Troop 41 Newsletter
Marlborough, MA
March/April 2008
Contact Information
Upcoming Events
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Ski Trip, Maine, March 28-30 (flier and
waiver on troop web site
Mount Monadnock, April 25-27, hiking,
details forthcoming
Troop Meetings:
March: 24 and 31 (Merit Badge Night)
April: 7, 14, 28 (merit badge night)
Help Needed With Camping
Anyone interested in joining the camping
committee or helping out with planning the
camping trips for 2008/2009, please contact
JR Magee. We will be meeting in late April
or early May to come up with a preliminary
schedule for next year.
Uniform Reminder
Scouts are reminded that full uniform,
including a class-A shirt and green Boy
Scout pants or shorts should be worn to the
troop meetings each week and to courts of
honor.
Web Site:
Don’t forget to check out our web site for
forms, calendar, advancement, and contact
information. http://www.ktctroop41.org/.
Please download waivers and fliers for trips
beforehand, and have them signed before the
meeting.
Scoutmaster, Ken Blomquist
Committee Chair, JR Magee
Treasurer, Paul Blomquist
Fundraising Chairs, John &
Gail Morgello
Advancements/Eagle
Advisor, Tom Moore
Training Coordinator, Jim
Watson
Secretary, Donna Syers
Camping director,
Assistant Scoutmasters:
Steve Bates
Tom Coleman
Paul Gadd
Doug Holmes
Wayne Johnson
JR Magee
Jim McIntyre
Steve Symes
Bobby Miola
Rich Wiggins
Chris Philpot
508-481-6953
508-481-4354
508-481-6953
508-400-4008
508-393-3289
508-662-1617
508-460-6978
508-485-6229
508-485-7822
508-481-6901
508-624-9927
508-985-8102
508-481-4354
508-481-0581
508-481-3812
508-485-5784
508-480-0199
508-481-9285
Missing Tent
Please check around – we are missing one of
the new tents (tent #10), and it has been
missing for some time. If you have it,
please return it to the next meeting (clean
and dry, of course). No questions asked!
Sincere Thanks
As Paula transitions her role of Committee
Chair to JR Magee, we would like to thank
her for her many years of dedicated service
to troop 41. Luckily for us, she is
continuing to be involved with Troop 41.
Merit Badge Nights – let’s
finish up!
We will be having two remaining merit
badge nights this year, as noted above. Any
scouts with partials in any of their eagle
required badges should plan on meeting with
their counselors and determining what needs
to be done to complete their badges. Scouts
in First Aid will be working together to
complete their requirements. Students who
have completed their eagle-required badges
can work on the music merit badge, or there
may be other options available. At the end
of the merit badge meeting in April, partials
will be collected from the merit badge
counselors and turned over to the scout for
completion.
Troop Information Sheets
Training – we all could use
some!
All adults that are planning to attend the
Yarmouth canoe/kayak trip and/or the
Nantucket bike trip need to be trained in safe
swim defense and safety afloat. If you go to
the following link you will access the online
training. You will need (as explained below)
register to do the training. The training we
are targeting for each parent is:
·
Boy Scout Leader Fast start
·
Safe swim defense
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Safety Afloat
·
Youth Protection
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At the December 10 meeting, or mailed
shortly afterward, each family should have
received a troop information sheet for each
scout in the family, along with their dues
request. If you haven’t already done so, and
still have your sheet, please return it. We
will be trying to collect that missing data in
order to get our troop database up to date.
Upcoming Trips:
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March Trip: Annual Ski Trip, Maine
Dates: March 28-30 (see previous note,
conflicts with Merit Badge College)
April Trip: Hiking, Mt. Monadnock, NH
Dates: April 25-27
May Trip:Canoe/Kayak, Camp
Greenough, Yarmouth, MA
Dates: May 16-18
June Trip: Biking, Camp Richard,
Nantucket, MA
Dates: June 20-23
Summer Camp – August 3-8
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