We hope everyone had a very relaxing and enjoyable school vacation week!
With February vacation behind us, we will be having our regular Troop Meeting this Thursday, February 28th, 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.
Red & Green Banquet:
On Thursday, March 7th, Troop 20 will be holding our annual Red & Green banquet along with our mid-year Court of Honor. This will be a pot luck dinner, so please bring your favorite dish to share with all of the other Troop 20 members and their families (anything you want to bring is good - pasta, chicken, meatballs - whatever you want!). Salad, dessert, and drinks will be provided by the Troop.
Arrival time is 6:30pm, at the Parish Hall, for food and table setup, with dinner expected to begin around 6:45 PM or 7:00 PM. The Court of Honor will be held immediately following dinner. Please remember to wear your full Class A uniform to this event.
Merit Badges:
- We will be having the Pets merit badge and the Citizenship merit badges this week.
- Scouts participating in these merit badges will need their workbooks and be prepared to show progress.
- Other Scouts should bring enough to work on for at least 30 minutes.
Troop Calendar:
Please note that our Troop calendar has now been updated and is current with all of our activities. You can find the calendar in the right hand margin of our blog page.
Eagle Court of Honor for Thomas Devine:
Thomas Devine will be having his Eagle Scout Court of Honor on Saturday April 13th at the Town Hall Ballroom. Arrival time and further details will be forthcoming. Please put this on your calendar and plan to be there to celebrate Thomas's achievement of obtaining the rank of Eagle Scout!
REMINDER - 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
Troop Planning & Events:
- Webelos Night, March 14th - Troop 20 is planning to host the Webelos Scouts on Thursday March 14th. We will have stations setup in the church hall, that will be manned by our Boy Scouts, where we can teach Scouting skills to the Webelos and give them a view into what we do as Boy Scouts in Troop 20.
We are planning to practice for this event this Thursday, 2/28.
Mr. Goodrich is coordinating the planning for this event so stay tuned for more details.
- Nantucket Island - We are still 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. We will have updates very soon, once the ferry starts accepting spots for vehicles.
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.
- Canoeing- 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.
- Camping - We are looking into planning a camping trip at Camp Norse in the cabins for sometime in March if we can get enough adult leader coverage. Stay tuned for more updates.
We look forward to seeing all of our Scouts this Thursday!
