Troop 987 News
7/7/10
Summer Camp info click here.
7/7/10
All,
I’ll start taking
names for whoever wants to sign up. You have to August 1 to choose a
couple of merit badges. This will give us time to register.
This is a great opportunity to earn the Historic merit
badges that will only be offered this year.
Since summer camp is my priority right now can I get a
parent volunteer to help out with this? I need someone to take names,
merit badge choices, collect money and get us registered. This would
really help me out.
Yours in scouting,
Eugene
Link
to Flier
Earn Historic Merit
Badges
New Merit Badge University
On September 18, 2010, a new program will offer 34 Merit
Badges, including the Historic Merit Badges that are only offered this
Centennial year. This program is made possible by the University Of
Houston College Of Technology, the Alpha Phi Omega chapter at UH, and the
Antares District of the Sam Houston Area Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Preregistration of $20 is required by August 20th.
Please don’t miss out on this wonderful offering! You could
earn two of the historic merit badges in one day!!
Due to the high demand for courses, payment needs to received
within 3 weeks of registration to secure the class slot.
Scouts, for which payment is not received within that 3 week
period, will be moved to a pending list and are subject to being replaced
by a paying registrant.
5/25/10
Greetings Troop!
We will be having our
Court of Honor this Thursday at 7pm at Westland.
This is a
Class A event. But just in case
you forgot, it’s Scout Shirt, Scout Pants, Scout Socks, Scout
Neckerchief, Scout Sash and Scout attitude!
I am copying Mrs.
Noblitt’s email below as a reminder:
WHAT
TO BRING? I’m glad
you asked!! Each patrol has been selected to bring a main dish or
meat, side dish or dessert. Please see the list below to determine
what
you will need to bring.
COBRAS and
SWAT PATROLS: Desserts
FALCONS
and RATTLESNAKES:
Meat or Main Dish
TROLLS
and LOST PATROL:
Side Dish
Each family
should also bring one drink.
It can be a 2 liter bottle of soda, 1 gallon of tea, juice or water.
Whatever you like!!
We will provide all
paper goods and ice. Thanks for all your help and we look forward
to tasting what everyone has cooked up!!
Please reply back to me
and let me know what you will be bringing so we can make sure we have
plenty for everyone.
I am now going to copy
Mrs. Zierk’s email as a reminder as well.
At our Court of Honor, we have invited the Friends of
Scouting to attend and make a quick presentation. As you may know,
Friends of Scouting is the organization that raises money to help
underwrite camps and activities in the Sam Houston Area Council. The
council had 3 great camps we can take advantage of, and offers many
services to local scouts. They will be making a brief presentation, and
asking members of the troop to contribute to the Friends of Scouting
campaign. I encourage you all to consider making a donation to friends of
scouting – no matter the amount, everything we do will help!
Also, Bertha Ann Lucas will be doing another scrips order. We
will only be doing one order for June – and I’m not sure about July
yet! I have attached the most recent scrips order form for your
purchasing pleasure. Remember, we are not asking you to buy anything you
don’t already use – you can just purchase scrip cards (gift cards) to make
purchases you normally make! 50% of the commission earned will go
to your scout account (rounded down to the nearest whole dollar) and the
remaining commission will go to the troop general fund, paying for
shipping of the scrip order and other troop costs. I know the commission
doesn’t sound like much per family per order, but really, the amounts add
up, and EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS!!!! Bertha Ann will be placing the
order on June 1st, so if you want to give her your order at
the court of honor she will be happy to take it then. Checks will be
deposited on Tuesday, June 1st. The cards should be in the
following Friday (June 4th I think) – but Bertha Ann will
correct me if I am wrong!!! J
I have also attached
the medical form. If you have any questions on why we are doing this go
here: http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/HealthandSafety/Resources/MedicalFormFAQs.aspx
This is required by BSA
for all adults and scouts. As of Jan. 1,2010 we have to use the new
medical forms. We must have the medical forms in before summer
camp. For you adult leaders we no longer have to visit a doctor every
three years, we have to do it annually just like the scouts. If you have
any questions I’ll try to answer as best as I can but I’ll probably just
point you to the link. If you have a complaint please direct them to BSA.
I am doing what I am told to do and I am just a messenger. Please turn in
your completed form to Mr. Peralta or Mr. Wells.
With awesome volunteers
like we have the troop runs very smooth, but we can always use more.
There are a lot of positions to fill so If you would like to help please
see Mrs. Zierk or Mrs. Noblitt.
Yours in scouting,
Eugene
281-683-6331
ezierk@gmail.com
5/20/10
Once
again it is time for us to celebrate with our boys all that they have
accomplished over the past few months and we do that by acknowledging
them during a Court of Honor ceremony. Before the ceremony begins
we will be having a POT LUCK DINNER and we need YOUR help
to feed everyone!!
