Hey Troop 19,

We will meet tomorrow at the Moose Lodge. 

We have 2 service activities on Saturday, one in Weymouth and one at Camp Squanto. You should be participating in one of them, we need more help at the Weymouth one than Squanto. There are sign up sheets at the meeting tomorrow.

For the May camporee, have you turned in the permission form? If you owe us a medical form, what about that? Have you ordered your kilt (email sent 4/8 subject: KILTS FOR MAY CAMPOUT – Order Now!)? You should have a backpacking backpack for your personal gear and a day pack (small school bag) for this campout. Talk to the Scoutmaster if you need a bag. We will start discussing CARPOOLING on Monday night. 

I have attached the leader’s guide for the Highland Games camporee. Some of the info contained is not relevant for individual members to know but this will give you an idea of the plans and expectations for the weekend. 

Here’s everything going on: 

• Troop Meeting Tomorrow 
  • Braintree Moose Lodge, 175 W Howard St, Braintree, MA 02184 in the event room in the rear of the building. 
  • Pre-opening starts at 6:30PM, opening ceremony at 7PM and closing ceremony with announcements at 8:15PM

• ADVANCEMENT CHAIR EMAIL – New Advancement Chair Michael Joyce will be using a dedicated email address for handling advancement related messages. Please use t19advancement@gmail.com to ensure your message does not get lost in his personal inbox. 

• SCOUTS BELOW THE RANK OF SECOND CLASS: Do You Need These Requirements?
  • These requirements are ones that YOU must complete on your own or with your family. Many of you below Second Class have NOT completed these requirements. Parents, have your Scouts completed these with you? If not, they should!
  • Second Class 8c: With your parents or guardian, decide on an amount of money that you would like to earn, based on the cost of a specific item you would like to purchase. Develop a written plan to earn the amount agreed upon and follow that plan; it is acceptable to make changes to your plan along the way. Discuss any changes made to your original plan and whether you met your goal.        
  • Second Class 8d: At a minimum of three locations, compare the cost of the item for which you are saving to determine the best place to purchase it. After completing Second Class requirement 8c, decide if you will use the amount that you earned as originally intended, save all or part of it, or use it for another purpose.          

• Summer Camp 2024 – August 10-17 at Treasure Valley Scout Reservation
  • We are working out the finer details but we will be returning to TVSR for Summer Camp this year! Save the dates, we hope you will all be joining us. 

• Storage Container Update –
  • We have secured a new home for our storage container, the Sons of Italy in Weymouth. A big Tanks-A-Lot! to the Sons and especially to Eagle #75 for helping us make this connection
  • We have successfully moved the container over to the Sons of Italy. Thank you to everyone who helped and a big Troop 19 Tanks-A-Lot to Junior from Malloy’s Automotive Services for helping us move the container on a tow truck.