I would like to thank everyone that came out for our Veterans Day flag ceremony this past Wednesday.  Seeing as it was a mid-week event I was skeptical about anyone showing up. Thankfully my fears were wrong and five scouts from Troop 1, two from Troop 14 and a guest from Troop 80 came to help.  We had 11 pack 260 scouts participate.  I even overheard a few talking about how when they get the chance they would like to join our troop. A lot can happen in a year's time but I think if we can continue to show this Pack and others that we are still holding meetings and have been able to participate even in the toughest of times we can be here for many years to come.

 

Another week has come to pass and here again is the S.M.S. I want to thank everyone that came out to the Trolley Museum this past Saturday.  It was an even better showing then I expected.  I had never been there and I have been living in the area all my life.  I know some of you had the exact sentiment too.  If you know of any locations around here that are places off the beaten path that we can go to or see please let me know and we will see what we can work out.

 

Our P.L.C will be held at the Campton Hills Community Center A.K.A The Station at 6p and the C.M right after that at 7p.  The P.L.C and C.M will be a hybrid meeting. In person and Zoom style just in case you can't make it out or down.  Everyone with a position of responsibility needs to attend.  I will send the link at 5p tomorrow so anyone and everyone can tune in.    

 

I ask everyone to keep plugging away as best as they can on our only fundraiser of the season.  Every scout should pull out all the stops and make every call you are able to.  I ran a quick numbers guess and if you sell around 250.00 in wreaths your dues for 2021 will be covered.  This is only a quick guess and I won't have the final numbers till Monday evening.

 

Here's hoping the weather is dry.  Below are the times that we need help.

Saturday, 11/21

 

I hope everyone had a safe and happy weekend. With everything either closed down or diminished there may not be a lot to do.  Coming up with your own activities are even more important now than ever.   For me it was listening to ghost stories on the radio until the early hours of the morning.  It's become somewhat of a tradition on Halloween for me so I hope you were able to do something you enjoyed while staying closer to home this year.

 

I have a few updates and a couple things for you to put on your calendar. 

 

So here we go.

I hope everyone is trying their best to sell as many wreaths as possible this season.  We all know there's a lot going on and not a lot of people are even thinking about the holidays right now.  I ask all our scouts young and old to do everything that they possibly can to make as many wreath sales as possible. We know it's tough right now but every little bit that you are able to do for our troop helps immensely in the long run. Everyone on your list from last year is a potential customer.  I would also suggest calling up former scouts and those who have just recently moved on from scouting.  They have contact lists and if their families had once been willing to purchase a wreath maybe lightning will strike twice.

 

 

I wanted to give everyone this early heads up for Monday night's meeting. I also have a fantastic day outing we can do on the morning of Saturday November 7th.  I will be able to give you most of the info tonight, the rest I'm still trying to nail down and  hope to have it done by Sunday evening. 

 

As everyone has probably noticed by now Kane County is back in phase 3 for a couple of weeks.  As far as troop one is concerned we will continue to have in person meetings either at the Campton Hills community center or any location that is willing to have us.  As of now we are small enough troop to continue to do in person meetings for the foreseeable future.  I guess being a small troop is a blessing at this time rather than a curse.

 

As the title says older scouts where are you?  For the past few months we  haven't seen hide nor hair of you and I'm wondering why?  What is the hold up?  Why are you not attending meetings? This is an open question so when you get thus letter, please let me know.  For some of you I know the reason and these are acceptable excuses.  The rest of you, at least let me know what is going on.  Even during this virus issue we have a lot of good things going on and coming up.  We need our older scout leadership structure and would really appreciate your assistance and knowledge.  Our younger scouts would really benefit from your help.