DATE: Thursday, May 27
TIME: 7:00 pm
PLACE: Westland Baptist Church (Room TBA)
WHAT TO BRING? I’m glad you asked!! Each
patrol has been selected to bring a main dish or meat, side dish or
dessert. Please see the list below to determine what you will need
to bring.
COBRAS and SWAT PATROLS: Desserts
FALCONS and RATTLESNAKES: Meat or Main
Dish
TROLLS and LOST PATROL: Side Dish
Each
family should also bring one drink. It can be a 2 liter bottle of
soda, 1 gallon of tea, juice or water. Whatever you like!!
We
will provide all paper goods and ice. Thanks for all your help and
we look forward to tasting what everyone has cooked up!!
Please
reply back to me and let me know what you will be bringing so we can make
sure we have plenty for everyone.
Thank
You,
Debbie
Noblitt
5/3/10
Greetings
Troop!
Hope all is well. I wanted to send some
reminders about things going on between now and summer camp.
First,
we held our elections last Thursday and here are the results:
Senior
Patrol Leader: Jacob W.
Cobra
Patrol Leader: Tyler T.
Troll
Patrol Leader: Jared S.
Falcon
Patrol Leader: Tim F.
Lost
Patrol Leader: Mason A.
Rattlesnakes
Patrol Leader: Derek A.
SWAT
Patrol Leader: Brandon G.
Congratulations!
Second, We are meeting this Thursday, May
6th at Westland at 7pm.
All newly
elected PLC must be there at 6:30pm to go over a few things
before the meeting starts. At this meeting we’ll be taking up money for
our May campout which is May 14, 15 and 16. This will be the last campout
of the school year. Campout fees are $20 plus quartermaster money. Remember, campout fees go to Mr. Poteet and
quartermaster fees go to the quartermaster/grubmaster. Please, if
you can try to keep them separate. During this meeting after we get a
head count on who is going we’ll breakout into patrols and plan the
meals. The patrols determine how much they want to spend and eat.
Generally the quartermasters money is about $10 (for hotdogs and pop
tarts all weekend) to $20 per person (steak and potatoes), it all depends
on what the patrols want to eat. We’ll spend a couple of minutes planning
on what we are going to do and if we have time we might play a game of
kickball depending if we get our troop work done in time. Yes, the
scoutmasters want to play too!
Next, we have Summer Camp. Summer Camp
is July 17th – 24th. http://www.halescoutreservation.org/
Just want to let everyone know that registration and merit badge
selections are closed. I hope everyone reviewed the merit badge list is
sent out a couple of weeks ago. We can no longer make changes to merit badges and add
additional scouts to attend summer camp. I have attached the FINAL merit badge selection
list. The final payment for summer camp will be May 20th.
Camp Hale is allowing scouts to take the
Camp Swim test at our leisure as long as the swim test is administered
from a certified lifeguard and done two weeks before camp. Mr. Lopez is
setting up the Lifeguard and as soon as I get a confirm date we can
reserve the Cimarron pool and get it done before camp. I know some may be
on vacation but don’t worry, your scout will still be able to take it at
camp. The last thing about summer camp is that BSA is requiring us to use
the new medical forms. Mr. Peralta will be contacting you soon if your
son is using the old medical forms. Please don’t shoot the messenger, but
this will have to include the doctor visit as well.
Lastly,
The troop website is up and running. When you see Mr. Angel, please thank
him for his persistence in talking to the right people and getting our
website going again. All troop information can be found here: www.scoutsofkaty.com .
Ok
just a quick recap for those who read the bottom part only:
May
4th – Committee Meeting. (Thought I would throw this in there
to see who is paying attention)
May
6th – troop meeting, must have final headcount and camp fee,
quartermaster fee due
May
14-16 – Campout Choke Canyon SP
May
20th – troop meeting – Final summer Camp money due
May
27 – Court of Honor. Place and time TBD
Between
July 4th and July 16th – Summer Camp Swim Test.
Final date and time TBD
July
15th – troop meeting. Final Summer Camp Information Meeting
July
17th to July 24th – SUMMER CAMP.
See,
that wasn’t too painfully boring wasn’t it? Ok maybe a little….
Eugene
281-683-6331
ezierk@gmail.com
4/29/10
Hello again, I think we’re back online. A lot
of things have happened since the website crash so I won’t go into
details. But starting soon I’ll put all my emails that I send out here.
So all you have to do is check here and the calendar then you’ll know
everything I know! If you have news you want to post send it to me and
I’ll put it up here.
As for
the old news that was on here, don’t worry, it’s been archived.
See you soon!
Yours in Scouting
Eugene
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