Monday 3/13/23
Good evening everyone,
I wanted to thank everyone for their efforts this weekend in coming out on our first roadside cleanup on the year. Thanks to all your hard work we managed to collect 45 bags of trash and 5 bags of aluminum cans. Great job everyone!!
I also wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate Cannon Robinson and Carson Burke for reaching the rank of Tenderfoot at this month’s committee meeting.
Tomorrow we will be going over rank advancements. Scouts in the Arrowheads and Flaming Foxes patrol should come ready to address many of their outstanding requirements. Scouts in the Golden Eagles and Wolves patrol should come ready to help as well as ready to discuss their Troop position responsibilities with our leadership.
1. As stated last week, we’re already gearing up for our next campout which is Spring Camporee at Camp Conley Clarke in Gaffney, SC. The dates are from April 14th to the 16th for $35. Sign up sheet is already up.
2. As a reminder, the remaining balance for Summer Camp is due on March 30th. After March 30th there’s a late fee that will be issued by the campsite which you will be responsible for. We have 23 Scouts attending and only 2 have fully paid for everything.
3. The first weekend of National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) is next weekend. Scouts whom are eligible for this event will need to bring with them their medical form. So far only 1 Scout has asked me for this. Please make sure you come tomorrow to get the one we have on file. Also, if you need a tent, please let us know.
4. Our next fundraiser is Pork Butts which will be from April 7th to April 8th. There will be a sheet tomorrow for Scouts to sign up so that they can help. We will also be handing out tickets to each Scouts. In the event that we have extra ones, we will hand those over the following week on a first come first serve basis, but you need to first sell all the ones we hand over to you and bring the money back first before requesting more tickets. I will get a confirmation on the price tomorrow, but we are aiming to be somewhere in the high $30s to mid $40s.
5. Our first Court of Honor of the year is coming up. We will be announcing the date very shortly, so anyone who has ranking or merit badge requirements to wrap up, please make sure you bring that to a close over the next week or so.
6. Order of the Arrow elections are schedule for April 17th. Please make sure you’re in attendance so that you can place your vote.
7. April 29th we have a dual Eagle ceremony for Drew and Nolan at Andrew Jackson State Park. Details to come as we get closer to the date.
Lastly, if you haven’t joined our Facebook page, please do so, we have some amazing pictures of all of our events. I also recently activated a chat feature where you can easily drop a quick questions for the group to see and know about. Still, I will emphasize that email will continued to be our main means of communication.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ILTroop275
Please make sure to bring your book tomorrow. As always, please reach out to Mr. Otto with any questions at [email protected] or (917) 856-1720. I will see you all tomorrow.