BSA Troop 1150

I’d like to thank everybody that participated in the planning session Saturday. Here are the themes and general program for the next year:

• September
  • Theme: Citizenship 
  • Merit Badge Emphasis: Citizenship in Community/Nation/World
  • Special calendar feature: U.S. Constitution Week Sep 6-12
  • Camping/Special Feature:
    • First meeting after summer break: 9/1
    • Court of Honor 9/22
    • Whitewater Rafting Trip 9/26-27; planning by Tiki Patrol
• October
  • Theme: Safety
  • Merit Badge Emphasis: Fire Safety, Safety
  • Special calendar feature: Fire Prevention Week Oct 4-10
  • Camping/Special Features:
    • Fall Camporee 10/16-18
• November
  • Theme: Business
  • Merit Badge Emphasis: Personal Management
  • Special calendar feature:
    • Veteran’s Day
    • Thanksgiving 11/26
  • Camping/Special Features:
    • Gettysberg Battlefield Camping and Hike TBD
    • Rod Morris Eagle Project (tent. 11/1)
    • Troop Service Project at CUMC TBD
• December
  • Theme: 1st Aid
  • Merit Badge Emphasis: First Aid
  • Special calendar feature: Christmas 12/25
  • Camping/Special Features:
    • Lock-in/camping at CUMC/Scout Hut
• January 2010
  • Theme: Winter Camping
  • Merit Badge Empasis:
  • Special Calendar feature: Martin Luther King Day 1/18
  • Camping/Special Features:
• February
  • Theme: Nature
  • Merit Badge Emphasis:
  • Special Calendar feature:
    • President’s Day 2/15
  • Camping/Special Features
    • Merit Badge Jamboree 2/6
• March
  • Theme: Physical Fitness
  • Merit Badge Emphasis: Personal Fitness
  • Special Calendar feature:
    • FCPS Spring Break 3/29 - 4/2
  • Camping/Special Features
    • Bike hike
• April
  • Theme: Environment/Forestry
  • Merit Badge Emphasis: Environmental Science, Fish and Wildlife Management, Forestry
  • Special Calendar feature:
    • Easter 4/4
    • Earth Day 4/22
  • Camping/Special Features
    • Trip to Laurel Caverns, PA
• May
  • Theme: Leadership
  • Merit Badge Emphasis:
  • Special Calendar feature:
    • Memorial Day 5/31
  • Camping/Special Features
    • Spring Camporee - NCAC Centenial 5/29 - 31
• June
  • Theme: Special Cooking
  • Merit Badge Emphasis:
  • Special Calendar feature:
  • Camping/Special Features
• July
  • Theme: Backpacking
  • Merit Badge Emphasis:
  • Special Calendar feature:
    • Independence Day 7/4
  • Camping/Special Features
    • Scouting on the Mall
    • Grand Centenial Parade in Washington DC
    • National Jamboree
• August
  • Theme: Aquatics
  • Merit Badge Emphasis:
  • Special Calendar feature:
  • Camping/Special Features

Come one, come all to the Scout Hut Saturday 7/25 at 2:00 PM. Lenny Riso has bravely accepted the post of QuarterMaster for the troop and has decided that it would be nice if we inventoried and cleaned up the gear before the next campout!

Drinks and food will be provided, come prepared to get dirty.

I’d like to congratulate everybody who participated in Bowman 2009 for a job well done. Everybody did a good job on advancement and merit badges - despite the deluge Sunday, and malfunctioning motorboats. No food poisoning this year, although there did seem to be a stomach bug sneaking around.

Due to summer vacations and such, the next troop meeting will be September 1st. I hope that everybody has a good summer.

We need to schedule our annual planning conference. I’d like to suggest Saturday, August 15, at CUMC. A good planning conference takes all day. Everybody needs to attend, at least if you want to have a say on what our plans are for next year. Parents are encouraged to attend. Please get back to me on the feasibility of this date, or if you would prefer to have it on another day of the week.

We will be scheduling various trips over the summer, including at least one DC trip to the new Capitol Visitor’s Center and a white-water rafting trip. Any other suggestions are welcome. Oh yes, we also need to get in our Washington Nationals game that we didn’t get to before. Dates TBD.

For later in the year, we’ll have our next Court of Honor in September along with a dinner for the congregation. Menu suggestions welcome.

Only a week until we leave for Bowman!

Attached is an equipment list and directions to the bus, for those taking it. Also attached is the daily schedule.

Bus Directions

Summer Camp Equipment List

Camp Bowman daily program

Bowman Merit Badge prerequisites

I’ve posted the photos from the ski trip. You can see them here. If anyone has photos they would like to share, let me know.