Spring 2007 Court of Honor

Date: Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
Time: 6:30 pm
Place: St. Peter’s School Cafeteria.
All Families are invited to attend. Troop 826 will recognize rank advancement and award merit badges.

We will begin with a potluck supper at 6:30 pm. The main dish will be pasta which will be provided. We ask all families to bring the side dishes and drinks.

Here is what families will need to bring:

Families with last names that begin with A through E, please bring a SALAD of your choice and each family in this group should bring a 2-liter bottle of Coke.

Families with last names that begin with F through K, please bring bread of your choice, garlic bread or plain would go well with a pasta dish. Also please bring a 2-liter bottle of diet soda.

Families with last names that begin with L through P please bring desserts of your choice and a 2-liter bottle of Sprite.

Families with last names that begin with Q through Z please bring condiments (i.e., pickles, olives, Parmesan cheese, chips, h’ors doeuvres) and a 2-liter container of either lemonade, iced tea, or juice.

Troop 826 will provide the plates, utensils, cups, and ice.

Please respond to Pat F, Chairperson for Court of Honor, by either phone or e-mail by Saturday, May 26, 2007 with the number of family members that will be attending and what you will be bringing to help assure there will be sufficient amounts of food. We are planning to expect at least 100 people.

We look forward to seeing all of you on Tuesday, May 29th.

Pat F
321-1894 (home), please leave message

or

Gina L (because Pat Foley’s e-mail may be down for about 1 more week.)
412-5428

Adult Leader Training

The Boy Scout Online Learning Center helps adults to become better leaders.

This site provides a variety of materials, from quick references to complete courses, all designed to help our members improve leadership skills and deliver a quality program.

Check out the e-learning courses. 

Troop 826 Rises to Meet the Challenge of Spring Camporee

Thanks to Gina, once again, for providing us with pictures from the Camporee. Please visit the Picture Gallery. Click here.

Survivors

Better than roots and berries! Check out the gallery for pictures of the troop surviving the wilds of Carroll Pond. Thanks to Gina for the photos.

This Weekend’s Campout

We will not camp tonight due to the rain and cold weather forecast. Please check your email from our Troopmaster.

Tomorrow morning, we will meet at the Barn at 7 AM and camp tomorrow night. Return time is slated for 12 PM Sunday, March 18th. Don’t forget to bring a groundcloth.

Wilderness survival

…our own version of “Survivor”! Here are the details for our camping trip this weekend:

1. We will leave from Colonel Tom Parson’s at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Plan to be there by 5:30 to help load the trailer and prepare.
2. This is a wilderness survival campout – Scouts can bring a bag of trail mix to supplement the menu.
3. We will return by 10:30 a.m. on Sunday.
4. You can bring fishing hooks and 10 feet of line for the weekend – Scouts will make their own poles.
5. We will campout at either Coopers Farm or Carol Pond. Scoutmaster Michael Ervin will determine the location and send an email.
6. Visit merit badge.com and review the requirements for the Wilderness Survival Merit Badge. Scouts will be sleeping in a lean to and starting a fire with flint and steel. Scouts need a ground cloth (6’x8’ is the maximum) and a sleeping bag for sleeping out overnight.

New pictures added to gallery

Thanks to Ken, we’ve been able to upload more pictures from the DC camping trip.  Here’s how frozen it was. Thanks to Gina for the original set of pictures.

For the newly-added pictures, click here.

March Newsletter

Click here for the newsletter.  Enjoy!  Better yet, circle the dates on your calendar.

Chilling Out

The troop went cold-weather camping in Greenbelt Park in the Washington, DC area on February 16th-18th.  Fourteen Scouts and eight parents braved the elements.  Visits to monuments included the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the World War II Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. 

Nightly temperatures dipped to single-digit territory.  In addition to the temperature challenge, snow topped by 3 inches of ice blanketed the ground. 

The gallery is posted here.  The troop leaders were relieved that no Scout was lost in subterranean wilderness (the Metro).

Blue and Gold

 Saturday, February 10, 6:30 PM in the school cafeteria.  See you there!