As you know, we are always trying to tweak our communication efforts in an attempt to make sure everyone knows as much as possible about the program. Whether it is via email, website, facebook, face-to-face, or handout......we are merely trying to make sure we get all program happenings out there....
Please make sure to use the facebook page and check the website for immediate updates as the other forms of communication can sometimes be slower. We will try to keep up the events section as much as possible as that seems to be the preference of people that took the poll we distributed on the FB page as well as the Court of Honor.
We will be looking to distribute the "Scouting for Food" door hangers during the week this upcoming week for a Saturday 4/23 pickup.....if anyone is interested in doing this any night this week please let me know ASAP so we can set it up......
Any of the boys that are working on merit badges outside of troop meetings should KEEP IT UP......let's capitalize on the merit badge madness that culminated with a total of 48 merit badges earned, which guaranteed a pizza party for all of the boys in the very near future.....
Lots and lots and lots of camping opportunities are coming up in the next few weeks and months.....the boys need to make sure that they have their personal equipment together and with them when we go. A few opportunities for improvement have cropped up the last couple of times we were out.....the boys need to double check and "Be Prepared" for all of Mother Nature's possibilities....
Jamaica bound boys: Payments are due in so airfare can be purchased.....
We have picked up a couple of new boys in the last month (WELCOME Josh and Connor) and will be having a Webelos Crossover ceremony for boys that are ready to graduate from the Pack. I am very pleased we have been able to sustain ourselves with new youth as we move forward.....
Remember to read this every week and look for the "Secret Word"......it could be worth something very special.....
Yours in Scouting,
Big Mike
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Time to get medieval.....
With our Spring Court officially a success and memory, it is time to re-focus on one of our favorite theme months: Wilderness Survival. The boys have had some of this in the past, whether it by last year's theme month or at Summer camp taking the merit badge for it. We will be stepping it up a bit by incorporating a one night campout on Friday 4/15 at now at undisclosed location (in other words, we are still deciding where to go).....lol.
We will then be working on this theme the rest of the month and test their skills with a 2 day campout at the end of the month. The whole thing that will be different with this theme is that the adult leaders and boys will be not bringing bags of clothes and supplies to these campouts. On the first overnighter coming up this Friday night, the boys will be allowed to bring their sleeping bags and NOTHING ELSE!!!!!!!!! They can only bring what they have or can carry in their pockets......that's it! The only other thing they should bring would be a foil pack dinner to cook on Friday night to eat.....
On Saturday morning, we will be emerging from the woods and going to the Bolivar Fire Hall to help support the Girl Scout pancake breakfast. Mrs. Ellis, in a very gracious way, has stated that the boys can eat for free if they come in their Class "A" uniforms, which they will already have on. I would like to see all parents who pick up their boys from the fire hall to come in and support the Girl Scouts by buying breakfast for themselves.....this is SO important to help and support a wonderful organization that is often there to support our Boy Scouts!
This should be an interesting month for the boys......will definitely be different from most things we do.....parents, please have confidence in them.....THEY CAN DO IT!
Yours in Scouting,
Big Mike
We will then be working on this theme the rest of the month and test their skills with a 2 day campout at the end of the month. The whole thing that will be different with this theme is that the adult leaders and boys will be not bringing bags of clothes and supplies to these campouts. On the first overnighter coming up this Friday night, the boys will be allowed to bring their sleeping bags and NOTHING ELSE!!!!!!!!! They can only bring what they have or can carry in their pockets......that's it! The only other thing they should bring would be a foil pack dinner to cook on Friday night to eat.....
On Saturday morning, we will be emerging from the woods and going to the Bolivar Fire Hall to help support the Girl Scout pancake breakfast. Mrs. Ellis, in a very gracious way, has stated that the boys can eat for free if they come in their Class "A" uniforms, which they will already have on. I would like to see all parents who pick up their boys from the fire hall to come in and support the Girl Scouts by buying breakfast for themselves.....this is SO important to help and support a wonderful organization that is often there to support our Boy Scouts!
This should be an interesting month for the boys......will definitely be different from most things we do.....parents, please have confidence in them.....THEY CAN DO IT!
Yours in Scouting,
Big Mike
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Scouting is a path in life, not just a Monday night thing......
A few thoughts while wondering how Mr. Woodcock is doing today.......
1) Tomorrow is our annual Spring Court of Honor......a time when we can reflect on what the program and more importantly the boys have accomplished in the last 6 months. We have had successful elections for new youth leaders and have fully integrated them into running the troop.....we have seen Merit badge madness take the boys to numbers of earned awards never seen at a spring Court (more on that tomorrow)......we have started our camping season with new tents and a continued path toward patrol cooking and self-reliance......the boys have actually started to open their books a little more other than on Monday nights.....
2) Many of the boys have extremely busy schedules with family commitments, sports schedules, church activities, and other things they do.......the fact that they continue to do all that is necessary for their own advancement in our program PLUS still helping each other and hanging out for fun is testament to the staying power this troop now has. I guess we are just not a Monday night thing anymore.....
3) The adult leaders are working as mentors for the patrols as well as individual youth leadership positions. Many of the adult leaders are also looking at or are already taking classes and courses to make themselves better leaders for all our boys. I challenge all adult leaders to do this to show the boys that improving one's self is part of everyone and that it is OK to constantly strive to do better or achieve more. That is why I am fairly confident that we will be adding to our Eagle's nest very soon.....Eagle's fly all the time, not just on Monday nights....
4) We will be adding to our troop a lot in the next few months as our Pack continues to run an excellent program and feed our troop with Webelo's that are ready and willing to learn and be part of our group. We will be having a cross over ceremony soon, which will not only give a proper beginning to the incoming boys but will also allow our current troop members to do what they do best: ACT and be ENTERTAINERS.....I am sure they do that all the time, not just on Monday nights....
I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow night at our 2011 Spring Court of Honor......which is a Monday night :-)
Yours in Scouting,
Big Mike
1) Tomorrow is our annual Spring Court of Honor......a time when we can reflect on what the program and more importantly the boys have accomplished in the last 6 months. We have had successful elections for new youth leaders and have fully integrated them into running the troop.....we have seen Merit badge madness take the boys to numbers of earned awards never seen at a spring Court (more on that tomorrow)......we have started our camping season with new tents and a continued path toward patrol cooking and self-reliance......the boys have actually started to open their books a little more other than on Monday nights.....
2) Many of the boys have extremely busy schedules with family commitments, sports schedules, church activities, and other things they do.......the fact that they continue to do all that is necessary for their own advancement in our program PLUS still helping each other and hanging out for fun is testament to the staying power this troop now has. I guess we are just not a Monday night thing anymore.....
3) The adult leaders are working as mentors for the patrols as well as individual youth leadership positions. Many of the adult leaders are also looking at or are already taking classes and courses to make themselves better leaders for all our boys. I challenge all adult leaders to do this to show the boys that improving one's self is part of everyone and that it is OK to constantly strive to do better or achieve more. That is why I am fairly confident that we will be adding to our Eagle's nest very soon.....Eagle's fly all the time, not just on Monday nights....
4) We will be adding to our troop a lot in the next few months as our Pack continues to run an excellent program and feed our troop with Webelo's that are ready and willing to learn and be part of our group. We will be having a cross over ceremony soon, which will not only give a proper beginning to the incoming boys but will also allow our current troop members to do what they do best: ACT and be ENTERTAINERS.....I am sure they do that all the time, not just on Monday nights....
I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow night at our 2011 Spring Court of Honor......which is a Monday night :-)
Yours in Scouting,
Big Mike
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