A memo containing final details (updated July 22) for the Camp Tahosa trip has been posted to the web site. This memo contains critically important information about schedules, packing, uniforms, luggage, personal gear, etc. Please read it carefully.
Also, everyone traveling to Tahosa must attend the planning and inspection meeting on July 24.
We expect to award many merit badges, badges of rank, and other awards. The evening will begin with dinner at 630pm, and will conclude around 830pm. Scouts should arrive on time and in full uniform. The dinner menu is the popular Troop 4 “pot-luck” dinner.
Each family attending should bring one main dish, one bottle of soda/water/juice and a desert. The troop will supply paper plates, cups and fine plastic cutlery.
We will have some extra guests but not as many as when there is an Eagle court of honor.
A main course can also include a large salad but keep in mind these are boys and few salads will be required/eaten to make the masses happy.
Some scouts do have dietary restriction such a no peanuts so if you do something fancy just keep that in mind and plan a sign. For those of you in a rush on the way home pizza is always a big hit.
St. Mary’s parish center will be closed for our next scheduled troop meeting on January 8th. However, the troop has lined up an alternate merit badge activity at the Milford Police Station at the normal troop meeting time. Officer Jay Ball will be conducting a fingerprinting merit badge class. This is a great opportunity to earn a merit badge in just ONE meeting. All you need to do is print out the worksheet that can be found at http://www.usscouts.org/mb/worksheets/Fingerprinting.pdf, and do a bit of on-line homework to complete the “history of fingerprinting” requirement #1. Bring the partially completed worksheet to the Jan 8th meeting, where Officer Ball will then work with all scouts that attend to complete the remaining requirements. Due to space constraints at the police station, this meeting is recommended only for those scouts who have not yet completed the fingerprinting merit badge. Attending scouts should meet the troop’s adult leaders in the Police Station front lobby at 7pm. It is very important that scouts arrive on-time for this meeting (a few minutes early is even better) in order to fill out some preliminary paperwork. Pickup will be at 8:30 in the same location. Older venture scouts that have already earned this badge may take the week off, though there is rumor that your SPL may arrange a venture-only activity. Stay tuned for a possible note from Brad.
The Troop Four Knife Contest will be at the December 18 troop meeting. Scouts can bring a knife that they can use under the troop/BSA rules and enter it for a variety of contests (sharpest, best looking, most functional, etc.) There will be prizes for the winners.
The meeting will also include a Yankee Swap. Scouts who want to participate should bring a small gift wrapped with a cost of less that $10. The activity is basically a grab bag and the scouts do a “swap” as each gift is unwrapped. It’s a lot of fun. We will have some refreshments at the meeting, too.
The troop will provide beverages, but if each scout could bring a small snack/desert item to add to the junk food buffet. (e.g., chips, cookies, etc). Please help our cleanup crew by avoiding things that could make a mess on the parish center floor… like small or sticky candies. Thanks!
Also… no uniform required. Scouts should come in costume in order to get in on the costume prizes. Awards for scariest, most original, most grotesque, and funniest. Prizes will also be awarded to the winners of the various contests that venture patrol came up with.
Ventures… please try to arrive 10 minutes early to help set up.
This special Court of Honor will honor our newest Eagle Scout, Pat Bedard. Awards earned by all other scouts since the last Court of Honor will also be presented. There will be a dinner before the awards ceremony. Families are requested to bring a desert item and a 2-liter bottle of soft drink.
Troop elections for Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leaders, and Assistant Patrol Leaders.
Parish Center
The June 8 Family Newsletter has been posted to the web site. Click on “NEWSLETTER” at the top of the page for important information about our last troop meeting, summer camps, the upcoming camping trip, and more.
At Camp Resolute
At Camp Resolute