Troop 987 News
12/09/09
Greetings
Troop and Webelos!
If
you are getting this email you are signed up to go camping this weekend!
I just wanted to convey the logistics and a few notes for the campout.
We
are going to Bastrop State Park in Bastrop. See attached map.
We
will all meet at Westland’s
front parking lot at 5:30pm on Friday, load up and leave at 6ish.
We
will return Sunday around 1ish.
Per
BSA policy we travel in class A uniform. (Shirts)
We
will stop on the way up for dinner on Friday night and may stop on the
way back for fuel and snacks so be prepared. The adult leaders are
volunteers and therefore have no money!
It
looks like it’s going to rain on Friday, again be prepared.
Make
sure you bring your scout books; this goes for the Webelos as well,
you’ll need them.
Quartermasters/Grubmasters,
please remember that you will have two guests in each patrol. Plan your
shopping accordingly.
You
do not need to plan for Saturday dinner, the Tenderloin patrol will make
dinner for the troop.
See
you all on Friday.
11/30/09
1.
Meeting this Thursday December 10th upstairs at the
Church. We will be discussing the agenda of the December Campout. Please
have your scout bring $20 dollars camp fee and money for the
quartermaster. I need a final head count by this Thursday for the
submission of the tour permit to BSA. If you cannot make it to the
meeting please let me know if you’re going before the meeting.
2.
December 11th -13th is the troop campout at Bastrop State Park.
Logistic details will follow next week.
3.
We need to register for the Texas Skies merit badge fair so I
have attached the flier that show the merit badge offerings and the
prerequisites for the classes. This is a great way for your scout to earn
two merit badges for the low price of five dollars! The earlier I
get the troop registered the better chances your scout has to get the
merit badge he signed up for. So I will sign us up on December 18th
so please have the merit badges you want to take and the five dollars
before then.
4.
December 17th is the Court of Honor/Christmas Party.
This will be a special Court of Honor as we will be announcing who was
voted into the prestigious Order of the Arrow. More details to follow
soon.
11/18/09
Sorry
for the late notice we have to make a change of our meeting location
because of many conflicts at the Church.
We will
be at our back up location, Cimarron Club House in Cimarron.
We
will meet there at
5:45PM and
leave to take the donations to KCM promptly at 6PM.
We’ll
return back and enjoy a troop movie night.
Senior
Patrol Leader is in charge of organizing refreshments.
Patrol
leaders, please all everyone in your patrol to make sure the word gets
out.
11/16/09
Patrol
Leaders Council.
If
you are receiving this your son was elected as a patrol leader. The
Patrol Leaders Council, or PLC, meets every so often to plan out
activities and meetings. They should already know that we are meeting
tonight at my house tonight at 6pm. (23238 Spruce Falls Court). If the
Patrol Leader cannot make it he must send a delegate from his patrol. We
are hoping to plan out the next 4 to 6 months. This usually takes about
2-3 hours. All adult leaders should plan on attending as well.
I
hope everyone has put out their KCM donation bags!
11/16/09
POPCORN DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION for
November 21! Please be there at 7:30am.
WHERE?
99cent Warehouse
23623 Colonial Parkway
Katy TX 77493
North side of I-10 off grand parkway behind the NEW Memorial Herman Hospital.
Colonial Parkway crosses Grand Parkway between I-10 and Saums
- DISTRIBUTION is Saturday November 21st
8am-11-12ish (pending when we finish everyone’s load). There is a
MAP ENCLOSED for our site and it has TRAFFIC DIRECTIONS. PLEASE
follow these so we can have a smooth traffic flow, load and check
out quickly and GET ON WITH THE WEEKEND!
- DONOT come at noon, we
will likely be gone. Try to arrive between 8-9:30!
- CHECKOUT – Please STOP at the
checkout area and double check your order quantities (there will be
extra space to park and do this for units). Once you signoff on your
order, you have committed to the product. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGING
ORDERS OR EXTRA PRODUCT AT DISTRIBUTION! If your unit would like
extra product, you can contact Ginger Kern at Council MONDAY
November 23 and she will distribute extra product on a first come
first serve basis starting that morning.
