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.
On November 7th the streets of America will be flooded with scouts of all ages distributing grocery bags or fliers reminding everyone that a week later on November 14th we will return to take their donations of food and non-perishable items to the local food bank.
Troop 108 always takes our collected donations directly to the Fort Mill Care Center on Banks Street in Fort Mill.
The troop will meet at the Scout Hut at Unity Presbyterian Church at 9am on November 7th to head out into Fort Mill. Traditionally, Troop 108 has covered the Whiteville Park , Huntington Farms and Briarwood neighborhoods. Oher scouting units such as our little brothers, Pack 108, will be working other parts of the community.
We will gather again at 9am on November 14th to pick up the donated food items.
Don’t forget that those scouts needing the 5-mile compass hike for Second Class will be departing the Scout Hut for the ASC Greenway right after bags have been distributed.
If you were issued any popcorn for Show-N-Sell a month or so ago, please bring any unsold product to Monday night’s meeting (October 19th, 2009) to turn back in to Mr. Isner. This will give him a better idea of what the troop has in inventory so that he won’t over order more popcorn to fullfill our “take order” requests for produt.
Also, if you’ve sold any popcorn, please bring the popcorn and a copy of the order form to the meeting on Monday night to turn in to Mr. Isner. This will let him know how much popcorn will need to be given back out to scouts who participated in the “take order” program.
The two Venture Patrols will have a joint canoe outing down the Green River of North Carolina on Sunday, October 11th.
Scouts will depart the Scout Hut at 8AM and return late in the day.
As of this posting, 12 scouts and leaders had signed up to participate.
Don’t forget to bring your completed and signed permission slip and the $25.00 fee for the Fall Camporee to the Monday, September 28th regular troop meeting.
Beginning this Saturday, September 19th, three Eagle required merit badges will be offered at Unity Hall (the troop’s regular meeting room). These are:
- 9AM to 10AM – Communications – taught by ASM Britt Helms
- 10:10AM to 11:10AM – Citizenship In The Nation – taught by ASM David Isner and ASM John Bisel
- 11:20AM to 12:20PM – Citizenship In The World – taught by ASM David Isner and ASM John Bisel
Come dressed in your Field Uniform and prepared to take notes and participate in the classes. There will be a 10 minute break between classes.
ASM Helms is willing to work with those scouts who need the Communications merit badge but are unable to attend some meetings because of school related activities. Those scouts can contact ASM Helms at a troop meeting or through the contact page on this website and select “Webmaster” as the email recipient.
