Scouts and Parents,
The COH and Potluck will start at 6:30 pm 9 Oct at Joy Lutheran. We will be using the other end of the church for food and the Sanctuary for the formal COH. Each family should bring main dishes, sides and deserts...we'll have lots of boys to feed. Mr. Jeff Estes will be our "grill meister" if any of you would like to throw something on the grill (Steaks, hamburgers and hot dogs work best because they are very quick to cook) Also please bring your own drinks for your family. After dinner, the COH for advancements & MB's will follow in the adjacent Sanctuary. The church has an auction immediately preceding our event so we can begin to set up at 6:00. I would encourage all families to join us. We participate in these ceremonies 3 times a year. It's always nice to see all the families get together. Uniform for Scouts: Class A with sashes (be proud and look sharp). Reminder: We will be having a merit badge blitz from the 27-29th. I have only had 2 scouts sign up. We are offering 15 different badges. Sign up available at the CoH. Any questions please call me at the number below Looking forward to seeing all of you YIS, Lou Rivera-Murray Troop 219 Committee Chair 907.748.4350 Scouts and Parents,
Need Volunteers, Volunteers will help with food prep, purchase groceries, teach, chaperone at overnight etc. MB Counselors who haven't signed up (need to turn in paperwork), other classes maybe offered with MB counselor. The Merit Badge Blitz takes place from 27 Oct 6:00 pm to 29 Oct ~12:30. Please come to the meeting, I will assign you a task and sure appreciate the team effort this requires. Meeting scheduled for Wed has changed to Thursday Oct 6 @ 7:00 pm. If you are interested in teaching please contact me immediately. I will do what I can to help you through the application process (very simple). Badges being offered at the merit badge blitz Cooking Communications Citizen in the World Family Life Personal Management (1st Class and Above) Automotive Maintenance (Permit or driver's license required/limited to 1st 6 who sign up) Music Art Traffic Safety Engineering Disabilities Awareness Scholarship Aviation Scouting Heritage (For all scouts/don't need to sign up) Scouts will be allowed to take two Eagle badges and one other. Please make a fourth choice as a back-up. You may email me your selections and if you forget there will be a sign up at the Troop 219 Court of Honor, Sunday 9 October at 6:30 pm in the JLC. The Court of Honor ceremony will take place after a potluck meal. More details to come regarding specifics for the Court of Honor. For new scouting families this is where all the scouts receive their badges and advancement patches for their uniforms. This takes place of the Sunday meeting. All are welcome to join and support the scouts advancing and receiving awards from camp and other Merit Badge work completed since June 16. YIS Lou Rivera-Murray Troop 219 Committee Chairman 907.748.4350 Scouts and Parents
Within the next week and a half we will be having 3 important meetings. 1. Troop Committee Meeting What: All Parents welcome to attend the monthly Troop 219 Committee Mtg. When: Wed, Sep 28 @ JLC @ 7:30 Note: If any scouts have presentations to make please respond to this email immediately so I can put you in the agenda. We will be discussing upcoming events October is an extremely busy month for the troop with our Court of Honor on October at 6:00 pm; Wreath Sales begin Oct 15 at 10:00 am; Merit Badge University 27 Oct 6:00 pm - 29 Oct ~ noon to name a few events. 2. Troop Meeting @ 7:00 pm 2 October. Advancements will begin at 6:00 pm. Scouts please contact Mr. Puterbaugh 351-8826 if you need a scoutmaster conference ASAP. 3. Merit Badge University or for Troop 219 Merit Badge Blitz Planning meeting What: All Parents or Scout Volunteers this is the 2nd annual Troop 219 Merit Badge Blitz which takes place 27-29 October at the Joy Lutheran Church. This is an educational opportunity for our boys to sign up and complete merit badges. Who: Any identified Merit Badge Counselors who have already volunteered to teach (so far we have Aviation, Personal Management, Communications, Citizenship of the Nation, music, art, scholarship, traffic safety and automotive maintenance) We would like to offer 12 courses. We will also be having the 2nd Annual Dutch Oven Master Chef team competition. We have so many opportunities to teach our scouts. If you want to be a Merit Badge Counselor please come; let me help you with the process. Additionally, any one who wishes to volunteer with food prep, overnight supervising of the scouts, or any other duties that come up during this 2 1/2 day event. When: Planning Meeting 5 October, at 7:00 pm at JLC You will be seeing many messages from me in the next couple of weeks as this Educational Offering requires a lot of support to ensure its success. Scouts will be allowed to take a minimum of 3 merit badges and possibly 4 depending on the number of instructors. *the first person to spot a mistake on this email and respond by email will receive a candy bar of their choice. YIS Thanks for all you do Lourdes Rivera-Murray Troop 219 Committee Chair Scouts & Parents, Please share with your Scouts!!!! Also review the previous sent out Denali Leader's Guide for final camp prep...thx
Just in from camp > Please review the >attached< Denali Merit Badge Schedule for upcoming summer camp. Camp staff eliminated about 1/3 of the initial offerings & left others blank. Most scouts got at least 1/2 of their initial selection(s). I filled in the rest of what was offered. I didn't have time to go back to each scout, so I did my best at the time. If you already have a certain MB or want to change...SEE the email trailer below. This is what's open as of yesterday. I don't know how many slots are available of each. Let me know ASAP what your change to the change is, and ill do my best to accommodate your request. As you can see there are Morning MB's for T-W & Th-FR and Afternoon MB's for the same. So take a good look at your schedule for for the correct day and morning or afternoon session you wish to change. 1st & 2nd choice mb's for your change would be helpful. Friday last session of the day is reserved for older scouts high powered rifle shooting. -Posted at the bottom are the scout's fees for specific mb's that use up consumables & ammunition Thanks............ V/r, Steve P Denali Camp “AVAILABLE” Merit Badges as of 6-30-2016 Morning Merit Badges Session > 9-12 AM Tue-Wed - Archery - Fly Fishing - Geocaching - Life Saving *Eagle MB Thur-Fri - Archery - Canoeing - Geology - White Water Afternoon Merit Badges Session > 2-5 PM Mon-Tues - Archery - Camping *Eagle MB - Cooking *Eagle MB - Kayaking - Swimming *Eagle MB - Wilderness Survival Wed-Thur - Archery - Black Powder Shotgun - Camping *Eagle MB - Cooking *Eagle MB - Environmental Science *Eagle MB - Kayaking - Search & Rescue *Eagle MB Denali Camp Merit Badge Fees Archery $7.00 Pistol $15 Fly Fishing $10 Toten Chip $15 Welding $15 Black Powder Rifle Shooting $25 Black Powder Rifle Shotgun $25 |
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