- PAYMENT – YES, you can make
payment at distribution. This will be done at CHECKOUT – Payment by
unit check ONLY and a field receipt will be issued, please have
your unit invoice from Trails-End with your payment.
- SHOOTERS – Yes, shooters will be
at Distribution. These will also be at checkout. NOTE: to guarantee
there will be enough shooters at distribution, please email mizbil@sbcglobal.net with
your shooter numbers so we can have them ready. PLEASE BRING BLUE
CARDS FOR EVERY SHOOTER!
- TOP SELLER CARDS – In your supplies is a
YELLOW top salesman card, to be eligible for the TOP SALESMAN award
for district and council, you MUST TURN IN THIS CARD COMPLETED!
i. District awards will be
distributed at Dec Roundtable and will be based upon these yellow cards
ONLY! Council will be done based upon these cards as well.
- VOLUNTEERS – We need volunteers to
assist load product the day of distribution, scouts will be on the
ground loading cars and adults will be in the warehouse placing unit
orders at Dock Doors as cars pull up. (NOTE: inside the warehouse is
50’, wear proper clothing). Parking for volunteers will be VISITOR
PARKING. (EVERYONE MUST CHECK IN AT GUARD STATION!)
- Snacks and drinks will
be provided for volunteers the day of distribution!
Plus a BIG THANK YOU!
11/11/09
We changed
the November Paintball outing to this Sunday afternoon at Splatterhouse
in Brookshire. I need a final head count by this Thursday
to make reservations. It’s going to be $27 dollars a person. http://www.splatterhousepaintball.com/Team.html
Remember this is not a scout approved
function, we are doing this for fun as a troop.
The
reason we changed the time is this Saturday is Meet the Troops Event at
the Loomis Center
at Memorial
Lutheran Church
in downtown Katy from 1 to 5pm.
This is an opportunity for us to promote our troop to new
potential scouts. Every 5th grader in KISD was invited to
this. Now that being said we need to have volunteers to work this booth.
I will be asking your boys to volunteer on Thursday’s meeting.
I
also need a final head count for December’s campout on December 11-13. We
will be going to Bastrop
State Park and we
have invited the Webelos and their parents from our pack to come along.
Our boys will be helping the Webelos work on their Readyman (first aid)
and various Troop Scout Badge Items.
We will have a PLC meeting at 6pm, Monday November 16th at my house. Scout Masters,
Senior Patrol Leader and all Patrol Leaders are required to attend.
We will be planning the next six months of troop functions. Mr. Angel
said dinner will be served!
10/26/09
The
troop meeting for this Thursday has been cancelled. It’s that time of year
when there is too many school activities going on like sports and band
and it all came together on Thursday You should see my calendar! We will
meet again on November 5th.
That
being said I hope you are selling your popcorn. The boys have decided that
the person who sells the most popcorn gets a huge bag of candy. Sorry
parents but it was there idea and if it helps motivate them I’m all over
it. I just bought a huge bag of candy and it’s ready to go… Now for the
tough part: Since we have cancelled the meeting Thursday I
need all popcorn money turned at my house by this Wednesday night, Oct.
28. (23238 Spruce Falls Court)
Sorry for the inconvenience but we need to turn in the orders by Thursday
night.
October
31 and November 1 is the Wings Over Houston Air Show. They are offering
the Aviation merit badge. If you are going to go you need to have the
merit badge card (blue card) signed by me or Mr. Noblitt. When you drop
off your popcorn money I can give you a signed blue card if you need one.
The
November 5th troop meeting we will be holding troop elections.
Please have your scout think about who he would like for Senior Patrol
Leader and his Patrol Leader.
Since
we have cancelled the November campout we will be doing a troop activity.
The date for that is November 14th and it looks like we’ll be
doing paintball again. The boys had a great time last time. More details
to follow.
Texas
Skies needs scout volunteers for unit distribution of popcorn. This will
be on November 21. If you need service hours let me know and I’ll get the
details.
Be
on the lookout for an email from our Committee. We will be having a
parents meeting soon to discuss next nears summer camp.
The
December campout will be December 11-13 at Bastrop State Park.
We will be inviting Webelos in our area and counting on your scouts to
show them how much fun we have in Boy Scouts and maybe teach them a few
things as well.
