Andrew's Eagle Project

Help out Andrew with his Eagle Scout project! Saturday April 22 from 3pm-6pm. See attached flyer. This counts as service time for rank advancement, and it's your good deed for the day to help out your former SPL. Hope to see you there!

Scout meeting tonight - Please READ!

Tonight's meeting according to the schedule is the Merit Badge Wrap up for Citizenship, Salesmanship, First Aid, Environmental Science, Communication, Hiking and Snowsports.

Scouts please bring your workbooks, worksheets blue cards if you have them, pocket knives and whittling projects.

If we don’t have enough takers taking advantage of the merit badge wrap up, we can also talk about summer camp sign up and start working on that. We can talk up about the upcoming Spring Camporee, the upcoming court of honor and responsibilities for the new Patrol leaders.

Webelos Cross Over 6pm is scheduled for Wednesday April 19 (need Scoutmaster and scouts to volunteer to attend this)

The Northern Trails Recognition Dinner in Petoskey is scheduled for April 20, Gathering period 5:30 pm, Dinner at 6:00 pm

Petoskey High School cafeteria
Cost:  Individual - $5.00
           Family - $10.00
Please bring a dish to pass for 10 - 12 people
Table service, drink and meat provided

If you have rank advancement to finish you need to do that ASAP (NOW) in order to be included in the Court of Honor dessert ceremony that is schedule for our Wednesday meeting on the 26th.

Julia Bushong, Scoutmaster Troop 1

Northern Trails District Recognition dinner April 20

Mark your calendars to attend the Northern Trails District Recognition dinner where scouters in our area are recognized for their good work by their peers. It is a potluck, and is located in Petoskey at the school in the cafeteria. I think 5:30 or 6pm.

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 Meeting

Tonight's meeting should be fun. Let's give a big welcome to Mike Reling of Eagle 101.5. He's going to talk about the radio and plans to bring pizza! Hope to see you all there!

Committee Meeting Sunday!

It’s that time again, I hope you can make it to a committee meeting on Sunday, March 12. 

6pm for scouts in leadership to plan upcoming meetings, and 7pm for adults and leaders.

Main topic will be the upcoming Sportsplex lock-in. Hope to see you at Bagley hall!

Tonight's meeting

Tonight's meeting was supposed to be a fun going away party for our SPL Ben and promoting Ethan as temporary SPL until elections. 

However, I didn't realize that Ben would be wrapped up in the Charlotte's Web play until after 8pm everyday this week.  So I think we will move Ethan's promotion to next week. 

I need ideas for tonight's meeting.  We could do merit badge wrap up's and requirements for the scouts who need to advance in rank, or practice knots.  Does anyone else have any ideas? 

Sorry for the late notice. Scoutmaster Julia Bushong

Annual Nominations and upcoming Recognition Dinner

It's that time again to nominate your fellow scouters for all that they do in the troop. I'm a little late in getting this out, so if you want to nominate someone, do not delay, fill it out and email it immediately to kielis@att.net

Or simply type it up in an email and let him know it's a nomination.

The recognition dinner is April 6 in Petoskey.

Sign up to help out at the Sportsplex lock-in!

Hey Everybody, It's time for parents and leaders of Troop 1 to sign up to work the 21st Annual Sportsplex lock-in. This means YOU! We need all available volunteers to come and help out. It's a long tiring night and the more help we have the more that people can work shifts and go home if they need to. Please check out the spreadsheet and put your name down. THis is our biggest event of the year and we generally have between 350-450 scouts and leaders in attendance.

Sign up sheet

Put Summer Camp on the calendar!

Put Summer Camp on the calendar!

Sunday Jul-23 2017 - Saturday Jul-29 2017

Cole Canoe Base

1356 Greenwood Rd

Alger, MI 48610

Assigned Campsite:

15 in Rifle River

Meeting will go on as scheduled tonight. Come if you can, but no worries if you can't.

We will hold the scout meeting as scheduled at 7:00 pm. . We have Webelos coming for a visit, and the polar bear planning is happening (beginning at 5:30). Please make best judgments as far as the weather goes. If you have to miss the meeting that is fine.

Polar bear participants meet at a Bagley early tomorrow

Scouts attending the Polar bear this weekend should meet at Bagley at 5:30 pm on Wednesday. Leader Raeanne wants to make sure everyone is prepared for the weekend. The regular meeting will follow after.

Merit Badge Tech Day! Don't miss out on the chance to register!

Merit Badge tech in Traverse city is a great way to earn merit badges.  Registration closes soon! 

See email below.

From: Mark Ewing

 Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 10:46 AM
Subject: Important Dated: Merit Badge Tech Registration to close this Sunday, March 5!!!

Registration for Merit Badge Tech (March 11^th) will close this coming Sunday, March 5, 2017. Here is the link:

https://scoutingevent.com/272-2017MBtech

Don’t let your Scouts miss out on a Merit Badge they want to take. Forward this email to all your Scouting families so they can sign up.

Many of the Merit Badges still have room. So do not wait! There is still room in Chess, Cit in the Community, Nation, World, Electricity, Farm Mechanics, Fingerprinting/Crime Prevention, Fire Safety, First Aid, Fish and Wildlife, Geocaching, Graphic Arts, Plumbing, Railroading, Scouting Heritage, Search and Rescue, Signs Signals & Codes, and Truck Transportation,

A flyer and the class catalog is attached.

Mark Ewing  |  Senior Unit Serving Executive

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Michigan Crossroads Council

President Gerald R. Ford Field Service Council

1499 Business Park Drive
Traverse City, MI, 49686
P 231.947.7071 ext 3104  |  F 231.947.7072

C 231.631.7490
mark.ewing@scouting.org

www.michiganscouting.org/presidentford