The next round of letters and updates will pertain to merit badges and fundraising opportunities. I am in contact with Three Fires council to find out if the flower sale is still going on or if it has been delayed/canceled. As soon as I learn more information I will get that out to all of you. Please remember to have the boys take a look at the emails, Facebook page and our website for all the information that I have been putting out.
Over the next weeks the two primary merit badges that I want everyone to seriously consider looking into and beginning are the First Aid merit badge and the Reading merit badge. The Reading merit badge is a straightforward badge that any scout from any year can get within a week or two. With everyone being home and unnecessary travel discouraged, reading a good book may be a great way to "escape" from this situation for a little while.
The First Aid badge is important during these times for self explanatory reasons. Learning more about what you should do in times of crisis and emergency are something that the Boy Scouts have been teaching their students for over a century. Listed below are requirements for the Reading and First Aid merit badges. The troop is developing a presentation / demonstration for the First Aid merit badge that is still in the prototype phase. After we are able to send it out to everyone working through a big Eagle required merit badge will be a little bit easier.
Last night I received this message from Brock pertaining to his Eagle project. If you can help out this weekend at all any little bet would help. These are log-able service hours for rank advancement and the citizenship in the community merit badge.
This Monday we will be having a special in person meeting. Nowadays as everyone knows it's very difficult to try to find something to do or a place to meet that we can actually do something. This Monday we will be taking a hike around downtown Saint Charles. At around 6:45 we will be meeting at Saint Mark's church to coordinate hikers.
I have two major updates for this weekend. Saturday will be the final day of Brock's eagle project. Sunday we have a day hike at Cantigny military park.
Because we were not able to get enough participants for a camp-out to the sparta bike trail we will be holding a bike hike on the Great Western Trail this Saturday morning. We will be meeting at the Campton Hills Community Center at 10a Saturday morning for a 10 mile bike hike.
For this week's Mid-week update we have a few updates on what is going on this weekend, during the Memorial Day weekend and our fundraiser. The website will be updated tonight with everything listed below so don't forget to sign up.
The Fundraiser
This past Monday we started our summer jerky fundraiser and we are already off to a good start. So far I have been able to secure 2 out of 3 locations that we can have show and sell. As far as I know we are the only troop doing this type of sale/product at any of these events. I will have product with me this weekend and on Monday.
Friday the 14th evening
The members Camp Kane have invited Troop One and any other scouts to have dinner with them at the Camp Kane historic site. This will be simple hot dogs and snacks with smores around the campfire. We will begin at 6p. This outting and Saturday's event count as our May troop outings. Please come if you can for some good company and stories around the campfire.
Bonus point
Not only can you work on the Sales merit badge during this upcoming weekend, you can also start chipping away at the American Heritage merit badge.
Camp Kane day - Saturday May 15th
The agenda is to arrive at Camp Kane at 9a to set up our station and get ready for the day. At 10a sharp we will be presenting the flags with the boys from Troop 14. Directly following we will begin our fundraiser sale throughout the afternoon. The dress code for this event is Class A during the flag ceremony and class B for the rest of the day. We were specifically instructed by council DO NOT wear Class A while doing our fundraiser. Please remember to bring a lunch or a snack if you intend on staying the whole day. This event will go from 10:00 a.m. To 3:00 p.m. If you only have a few minutes of the day to come and participate please come for the flag ceremony at the beginning. The artillery specialists will be firing off their 12 pound cannons at 11a sharp and 2p sharp.
Grave flagging - Saturday May 29th
The American Legion has asked troop one to assist them in placing flags on the graves of the veterans in Union cemetery. We will begin at around 9a and finish roughly about noon.
Memorial Day flag ceremony
I was able to confirm with the American Legion that we will be doing the final flag ceremony of the morning on Memorial Day. The estimated time for the ceremony at Union cemetery is 7:15. We should arrive at 6:45 to get ourselves settled in and prepared for this final commemorative act of the morning. I hope to have a final agenda this coming Monday evening
This Saturday (December 26th) I will be trying to put together another service project over at Camp Kane. Because almost everybody seems to be home for the holidays this may be a good chance to pick off a couple more service hours. If you need service hours for a merit badge, a rank advancement or just want to get some dirt underneath your nails this may be our last best chance this year. It will be the same as before where we start at 10a and end around 2p. There is a sign up on the website if you're able to come. I will need another adult to assist me with this. If by Friday evening we can get at least 6 people signed up we are good to go.
