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Our annual year end June family Court of Honor will be on Thursday, June 14. This is our wrap up of the scout year and dinner with awards night for scouts and their families. There will be lots of awards earned by the scouts given out that night and family members are welcome to attend. Scouts and their families are asked to arrive at 6:30 PM with dinner to start and awards after dinner. The evening will be done by about 8:30 PM. This is a pot luck dinner, and each family is asked to bring one dinner/dessert item. Members of the Troop Committee will contact each family to see who will be attending and what to bring.
Troop 4 will participate in the annual Milford Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 28. We will meet in uniform at 9:30 AM at the starting point in the Stop and Shop/99 Restaurant parking lot. The parade will start at 10:00 AM and end at Draper Park about 11:30 AM. This is the only parade event that the troop does each year and we would like as many scouts as possible to attend.
The rained-out Troop Bicycling/Camping Trip has been rescheduled to Friday, June 1 through Sunday, June 3.
The troop will be camping and cycling on Cape Cod! We have once again reserved a camping site at Nickerson State Park on the Cape for Friday and Saturday nights. This will be a great trip and a chance to work on the Cycling merit badge.
The troop will meet at 5:00 PM Friday June 1 at the parish center. We will leave the parish center for the campground at about 5:30 PM. Scouts should have already eaten dinner before meeting at the parish center. We will arrive at the campground and set up camp for Friday evening.
On Saturday morning, the troop will divide into two cycling groups – advanced and beginners. Scouts can go with the group that they feel most comfortable with. There will be adult leaders for both groups. We will cycle in the morning and return to the campground for lunch. After lunch, we will cycle on different routes until dinner. After dinner at the campsite, scouts will have a chance to explore the park. On Sunday morning, there will be opportunities for a short ride. We will leave the campsite in the morning and return to the parish center for pickup at 3:00 PM Scouts will need to bring some $ for a fast food lunch on Sunday and an ice cream stop on the bike trail Saturday.
We will be cooking patrol style for Saturday breakfast, lunch & dinner and Sunday breakfast. Scouts will need to bring some $ for Sunday lunch. We will be camping in tents on Friday and Saturday nights. Besides their regular personal camping equipment, scout should bring:
We will need a few parents to drive to/from the event. If you can help out, please indicate on the permission slip. If your son would like to attend, please complete the permission slip and return by the May 24 troop meeting. Even if you completed the slip for the rained out May trip, a new slip is required. There is a nominal $5 charge per scout to offset our additional cost to reschedule the campsite. Please bring a check payable to Troop 4 along with your permission slip. If your son would like to attend but will not be at the troop meeting on May 24, please email Dave Kirchner kirchner5!!! remove this !!!@comcast.netbefore the 24th. We will be doing all the planning for the trip at the May 24 troop meeting, so please be sure to let us know if your son will be attending.
This will be a great trip and a chance to see some really scenic parts of the Cape. Hope to see you there!
Update for rest of 2007 and plan for 2007-2008.
For Venture Scouts: Attorney Ms. Kristen Rowan will cover the requirements for the Law merit badge and talk about what it is like to be a lawyer, and how to become one. Scouts will be able to complete the requirements for the merit badge in the two meeting nights!
For Venture Scouts: Attorney Ms. Kristen Rowan will cover the requirements for the Law merit badge and talk about what it is like to be a lawyer, and how to become one. Scouts will be able to complete the requirements for the merit badge in the two meeting nights!
The March Troop hike will be an orienteering hike at Peppercorn Hill in Upton (start and finish at the Milford entrance to the park) on Saturday, March 24. This will be a great one day event with lots of scout style orienteering (and lots of fried dough too). New scouts will complete the Second Class 5 mile hike requirement plus we will complete several other Second and First Class outdoor requirements. Venture scouts will be setting up the courses the weekend before on March 17.
We will meet at St. Mary’s parish center at 9:00 AM Saturday morning and return for pick up by 5:00 PM Saturday afternoon. Scouts should bring a day pack with a compass, lunch, snacks, and plenty of water. Depending on the weather, scouts should also bring a poncho/raincoat, warm coat, gloves and a hat too. Chances are it will be wet and muddy, so boots will work better than sneakers.
If your son would like to attend, please complete the attached permission slip (Venture Scouts too for this date) and return by the March 22 troop meeting. If your son would like to attend but will not be at the troop meeting on March 22 please email Dave Kirchner before the 22nd.
We will need some drivers to/from the event. If you can drive, please note on the permission slip. We elected to car pool to/from the event because the parking lot and road at the park is small and we want to minimize the traffic impact to area for the day.
This is a great way for Venture scouts to help meet their activity and leadership requirements for advancement too!
The March 15 troop meeting will be a special meeting – we have a yoyo professional attending the troop meeting and there will be a demonstration plus a chance to learn some yoyo tricks as well. Each scout will get a professional model yoyo to keep!
Troop 4 Milford was founded in 1998 and has already seen 12 young men advance to Eagle scout. Currently we have 44 scouts ranging in age from 11 to 18. We meet Thursday nights from 7:00 to 8:30 most every week from September to June in the St. Mary’s Parish Center.