Troop Meeting - Thursday 9/5 7:00 - 8:30PM / Sacred Heart Parish Hall

Hello Troop 20!

We hope everyone has been having a wonderful summer break!

Troop 20 will hold it's opening Troop Meeting for the 2019-2020 Scouting Year on Thursday, September 5th, at the Sacred Heart Parish Hall.  7:00 - 8:30PM as always.  We want to start the Troop meetings just a little earlier this year to give us time to plan for some upcoming events.  We also need to start planning for SPL elections and continue our discussions about a possible merger with Troop 96 and how that would work.

We're looking forward to seeing ALL of our Scouts September 5th, in uniform and looking sharp.  Have a great Labor Day Holiday!

Upcoming Events:

 Weekend of September 21 - Troop recruiting event at the Middleborough Town Hall, front lawn. 
 

October 4 to October 6 - Washburn Island Canoe/Camping Trip.  We will be planning logistics, meal plans, etc.

We look forward to seeing everyone on September 5th!

Informational Meeting for Leaders & Parents - Thursday, 8/15 at 7:00PM

Hello Leaders & Parents of Troop 20,

As some of you may or may not have heard through the grapevine, over the summer, the leaders of Troop 20 and Troop 96, Middleborough, have been in discussion about a possible merger of our two Troops.  This Thursday, August 15th, Joe Livingston from Narragansett Council will be hosting an informational meeting at the Middleborough Public Library to further those talks and help us understand what the process would be, should we choose to move forward and merge the two units.

The meeting is for all leaders, as well as any parents that would like to attend.  Start time will be 7:00PM and attendees may arrive anytime after 6:30PM.  Please refer to the email below from Joe Livingston regarding this meeting.  We hope to see all leaders, as well as any interested parents, this Thursday for a productive and positive discussion.
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Again, please note that this meeting is for leaders and parents only.  We are
asking that no Scouts be in attendance at this early stage of talks, with the possible exception of the Senior Patrol Leaders.  If/when details firm up, and we have a plan forward, we will bring all members of both Troops up-to-speed.

                                              Thank you for your time,
                                              The leaders of Troop 20

Citizenship Merit Badges - Tuesday, August 13th.

Hello Troop 20!

For any Scouts working on the Citizenship Merit Badges, Mr. McKinnon will be available at 82 Miller Street from 1:30pm - 2:00pm on Tuesday, August 13th to review progress from any Scout who needs to check-in.  If you are unable to attend, you can have your work checked in September when the Troop starts to meet again.

We hope you're all having a great summer and we look forward to seeing all of our Scouts in September!

Congratulations Eagle Scout Joshua Savard!

The Leaders and Scouts of Troop 20 would like to extend our congratulations to our newest Eagle Scout and his family - Joshua Savard! 
Josh successfully passed his Eagle Board of Review this past Friday evening, August 2nd, 2019.  Please extend your congratulations to Josh next time you see him!

Well done Josh!

 

Yard work for an elderly veteran - This Sunday, 8/4, at 1:00PM

Hello Troop 20!

Just a reminder for everyone who is volunteering that we will be helping an elderly veteran in town who is presently undergoing chemotherapy and is too weak to do the work needed to take care of his home, that he would normally do.  His address is 49 Anderson Ave in Middleboro.  We are meeting at 1:00PM and we will be trimming some bushes along one side of his yard and removing some brush (bushes and small trees) growing up around a garage/workshop next to his house.  All of the yard waste will be disposed of on his property.  We estimate that this should take approximately 2-4 hours for a small group of Scouts and Leaders. 
Volunteers are asked to please bring work gloves, bug spray, and a water bottle. 

This effort will be greatly appreciated by this person and it's another way for all of us to say Thank You to him for his service to our country!

Troop 20 is trying to help a Middleboro Veteran. We need your help.

Hello Troop 20!

The Troop has received a request, through Sacred Heart Church, to ask if we could help an elderly veteran in town who is presently undergoing chemotherapy and is too weak to do the work needed to take care of his home, that he would normally do, on Anderson Ave in Middleboro.  We need some of our Scouts and adults to help us trim some bushes along one side of his yard and remove some brush (bushes and small trees) growing up around a garage/workshop next to his house.  All of the yard waste can be disposed of on his property.  We estimate that this should take approximately 2-4 hours for a small group of Scouts and Leaders.

We are currently targeting the afternoon of Sunday, August 4th, starting at 1PM.  Volunteers would be asked to please bring work gloves, bug spray, and a water bottle.  Please consider coming to help for any amount of time that you can share with us, to help out one of our Middleboro veterans.  Please respond to Mr. Pierce by Wednesday, July 31st.

Please know that this effort will be greatly appreciated by this person and it's another way for all of us to say Thank You to him for his service to our country.

Jacob Rebell Eagle Project - Saturday, 8/3 - 8:00AM

Hello Troop 20!

Jacob Rebell will be continuing work on his Eagle Project next Saturday, August 3rd and he's looking for volunteers to help him finish his project.

As a reminder, Jacob is refurbishing a storage shed for the Middleborough Park Department.  The shed is located at Battis Field in Middleborough.  Work will begin at 8:00AM and Jacob is asking for volunteers to please come out to help him with his project.  He has a deadline to try and get this done by the first weekend in August, before football season starts.

He asks that Scouts and volunteers please bring gloves and safety glasses.  You should also plan to wear clothes that you do not mind getting paint on as he will very likely be painting on Saturday.

Let's have a great turnout to help Jacob get this done!