Category: Camping
Several weeks ago the scouts voted to attend summer camp at Camp Ho Non Wah on Wadmallow Island just southeast of Charleston, SC. The troop has attended summer camp there a few times before and it is an impressive camp with the perfect blend of great facilities, great food, great staff and great program.
We will be attending camp June 23rd through June 29th 2019 and the total cost (excluding merit badge specific costs) will be $325. This will include a summer camp t-shirt, travel costs, and money for bottled water.
You may start paying portions of the total now by either sending payment via your scouts to the troop treasurer at our troop meetings, or by using the “Click Here To Pay” option in the right hand column of this website. Note that Paypal does charge a small fee for each transaction. Note that the troop does pass along bank fees incurred when NSF issues are encountered related to payment by personal check.
Camp Out and earn the Chess Merit Badge too!
Start Date: 11/02/18 4:30 PM
End Date: 11/04/18 10:00 AM
All Day: No
Nights: 2
Location: Andrew Jackson State Park
Day 1: We’ll meet at Unity and drive to Andrew Jackson State Park, Group Camping Area to setup camp and cook dinner.
Day 2: We’ll cook breakfast at camp and drive back to Unity to participate in the Scouting for Food Service Project from 9am – 11am. Then return to camp, eat lunch, and spend the afternoon working on the Chess MB. The Scouts will then have some free time or work on other Scout Skills, and cook dinner.
Day 3: We’ll cook breakfast, break camp, have a church service, and drive back to the FM Post Office.
Get signed up in Troopmaster while spots remain!
Register now while spaces remain (20 max available spaces) for the Reed Gold Mine/Mining In Society merit badge campout on October 5th-7th. Cost is $25.
More scouts can attend, but only 20 classroom spaces are available total.
Sign up and get more details in TroopMaster
Download the Merit Badge workbook here
A Scout who is unable to complete one or more requirements can schedule later sessions with the counselor to demonstrate his knowledge or skills or requirement completions.
Preparation before class:
1. Scouts can print merit badge requirements from
a. http://www.scouting.org/meritbadges.aspx
or from
b. http://www.meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Merit_Badge_Worksheets
Printed workbooks are optional and not mandatory but Scouts will find that workbooks from the www.meritbadge.org site will be helpful in organizing their work.
2. Scouts should bring these pages and blank paper and pen to the course for their notes and research. These items will not be supplied by the course instructors.
Preparation during class: All Scouts are expected to take notes and to write down answers to requirement questions as the information is presented during the course. These notes should be available at the end of the day to show the merit badge counselor on-site and to demonstrate your participation and learning to your Scoutmaster and other troop leaders. Scouts should keep these notes to avoid any concerns about the level of participation or accomplishment at Boards of Review or Scoutmaster Conferences.
**Mining in Society Merit Badge pre-workshop homework:**
1. Scouts should research and complete section 1(a)(b)(c) prior to arrival on site and Be Prepared to discuss with the group what they learned from this process.
a. Have answers written either in the workbook or organized on a separate sheet of paper.
2. Scouts should research 1 (one) career for section 8(b) and Be Prepared to present the selected career and related information to the group. Scouts will complete section 8(b) based on information they learn from other workshop participants during their presentations.
a. Have answers written either in the workbook or organized on a separate sheet of paper.
Our Annual Beach Sweep event is right around the corner so please take time to register soon as registration closes on September 3rd.. Please register/pay on Troopmaster as soon as possible so we can finalize the transportation.
We won’t be meeting on September 3rd because of the Labor Day holiday so be sure to get registered before it closes that day. The Beach Sweep event is on September 7-9, 2018.
The Troop will be camping again at Lakewood Campground in Myrtle Beach. We will camp Friday night, clean the beach Saturday morning and play in the sun Saturday afternoon.
The cost of Beach Sweep is $45.00. This includes camp fees, travel, Saturday Breakfast, Lunch and the Saturday Evening Dinner. Boys WILL need to bring money for supper on the road going down (Friday) and breakfast coming back (Sunday) and for other drinks and goodies they may want to purchase while at the campground.
