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With the 100th Anniversay of Scouting in America, the webmaster decided to give the troop’s website a fresh new look – making sure to include the anniversary logo.
The larger of the two picture frames at the top of the page will rotate between pictures that we make available to it, so you should get a different picture in that frame each time you visit – at least until you cycle through the available pictures.
Also, you can click on the RSS icon just to the left of the frames to subscribe to the RSS feed for the troop’s webpage. This will deliver a copy of the latest posts to the website to your web browser or RSS reader – depending upon how you receive your RSS feeds.
We hope to fill out the website a bit this year by updating the history portion of the site and getting our patrol scribes involved in keeping their portions of the site updated.
We will also be placing some pre-made reports of various types that we think parents might find helpful in the “Troop 108 Secure Area” that will require a password to enter. This will keep the data safe from those outside of our circle. If you need this password, please let the webmaster or Scoutmaster know.
The new year is here, and with it comes the need for all youth members of the troop to pay their $45 annual troop dues. These dues keep you, the scout, registered in the BSA, gets you a subscription to Boys Life magazine and helps to cover the expenses associated with purchasing merit badges and rank advancement during the year. It also helps to cover other troop costs like canoe trailer or equipment trailer repairs, canoe repairs and/or maintenance, propane tank refilling and repairing or purchasing equipment for the troop.
Scouts who sold popcorn can choose to use some of the money that they earned from their sales to defray the cost of dues. Others can make a check out to “Troop 108, BSA”. Either way, the deadline for getting your dues to Ms. Donna is the Troop meeting on January 11th, 2010.
Troop leaders are keeping an eye on the developing weather situation and will be making a decision as to whether scouts will be traveling to Spartanburg to help with the annual Shrine Bowl game at Wofford College on Saturday.
Current Status:
As of 7:15pm on Friday, December 18th, the original plans have been altered a bit in that we are now planning to to meet at the scout hut for departure at 8am on Saturday, December 19th.
Scouts should remember to bring $5 to help cover gas expenses and sufficient money to buy breakfast and supper on the way home. Scouts will be able to eat for free while at the game. Scouts should return to the Scout Hut around 7pm on Saturday evening.
We look forward to seeing you at our first troop meeting of 2010 on January 4th.
ATTENTION SCOUTS AND SCOUTING FAMILIES
Because of a death in the Unity Presbyterian Church family that requires the use of the church facilities for visitation tonight, the Troop 108 Winter Court of Honor has been moved to St. John’s United Methodist Church (directly across the street from the Fort Mill Fire Department and U.S. Post Office)
Parents should meet in the sanctuary at 6:30pm as planned. Finger foods or drinks brought for the fellowship time following the event should be taken to the Family Life Center before 6:30pm.
Scouts should gather in the Family Life Center at 6:30pm.
The Court of Honor will begin at 7pm in the sanctuary.
The Court of Honor is a special event where we publicly recognize the achievements of our scouts and leaders. While they get the physical patches at regular meetings, we reserve the official cards for presentation at our Court of Honors. Parents are encouraged to wear their parents ribbon upon which they proudly display the parents pins associated with their scout’s achievements.
The Winter Court of Honor will be held on December 15th, 2009 in the sanctuary of Unity Presbyterian Church. Parents are asked to be in the sanctuary by 6:30pm for a parent’s meeting and scouts should report to our regular meeting room by 6:30pm to begin preparation for the event.
Each family is asked to bring a finger food or drink to Unity Hall prior to the parent’s meeting. Everyone will enjoy these durng the fellowship time after the Court of Honor.
The actual Court of Honor will begin promptly at 7pm.
Following the closing of the usual Court of Honor will be a truly special event. We will then open an Eagle Court of Honor where scout Walt Johnson will receive the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America. Every scout should witness this presentation as it is the culmination of many years of scouting and many, many hours of hard work on the part of the new Eagle Scout, his family and his leaders.
After the close of all of the events, we ask everyone to join us in Unity Hall for light refreshments and fellowship.
Don’t miss out on the 2010 York District Merit Badge College. Just like last year, all class instruction will be completed within a single session (morning or afternoon), and based around theme days.
Session Dates: Classes will be held Saturday, February 13, February 20 and February 27, 2010.
Scout Registration: Scouts should use the sheet they received at the November 30th meeting to make their merit badge class selections (you can download a copy here) and return the completed form to the December 7th meeting with your payment made out to Troop 108.
Cost: The cost will be $2 per merit badge plus $5 for each lunch (optional). Lunch will consist of a sub, bag of chips, cookie and soda. Sub choices will be Ham (2-13-10); Turkey (2-20-10); and Roast Beef (2-27-10). Lunches must be pre-ordered with the MB registration.
What We Expect: Scouts will be strongly encouraged to read the Merit Badge Booklet and finish all pre-requisites before attending the Merit Badge College. The MBC instructors gladly provide this opportunity for advancement as a service to the Scouts of the York District. We expect the behavior of all attending to exemplify Scouting Spirit and Values.
Below are links (in no particular order) to the webpages of the four summer camps that we’re considering for the summer of 2010.
Troop members are encouraged to visit these websites and pick their top two camps before the November 30th meeting – when the decision will ne made.
Camp Thunder
Camp Bud Schiele
Camp John J. Barnhardt
Camp Old Indian
Scouts will be scurrying around the streets of the Fort Mill area on Saturday, November 14th beginning at 9am collecting the bags of food and other non-perishable items left for them by communicty residents.
The items collected will be taken directly to the Fort Mill Care Center on Banks Street to be sorted and shelved until needed to serve the needs of those in the Fort Mill area. When you see the amount of food that the scouts collect, you might think that it would last a long time, but in this economy there are far more individuals and families that are looking for help. That means that supplies go fast.
Thanks in advance for helping the scouts “do a good turn” for our community.
Several scouts and leaders headed out from the scout hut on a beautiful Saturday afternoon for a 5-mile hike out to the ASC Greenway.
Once there, they set up camp and enjoyed an overnight camping experience. Around 6pm those scouts taking Communications Merit Badge dropped by to organize and lead an in-camp campfire program for the group since it is one of the requirements for the badge that has been hard to get.
Then the scouts that had just participated in the in-camp campfire program took what they had learned and practiced and visited and practically ran the campfire program for a Mecklenburg County Council cub scout pack that was also camping in the area.
On Sundy the group will pack up and enjoy the greenway for a while before going home.
