Camping, Camping, Camping.....

Troop,

Great meeting last night!!!  First of all, for some reason Google Calendar is having issue with the appointments being sent out in the wrong time zone.  I apologize and I am working to see if there is a fix for this.  The times on the blog are correct, but the invites are the only issue.  There is a great deal happening in the next few months, so I have attached some information on the upcoming events. Please do not be overwhelmed as we are here to answer any questions and walk you through the next few events.

April 20-22 St. Peter Camping

• Arrival on Friday, April 20th is 5:00 - 5:30PM at St. Peter's Catholic Church behind the parish center and we will be having dinner as a group that evening.
• We are planning to attend Mass as a Troop on Saturday evening at 5PM, so if the families would like to join us you are more than welcome.
• Departure is 10AM on Sunday, April 22nd.
• The majority of Saturday will be used for cleaning and organizing the equipment for the camping season.
• We will also be helping to install some pet waste stations at Sandy Ridge and participating in Community Pride Day.
• A $5 fee per person will cover all the meal expenses this weekend.

I have included a permission slip for the activity this weekend and a general guideline list of camping gear to assist the newer scouts. 


Merit Badge Midway May 4-6

Merit Badge Midway is a camping trip at the Joint Vocational School campus in Oberlin that we attend each year.  It is a great way for scouts to achieve a few merit badges in a relatively short amount of time.  The cost of the outing will be $15 ($10 registration/$5 Troop Expenses).  If you are interested in attending please email me back who will be attending and 4 choices for Merit Badges your scout would like to work on which can be found on page 3 in the Merit Badge Midway Guide.

I need this information back as soon as possible so I can get you registered for classes before they are closed out.

Summer Camp


We will be attending Boy Scout Summer Camp from July 15th - July 21th.  This is another great opportunity for the scouts to get out camping and accomplish many of there merit badges along the way.  You can find a general flier here.  If you wish to have a more detailed look at the week you can find the entire leaders guide by clicking here.  The scout cost is $230 for the week and includes all of the meals.  This is due no later than May 1st and the check should be made out to Troop 153. 

I will also need to have some additional leadership support, so let me know if you have the ability to attend for the week or part of the week.  I will be available this weekend to answer any questions about the summer camp activities and process.

There is a great deal of information here and we are here to help you through it, so please ask myself or any of the other leaders.  I will be around at the camp all weekend so this would be a great time to get some of this done.

Yours in Scouting

Chris