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Registration form for our April 16 merit badge workshop

Scouts,
Don’t forget to turn in the registration form for our April 16 merit badge workshop. It’s going to be a great opportunity to learn new skills or sharpen  skills that you alread have, and we’ll have some fun along the way. Please get those forms to me this week or by Monday, April 11, at the latest. You can submit them in paper form or send me an email with the info.
I am attaching some pages from the Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge manual that you can use to prepare for the Saturday sessions. Rather than bringing your entire Family Emergency Kit, it will be fine just to bring a photograph or a list of what you have in the kit. However, please do plan on bringing the items for your Personal Emergency Kit. If you have trouble finding some of the items, please let me know and I’ll help you out.
We’re going to have an experienced instructor with us that morning, working with us on CPR, defibrillator and emergency preparedness skills. Mr. Mike Hackney is a veteran Boxwell instructor — and we don’t have to go out of town to receive this top-notch training.
Also in the afternoon you’ll have the opportunity to work on other merit badges, so indicate on your registration form what your interests are and your troop merit badget counselors will be prepared to help.
Have a question or suggestion? Need another copy of the registration form? Send me a note or call me at 415-0147.
Thanks!
Tim
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Photos from LBL backpacking

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Meeting Update

I want to let you know that there is no regular scout tomorrow night.  PLC will meet on Monday at 5:45pm, followed by committee meeting at 6:30pm. 

5:45pm – Patrol Leaders Council (PLC) Meeting
This includes:  Rhys (SPL), Vincent (ASPL), Jordan (PL-Hurtles), Collin (PL-Wolverines), Joseph (Troop Guide), Steven (Replacement Scribe), Scoutmaster & Asst. Scoutmasters.

If you cannot attend, please call your assistant to go to the meeting instead of you. 

6:30pm – Troop Committee Meeting
This includes:  all Troop Committee Members, Scoutmaster, Chartered Org. Head/Rep., & interested Scout parents

All parents are invited to join us for monthly troop committee meetings to find out more about what’s coming up for the troop and how you can help.

I would like to also remind everyone that Monday April 11th is troop 3 Court of Honor with potluck & annual ice cream fundraiser kick-off.

Important info for scouts that went to our backpacking trip to Land Between the Lakes – please check your body for ticks, I found two ticks on me a minute ago, Helen & Luboš had some as well.  Some of the boys got dehydrated today, please make sure that you drink enough tonight & tomorrow to replenish lost liquids.
Thanks for your support,

Libor
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Land between the lakes.

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We are backpacking,camping. The wolverines are going to eat ramen,flat bread with peanut butter,drink mix,oatmeal,pop tarts,instant bacon,apples,tang,jerky,chicken,cheese and crackers,fig bars,instant pudding,brownies,cereal bars,eggs,kool aid. The Hurtles are going to eat oatmeal,apples,hot cocoa,cider,summer sausage,trail mix,pasta with ground beef. The Squirrls are going to eat sushi,oatmeal,bread,summer sausage,cheese. We will do other awsome activites. By Josh,Chris,Lubos.      The photo shows all the people going.

 

This post was written prior to the trip. We will be following up with a video by Will and perhaps another post as well. Stay tuned.

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Percy Warner Park 10-mile hiking trip

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Left at 7:50, with 5 adults, 7 scouts, 6 webelos, and 3 dogs.  We completed a 10 mile hike and went geocaching. The trail was muddy but it was a good hike. We are all dirty and the dogs were the highlight of the trip. Every one did great including the webelos. We had lunch at Edwin Warner Park and everyone had a lunch but we tired. Here’s our after pic.

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merit badge trips update

MBU at MTSU

We had a great trip to MTSU for a Merit Badge University. Most of the scouts were able to earn a full merit badge and the others have pretty good headway.

From 2011-02 MBU at MTSU
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The first photos from the ski trip

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gear information trips update

A quick note on finding polyester clothing & underlayers for the ski trip.

Target has inexpensive polyester long underwear for kids along with kids’ long-sleeve polyester athletic shirts (both Champion brand).  And as of today, they also had Champion polyester athletic tops & bottoms in Men’s sizes on sale for $ 5-7 a piece.

Academy has BCG brand polyester leggings & shirts for about $10-15.  (Think:  Under Armour, only not nearly as expensive!)  I’ve also heard another place to find reasonably-priced polyester underlayers & wool socks is in the hunting section at Walmart.

In cold weather, layers of synthetic fabric (polyester, nylon, fleece, etc.) with a wind-proof outer layer & wool socks is the way to go, especially if you will be working up a sweat doing things like skiing or backpacking.  As the saying goes, “Cotton kills” – it absorbs moisture, is slow to dry, and chafes when wet.  In short, it increases your chances of hypothermia and general discomfort.

Click here to find out more about the First Aid MB.

So, it pays to buy polyester/nylon & fleece for outdoor activities.  And the kids will use them again and again on all sorts of trips!

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Schedule Change

Due to some scheduling issues at Boxwell, we had to switch around our weekends. We will now be going to Camp Boxwell Climbing/Rappelling on the wall and hiking 10 miles the weekend of March 4-6. We will be going backpacking to Land Between the Lakes the weekend of April 1-3.

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Ski Trip Next weekend

Troop 3 will be taking a ski trip to Paoli Peaks, IN next weekend.

Because of BSA’s policy on helmet use for winter sports activities, all scouts attending will need to complete the Helmet Release Form from Paoli Peaks.

Parents of all scouts attending will need to sign the Liability Release agreement & ski/snowboard equipment rental agreement at the meeting on Monday which Reuben will have. Please be sure to check in with him.

Remember that the trip plan is available online in google documents. Please look over the plan and update with any information you may have. Contact Reuben or leave a comment on this post if you have any questions.

Additionally, scouts can access the Alpine MB Brochure and the Snowboard MB Brochure to see what the requirements will be.