet, wild cave tour and staying in the bunkhouse/cabin.  Forms are due by the Tuesday, January 21st meeting.  Attached are the T209 consent form, Marengo waiver, and what to pack for the cave.


With the new year, it is time to start thinking about summer camp!  First payment/deposit for summer camp is due 1/23, so we need camp deposits by 1/21 as well.  Enclosed is the form with payment dates .  Reminder that summer camp is 7/5-7/11.  We would love to have all the scouts at summer camp earning merit badges and enjoying the outdoors!


Merit Badge Challenge is 2/1, 2/15, and 2/22.   Please ensure that your scout is working on their pre-work!  I will be sending out a sign-up for drivers in the next few days.


Scout Sunday is February 9th. We will be celebrating by hosting a pancake breakfast for MSPC to show our appreciation for their support. All Scouts should plan to attend from 9am-11:30am.


Sunday March 1st from 12pm-3pm will be the Webelos Crossover ceremony. More details to follow, but please hold the date.

Marengo Caves Consent FormDownload
Marengo Caves WaiverDownload
Natural Trip ChecklistDownload
2020 Summer Camp VouchersDownload

Troop 209 NEWS

This post covers:
Elections: Nominations
Elections – Date Change
Spook-o-ree
Camp Conservation Day
Philmont 2017 – 50 miler award
Elections: Nominations
Nominations for the next Senior Patrol Leader is tomorrow (10/9).
Elections – Date Change
Originally we planed to have Troop elections on 10/16. They are now scheduled for 10/23. There is a choir concert on the 16th that a significant number of the boys are performing in.
Spook-o-ree
Spook-o-ree is a halloween themed event for Cub Scouts and they are looking for Boy Scouts to volunteer. Volunteers get dinner, a staff t-shirt, and a patch. Oct 20th is the suggested date as the other overlaps our Oct camp out. More info: http://www.danbeard.org/spookoree , click “Be on staff”. Scouts need to provide there own transportation.
Camp Conservation Day
Help maintain and improve Camp Freidlander. On Nov 10th is camp conservation day. Help plant trees, remove honeysuckle, etc. The event runs from 9am – 2pm and they provide lunch. The Troop will meet at MSPC at 8:15am and drive to Camp Friedlander and return around 2:30pm. This project counts as conservation hours.
Philmont 2017 – 50 miler award
Philmont crews from 2017, you have one last award you can complete. You have most of the 50 miler award done. All that’s left is to finish the conservation hours requirement. If you attend all of Camp Conservation day on Nov 10th you will complete the required hours.

Dec Climbing & Light up Madeira

We have 2 events on Dec 2nd. Rock climbing at Climb Time and Light up Madeira.

Climb Time
What: Rock climbing
When: Dec 2nd 11:15am-2pm.
Where: Meet at MSPC

Please return the attached permission slip by our meeting on Tuesday Nov 28. You also need to use the link below to fill out Climb Time’s waiver on-line.

*http://www.ctoba.com/  CLICK Waiver in the upper right hand side of the website.  It is IMPORTANT that all parents go back to their email after they fill out the waiver to confirm the submission as it is an electronic waiver.
Light up Maderia
Is a Troop service project where we serve hot chocolate and tend a fire at the Light up Madeira festivities. It’s an excellent way for us to give back to the city that supports us so well. We have multiple shifts.
9-12: Meet at MSPC and help with setup
12-2: Meet at BBQ depot
2-4: Meet at BBQ depot
4-6:30: Meet at BBQ depot, pick up at MSPC. Helps with take down
If your Scout is unable to attend climbing or doesn’t want to then the 9-12 and 12-2 shifts would be ideal. Parents are welcome to help as well.
Please email Mr Z to sign up for a shift or at a Troop Meeting.

Eagle Project: Brandon D.

Dear Fellow Scouts,

I am building a garden for Twin Lakes Senior Living Community in Montgomery for my Eagle Project and need some help. I am planning on working on my Project Sunday Oct. 15 from 12-4pm. If you are able to attend we will be meeting at 3014 Arborcreek Road in Montgomery. We will be digging flower beds, so if you have shovels please bring them as well as any other tools you think might be useful. If you will be able to attend please contact me as indicated in the Troop email

Thank You,
Brandon D.