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.
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.
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.
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.
This is the letter that I got from the leader over at pack 260. Below are the details for this Saturday. If you can come please sign up on the website or let me know. They have a few scouts that were looking at troops and we were one of them. Everything starts at 1p.
In this Mid-week update there is a lot to go over. With Memorial Day and our Ohio trip pretty much back-to-back I wanted to give everyone a chronological order breakdown for the next week.
Saturday the 29th 9a - 12p
Troop one will be in placing flags on the graves of veterans in Union cemetery.
1200 N 5th Ave, St. Charles, IL 60174
Union cemetery is across the road from Bethlehem Lutheran Church just north on Route 25. We will be working with the American Legion to make sure that every veteran is recognized and not forgotten. This is a service project so you will earn service hours for your time. This is a CLASS A EVENT! Please arrive at Union Cemetery at 9:00 a.m. for a short briefing.
Sunday evening setup at the veterans center
Because we want to have all the tables set and ready to go for Monday morning we have access to the veteran center from 6p to 7p Sunday evening. We will be setting up some tables, chairs and prepping the area for Monday's breakfast. Please attend if you can, it should only take an hour or less depending on the amount of help we can get. The veterans center is located at 311 N 2nd St, St. Charles, IL 60174
