Weekly Update January 2

Hey Troop 19,

Happy New Year!

We will not be meeting tonight. We will see you next Monday night at the Moose Lodge. These weekly emails will return to Sundays next week. 

Tentatively, the January Troop Committee meeting will be held on the 3rd Sunday (1/15) at 7pm via Zoom but I will keep an eye on the football schedule and avoid meeting during a potential Patriots playoff game. 

There will be a Merit Badge Academy (MBA) next month hosted by the Friends of Canton Scouting. Our Scouts have been invited and our adults have been asked to help. If interested, speak to Jim ASAP. Details below. 

Coming up soon – with the holidays coming, the signup deadlines for the JANUARY campout and FEBRUARY Klondike Derby are only a few Troop meetings away. Both are at Camp Squanto and both have a signup DEADLINE of JANUARY 9th. Some details below, more to come. 

Here’s everything going on: 

• No Troop Meeting Tonight. See you next Monday night at the Moose Lodge 

• Merit Badge Academy Hosted by Friends of Canton Scouting
  • SCOUTS AND ADULTS – If interested in participating, speak to Jim ASAP. 
  • Friends of Canton Scouting is offering a Merit Badge Academy (MBA) on January 21st and January 28th from 7:30am-2:30pm at Bridgewater Raynham Regional High School!
  • At the MBA, scouts will have the opportunity to earn up to three merit badges of their choosing.  Students will begin work on their badges on Day 1 (1/21), complete any multiday assignments on their own in the week between classes, and continue their guided coursework Day 2 (1/28).
  • Total cost of the MBA is $36 per scout, which you will pay at the end of filling out this form.   This includes an MBA ‘Class B’ (T-shirt) and a commemorative patch for each participant.
  • https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FOCS_MBA 
  • If we have Scouts attending, we must volunteer a certain number of adults to assist in the event. 

• January Campout – Camp Squanto 1/13-1/15
  • $15 per person to attend, sign up by 1/9
  • More details to come

• February Klondike Derby – Camp Squanto 2/11
  • $5 per person to attend
  • THERE IS A SIGNUP DEADLINE OF JANUARY 9th. 
    • After this deadline, we will pass along the late fee charges to you if you wish to sign up late. The Troop is subsidizing the per-person registration fee for all who sign up however we will not cover the late fee for you. 
  • Klondike Derby hats are NOT included in registration this year. We will let you know what they will cost to purchase once we find out. 
  • There will likely be at least a permission form required for this event. We will also have to turn in medical forms, however if we have a valid one on file for you then we will turn that in for you. 

• SAVE THE DATE – February Campout @ TL Storer in NH: 2/17-2/19
  • This will be another carpool campout.

• January Troop Committee Meeting – Tentatively Sunday 1/15 @ 7pm via Zoom