Happy Spring Troop 29 and Friends! We have a busy few months ahead of us with
some fun Scouting Trips and Summer Camp coming up.
This past weekend we had planned to camp out in back of St.
John’s Church, however it ended up being a very cold and rainy day. We started outside and worked on rank advancement
for a couple of hours before moving inside to warm up a bit and get out of the rain. We still did our cooking outside under a few popup shelters (more to come on those). We spent the afternoon continuing to work on
advancement and enjoy some Scout comradery.
After dinner we set up a movie in the upstairs community room and watched
the new Wonka movie. We set up our sleeping
quarters in the bottom floor classrooms, staying warm and dry. Unfortunately, it got very windy
overnight. We woke up to find our popup
shelters in the woods with 3 of the 4 being pretty badly damaged. Time to sell more popcorn...
Tonight, we celebrated the Troop's hard work with a spring Court of Honor. We recognized many of our Scouts who completed merit badges recently in Coding, Nuclear Science, Cooking, and several more. Overall there were 16 Merit Badges earned! We also had several of our Scouts earn their next badge of rank. Congratulations to all of the Scouts, but especially the following for ranking up.
Julian P – Scout, Levi H – Tenderfoot, David M and Timothy W
– 2nd Class, Lucca S – 1st Class
April Troop Schedule
April 2nd – Full Troop Meeting (prepare for West Point)
April 9th – Full Troop Meeting (prepare for West Point)
April 16th – No Troop Meeting School Vacation Week
*April 16th is the Scouting Report to the Commonwealth
(see details below)
April 19 – 21st – West Point Camporee
April 23rd – Full Troop Meeting
April 30th – PLC and Troop Committee Only
*The 2024 Scouting Report to the Commonwealth will take place on Tuesday 4/16 from 9:45AM – 1:00PM Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon Street, Boston Meet at Nurses Hall
Join fellow members of Scouting from all over Massachusetts, as we share the Scouting Story with members of the House of Representatives and State Senate at the State House in Boston
Itinerary includes; Informal
Session, Presentation of Colors, Presentation of Citations, Photo Opportunities
in the Senate Chambers, Lunch (BYOBL), and a tour of the State House.
Please RSVP at https://form.jotform.com/240594349570160 if interested in attending this event.
Upcoming Troop Trips
April Troop Trip - West Point Camporee April 19 – 21
The Troop will be leaving Franklin approx. 8AM on the 19th
and traveling to West Point Military Academy for one of the Nation’s premiere
Scouting Events. We will be arriving
back in Franklin late Sunday afternoon
May Troop Trip – Camp Moses in Russell MA May 17 – 19
We will be leaving at the usual time, around 5:30PM and traveling west to Moses Scout Reservation in Russell, MA. On Saturday we will be participating in the Camp Moses Woronco Heights Outdoor Adventures. The last time we were there they had blacksmithing, archery, rifles, orienteering, geocaching, axe throwing and more. Who knows what fun they will have for us in May? Signup is still open for Scouts to attend https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0A4AABAB2CA7FF2-46436861-camp#/
June Troop Trip – Camp Sayre in Milton June 14 – 16
Signup Coming Soon - the plan is to camp at Sayre and
head over to Tree Tops in Canton for a few hours on Saturday. We will hopefully fit in a hike somewhere as
well while we are camped at the base of the Blue Hills.
July Summer Camp – Yawgoog Scout Reservation July 21 -27th
Still time to get in on the action as we return to TUOCS
Campsite (Scout Spelled Backwards) for fun in the outdoors and earn lots of
merit badges. There are some new MBs to
earn this year as well including Electricity, Horsemanship, Ice Skating, and
Pulp & Paper. There are also many water
craft MBs to check out on one of the best waterfronts in Scouting. You can also work on Scout Crafts, Arts and
Crafts, Eagle Required Badges, and many more.
More details will be sent out to the Troop Shortly with additional details.
$50 Deposit – Due now if you have not already paid
$540 Balance – Pay to the Troop by June 15th (due to Yawgoog by June 21st)
Camp Doc – Make sure you are getting Med form part C signed
by your/your Scout’s physician so that you can upload to Camp Doc. All Forms are due by July 16th.
Miscellaneous
Ian Verhaegen has a nice pair of gently used Columbia Hiking
Boots available in size 7. Let Ian know
if you are interested in those.
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