Load Christmas Trees
We will meet at 8:30AM at the scout house to load Christmas trees as our part for the Mason-Dixon Council tree sale fundraiser.
Mason-Dixon Council
Troop 45 | Needmore, PA
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Troop 45 | Needmore, PA
We will meet at 8:30AM at the scout house to load Christmas trees as our part for the Mason-Dixon Council tree sale fundraiser.
Our final court of honor for 2020 will be Dec. 18 at 6:30. Boys can also bring a decorated box to swap bagged cookies for a cookie exchange. Any boy who wants to join the gift exchange can bring a gift of not more than $15.
Fall Court of Honor will be at the Scout House Oct. 2 at 7PM. Set up is at 6:30PM. Board of Review will be Sept. 25.
Families are asked to donate 8-9 dozen cookies and to cover a shift either Friday, Sunday or Monday. See Ed for a schedule. This fundraiser supports the Needmore Community Center.
The raffle drawing will be at Gordon’s Cruise-In Aug. 22 at 6PM.
To get ready for summer camp, we are meeting twice a week to review swimming skills for the swim test. Boys who are interested can work on the Swimming merit badge too.
For the swim test, boys need to jump into deep water, level off, swim 75 yards of a strong stoke (front/back crawl, breast, or side), then swim 25 yards of elementary back stroke, and finish by floating or treading for 30-60 seconds. They must be comfortable the whole way and not exhausted by the end.
Boys who pass the swim test will be able to be in a kayak by themselves. To finish the Kayaking merit badge, boys will need to show they can exit the kayak while capsized, climb back into the kayak, and dump a kayak over another.
Summer camp this year will be a troop camping trip to Shawnee State Park in conjunction with Cyberquipe’s digital badge offerings. We will work on both the Kayaking and Camping merit badges as a troop and sign up for three or four badges to complete digitally. Scouts must have a personal Gmail account and should plan to bring a device that can connect to a hot spot. Find out more at Cyberquipe.com.
The base cost is $135 but we will also need money to help with food.
Some boys are interested in going to Sea Base in a couple of years. Nevin calculated that boys could save $67 per month to cover airfare, passports, and the program fee in the Bahamas. Other options include sites in Florida and the US Virgin Islands.
Watch the Sea Base promo here. Go to seabase.org to find out more about the Sea Base Bahamas Adventure and other programs.
We will host our second merit badge fair Sat, March 28, from 8-3 at Cito UMC. Boys can choose up to three badges/awards to work on that day. Please look at the requirements before choosing on this form. All badges will require prerequisites or homework.
Personal Fitness (Eagle) with Brad Dickerson
Animal Science with Daniel McGlothin (prereq’s)
American Heritage with Kate Carbaugh (prereq’s)
Safety with Meredith Cirtwell
Automotive Maintenance with Brett Remsburg
Paul Bunyan Award with Dave Scamardella
The troop will have a pizza night during their troop meeting Jan. 31. The scoutmaster will also hand out few recently earned badges and position patches in an informal ceremony. Any scout who has completed the Citizen in the Nation requirements for watching the news for a week or reading a famous speech, can bring evidence of completion to share with a counselor.
