Our first Winter Campout! Promontory Point was our destination. It turned out with nice weather. We toured the engine house and participated in a service project, splitting logs for the wood burning engine.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
November 2007 Newsletter
November 2007 Newsletter - Troop 933
Dear Parents,Camping:
Thanks to Daren Felix and Norm Young for their help at our Brownsea Island Fall Camporee. Boy, did we build men out of the scouts who came. A cold front was approaching and the state had seriously southerly winds that day and night! The boys had fun trying to fly with a blue tarp, along with sleeping in a wind storm. These guys are tougher because they braved the great outdoors of Antelope Island. We saw bison and antelope, as well as enjoyed good food and friends. Unfortunately, we missed a great bike ride on Antelope Island too. The wind had worn us out and we didn't feel like pedaling during a snow storm. We'll try some bike rides next spring and hopefully by summers end, we'll have passed off the cycling merit badge. However, don't forget dads and moms, you could always take you son out on a Saturday this fall. What a great experience that would be for your son.
We look forward to camping out at Promontory Point on November 16/17. We'll be visiting the museum and hopefully we'll get a look at the steam engines which are tucked away in the garages for winter. We'll also do a service project while there. We hope to have some dads who haven't had the opportunity to come with us in the past. This will be a chance to transition your sons into scout camping.
We got snowed out for our hike to Lewis Peak in October. We'll look forward to hiking next Summer. Our follow up car washes have been rained out as well. Parents have asked me to stop scheduling things for weekends so the weather would be better. (Nothing was scheduled for October 26th and look how nice it was!)
Service:
We're making plans on stocking the shelves at the 17th Street Welfare store in Ogden in January. Scouting is service and we hope to be able to get an hour or two on our trail to Eagle.
For your information, each scout should have a blue binder for merit badge and scouting information to be placed in. This month we'll be adding some really neat sheets for keeping track of things:
1 - General tracking sheet of service hours, camping nights, leadership positions, etc.
2 - How to get a merit badge sheet showing the steps each scout should take to earn a merit badge.
3 - Trail to Eagle sheet, showing on a single page all key tasks required for rank advancement.
4 - Duty To God check list, supplemental to the book each boy should have.
Merit Badge Focus:
We'll be working on Personal Management during the monthd of November and December. This is a required merit badge. For new parents, we'll be working on 15 required merit badges during the 2 years your son is in scouts. A multi-page worksheet will provided for each merit badge, which he should place in his blue binder. As parents you are invited to work with your son on these required merit badges. Our troop meetings will focus on each requirement, many of which will need to be completed at home or elsewhere. You're supervision will be required if you want you son to attain the merit badge. Also, many scouts partially earned their Emergency Preparedness merit badge at scout camp. We'll be finishing this merit badge up also.
November activities:
November 13 - Pre-trip planning, blue books - insert new sheets discussed above.Promontory Point Winter Camp -
November 16-17. See attached permission slip.
November 20 - Troop meeting; Personal Management merit badge.
November 27 - Troop meeting; Personal Management merit badge.
December 1 - Baptisms for the dead; 10:30 at the Ogden Temple.
December 4 - Mutual combined activity.
Dear Parents,Camping:
Thanks to Daren Felix and Norm Young for their help at our Brownsea Island Fall Camporee. Boy, did we build men out of the scouts who came. A cold front was approaching and the state had seriously southerly winds that day and night! The boys had fun trying to fly with a blue tarp, along with sleeping in a wind storm. These guys are tougher because they braved the great outdoors of Antelope Island. We saw bison and antelope, as well as enjoyed good food and friends. Unfortunately, we missed a great bike ride on Antelope Island too. The wind had worn us out and we didn't feel like pedaling during a snow storm. We'll try some bike rides next spring and hopefully by summers end, we'll have passed off the cycling merit badge. However, don't forget dads and moms, you could always take you son out on a Saturday this fall. What a great experience that would be for your son.
We look forward to camping out at Promontory Point on November 16/17. We'll be visiting the museum and hopefully we'll get a look at the steam engines which are tucked away in the garages for winter. We'll also do a service project while there. We hope to have some dads who haven't had the opportunity to come with us in the past. This will be a chance to transition your sons into scout camping.
We got snowed out for our hike to Lewis Peak in October. We'll look forward to hiking next Summer. Our follow up car washes have been rained out as well. Parents have asked me to stop scheduling things for weekends so the weather would be better. (Nothing was scheduled for October 26th and look how nice it was!)
Service:
We're making plans on stocking the shelves at the 17th Street Welfare store in Ogden in January. Scouting is service and we hope to be able to get an hour or two on our trail to Eagle.
For your information, each scout should have a blue binder for merit badge and scouting information to be placed in. This month we'll be adding some really neat sheets for keeping track of things:
1 - General tracking sheet of service hours, camping nights, leadership positions, etc.
2 - How to get a merit badge sheet showing the steps each scout should take to earn a merit badge.
3 - Trail to Eagle sheet, showing on a single page all key tasks required for rank advancement.
4 - Duty To God check list, supplemental to the book each boy should have.
Merit Badge Focus:
We'll be working on Personal Management during the monthd of November and December. This is a required merit badge. For new parents, we'll be working on 15 required merit badges during the 2 years your son is in scouts. A multi-page worksheet will provided for each merit badge, which he should place in his blue binder. As parents you are invited to work with your son on these required merit badges. Our troop meetings will focus on each requirement, many of which will need to be completed at home or elsewhere. You're supervision will be required if you want you son to attain the merit badge. Also, many scouts partially earned their Emergency Preparedness merit badge at scout camp. We'll be finishing this merit badge up also.
November activities:
November 13 - Pre-trip planning, blue books - insert new sheets discussed above.Promontory Point Winter Camp -
November 16-17. See attached permission slip.
November 20 - Troop meeting; Personal Management merit badge.
November 27 - Troop meeting; Personal Management merit badge.
December 1 - Baptisms for the dead; 10:30 at the Ogden Temple.
December 4 - Mutual combined activity.
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