Our Annual Beach Sweep event is right around the corner and we’ve only got 1 meeting between now and then to get registration and payments taken care of. You’ll find the permission slip linked below. Just print this out, sign it and bring to the Aug 25 meeting. We won’t be meeting on September 1rd because of the Labor Day holiday. The Beach Sweep event is the following weekend – September 5-7, 2014.
The Troop will be camping again at Lakewood Campground in Myrtle Beach. We will camp Friday night, clean our beach Saturday morning and play in the sun Saturday afternoon.
The cost of Beach Sweep is $55.00. 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 and breakfast coming back and for other drinks and goodies they may want to purchase while at the campground.
Departure will be at 5:00pm on Friday, September 5th at the Scout Hut. We will return to the Scout Hut around 2pm (Scouts will call you when we get close to the Church) Sunday, September 7th, 2012.
The permission slip linked below is due by Monday August 25th at our Troop meeting.
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Thanks to our Troop 108 scouts who came out to participate in the Cookies for Cancer 5k walk today. Their efforts were greatly appreciated and they represented scouting and Troop 108 well. Thanks Scouts!
Cookie for kids cancer 5k walk is Saturday August 23 at Walter Elijah park in Fort Mill. Help is needed making and handing out goody bags to participants. Meet Assistant Scoutmaster Ross at the registration table at 7:15am. We should be finished around 10:30am. This event is eligible for service hours to those that help.
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“Thank you” to those scouts who brought school supplies in to be donated to those families who are struggling to gather what their kids need for school. Your donation will make a huge impact on those families.
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Dallas has rescheduled his Eagle project for Sunday, August 24 from 12:30 PM to 5:30PM at the ASC Greenway Field Trial Barn located at 845 Springfield Parkway in Fort Mill. Snacks and drinks will be provided. Volunteers should wear work clothes, sunscreen, bug spray and bring work gloves.
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The York District is collecting school supplies of all types to be donated to organizations that help families who are struggling with getting what their students need to get a strong start at school this year.
Bring your school supplies to Monday night’s meeting and we’ll pass them along.
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Unforeseen circumstances have cause this project to be postponed for now. Apologies to anyone who showed up to help before we got the word out.
We will post the rescheduled times here when those are established.
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Scouts that started Family Life merit badge with Mrs. Ludolph in May should be wrapping up the 90-day record keeping portion of the badge by now. We will plan to meet at the August 4th meeting to sign off on the remaining requirements.
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Please find the final schedule for the upcoming Merit Badge College event linked below in PDF format.
MBC – 07.23.14
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