Hello Troop 20!
We will be having our regular Troop Meeting this Thursday, January 31st, at 7:00pm. Sacred Heart Parish Hall. Please remember that we line up for our opening ceremony at 7:00PM so you need to plan to be at the hall 10-15 minutes earlier, in Class A uniform.
Here are this week's announcements:
Merit Badges:
- We will be having the Pets merit badge this week. The Troop calendar incorrectly states Citizenship and will need to be reset.
- Scouts participating in the Pets merit badge will need their workbooks.
- Other Scouts should bring enough to work on for at least 30 minutes.
Next Weeks Troop Meeting:
- The parish hall is not available for next weeks Troop meeting on February 7th. Instead, we will be having a Troop offsite event.
- We will be going to Ryan's Family Amusement in Raynham.
- Cost will be approx. $10 per Scout. We will not be having food so Scouts should plan to eat before arriving.
- There will be a sign-up sheet at this weeks Troop meeting. This will be the only chance to sign-up so if any Scouts won't be at the Troop meeting this week but want to attend next week's event, please make sure you contact the SPL or a Scoutmaster by Friday, February 1st to make sure you are on the list.
CyberChip:
For any Scouts that have not yet completed their parent/Scout contracts for CyberChip, please remember that this is a requirement. If you are close to being ready for your next rank, you cannot complete your board of review and you cannot rank up without completing this. No Exceptions!
This weeks Trivia:
Q: Which 3 Global Leaders allied in a world war were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize?
A: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Benito Mussolini
We look forward to seeing all of our Scouts this Thursday!
Hello Troop 20!
We will be having our regular Troop Meeting this Thursday, January 17th, at 7:00pm. Sacred Heart Parish Hall. Please remember that we line up for our opening ceremony at 7:00PM so you need to plan to be at the hall 10-15 minutes earlier, in Class A uniform.
Here are this week's announcements:
Merit Badges:
- No Merit Badge Classes this week.
- Scouts participating in the Citizenship merit badges should be working on completing requirements to show Mr. McKinnon next week. Please take this seriously and take advantage of Mr. McKinnon's time that he is volunteering to help you earn these badges. It's a great opportunity.
- Scouts participating in the Pets merit badge should be working on requirements to show Mrs. Drass in two weeks.
As we will not be having any merit badge classes this week, the Senior Patrol Leader will have a special activity for everyone to participate in which will be announced at the Troop meeting.
Scout Sunday:
This years Scout Sunday mass will be held on Sunday, February 3rd. We encourage Scouts to plan on attending service that Sunday at whichever church they belong to.
If Scouts would like to participate as a group, Mr. Cunningham needs to know by this Thursday, 1/24.
CyberChip:
For any Scouts that have not yet completed their parent/Scout contracts for CyberChip, please remember that this is a requirement. If you are close to being ready for your next rank, you cannot complete your board of review and you cannot rank up without completing this. No Exceptions!
This weeks Trivia:
Q: Who is the only U.S. President to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout?
A: Scouts are encouraged to look this up on their own :-)
We look forward to seeing all of our Scouts this Thursday!
Hello Troop 20!
We will be having our regular Troop Meeting this Thursday, January 17th, at 7:00pm. Sacred Heart Parish Hall. Please remember that we line up for our opening ceremony at 7:00PM so you need to plan to be at the hall 10-15 minutes earlier, in Class A uniform.
Here are this week's announcements:
Merit Badges:
- Scouts should bring materials/work for the Citizenship in the Community merit badge.
- The Pets merit badge will not be held this week.
- If any Scouts have partial merit badges that can be worked on or completed during the Troop meeting, they should bring those materials to work on.
NOTE: If you are not in the Citizenship in the Community merit badge class or working on any other merit badges, you should have your Scout Handbook to work on rank advancement requirements.
The goal is for all Scouts to complete everything that can be finished before the Court of Honor. This week, we will be trying to get as many Scouts as possible, closer to their next rank and finishing partials.
Scout Sunday:
This years Scout Sunday mass will be held on Sunday, February 3rd. We encourage Scouts to plan on attending service that Sunday at whichever church they belong to.
This weeks Trivia:
Q: What happened on January 17th, 1991?
A: It was the start of Operation Desert Storm.
We look forward to seeing all of our Scouts this Thursday!
SPL Update for this Thursday's Troop Meeting
CyberChip Training
We would like to remind all Scouts to bring their signed, personalized contracts to Thursday's Troop Meeting so that they can be signed off and Scouts can be given their certificate of completion for the course. For those Scouts who were not at last week's meeting for the CyberChip training, the personalized contract is about how they will use the internet on computers and phones. This should be signed by both the Scout and their parents, to be brought in Thursday.
This weeks Activities
As we will be starting up a new merit badge class, for any Scout who has already received the Pets merit badge, you are asked to please come to Thursday's meeting with:
- A merit badge to work on independently, or
- Eagle paperwork to work on, or
- Rank requirements that you need to complete
We don't want any Scouts sitting around with nothing to do. If you have any questions, please reach out to your SPL
Thank You,
Jacob, SPL
Hello Troop 20!
