The scouts had a fantastic Luge weekend and are ready for the Winter Olympics.  At this week’s meeting, we will continue to work on any unfinished advancement requirements.  This is your opportunity to catch-up on those requirements we can do at the meetings and be poised to advance rank after our first campouts in March and April.  We reviewed and worked on every module except First Aid which we will begin in March.  Review your unfinished requirements, practice, and come prepared to demonstrate your proficiency.

Ski Outing sign-up deadline is tomorrow, Wednesday, February 7.  This is an action packed weekend with skiing at Granite Peak on Saturday and Tesomas winter activities of Cross Country Skiing, Ice Fishing, Quinzee building, and Snowshoeing on Sunday.  We will return on President’s Day Monday in time to shop the mattress sales.   Don’t miss out.

MANDATORY MEETING on Thursday, February 22 for Troop and Order of Arrow elections.  All job assignments will end on February 28 and you must see Scoutmaster Flaherty for a new troop position.  The following Thursday, March 1 is pancake breakfast set up; don’t forget to turn in your pancake ticket money.

• BRING SCOUT BOOK TO ALL MEETINGS
• MEETING OPENING 7:00
  •   ZULU patrol is responsible for meeting set-up, FLAGS, and clean up. Report at 6:45 in Full Uniform.
• SKILL INSTRUCTION
  • Catch-up on unfinished requirements
  • To Be Completed at Home: Second Class 8c & 8d; see the form from the Forms & Documents link on the Troop website.
• QUARTERMASTERS:
• MERIT BADGE: [First Class & Above]  First Aid Merit Badge will begin in March.
• TROOP ACTIVITY: Tug-of-War
• CYBER CHIP:
  • Scout Rank and Star Rank need to acquire the Cyber Chip for your age. Go to http://www.netsmartz.org/scouting to review the requirements.  Once you have completed the Read, Write and Watch requirements, please sign up on the Troop 24 website to schedule a meeting to complete the Teach and Talk requirements.  We have the Cards.  The chip expires after one year, see Scoutmaster Flaherty to “Recharge” or renew the Chip.

Wednesday, February 7 is the deadline to sign up for the Granite Peak Ski Trip/Tesomas Winter Camp Trip that will take place February 16-19.

For more information, read the original post about this trip.

To register for this trip, click here.

Tomorrow (Sunday, February 4th) is Scout Sunday. You are invited to attend the 10 am service of worship at Riverside Presbyterian Church, the charter organization for Troop 24 and Pack 24. At this service, we will celebrate the long standing relationship between RPC and the scouts. The service will be followed by coffee fellowship hosted by Troop 24.

The Troop 24 Committee encourages scouts and their families to attend the Scout Sunday service. It is a chance for many of our scouts to experience worship in a place of different denomination or faith. Scout Sunday is also an occasion for us to show our appreciation to the members of RPC for their support and use of the church for 79 years.

We hope all scouts who attend bring something to share during fellowship (e.g. coffee cake, cookies, fruit, cheese & crackers, etc.).

Scouts and Leaders should wear their Class A uniform and merit badge sash. If you have a Girl Scout or Cub Scout in the family, they are welcome to wear their uniform. We hope to see you there.