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Scouts BSA Troop 108, Fort Mill, SC
We included some really great information on our troop webpage last year just before the Polar Bear campout. Good thing too, it got down to 8 degrees last year.
If you’d like to refer back to that information, just enter “cold weather camping” in the seach field at the top of this page and press the GO button to see all entries related to that subject.
Because of heavier than expected turnout, the Polar Bear campout has been moved from Kings Mountain to Brattonsville.
I hope you enjoyed the Christmas break because now that the new year is here, things are getting busy again.
We are currently processing registrations for February’s Merit Badge College, Sign ups for next week’s Polar Bear Campout and paying our annual BSA dues. Here is the specific information and deadlines for these items:
Merit Badge College
Polar Bear Campout
2010 Troop Dues and BSA Registration
Just a reminder that Troop 108 will be back in session tonight at our regular meeting time and place.
We hope to see you there!
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.
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.