This week's Troop meeting will be held at Central Congregational Church, 2 Webster Street, Middleborough, due to the Sacred Heart Parish Hall not being available. Please enter through the side door.
Here are this week's announcements:
Merit Badges:
- Classes for the Citizenship merit badges will now be held every other week. Please see the Troop Calendar for the class schedule. Our next class will be held Thursday, Jan 17th.
- This Thursday, Mrs. Drass will begin teaching the Pets merit badge for anyone interested. Requirements for the merit badge can be found on meritbadge.org at this link. We will provide workbooks for Scouts.
Care Package for Mr. Devine:
- We are looking at putting together a care package to send to Mr. Devine, who is currently deployed overseas with the U.S. Army. If any Scouts would like to donate some items to send, we have a small list of things that Scouts could purchase and bring to the Troop meeting in the next couple of weeks.
- Wet Wipes
- Clif Bars (Macadamia Nut)
- Unsalted Cashews
- Pre-cooked Bacon
- Beef Jerky
Please see one of the Scoutmasters if you have any donations.
Ski Trip:
- We were not able to get enough commitment or deposits to book the trip to Mt. Abram this year. We seemed to have interest but not commitments, so we will be looking into the possibility of one or two day trips to closer ski resorts. We will post more information if it looks like we can pull this together soon.
Upcoming Troop Events:
- Nantucket Island - We are tentatively planning a camping/bike trip to Nantucket Island for June 21-23. The dates are tentative because we are still confirming that we can get ferry reservations.
For any Scouts that have never been to Nantucket with the Troop, this is a great trip that everyone always enjoys. We head over on a Friday morning and we bring over the Scouts bikes and camping gear. We spend two nights at BSA Camp Richard and bike around the island, checking out the sights.
We will have more information for everyone as we firm up dates.
- SPOILER ALERT - Many of our Scouts probably do not know that the Troop has several canoes that we have not used in some time. So, once the warmer weather arrives, we are looking into the possibility of dusting off the Troop canoes and doing some canoe trips on the Nemasket River and maybe even a canoe camping trip to the Murdock Street campsite. We will begin trying to firm up details in the coming months so stay tuned.
Hello Troop 20!
There will be a committee meeting and PLC meeting this Thursday at 6:15pm at Sacred Heart Parish Hall.
Immediately following the committee meeting, we will have our regular weekly Troop Meeting from 7:00 - 8:30pm. Please remember that we line up for our opening ceremony at 7:00PM so you need to plan to be at the hall about 10 minutes earlier, in Class A uniform.
Here are this week's announcements:
Merit Badges
Citizenship in the Community
- Mr. McKinnon will be continuing the Citizenship in the Community merit badge this week at 7:15pm.
Any other Merit Badges
- If you have completed any work for Communications or Personal Management that needs to be checked off, please see Mrs. Swindle during the meeting.
Cooking
- Mr. Holt has graciously offered to teach the cooking merit badge, start date is currently TBD. This week, we would like to get a roster together for who would be interested in participating in that class so that we can start to look at schedules and see how soon we could offer the class to our Scouts.
Ski Trip:
We have extended the signup for the annual ski trip to this Thursday, January 3rd, 2019.
At this week's Troop meeting, we need to have commitments from everyone who wants to go to Mt. Abram the weekend of February 8 - 10, 2019.
The Troop 20 Ski Trip weekend is a great opportunity for Scouts. The mountain offers 10 beginner, 21 intermediate, and 13 expert trails. The group package gets us discounted lift tickets as well as equipment rental and the ski school is excellent for those Scouts that have not yet learned to ski. This is where many of our Scouts first learned to ski and they've been having fun ever since!
IMPORTANT: If parents and siblings of our Scouts are also interested in participating in this trip, please come and talk to us on the 3rd. We can include your numbers to help us get the group discount for all and we can determine if our lodging works for everyone.
We rent a local American Legion hall (Jackson-Silver Post 68) to use for lodging and meals, which is located only 2 miles from the mountain so we can be on the mountain in ~5 minutes! Scouts bring their sleeping bags and crash on the floor of the hall, adults typically bring sleeping bags and cots. We have use of the hall's large kitchen to cook meals and there are bathrooms, but no showers.
We typically leave from Sacred Heart in the late afternoon on the Friday (Feb 8), stopping on the way up to get something to eat so it's approximately 4 to 4-1/2 hours to get to the American Legion Hall. We make breakfast at the hall Saturday morning and then head to the mountain to ski all day Saturday. We bring food to have sandwiches, chips, and drinks on the mountain and then cook a good dinner Saturday night. On Sunday, we make breakfast at the hall again and after thoroughly cleaning the hall and kitchen, we head to the mountain. We'll have sandwiches again for lunch and then we usually leave mid afternoon to return home.
Scouts should be talking with their families about going on the trip and for everyone who wants to come and ski, we need a $50 per-person, non-refundable deposit at the January 3rd Troop meeting. We would love to have our Scouts, their parents, and siblings join us for a fun ski weekend. This is one of the annual events that Scouts remember forever!
Cyber Chip:
We would like to finish up the Cyber Chip training so our SPL is asking that Scouts please write up your contracts to bring home to be signed by your parents
