ATTENTION all Scouts attending Camp Mach this year (and their parents.)

Please mark your calendars for the 2009 Camp Mach Meeting on Thursday, June 4, from 7:00 p.m. to approximately 8:30 p.m. in the Social Hall at RPC. (This meeting is required for scouts and — for first-year camper– a parent).  At this meeting you will review and finalize your merit badge selections with a leader. We will also go over expectations, logistics and transportation. The Merit badge classes offered are described on pages 20-25 of the Camp Guide.

For first-year Camp Mach attendees we have found over the years that you should limit yourself to a total of three (3) scheduled events. As a troop we have found the following the best course of action to get the most out of your experience at Camp Mach and add to your rank advancement:

It is required that you attend the Brownsea (First Year Camper) course
Please sign up for the Swimming Merit Badge (required for many outdoor events we will do throughout the year with our troop.)
Strongly suggested that you sign up for the Cooking Merit Badge (required for 2nd class and it teaches skills you will use on almost every campout.)

Signing up for the three (3) events listed above will still leave plenty of time for other open activities the camp has to offer, such as open swim, open rifle, and open archery. It also leaves you some free time to enjoy the outdoors and to completely finish those merit badges.

If there are potential conflicts with the above three (3) events, please let any of the leaders know.

AS A REMINDER: If you haven”™t signed up yet, it’s not too late! We”™ll be accepting registration forms until May 28. The cost is $260. We have reserved a bus to take scouts and leaders to camp. The bus will leave from RPC early Sunday morning, July 26, returning the afternoon of August 1. The cost for the bus trip will be $100 (same as last year). The deadline for turning in your money for the bus is July 1. Checks should be made out to Troop 24, and can be turned in at a troop meeting, or given to Nancy Hopkins. Also due no later than July 1 is a medical form for each scout (and each leader). Medical forms are now required annually. The medical form is available here, and can be given to Nancy Hopkins along with your bus check.