Category: Weekly Updates

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. 

This weeks meeting

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

• Adult Leader Training Opportunities
  • Wood Badge – April 12-14 AND May 18-19 2024 being run by Spirit of Adventure Council to our north. Details to come on this but the Troop Committee is likely to subsidize your registration cost if you are willing to complete this valuable adult leader training. 

• 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
  • Very soon, we will need to move the container from the St Thomas More property. This may come on short notice. We will need to unpack the container, load the contents onto trailers and vehicles in order for the container to be moved, then we will need to unload and pack the container at it’s new home.
    • We will need help with this. A lot of help!
  • Once the container is moved and the weather allows, we have committed to painting the container. We will need help for this as well, both Scout and adult help. Any work that requires use of a ladder will require adults. 
  • We are planning for Saturday March 30th and/or Saturday April 6th for the unloading of the container. 

• Troop Winter Hats Have Arrived – Pick Up next Monday (not available on 3/18)
  • Please be sure you paid for your pre-ordered hats. $12 either in cash or send Venmo to Carolyn. 
  • Additional hats are available for purchase at the same price. 

• March Swim Night – Wednesday, March 27th from 7-8 PM 
  • Connell Memorial Swimming Pool 220 Broad St, Weymouth
  • Tanks-a-Lot! to Ryan Hawker for making the arrangements with the pool.

• SAVE THE DATE – Saturday, July 13th at 11AM 
  • A big Troop 19 “Tanks-A-Lot!” to Reem for setting up an opportunity for us to visit the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. More details will be coming but you won’t want to miss this! 

Hey Troop 19,

We will meet tomorrow at the Moose lodge for the third night of merit badge month. If you missed last week, don’t worry, you can get caught up on what you missed.

SCOUTS BELOW THE RANK OF FIRST CLASS – Please bring your Scout Handbook to the meeting tomorrow and hand it to either Josh Murray or Sam Goldman as soon as you arrive. We need to update the online records! 

If you missed the signup deadline for the Klondike Derby, you can still sign up but the registration fee has increased by $5 for both adults ($17 now) and Scouts ($30 now). 

We are also starting to take sign ups for the February campout at Nobscot. 

Here’s everything going on: 

• Troop Meeting Tomorrow – Third Night of Merit Badge Month
  • 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
  • SCOUTS BELOW THE RANK OF FIRST CLASS – Please bring your Scout Handbook to the meeting tomorrow and hand it to either Josh Murray or Sam Goldman as soon as you arrive. We need to update the online records! Scouts rank First Class and above do NOT need to do this. 

• Gone Home – Beverly “Bev” (McAndrews) Rhoades passed away on Friday
  • She was the mother of Eagle #14 Russell McAndrews and grandmother of Eagle #99 Ryan McAndrews. Bev was the recipient of the Troop 19 Bronze Arrowhead award, recognizing adults who have given exceptional support, above and beyond any reasonable expectation, in 1981.

Hey Troop 19,

We will meet tomorrow at the Moose Lodge. This is the second night of our monthly program focused on disabilities awareness and adaptive activities and we have a special guest joining us this week! 

This Wednesday night is also Gym Night at First Church and you do not want to miss the activities we are doing this month! 

We can extend signups for the Isaac Davis Camporee through this Monday night, so this is really your last call to sign up. 

On Saturday, April 29th we are heading down to Camp Squanto for the day to provide helpful service to the camp. You will be fed lunch. You should wear your Class B uniform (at least the shirt and hat) and should bring work gloves. This is an opportunity for both SCOUTS and ADULTS to participate, including some work tasks that can only be performed by adults. We will take informal sign ups starting Monday so we know how many people we are bringing with us.

Hey Troop 19,

We will meet tomorrow at the Moose Lodge. Wear your CLASS B uniform this week! If you don’t know what that is or you want to purchase a Class B t-shirt, see below! 

Tomorrow, we will be learning how to use a fire extinguisher! 

We have a couple of special Troop 19 apparel items we will be ordering NEXT WEEK. If you want to join our order, we need your commitment by NEXT MONDAY NIGHT. Details below & attached fliers. To order either, just tell ME right away. Email, text, hand me a handwritten note, as long as I know who and how many! 

Be sure to be planning to attend the April Gym Night, you won’t want to miss out on what we are planning! 

Have you signed up for the Isaac Davis camporee yet? What are you waiting for? The deadline is APRIL 3rd to sign up! That’s next Monday night! There’s only 9 of us signed up so far?!