Troop Activities for August and September

There are lots of opportunities for fun, service and celebration over the next few weeks.

Court of Honor – Monday Aug. 25, 7:30 PM

In place of our weekly Troop Meeting, we will be celebrating the accomplishments of the Scouts over the past few months. We’ll have pictures of many of our events including the High Adventure trip to Northern Tier. All Parents and Scouts should plan to attend and bask in the warm glow of accomplishment. Please bring a dessert to share.

Labor Day Cookout – Sunday Aug. 31

Each Labor Day weekend, we are offered the opportunity to sell soda pop as a fund raiser for the boy’s Scout Accounts.  There are multiple shifts available. Service Hours or Scout Account money is available to Scouts.

Please sign up to donate soda pop for sale at this link:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040e4cada62eab9-soda3

Please sign up to sell (Scouts) and supervise (Adults) at this link:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040e4cada62eab9-20144

Pack 166 Recruiting Night – Thursday Sept. 4

Each year, Cub Scout Pack 166 does a recruiting night and we help and support them. . Usually the Scouts engage the prospective Cub Scouts with some games while the Cub’s parents listen to information about Scouting and complete forms. We need a few Boy Scouts and a couple of adults to supervise. Event is at 7PM. Plan to arrive 15 minutes before starting time. Service Hours are available to Scouts. Signup here:
http://www.SignUpGenius.com/go/9040E4CADA62EAB9-pack

Bexley Community Campout – Friday, Sept. 12 

This is the third year of the very popular Community Campout in the meadow behind Jeffrey Mansion. It is already sold out with a waiting list. Scouts and Adults help families set up their tents and provide directions and assistance. . We supervise the evening campfires and assist in serving meals. Everyone sleeps in tents overnight and we help cleanup up in the morning. We need Scouts to provide assistance and Adults to supervise.  Service Hours are available to Scouts. Signup here:
http://www.SignUpGenius.com/go/9040E4CADA62EAB9-bexley2

Scout Recruiting at Jeffrey Mansion – Sunday, Sept. 14 & Thursday September 18

After last years’ Community Campout, the Parks and Rec. Department offered to set up Bexley Community Recruiting nights for Scouts at Jeffrey Mansion. They are scheduled as listed above. We’ll need Scouts and Adults to supervise. Service hours are available to Scouts. Signup here:
http://www.SignUpGenius.com/go/9040E4CADA62EAB9-scout1

Canoeing Outing Friday, Sept. 19

On Friday, Sept. 19, we’ll meet at the Church at 6 PM for our September outing, Canoeing the Scioto. We’ll get underway as soon as possible than travel to Camp Oyo, near Portsmouth, OH where we will spend the night. In the morning, we’ll have breakfast and be taken back upriver to Piketon, OH where we will put in to the water and canoe . We’ll stop for lunch along the river and in the late afternoon we’ll pitch camp along the Scioto. In the morning we’ll have breakfast and continue the remaining distant down the Scioto to it’s confluence with the Ohio River. The folks from Camp Oyo will pick us up and return us to our vehicles and we’ll drive back to Bexley, returning about noon.

This is the same route with the same outfitter that we used a couple of years ago and it was a great trip.

The cost for the outing is $65. We need a minimum of 8 participants (Scouts and Adults). The deadline for us to make the commitment to the outfitter is two weeks in advance of the date of the trip – Sept. 5th.

Some reminders:

We will need adults to drive and to travel with us on the trip. Please signup here:
http://www.SignUpGenius.com/go/9040E4CADA62EAB9-canoeing

As always, please contact me with questions or concerns.