Light up Madeira

Help needed from both boys and adults. Sign-up sheet will be available on Tuesday Dec. 1 OR you can e-mail Mr. Fitzgerald BEFORE then to get the slot you really want. All shifts are currently available. Looking for about 5 boys/2 adults per shift. If your son is going to the rock climbing event, they should only sign up for one of the last two shifts.

  • 9:00 – noon (meet at church to help load up supplies, no additional adults needed for this shift)
  • Noon – 2:00 (meet at BBQ Depot)
  • 2:00-4:00 (meet at BBQ Depot)
  • 4:00 – 6:30 (help return supplies to the church)

“Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.”

– Theodore Roosevelt

Happy Thanksgiving to You & Your Families.

 

Campout: Being prepared for the cold

The weather looks like it is going to make for an interesting Wilderness Survival campout this weekend. The temperature at Camp Michaels will be 5-7 degrees lower than the Cincinnati area due to the location. It is important that boys Be Prepared. Below are some guidelines that Mr. Kimbrough put together a year or two ago to help those that have never camped in cold weather.

Keys:

  • Layer your clothes
  • Changing into dry clothes before going to bed
  • Hats/gloves/extra shoes
  • Sleeping bags, blanket, etc.


Click for weather forecast

Camping: Wilderness Survival

Last campout of 2015 and it is always one of the boys favorites. We will be going to Camp Michaels which is a Dan Beard Council property in Northern KY. The theme is Wilderness Survival. Boys will hear a lot of detail over the next two troop meetings about what they are permitted to bring, how to pack, how to build a shelter and cooking constraints.

The Camp Michaels – Nov 2015 – Consent Form needs to be returned NO LATER than Tuesday 11/17.

Merit Badge Challenge: Pre-work

Scouts should be working on their Merit Badge pre-work for Merit Badge Challenge. This is especially true those that have a 90 day requirement. Follow this link MBC Pre-work Details to get specific details about what needs to be done for each Merit Badge.

Troop registered for Merit Badge Challenge

The Troop has been registered for Merit Badge Challenge (thank you Mr. Zack). An e-mail was sent out to those with Scouts signed up for Merit Badge Challenge 2016. If you didn’t receive an email and were expecting to, please contact Mr Zack to get registered.

For those that received an email, please book all three Saturdays mornings (January 30, February 6 and February 20, 2016, and Snow Date February 27) into your family calendar to ensure that your Scout will be available. Most, if not all of the Merit Badges have pre-work that should be done PRIOR to the 1/30 date. The below merit badges have more significant requirements that will need to be addressed/started soon. Those with a 90 day requirement means that this piece will need to be started within the next few weeks. The pre-work information is attached. Boys can either get a merit badge booklet out of our closet (if available) OR look them up on-line (meritbadge.org) to figure out what they need to work on ahead of time. Boys will be reminded of all this information in upcoming Troop meetings.

  • Merit Badges with significant requirements
    • Family Life – 90 days
    • Personal Management – 90 days
    • Citizenship – council meetings and other things that will need to be planned out in advance

If Scouts have ANY questions, they should see Mr. Zack at the next Troop Meeting.

MBC 2016 SycamreChoices – Prework

MBC Update.

Hello all,

Merit Badge Challenge (MBC) registration for the Sycamore location opens on October 15th. This is the location that our Troop will attend together on 1/30/16, 2/6/16 & 2/20/16. If these dates do not work for your son, there are other options throughout the city that Mr. Zack can help with information.

At the Troop meeting on Tuesday October 6th, all boys that plan to attend the Sycamore MBC with the Troop will be signing up for their Merit Badges. Attached is more information along with the form. IF boys want to complete the form ahead of time, that is fine, otherwise we will just do this during the troop meeting on 10/6. We ask that he at least spend a little time this weekend looking through the options and trying to decide what he would like to take. If your son is unable to attend the meeting on the 6th, the drop dead date for forms in 10/13. This will give Mr. Zack time to proof and organize the forms in order to attempt to get everyone their first choice when the registration system opens on 10/15. Mr. Zack will take care of ALL registrations for boys going to the Sycamore location, you do not need to do this on your own. Thanks Mr. Zack for taking on this huge task year after year.

Thanks

MBC 2016 SycamreChoices

MBC 2016 – Troop 209 Registration Form