No Troop meeting on Monday

We have no Troop meeting on Monday but we do have a Greenbar leadership meeting.  

Agenda for the Greenbar:

* Plan October meeting agendas (Chris) 

* Quartermaster report (Will)

* Presentation of completed draft plan for Orienteering event (William)

* Update on Vine Cutting planning (Henry)

* Committee to help complete draft plan for Hike-O-Ree with Cole (Cole+Committee)

Please remind your scouts what they have on the meeting agenda.  If your scouts have any questions on what they need to prepare or bring please have them give me a call. 

We also need to know who is in/out for our October events.

Troop 4 Has a Facebook Page

In order to better increase our visibility in the community and share all of the great things our Scouts are doing we have created a Facebook page to post highlights of our events and community projects.  The page can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/troop4purdys

Please like us and spread the word.  

The blog site will remain the main communication mechanism for the Troop and will contain the most up to date and complete info on our activities for the Troop families.

Troop 4 host North Salem Webelos at Hoyt Scout Reservation

Despite the rain we managed to pull off a campout with the local Webelos.  Fire building, hiking, knots, rain fly building, rope care, and leave no trace ethics were all taught to the Webelos by the scouts of Troop 4.  We finished off the day with a huge fire that we used to cook our dinner over and then used for our evening campfire where we told stories and performed skits for entertainment.  Everyone made it Into their tents before the evening downpour and we slept through the rain.

Look here for more pictures.

Orienteering Competition Date Change

Moved the Orienteering competition to Sunday 10/20 so we do not compete with homecoming on Saturday.

The calendars have been updated. 

Dates approved for vine cutting project

The NSOLF approved our two dates for the vine cutting project.  The Fall date is Saturday 11/16/13 and the Spring date is Saturday 3/8/14.

Both dates have been updated in the Troop calendar.

Troop 4 Welcome Back

As the new school year nears I wanted to welcome everyone back to Troop 4 and update you on our calendar, our new web presence, and give a reminder that Monday is our first meeting.

First, we are going online to provide an easier way for me to communicate out and for you to get pertinent information in a single place.  Our address is: http://troop4purdys.blogspot.com/ and I have already added everyone's email to the mail list.  Please feel free to add additional addresses.  On this one page you will find our up to date calendar, a resource file area where all Troop 4 documentation will be available.  You can currently find the personal camping packing list, this years renewal form, and our proposed calendar for the entire school year ready for download.  All updates and reminders will be posted here and when a post goes up everyone will receive an email with the contents of the post so you don't have to remember to check the site.

If you want to sync your calendar with our public calendar the URL is:

https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/troop4purdys%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics

By clicking on this link your personal calendar will get all updates to the Troop calendar.

Next, our first meeting of the year is this coming Monday at 7:30 in the Purdys UMC.  Same time and place as last year.  I expect the meetings to take between 75-90 minutes each week.  For our first meeting I would like to see everyone in uniform.

We have a busy calendar and our Patrol Leader and Quartermaster have already been meeting to make sure the plans for the early part of the year are in place and under way, so thanks to Chris and Will for the work they have already started.

Our first event is a campout with the Webelos from 9/20-9/22.  Will Isler will review the details with the scouts on Monday.  Please let your scouts know if they will be able to attend.  Will needs to know who is going so he can work out on Monday who will lead which activities with the Webelos.

We also have two community events planned for October and November and the scouts will fill in the gaps on our outings during the first meeting when they decide on what they want to do over the next 3-4 months.

Looking forward to another great year.

Trip Balch

Scoutmaster

Troop 4 Purdys

Greenbar Meeting 9/5 at Purdys UMC 7:30

Our monthly leadership meeting is. Scheduled for Thursday 9/5.

Agenda:

- September meeting planning

- Webelo Campout plan approval

- Orienteering initial work list review

- Vinecutting initial work list review