Departure will be at 5:00pm on Friday, September 7th at Unity Church. We will return to the Scout Hut around 2pm (Scouts will call you when we get close to the Church) Sunday, September 9th, 2016
Join us on this easy canoe trip to a campsite at Lake James. It is a great opportunity to get out and enjoy the troop’s canoes and nature.
Cost is $35. Sign Up On Troopmaster.
Day 1: We’ll meet at Unity at 1PM and drive to Lake James State Park. Then paddle one mile in a canoe with gear to Long Arm Camping Area 1, setup camp on sites L05-L10, and cook dinner.
Day 2: We’ll cook breakfast at camp, paddle one mile to Paddy’s Creek Swimming Area, enjoy the swimming area, and each lunch at the concession stand. We’ll then paddle one mile back to camp, have some free time to fish or work on Scout skills, and then cook dinner.
Day 3: We’ll cook breakfast, break camp, paddle back to the launch area, and drive back to Unity.
| For those that signed up for Merit Badge Courses next week at the Spring Camporee, please note that there are some prerequisites to a few of the Merit Badges that must be taken care of before the boys arrive in class.
These are below:
Citizenship in the Nation:
Prerequisites that the scouts need to complete ahead of time are:
#2. Do TWO of the following:
a. Visit a place that is listed as a National Historic Landmark or that is on the National Register of Historic Places. Tell your counselor what you learned about the landmark or site and what you found interesting about it.
b. Tour your state capitol building or the U.S. Capitol. Tell your counselor what you learned about the capitol, its function, and the history.
c. Tour a federal facility. Explain to your counselor what you saw there and what you learned about its function in the local community and how it serves this nation.
d. Choose a national monument that interests you. Using books, brochures, the Internet (with your parent’s permission), and other resources, find out more about the monument. Tell your counselor what you learned, and explain why the monument is important to this country’s citizens. (Note: Item D will be done in class.)
#3 Watch the NATIONAL EVENING NEWS five days in a row OR read the front page of a major daily NEWSPAPER five days in a row. Discuss the national issues you learned about with your counselor. Choose one of the NATIONAL issues and explain how it affects you and your family. (Note: This can be done with online national news site.)
Take a piece of note paper and write the following For each of the five days: # date, topic read for each day. Be prepared to discuss one article in class.
#8 Name your two senators and the member of Congress from your congressional district. Write a letter about a national issue and send it to one of these elected officials, sharing your view with him or her. Show your letter and any response you receive to your counselor.
Bring a copy of that letter to class for the counselor to review and sign off on.
Communication:
Prerequisites if scouts intend to complete the badge the same day are 5 and 8.
First Aid:
Scouts will need to bring a First Aid Kit. |
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The Spring Camporee will take place April 13-15, 2018 at Worthy Boys Camp in Rock Hill. We will plan to leave the Church at 4:30pm on April 13th and return to the Fort Mill Post Office parking lot at noon on April 15th. Cost is $20 plus paypal fee if paid online.
Scouts can register via TroopMaster in the right-hand column of this website
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The Mecklenburg County Council (Charlotte Area) will be offering a merit badge college event at Belk Scout Camp (9408 Belt Rd, Midland, NC 28107) on Thursday, Friday and Saturday – December 14, 15 & 16th, 2017.
Winter Camp offers all Scouts the opportunity to work on merit badges. Star Scouts may participate in a 3-hour Saturday afternoon conservation service project as required for advancement to Life Scout rank.
Scouts will camp in canvas tents in Cub World, eat heartily in the Dining Hall with meals prepared by a volunteer Cook Team, and participate in merit badge workshops. The following merit badges (with counselors and maximum enrollment) are on our schedule:
- American Cultures (offered to all Scouts) – Scott Phillips, Stuart Tucker
- *Citizenship in the Community – 6 – Dean Loven – one course
- *Citizenship in the Nation – 6 – Dean Loven – one course
- Climbing – Rob Seate – 8 – one course
- *Communication – Brady Drummond-Ryan – 15 – one course
- *Emergency Preparedness – Tony Bateman – 12- two courses
- *Family Life – Brady Drummond-Ryan – 15 – one course
- Fire Safety – Van Swepston – 12 – two courses
- Inventing – Mike McCoy – 8 – two courses
- *Personal Management – Kary Beaman – 8 – four courses
- Photography – John Mahaffey – 8 – two courses
- Scouting Heritage – Stuart Tucker – 8 – four courses
- Signs, Signals, and Codes – David White – 8 – two courses
* required for Eagle
All Merit Badge Counselors will be registered with BSA as adult volunteers and will be current on BSA Youth Protection and Merit Badge Counselor registration with the Council.
