November 18, 2013
Helium Park this Monday
Just a reminder that this Monday we are meeting at St. Rita at 6 PM to go to the Helium Park, will be back a little later than the 8:30 time, and scouts will be dropped off at home. Check the list for signups, if you are not the list, we plan on you being there.
Wreath pick up NEXT weekend
Next weekend will be Wreath pick up We will be picking them up at Miller Park in the morning of Saturday the 23rd. Once we get back we will sort the orders out in my back yard. Once that is done, we will call you when the order is ready. Seeing we will be starting pretty early, your orders should be ready by mid-day, but as I said, we will call as we finish picking the orders. Never been to my house? I am on the NE corner of Middle Rd and Cardinal Drive (5817 Middle Rd but no mailbox on Middle Rd). My driveway/mailbox is off of Cardinal Drive. Across the street from the Millers.
For those who qualified for deliveries, we will also be delivering those sometime late morning to early afternoon, so plan on being home. The way I see it, the following families will get their wreaths delivered. (Bezy, Ferguson, Hannemann, Hayden, Koenig, Lindholm, Miller, Orlovsky) for having a combined total of $850 or more in wreaths. GREAT SALES! Sorry not everyone can be first.
The rest will be expected to come and pick them up on Saturday, if you are not going to be home, would like us to call a cell number or would like to make OTHER arrangements, just drop me an email. I will print them out and stick them with your order so those picking orders will have the information.
Want to sell more wreaths?
We will be manning Store sales at Kortendicks and Kmart on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving, if you would like to sign up for those, ask about it when you pick up your wreaths OR contact Mr. Latyshev and get your name on the list. See the sidebar for the schedule, there are still some spots open.
Show me the money
All money for wreaths will be due on Dec 2 or Dec 9. You don’t have to bring the money till then. If at all possible, please have your parents write a check for all the funds just so we don’t have a lot of cash floating around on collection night.
Engineering Merit Badge
After further review, with a few Engineering Merit Badge Counselors, the Harley work sheets do NOT cover all the material required for the badge, but a lot of it. If you filled out the work sheets and want to complete the badge, please see Mrs. Williams and she will give you a few names for counselors and she also has your work sheets. Sorry for the confusion, There may be some confusion between what we understood from Harley and what we may have indicated, bottom line, everyone needs to complete all merit badges as describe in the book, no more, no less, this applies to all merit badges. So get together with Mrs. Williams and she will get you the info you need to finish it up.
Life to Eagle
Are you a life Scout, an older Scout, or someone who needs that extra push to get motivated to move from Life to Eagle Scout? The Council is offering a Life to Eagle Training at Wheaton Hospital in Franklin on November 20, Find out the details HERE, but you might to email Lisa with the sign up as it shows the last day to sign up was Friday. This is an information packed evening, so if Eagle is something you are thinking about in the near future, plan on attending.
Slight Change in Fencing day event
There will be an Outdoor Adventure Expo to be held December 7th in Milwaukee that will highlight all the “programs” of the Three Harbors council, including some new info on the Council camps. Seeing we are going towards Milwaukee we are going to add this to our Trip. We are planning on meeting at 9:45 so we can depart by 10 AM. We will have more info in the upcoming weeks, but just letting everyone know now so they can plan on the time change. If this new time will not work for you, please let me know and we will see what we can do to accommodate you.
Ready to update?
I have been working on updating a new Troop webpage so that we can better communicate the information of the Troop, last week, I put a little teaser in BSB notification page, if you want to check it out, check out www.mrf161.wix.com/troop161 and let me know what you think. Still under construction, but if you find some bugs, let me know.
Thanks
That is it for this week!
Mr. F.
BSB 13 11 18.Docx