It is with great sadness that we bid a fond farewell to the Hendel family as they prepare to depart to their new home in Connecticut. Rarely do you see an entire family involved in a single area of interest to all, but thankfully had had that in the Hendels. We were fortunate to have them involved in our Pack and Troop over the past few years and we hope that whatever troop they join in Connecticut knows just what a fantastic family they are getting. So goodbye new Eagle Scout Austin. So long Spencer. Take care Ms. Rose, and happy trails brother buffalo Kevin. You’ll be greatly missed by your scouting family here in Fort Mill and the Palmetto Council.
Troop 108 sweatshirts and hoodies are available for order through the troop meeting on November 25th, 2013. The flier for the sweatshirts is at the bottom of this post and the following are the prices.
We had a great Troop On Display event at Unity Presbyterian Church today. We set up a few of our tents, displayed one of our two equipment trailers, our Mad River Canoes and their trailer and our newly donated troop tipi.
The tipi was quite an attention grabber as travelers on Tom Hall Street often did a double-take as they passed by. Many thanks to Mr. Don Osmond for the donation of the tipi and poles to the troop. We will get a lot of use out of it in the years to come.
We had several visitors stop by and see the troop and our equipment and our scouts had a great time starting some merit badges, cooking and eating and playing football in the church’s front yard.
Scouts interested in helping with the Scouting for Food donation pick up efforts should meet at the Scout Hut at 9am on Saturday, November 9th. We will then move to the Springfield neighborhood where we will collect the donations.
Note that the troop will be having a December Scouting for Food donation effort in the Whiteville Park neighborhood in December to help fill the cupboards of the Fort Mill Care Center for Christmas needs.
Scouts interested in helping distribute bags for Scouting for Food should be at the scout hut at 8am on November 2nd. This is a great opportunity to earn service hours and help the community.
Troop On Display
Troop 108 will be having a “Game Night” on November 15th (moved from November 1st because of anticipated rains) at the church and a “Troop on Display” on Saturday morning November 16th.
This money helps pay for food/snacks on Friday evening and for breakfast and lunch on Saturday.
Boys that need cooking requirements toward rank will have lots of opportunities to sign off those requirements at this event.
$15.00
Just a reminder that all popcorn money and/or product must be turned in by the October 28th meeting.
It is time for all units in the BSA to recharter for the coming year. That means that the leaders determine who is still active in our troop and submit the annual dues for each youth and adult member. Prior to 2010 annual dues were just $5 per year – affordable for most any scouting family. Then in 2010 it was raised to $10 a year. This year it was announced that the annual dues would be raised to $24 a year. That is quite a jump from years past. This article talks about the dues increase and what your money gets you.
On top of the annual dues paid to national BSA, Troop 108 also charges some additional money during the rechartering time to help cover the cost of troop operations like equipment purchase and repair as well as advancement awards for our scouts. That cost is an additional $26 dollars a year – for a total rechartering fee of $50 per scout per year.
Parents may also elect to have their scout receive Boys Life magazine if they wish, for an additional $11 per year – payable at rechartering time.
All rechartering payments are due by December 2nd, 2013. Those that we’ve not received payment from will not be included in our recharter for the 2014 year as the Troop can’t afford to front the money for rechartering for our scouts.
Congratulations to Troop 108 Eagle Scout and ASM “Michael” Alex Harllee as he graduates from Air Force basic training this week. Scoutmaster David Harllee and Senior Patrol Leader Dylan Harllee (pictured above) are in Texas along with Alex’s mom and aunt to cheer him on.
Scouts wishing to volunteer for Art On Main should meet at the Spratt Building on Main Street as close to 7am as possible. As usual, wear the full scout uniform with a scout t-shirt underneath.
We will work in t-shirt and put on the full uniform for the parade at 9:45am.