Scouts will register and pay individually. Parents and unit leaders are welcome and encouraged to register and attend and camp. If a Scout does not have a parent or unit leader on site, one of the staff adults will serve as his supervising adult and Scoutmaster. Supervising adults will sleep in a tent in the campsite for safety and discipline. Scouts and leaders will follow BSA Youth protection guidelines.
Cost is $75 per Scout. Cost for all camping adults is $25. Cost includes food (Friday night Cracker Barrel with dessert and hot chocolate, Saturday breakfast, lunch, supper, Cracker Barrel with dessert and hot chocolate, Sunday breakfast, snacks, all meals with vegetarian options), merit badge supplies, printing costs of merit badge workbooks for all Scouts, evening movie(s), facility use fees for Dining Hall and Learning Development Center, clean up supplies, event patch.
Check-in will begin at 5:00 pm on Friday at the Berry Shelter near the swimming pool. All Scouts and leaders will need to turn in BSA Health and Medical Record form Parts A and B (not requiring a doctor examination). See http://www.scouting.org/filestore/HealthSafety/pdf/680-001_AB.pdf. These health forms will be returned at check out. In the event of illness or injury, the emergency will be assessed by Scout leaders and medical personnel on site and 911 services activated if warranted.
Blue card requirement: Each Scout must present to the counselor a separate blue card signed by their Scoutmaster indicating permission to participate in that course. Scouts should fill out the requirement grid portion of the card and have the Merit Badge Counselor initial this section of the card for each completed
requirement. When the Scout has completed all requirements, the Merit Badge Counselor must sign and date the card on 2 places. Each Scout is responsible to obtain these signatures and to turn the card in to his Scoutmaster so that merit badge can be registered and awarded.
Note that Troop 108 is not participating in this event as a unit. We are simply presenting the information to our scouting families so they can decide if this is something that they would like to participate in or not.
The 2017 Crossover Campout is a great time to welcome our troop’s newest members and to get to know them better and help them feel like a part of the group.
We will be camping in the established campsites near the Rush Pavilion on the ASC Greenway (come in the entrance off of Hwy 21 Bypass opposite Colthorpe Road). Scouts can be dropped off with their gear begining at 5pm on Friday, March 10th and picked up no later than noon on March 11th, 2017. Both the drop off and pick up locations are the same – The Rush Pavilion on the ASC Greenway.
Bring gloves because of the possibility of doing a service project while on the Greenway.
Cost is $10 (a small paypal fee will be added when you pay online). You can choose to pay in cash at an upcoming scout meeting, just bring a printed copy of your registration email with you. The troop no longer takes checks as payment.
Be sure that the troop has a current BSA Health Form on file (at least Parts A & B for this outing – filled out by the parents). The current BSA Health Form can be downloaded from here
Come on out and lets get to know our new Scouts and make them feel welcome to the troop!!!!
Registration Closes on March 8th
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The 2017 York District Polar Bear will be a fantastic event filled with fun and adventure. The event will be held the weekend of January 13-15, 2016 @ Camp Conley Clark (1192 Hickory Grove Road, Gaffney, SC) and is sure to be a fun time.
The troop will gather at Unity Presbyterian Church at 5pm on January 13th to load the trailer and leave for the event shortly afterward. Scouts should have eaten supper prior to arrival as we will not be stopping on the way to the camporee. We will plan to return to Fort Mill around noon on January 15th in the Post Office parking lot. Scouts will call when we are on the way home. This is a cold weather camping event, so plan and pack accordingly. You can Click Here for a past post about cold weather camping.
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