New rank requirements January 2017

Wow! Tonight we had a very busy meeting, jam packed with merit badge completions, the new Salesmanship merit badge and rank advancement. A lot of information! One more reminder, for those of you working on rank advancements. As of January 2017, you must use the new rank requirements. You may want to print them and put them in your book. If you are in the middle of a rank right now, I would recommend that you try to complete it before January. And that may mean completing a certain number of merit badges.
http://www.scouting.org/filestore/boyscouts/pdf/524-012_BS_Requirements.pdf

Popcorn Sale wrap up Wednesday October 19

Popcorn sale money is due on Wednesday October 19. So wrap up your popcorn sales. This is a great way for scouts to earn money to participate in scouting activities!

Wednesday's meeting agenda. Be prepared!

I meant to post this reminder earlier. Tomorrow nights meeting is the merit badge wrap up. Bring as many partials as you have with your worksheet with requirements that need to be approved and signed off. You may have a chance to meet with a merit badge counselor. We will also begin the Salesmanship merit badge. This merit badge might help you with the current popcorn sales and the upcoming wreath sales.

Additionally, if you've completed your parent contract for the Cyberchip please bring that to the meeting tomorrow. We will also being letting a few groups each meeting night do the skit that goes along with the Cyberchip. See you tomorrow's meeting.

22 2 NONE Helping Veterans with PTSD - you can help by hiking, volunteering or donating!

Tonight we had a guest speaker, Tabitha Beach, to talk about PTSD, a condition that afflicts many people especially veterans. She is helping to organize a hike to bring awareness. There are several ways that you can participate. You can earn service time for rank advancement by volunteering to help out at the event. You can work on the hiking merit badge, or rank advancement and either walk the entire length of the hike or walk in intervals of 5 miles at a time. Lastly, you can donate money to this great cause as they try to help veterans who are afflicted with PTSD.

22 2 NONE's first official event will be a 22 mile hike to raise funds and awareness of veteran suicide on Oct 22. All donations are going to Reigning Liberty Ranch, in Traverse City to help with the fantastic programs they are already providing the Veterans that come to them. Step off at: Milton Twnshp Fire Dept. in Kewadin, MI Destination: Bryant Park in Traverse City, MI Click the link BELOW to; HIKE, DONATE OR VOLUNTEER! http://eepurl.com/cft569

Please see this link for more information.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1636791036618163/

Den Chief training reminder 6pm for untrained, 6:30 for refresher course.

Den Chief Training reminder: Today! 6pm for untrained (Gabe) and 6:30 for the refresher course (Nathan A, Logan H, Anthony S., Marty L) Followed by regular meeting, the cyberchip.presentation. See you tonight!

Wednesday's meeting: Cyber Chip

At Wednesday's meeting we are going to do the Cyber Chip.  One of the requirements is to write and sign a personalized contract with your parent or guardian that outlines rules for using the computer and mobile devices, including what you can download, what you can post, and consequences for inappropriate use.  If you do this before you come to the meeting, you will be one step closer to a completed Cyber Chip.  Otherwise, you can do this requirement for next meeting.

Additionally, you can do this requirement and present it at an upcoming meeting: As an individual or patrol, use the EDGE method and the Student Project Kit to teach Internet safety rules, behavior, and “netiquette” to your troop or another patrol. You are encouraged to use any additional material and information you have researched. Each member of the patrol must have a role and present part of the lesson. You can do this as a patrol at the meeting Wednesday.

October 5 Scout meeting, merit badge wrap up before Court of Honor

The October 5 Scout meeting will be a merit badge wrap up before Court of Honor.  Our advancement chair needs time to enter all the data and get the awards ordered.  So, if you have outstanding merit badges please look at the paperwork now and see what you can complete prior to the October 5 meeting.  Merit badge counselors Kathy Arndt (First Aid), James Lake (Communications), Eugene Branigan (Hiking), Ken Arndt (Citizenship in the Community, Wilderness Survival) will be available to sign off any outstanding requirements.

If you are trying to advance in rank, please complete those requirements by next week, so that you will have time to get a Board of Review completed.

Scoutmaster has the partial blue cards and the Individual History Reports.  Let me know if you want to pick them up prior to next week's meeting.

October 1 is a Pumpkin Patch Camp Out with Cub Scout Pack 1 at Jellystone Park in Grayling.

Save the date! October 1 is a Pumpkin Patch Camp Out with Cub Scout Pack 1 at Jellystone Park in Grayling. One patrol in Troop 1 has decided to attend this camp out to help out the Webelos. If you are interested in the camp out please RSVP as indicated on the flyer, or talk to Jeremy Savoie.

Departure for International Scout Rally at Wilwin Lodge in Trout Lake is 5:15 today.

Departure for International Scout Rally at Wilwin Lodge in Trout Lake is 5:15 today. Be at Bagley by 5pm, and please eat your dinner before you come!

Service Time Opportunity: Wednesday 6-7 before Scouts to represent scouting at Recruit night.

If you need some service time, or would just like to help out, please go to Peace Lutheran Church from 6-7pm on Wednesday, prior to the scout meeting to be a good example of scouting for the recruit night.

Bring your book and have a Troop 1 leader sign off on the time that you spent assisting the recruit night.

Tenative Troop 1 Schedule

September ___________________________________

14 Service Time Opportunity: 6-8pm Peace Lutheran Recruit night.

14 Meal plan for Wilwin Lodge, game preparation, costume planning, Adults may do the dishes to enter in the dutch oven contest.

16-18 Weekend: International Scout Rally, Wilwin Lodge, Trout Lake, MI Theme: Around the World in 3 days

18 Sunday Popcorn table at Jays 12-5pm

21 Meeting etiquette: conduct & uniform, Scout rank requirements and physical fitness 30 days, Den Chief information for older boys

28 Cyberchip

October___________________________________

1&2 Saturday & Sunday: Grayling campout with the Cub Scouts if Den Chiefs or troop members want to do that

5 Merit badge wrap up for Communications, First Aid. Start Salesmanship merit badge Mr. Branigan

12 Fall Position of Responsibility Elections (meal planning for camping trip.)

14-16 Whitefish Point Camping trip Kathy Arndt

19 undetermined

23 Sunday: Court of Honor dinner (have a scout earning communications merit badge do the program)

26 Possible Kiwanis Open House

29 Popcorn sale Jays, 8am-9pm

International Scout Rally at Trout Lake in the Upper Peninsula next weekend!

If you missed our first scout meeting, you might want to know that we plan on going to the International Scout Rally at Trout Lake in the Upper Peninsula next weekend! Please let scoutmaster know if you plan to come. Next Wednesday we will plan the meals, the game and costumes for the rally. The theme is Around the World in 3 days.