Shiloh, Canoe Trip in Jan, CPR

The presentation tonight by Captain Gandy was excellent and attendance was above average despite the weather.

....Everything as described in previous Troop blogs is still updated. We had more than ten visitors (WEBELOS) tonight including the Faulkner and his dad, P Crabtree as potential new members.

....Troop and Patrol Quartermasters need to be at the Hut at 6:30 PM this Thursday for packing our gear for Shiloh....

If your Scout is going on the Shiloh Trip and he wasn't there tonight and you're not sure we (Mr. Frost/Mr. Madision/Mr. Strunk) know he is coming, please reply so we can assure the logistics.

Thanks to Mrs. Eggers the Popcorn results are in with J Ng as first place, Chris Nelms, second , and Brandon Debalsi in third..Thirty -five per cent for their total individual sales meant take thirty-five per cent take home from each of their totals indicated that they all earned their cost of summer camp, plus contributing to the BSA.

Our plan for the weekend of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday weekend (2010) is to canoe the Okefenoke Swamp in GA along with taking the mail boat from Brunswick GA to Cumberland Island for the day (being set up by Mr. Branin). We would leave on Friday, Canoe Saturday, boat trip on Sunday and come home on Monday...or we can leave on Saturday, canoe or boat on Sunday and return on Monday. We will put it to a vote on November 23 with the Scouts.

There is set date for the Vulcan District Merit Badge O-rama on April 10, where he will have the opportunity to earn two merit badges.

There is a new Website out maintained for Scouters by one of our district members...www.woodbadgeman..some interesting information here for you to look at.

Will be doing a CPR refresher on a Saturday to be announce in November and December. Takes about an hour at the Hut and the $ 5.00 fee is picked up by the Troop.Watch for postings and a request for a reply.

There was an announcement in the last GAC newsletter, the Digital Eagle, that the Birmingham Red Cross is offering the Wilderness Emergency First Aid Course. If you have time you need to take it. The certification is for there years and the course is excellent. One member of each crew on all high adventure trips has to have the certification.

Thanks for all your support.....
YiS Dan S "Delivering the Promise"