Has anyone else realised that this is the last Sunday in January? We are already 28 days into 2024, the month is almost done and Thursday is February. Man, time is flying by. 

We have a few things to do before the end of the month so let's get into it. 

 

We will be staying at the Army Lake Camp, N8725 Army Lake Rd, East Troy, WI 53120    

 

Snowstar ski area is closed because of a lack of snow.  Therefore we will be converting the camp-out into the winterall prep and requirement work weekend.  During the day we will be training for the upcoming Winterall competition.  We will work on challenges such as map and compass, lashings and bear bag edicate. During the evening because we are in a cabin we can work on requirements and the scouts are invited to bring along any electronics they wish.   

 

Troop 1 has officially been asked to provide leadership (of the youth kind) to help this super fun annual tradition of Cub Scouts in Winter!

 

 

  Nothing new for this week.  If you know of anything going on in the tri-city area please let us know so we can talk about it. 

 

Merry Christmas to all the orthodox christians out there. Anyone of the Serbian, Russian, Greek orthodox denomination (just to name a few) we hope you had a blessed day with family and friends. May you have happiness and light this year with many more to come.

 

Will, Dominic, Joey and Wyatt for helping out at Cubsicle and all the guys that helped out at the derbie build this afternoon. We had a nice number of participants and people helping out. Thank you all so much!

 

This year because of scheduling we will be combining our campout and the day outing into one event. This year our campout will be held at the Batavia VFW, the same place that we do the November vfw fire vigil. We will arrive at about 9am and set up the gaming gear. In the afternoon we will be car-pooling to chasers. After our tag afternoon we'll go back to the vfw and stay the evening. Pick-up and clean-up will be on Sunday morning.   

 

In this latest episode we have a metric ton of stuff to go over. (That means A LOT)!  From camp-outs and day outings to popcorn and wreaths we got it all.  In the coming weeks we will have some new additions to the troop and new opportunities to go along with it. 

 

This Monday we will be prepping for the weekend events. 

 

The troop is selling Popcorn and Wreaths. Are you selling?  Got your trusty lust of past customers available? This is the time of year where you give back to the troop by selling Popcorn and Wreaths. It's one of the best ways you can help fund the troop and keep us going for another season.  You are also earning money toward your scout account.  Popcorn orders are due November 1st and wreath orders need to start coming in shortly after.

 

Our two weekend events are the Pack 154 day outing and Baker churches Trunk-er-treet.

1. The Scouts at Pack 154 are in need of some help during their October camp-out.  If you didn't come to the last campout this is your next best shot to participate.  As of now they are just getting back on their feet, as a lot of groups are after the hiatus of 2020.  I want our troop to be the one to help them as they open up again.  Their October camp-out is on Oct-23 at Blackwell forest preserve. (Butterfield Rd, Warrenville, IL 60555)  We will be heading over to the campground around 830a on Saturday and leaving around 5p.  I believe the cost of the trip is 10.00 for food but I will have to double check with their point person.

 

2.The Trunk-er-Treat will be at Baker Church parking lot from 2p - 330p on Sunday the 24th

We will be giving out candy and info to anyone that stops by our area.

 

As most of you know by now (or maybe this is the first time you may be hearing this) Troop One and Troop Fourteen will be merging together at the end of November.  The scouts and leadership of Troop Fourteen will be joining us and by the start of the 2022 season they will be fully integrated under the Troop One banner.  Because of this merger over the next few weeks we will be combining meetings and events to smoothly transition into the one unit.  With the merger of our two troops it opens up a new frontier and new adventures.  With an expanded volunteer base it allows us to have many more dedicated leaders with a multitude of specialties working with the scouts.  No one leader is able to do it all and with many hands makes light work.  Of course the main addition is more scouts to participate.  This one is rather self explanatory.  More scouts means more chances for us to go places and do things that the boys want to do. 

Good evening everyone 

 

It is a dark and stormy night as I write this letter.  The cold rain tapping on the window creates a slight fogg as it rolls down the glass.  The gusty October winds rush in causing the familiar  bite of autumn air to follow.  The leaves on the trees swaying in the wind almost gesturing to any passerby to stay away.  A dark and ominous night gives way to  flashes of light illuminating a field of winter wheat for a brief moment.  October has always been my favorite month.  

This year after taking a year off the Batavia Veterans weekend camp-out will return.  The date that was chosen was the first weekend in November.  The 5th, 6th and 7th,  With the fire vigil to start at 6p on that friday.  They will also be bringing back the pot-luck-dinner.  As of now the troop will need help making food and watching the fire.  We were given a 2a - 4a time slot on Saturday night that we need covered.  Whether you are or are not attending the camp-out we need your help in these areas. 

That time of year has come again when we have to put together our recharder for the next season.  As of right now I am hoping that all of our members will be rejoining us for the 2022 season.  We hope to have this paperwork in by mid October / early November.  If there are any concerns to what recharter fees will be please contact Joyce and she should be able to walk you through the details.  The price for the year has gone up for both adults and youth.  This is a rate hike on the national side and is not something that the troop is imposing.  We are expecting another rate hike from national for the 22 - 23 season as well.  

 

 

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.