Troop Meeting - Thursday 11/14 7:00 - 8:30PM / Church of Our Savior Hall

Hello Troop 20!

There will be a Troop Meeting this Thursday from 7:00 - 8:30pm at Church of our Savior Hall, 60 Union Street, Middleborough.  Please park in the Town Hall lot.  The church hall is located a very short walk down Union Street.  It's a red brick building right on the corner of Union Street. 
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.  Please arrive wearing your Class A uniform, shirts tucked in.

Upcoming Events:

 

11/15 - 11/17	Mount Monadnock Hiking/Camping Trip at Camp Wanocksett, Jaffrey NH
12/20	Pizza & Swim at YMCA
1/18/20	Eagle Scout Court of Honor for Jared Pierce.  Details to come.
1/24 - 1/26	Mount Abrams Ski Trip

Annual Dues:

Our annual dues will $100 per Scout this year.  These will be due by December 5th.  Checks should be made out to 'Troop 20'.  If you have any questions, please see one of the Scoutmasters or Mrs. Swindle at the Troop meeting.


Citizenship Merit Badges:  Mr. McKinnon will be at the troop meetings every other week to teach all three of the Citizenship merit badges.  If you have not yet earned the Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, or Citizenship in the World merit badges, and you are interested in pursuing the Eagle Scout rank, please know that these are ALL REQUIRED merit badges for the Eagle rank.  You should be taking advantage of this opportunity to earn these merit badges.  We will post his availability schedule in the Troop Calendar as soon as we have it updated.

Mount Monadnock:  Our hiking/camping trip to Mount Monadnock will be this coming weekend, 11/15 - 11/17.

1. Temps are expected to be cold.  Expect temps overnight to be in the 10-20 degree range with wind chills in the single digits.
2. Make sure you have an appropriately rated sleeping bag.  A 50 degree bag will likely not be warm enough.
3. You can increase the warmth of your bag by adding a thermal liner if you have one, wearing thermals (synthetic is best) in your bag, and wearing clean wool socks.
4. Have a good insulated ground pad to put under your bag.  This is critical to staying warm.
5. Plan to dress in layers; No Cotton.  Synthetic or wool socks are best.
6. You will need appropriate foot wear.  We recommend hiking boots with ankle support.  Sneakers are not appropriate for this trip.
7. Hiking sticks would be useful for this hike.  You can purchase an inexpensive set at Walmart that will be fine.
8. Winds on Saturday are expected to be strong so a wind breaker/windproof layer will help you stay warm
9. Have a warm hat and if you want, some small ear muffs can help keep your ears warm.  Have some warm gloves as well.  You may want a thin pair for during the day and a thicker warmer pair for night.
10. Sunglasses and Sunscreen are good to have.
11. You should plan to have 2 water bottles along with the Scout 10 Essentials.

There is some snow/ice on the trails already and this last storm may have dumped some additional snow cover.  Conditions may be slippery on the trails so we will make as assessment when we get there as to how much hiking will be possible.

The hiking trail map can be found here.

You can stay on top of the weather forecast at this site:
https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Monadnock/forecasts/965

We look forward to seeing everyone this Thursday!