04/15/24 Court of Honor
Today we had our Court of Honor where we celebrated the achievements of our fellow Scouts including what Merit Badges and Ranks they earned since the last Court of Honor.
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Troop 275
Today we had our Court of Honor where we celebrated the achievements of our fellow Scouts including what Merit Badges and Ranks they earned since the last Court of Honor.
This weekend the Scouts from our Flaming Foxes Patrol had an overnight hiking trip where they hiked 10 miles on the historic Kings Mountain, there we learned all about the role the Battle of Kings Mountain had in the Revolutionary War.
This weekend we attended the Palmetto Council Spring Camporee, this year we created the games using a zombie theme to teach Scout skills such as, shelter building, first aid, orienteering, and more.
This weekend we had our annual Pork Butts Fundraiser where over the course of Friday night we stayed up all night to cook our Pork Butts that we sell the next day on Saturday.
National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) is a six-day course designed to teach Scouts proper leadership skills in a fun way through games and other activities. Several of our Scouts attended this course over two weekends.
This weekend, the Arrow of Light Scouts from Pack 275 Crossed over to our troop, becoming Boy Scouts. We camped behind our Scout Hut on Saturday and Sunday. The new Boy Scouts learned skills from the older Scouts including requirements for the Scout Rank.
Our Troop participated in the Indian Land Christmas Parade to spread the Christmas Joy and to notify people to join our troop! We handed out candy to parade watchers along the way.
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Our OA members went to their Fall Fellowship.
The Vigil Honor, the Order of the Arrow’s highest recognition, was awarded to Joseph Cohen something our Troop hasn’t seen since May 1990
The Order of the Arrow (OA) is composed of Scouts and Scouters who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law (and this is the important part) as elected by their peers. There are 3 ranks in the OA: Ordeal, Brotherhood, and Vigil. The last rank is the hardest to obtain primarily because it requires a great deal of investment towards service and towards fulfilling a position in the lodge. To earn this honor a candidate must receive at least one more than half of the committee’s votes. Furthermore, the lodge is allowed to select one Vigil Honor member for every 50 members of the lodge.
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Members from our troop attended the Stamp Collecting Merit Badge class in Charlotte, NC learning all about stamps and the process of collecting them! This earned us the Stamp Collecting Merit Badge!
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Good morning everyone,
Let me start things off by extending my gratitude and congratulations, on behalf of the Troop, to all the moms. You’re the heart and soul of every household and it shows in how much your kids think of you every time we go off on a trip. Happy Mother’s Day to you all.
Tomorrow we’re hoping to wrap up our annual election process and (time permitting) we will either have a PLC meeting or go over a lesson on blue cards and requirements.
As we’re nearing the end of the school year, lets look ahead at what else we have coming up:
1. The Cannonballers event is this upcoming Friday. I am sure we will have a great time watching a game and camping into Saturday. I will send out my pre-event email on Wednesday (Hint: PACK LIGHT).
2. This upcoming Saturday, I am asking for leaders and Scouts to swing by for a spring cleaning effort to see if we can make a day out of getting some serious organization and camping equipment assessment done. I am thinking 8:30am to 2:30pm, we will happily provide lunch. Some of the things that come to mind are:
a. We have tons of bags of flags that need to be sorted and prepared for a flag retirement events.
b. Our tents have gone thru some heavy usages over the past few months and we need to assemble them all to evaluate their condition and see where repairs are needed.
c. Since having our Brunswick Stew event, we have a number of items in the shed that need to be sorted in order to make room for gear.
3. June 10th is our 2nd roadside cleanup of the year. Sign up sheet is up at the Scout Hut.
4. Take advantage of the online and local merit badge events I have shared with you all. These spots will fill up soon.
5. Summer camp is 6 weeks away. Please continue to bring me those medical forms. I will do an assessment of who I need in the upcoming days and send you an email later on.
As always, please reach out to Mr. Otto with any questions at [email protected] or (917) 856-1720. Moms, have a wonderful Mother’s Days. I will see you all tomorrow.