Welcome home safely Jamboree crew!!!!
August 1, 2023 – Troop 48 Events and Announcements
DTR PLANNING NIGHT!!!! This outing is considered BACKPACKING so each patrol needs an appropriate meal plan and duty roster. See the trip sheet.
Get signed up :
Dick Tracy Rock, Friday, August 4, 5:00 PM – Sunday, August 6, 6:00 PM
Registration is open, please register on T48.org and pay Mr. Browning
Trip Sheet https://t48.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Dick-Tracy-Rock-Trip-Sheet-2023.pdf
Patrol Duty Rotation August :
Ceremonies: -Fox
Food Box: – Flaming Arrow
Game Guides: -Wolf
PLC: -Eagle
Service: including Al can recycling project: -Phoenix
West Bank: (rake the playground under the swings) -Panther
Continue planning for Cook-Off: menu, shopping list, and duties must be submitted
Plan for a one-pot meal! No ingredients will be supplied or specifically required. Let’s see what you can do! Wow, the judges win! For Rock, Paper, Scissors, Cook!
Cook-off you will need a shopping list, a food buyer, and a patrol duty roster. The cook-off will take place on Game Night August 8th. This date gives your patrol time to prepare and practice.
Leave No Trace (LNT) training, registration for the event with the council Saturday, August 12 https://scoutingevent.com/713-73684?draftmode=1
This 3-hour course is a general introduction to Leave No Trace ethics and skills. Designed to help understand the general principles of Leave No Trace and how to apply them to the BSA outdoor program.
Medical Merit Badge at JCMC, Saturday, August 19
https://scoutingevent.com/713-MedMBJCMC23 is already full. Waitlist Only
Summer Inductions, at Camp Davy Crockett. Aug 18th-20th. Last chance that those who were elected this year will have to become members of the Order. Those who miss that chance will have to be reelected next Winter. All OA members are encouraged to attend to assist.
To register, go online to the Council Calendar, and register.
Aug. 26-27, 2023 GRAYSON HIGHLANDS, MT ROGERS NATL RECREATION AREA, VA
https://t48.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Grayson-Highlands-2023-Trip-Sheet-1.pdf
August
8 PLC/ Games ( rock, paper, scissors, cook! )
8 August will be the cutoff for advancement recognition at the 22 August Court of Honor
August 12th patrol leaders and Leadership corps training
15 Grayson Highland prep
22 COH
29 Game Hunt
Cooking MB will be started with a focus on Grayson Highlands backpacking trip, August 25-27 Lead food buyer/cook will need to be selected
Attention Quartermaster Team: The barrel outside the troop garage IS NOT a trash can but a place to collect aluminum cans for recycling. The new barrel lid will soon be better labeled. Please ensure all trash from the garage is put into the church dumpster. (Mrs. White has access to the dumpster key.)
Needs:
If you have Troop 48 clothing that is too small, please donate it to the Brother’s Closet.
Troop 48 has an HP F4440 InkJet printer which is down to its last HP60 black ink cartridge. If you have any surplus, the troop could use it – otherwise will be retiring this device to just continue with the Brother laser printer.
Parents :
Troop 48 expenses – FYI, for the next charter year, an increase in the troop fee is anticipated to cover the rising costs of running the program. Here are examples of some expenses (big and small) incurred at the troop level. $8-10 t-shirts were given upon registration to all new scouts and adults. $404 in awards and recognitions were given out at the Spring 2023 Court of Honor. (While rank patches are paid for by a council-level sponsor, merit badges are now $3.59 each. Fox Patrol averaged six MBs per scout over the past year.) A $15 box of copy paper is used each year plus the toner. Blue cards are 10 cents each. Registration for Troops 48B/G at recharter is now $200 total.
Popcorn sales are coming and can help with fees!!!
A Crockett Card may be another way to save money for the active scout and leader
Required for Assistant Scoutmasters not already “Trained”
- Classroom option for SM/ASM training will be offered on September 23
- IOLS (Introduction to Outdoor Leadership Skills) on September 29
- More details to come once posted
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Julieann White
Scoutmaster Troop 48
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