Scouts: Please be sure to bring your books to the meeting tonight. We need to update our computer records prior to our Spring Court of Honor (which will be May 8). Also, scouts who need a Scoutmaster Conference should sign up online. Scouts who need a Board of Review, please contact Nancy Hopkins at nmhopkins1@comcast.net.

The first Troop meeting for the new cross-over scouts will be this Thursday, March 6 at 7 PM in the Riverside Presbyterian Church gym.  At the same time there will be a meeting for the new scout parents in the Church Social Hall. (All parents are invited.)  We will give you an outline of the workings of the Troop, paperwork to complete and answer questions.  Please contact  Dawn Gmitro with questions.

For scouts who have been working on the Family Life merit badge, Mr. Andersen will be at the meeting on Thursday, February 6. Scouts should bring their worksheets and any questions they have for Mr. Andersen.

Mrs. Lulich will be at the Troop meeting on Thursday, January 16, to work with scouts on the Communications Merit Badge, or to assist scouts who started the Citizenship merit badges with her. This session is only for scouts who have completed requirements and need to discuss those with their counselor. Please bring the merit badge worksheet and blue card (if applicable) to the meeting.

Also on Thursday, scouts will be discussing the upcoming Klondike Derby (February 1) and working on quartermaster duties.

Reminder: The troop meeting this week is at the Scout Cabin on Friday. There is no meeting on Thursday. At the scout cabin, we will be working on skills required for the annual orienteering outing to Waterfall Glen on November 9.

CORRECTION: Citizenship in the World tonight with JOHN FLAHERTY (not Ingrid)

TONIGHT, October 24, two of our parent merit badge counselors will be at the meeting to begin:

7:10 p.m. – Family Life with Rick Andersen (should be older scouts, 1st Class & above)
7:40 p.m. – Citizenship in the World with John Flaherty

On November 7 scouts can begin:

7:10 p.m. – Communication with Ingrid Lulich
7:40 p.m. – Personal Fitness with Stephanie Lanken

All of these merit badges are required for Eagle rank. Most of the requirements for the merit badge must be completed independently, outside of the meeting. These initial meetings are to introduce the merit badge and explain to interested scouts what is expected. Follow-up meetings will be scheduled later when scouts let us know that they have completed the items. Scouts are expected to be attentive, and should not start a merit badge unless they are committed to working on it.

Scouts who intend to work on these merit badges should print out the worksheets and bring them to the meeting:

Citizenship in the World
Communication
Family Life
Personal Fitness

There will be a meeting for all scout parents on Thursday, September 19, at 7:15 p.m. in the Social Hall at RPC. We’ll have some handouts for you and will need to have parents update our Scout Info forms. We will also be discussing outings from September through December. Parents who have suggestions for outings, please bring your ideas to the meeting. If your son has decided not to participate in scouts this year, please contact nmhopkins1@comcast.net.

Tonight is our last regular Troop meeting of the school year. Next week we’ll be meeting on Friday night at the Scout Cabin. All scouts who are not yet 1st Class should bring their books to the meeting tonight so we can enter scout progress into our tracking system.

During May our new scouts will be working on the following Tenderfoot requirements. Older scouts who have not completed these requirements should plan to participate as well. Please check your scout books.

May 2
12a. Demonstrate how to care for someone who is choking.
12b. Show first aid for the following:

Simple cuts and scrapes
Blisters on the hand and foot
Minor (thermal/heat) burns or scalds (superficial, or first-degree)
Bites or stings of insects and ticks
Venomous snakebite
Nosebleed
Frostbite and sunburn

May 9
4a. Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.
Make up missed requirements & review

May 16
10b. Show improvement in the activities listed in requirement 10a after practicing for 30 days.
11. Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them.

May 23
11. Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them.

The Troop meeting this week is on Friday at the Scout Cabin from 7:00 to 9:30. We will be building model rockets.