October 28 Troop Meeting

VETERANS DAY ACTIVITIES DATES/TIMES UPDATED!!!

Troop 156 meet on October 28 for their regular troop meeting. The Scouts completed their Fingerprinting merit badge with Assistant Scoutmaster Jim R.

The Senior Patrol Leader reviewed upcoming events with the troop to include:
November 1 - Popcorn pickup / Earl Dufrain Park 10am - 12pm
November 8 - Putting Flags on poles / Floral Hall, Jasper County Fairgrounds 8 am
November 9 - Flag Ceremony at Faith Fellowship Church (Doug M., Jesse M., Nathan S., Jacob O., Zach L.) - 10:30 am
November 9 - Staking the Courthouse lawn for Flag 1 pm
November 11 - Putting Flags on Courthouse lawn - 6 am / Taking Flags down from Courthouse lawn 4 pm
November 11 - Troop meeting canceled due to Veteran's Day
November 15 - Folding Flags at the American Legion Post #20 / 8:30am
November 13 - Board of Reviews (Scouts will be contacted individually with time & location)
December 16 - Troop Christmas party and Court of Honor - tentatively planning a pizza/bowling party at Parklanes
January 10 - Klondike Derby

Ellen W. presented Spookoree patches to Nathan S., Jesse W., Doug M., Gary S., Jacob O., and Jesse N.


Ellen W. made a special presentation on behalf of Doug Z., Rhodes France Scout Reservation Camp Director, to Doug M., Jacob O., Jesse N., and Nathan S. for all of their hard work at the Spookoree. These boys did everything they were asked to do with out complaint and even did additional work that was not asked of them. They are now the proud owners of new mini multi-tools with LED flashlights.


I had to post the picture below because Nathan S. little sister is way too cute! Katlin S. is show here with her puppy Daisy.

Compliment from the Spookoree program director!

Below is a compliment that I received from the Greg B., program director for the Spookoree.

"Ellen,

Thank you so much for your service at the spookoree.

You are awesome!! The meals were great, and everyone had plenty of time to eat and plenty to eat. Hats off to you, for operating such an efficient chow line with no more help than you had. You are the best.


Yours in Scouting
-Greg"

2008 Spookoree

This past weekend we had 4 Boy Scouts and 3 adults attend the 2008 Spookoree. We worked in the commissary preparing and serving food for almost 500 people! I want to say a special thanks to Gary S., Nathan S., Doug M., Jesse M., and Jacob O. for all of their hard work. Jesse M. ended up going home on Saturday as he was not feeling too well. We all hope you are feeling better now!


Here is the cool patch from the weekend!

I want to say thank you to the following individuals who helped also helped us out:
Lawrence T., Johnathan C., Matt K., Doug Z., Will S., John M., Tom L., Travis L., Andy B., Diane B., Angie K., and Mark K. There were also a couple boys from one of the troop that was camping that came and helped with serving. I unfortunately do not remember their names as by the end of the morning on Sunday I was just happy that I still remembered mine! There were also a few adults that were camping with the Cub Scouts that helped with emptying trash and coming over for items that needed replenished from the Commissary. If I have missed someone I apologize.

In closing I would like to say thank you for all of the compliments that I received for the cooking and have to say that without the help of the above people it would not have happened. I just came up with the menu - they help make it a reality!

Fingerprinting Merit Badge

Troop 156 would like to say thank you to Assistant Scoutmaster Jim for presenting the Fingerprinting Merit Badge. There were 10 Scouts who were able to start work on this badge. The remaining work will be completed at the October 28 troop meeting. If completed the troop will then work on the Traffic Safety merit badge with Jim.

The troop meeting scheduled for November 11 will be canceled due to Veterans Day. The troop has been invited to help with the flags for the Jasper County Veteran's Day program. Below is a list of activities - please contact Ellen with any questions.

Saturday November 8 - 8 am- putting flags on poles at the Jasper County Fairground - Floral Hall
Saturday November 8 - 10 am - staking the Courthouse lawn
Tuesday November 11 - 6 am - putting flags on the Courthouse lawn
Tuesday November 11 - 4 pm - taking flags down from Courthouse lawn
Saturday November 15 - 8:30 am - folding flags at the American Legion Post #20

Photos from September Campout

Here are the photos from our campout last month! Not the best as I only had my cell phone with me but it gives you the idea!

Our boys behaving normally.

Our boys being nice for the picture.

Getting lined up for the parade.

Waiting for the parade to start. Cody S. is in the background in his band uniform somewhere!

Looking good and waiting to start!

Marching in the parade!

Don't forget about the Cub Scouts getting ready for the parade!

Cub Scouts in the parade #1

Cub Scouts in the parade #2

Harley after the parade!