Troop News

The coming weekend will be busy for the Troop.


BLUFF PARK ART SHOW is the Troop annual service project for the Bluff Park Community..... Most of the Scouts signed up for time at the Bluff Park Annual Art Show at the Monday night meeting.....He needs to be there to support our effort and to earn service credit for his earning rank and giving service to the communty....

Please make sure they are on time for their assignments and are dressed in the Class A uniform with out neckerchief or merit badge sash.

Several Scouts and leaders have signed up to be there at the Hut at 6:45 AM for the Troop set up. About half have signed up to be there from 8:00 AM until Noon and the other half will come at Noon until 4:30 - 5:00 PM...they are welcome to stay all day...they will need snack and lunch money if they do and should be prepared for the weather.We will close down between 4:30 and 5:00 PM.

We will be selling iced bottles of water, hot coffee, and as last year, micro waved popped pop corn...Leaders should also be in uniform in assisting/supervising the vending/trash pick ups and other assistance required.

MICROWAVES for popcorn... If you have a stand alone micro wave we can use on a rotation basis, we would appreciate your bringing it either for the morning or the afternoon....Most of the crowd will be there in the afternoon hours so we will need the most Scout and leader participation then. All of the earnings from the above sales go directly into our Troop operations budget..along with wreath and tree sales. this also counts as service hours for the Scout in his rank advancement requirements.

Parking will be difficult around the Hut unless you are making a drop (tell the street guards you are dropping off or picking up Scouts/equipment who are working the exhibitions). Early arrivals (before 8:00AM) may find a spot on the Hut's grass. At all other times and if they have no gear to bring in, you can either drop them off in uniform or just take the bus it from it's regular pick up/ drop off points.

EAGLE PROJECT J Coker will have his work day for his Eagle Project this Saturday also..an earlier Troop News memo indicated the time and location.

OA FALL FELLOWSHIP About fifteen Scouts and leaders will represent the Troop at the Fall Fellowship this weekend starting Monday and returning on Sunday.

WREATHS ..we are having to get more serious about wreaths than before anytime in the Troop's past as they are have become a strong, major supplement to our operations budget...in the years past, twenty-five percent or less families have participated, but these sales contributed to 1/3 of the total budget.

Even though we are meeting budget requirements to get by, we are slowly not making the cut for what we realistically need on a regular basis. We are slowly losing ground as the cost of equipment, fuel, and overall operations gradually increase for our trips and activities.

With all families contributing to wreath sales instead of the twenty-five per cent who are, we will over come the shortages we are expecting due to equipment needs (tentage), Troop operations, vehicles and vehicle maintenance, and general administration. For instance....We are going to need to think of purchasing a bus to replace our current twenty year old model. We are hoping for strong tree sales this year also, as strong as last year to assure our forward movement.

Thanks for all your support and for encouraging his attendance.


YiS Dan S "Delivering the Promise"