10-20-09
WOW! What a campout! We worked on two merit badges and
still had time to fish and play football! Don’t forget about the troop
meeting Thursday. This would be a good time to bring your homework!
Hopefully we’ll get pictures from the campout uploaded soon.
Have
a good week!
10-10-09
The campout this weekend is at Lake Texana,
I hope you’re all ready. We will meet at Westland at 5:30 on the 16th
and leave promptly at 6PM and return on the 18th at about
2ish.
It has been finalized! We have made a deposit to Camp Hale.
9-30-09
v Looks like majority rules and
democracy is alive and well at Troop 987. We will be going to Hale Scout
Reservation in Oklahoma
for summer camp in 2010!
http://halescoutreservation.org/ More details to follow.
v The Troop meeting this Thursday
is a special one as we will learn about the Order of the Arrow. This is
scouting National Honor Society. Its purpose is to:
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Recognize those who best
exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives and through that
recognition cause others to conduct themselves in a way that warrant
similar recognition.
•
Promote camping,
responsible outdoor adventure, and environmental stewardship as
essential components of every Scout’s experience, in the unit,
year-round, and in summer camp.
•
Develop leaders with the
willingness, character, spirit and ability to advance the activities of
their units, our brotherhood, Scouting, and ultimately our nation.
•
Crystallize the Scout
habit of helpfulness into a life purpose of leadership in cheerful
service to others.
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To be in the Order of the
Arrow a scout must be voted in by his peers and have the following
requirements:
•
Be a registered member of the Boy Scouts of America.
•
Hold the First Class rank of the Boy Scouts of
America, as a minimum.
•
After registration with a Troop or Team, have
experienced fifteen (15) days and nights of camping, including five (5)
consecutive days and nights of long-term camping, under the auspices
and standards of the Boy Scouts of America, within the two (2) years immediately
prior to election to candidate status
v Don’t forget to sell your
popcorn!
Attention scouts!
The Pack still
need’s Den Chiefs. Three of them in fact! I am looking for volunteers
that can help the den leaders and lead by example. If you have any
questions ask Phillip. He has been doing this for a while now and looks
like he’s have a good time. This is a leadership position.
The dens have started so let me
know soon!
Do you have Scouting news and
pictures you want to share? Email them to me and I’ll post it!
ezierk@gmail.com
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9-21-09
WOW!
What a fantastic campout at Palmetto
State Park. The
weather was great and the food! I think I gained weight. This was by far the
best campout yet that shows the true meaning of scout spirit, working
together as a team and getting along.
Don’t
forget to do your home work and come up with a cool place to go for
summer camp.
Attention scouts!
The Pack still need’s
Den Chiefs. Three of them in fact! I am looking for volunteers that can
help the den leaders and lead by example. If you have any questions ask
Phillip. He has been doing this for a while now and looks like he’s have
a good time. This is a leadership position.
The dens have
started so let me know soon!
Do you have Scouting news and
pictures you want to share? Email them to me and I’ll post it!
ezierk@gmail.com
09-09-09
Please take a look at the Troop Calendar. It will have the
date of all our activities!
One of the things we have changed this year is the campout
fees. There will be no more guessing on how much campout will cost. We will
charge $20 plus QM (food) for every campout. This will make it easy to
remember.
At the last PLC meeting we have asked the Patrol Leaders to
talk to their patrol and come up with a place to go to summer camp next
year. Yes, we have to start planning for this now. Have your boy’s look
on the internet or ask around for a place to go. On the troop meeting on
Sept 24 we’ll go through all the selections and vote where to go.
Attention scouts!
The Pack need’s Den
Chiefs. Three of them in fact! I am looking for volunteers that can help
the den leaders and lead by example. If you have any questions ask
Phillip. He has been doing this for a while now and looks like he’s have
a good time. This is a leadership position.
The den meeting are
starting up so let me know soon!
Do you have Scouting news and pictures you want to share?
Email them to me and I’ll post it!
ezierk@gmail.com
Finally, I know that there are a lot of boy’s in
extracurricular activities. We as adult leaders understand this and
encourage it! We will do the best we can to work around these dates but
sometimes it’s just not possible. We just want you to know that we’ll be
here!
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