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Scouts BSA Troop 108, Fort Mill, SC
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Scouts BSA Troop 108, Fort Mill, SC
Troop 108’s 2017 Eagle Class: Derek Stover, Stephen Thompson, Aiden Puzzio and Grant Fries (from left to right) at the troop’s Winter Court of Honor on December 18th, 2017.
Troop 108 will hold its Winter Court of Honor on December 18th at 7pm in the Historic Sanctuary at Unity Presbyterian Church. Note that we will have a parent meeting in the Historic Sanctuary beginning at 6:30pm to talk about exciting upcoming activities and opportunities.
We will hold a time of fellowship and food immediately following the Court of Honor. Families are asked to sign up for and bring an item to be left in Unity Hall prior to to the Court of Honor. Sign up for an item to bring by clicking HERE.
Courts of Honor are a special time for us to publicly recognize the work that our scouts have done during the past 6 months.
We look forward to seeing every scout and their families at this special event.
Derek successfully completed his District Eagle Scout Board of Review on Monday night. Congratulations!
Registration for the Troop 108 Merit Badge College being held next Friday evening and Saturday during the day will close automagically sometime tomorrow.
Scouts that have signed up for merit badges should go to the site below and download, print and start working in the merit badge workbooks.
Click here for downloadable merit bade workbooks
The more things that you do before hand (like complete the cyber chip for Digital Technology), the higher the likelihood that you can complete the badge that weekend.
See the post from November 17th for more information and the sign-up link
The Unity Presbyterian Church Angel Tree supports local families by providing Christmas gifts to the family clients of the Fort Mill and Catawba Care Centers along with Family Promise and RAIN partners.
As in years past, Troop 108 is sponsoring a bicycle for a youngster in need. We are giving a blue 24” bicycle to the program for a local 10 year old boy for Christmas.
Scouts and Scouting families that would like to contribute to this bicycle donation may place their donation in the special donation box set up at the next two troop meetings.
Thank you in advance for your support.
REMINDER: Scouts from Troop 108 are encouraged to walk in the Fort Mill Christmas Parade today. We will meet at Unity Presbyterian Church at 10am to find our spot in the parade lineup.
We will walk with the American Legion and assist with handing out candy to the kids along the parade route. Leaders are encouraged to walk as well.
There is a good chance of light rain, so dress accordingly.
This is always a fun time and an opportunity to provide community service and to display the Scouting values.
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The Mecklenburg County Council (Charlotte Area) will be offering a merit badge college event at Belk Scout Camp (9408 Belt Rd, Midland, NC 28107) on Thursday, Friday and Saturday – December 14, 15 & 16th, 2017.
Winter Camp offers all Scouts the opportunity to work on merit badges. Star Scouts may participate in a 3-hour Saturday afternoon conservation service project as required for advancement to Life Scout rank.
Scouts will camp in canvas tents in Cub World, eat heartily in the Dining Hall with meals prepared by a volunteer Cook Team, and participate in merit badge workshops. The following merit badges (with counselors and maximum enrollment) are on our schedule:
* required for Eagle
All Merit Badge Counselors will be registered with BSA as adult volunteers and will be current on BSA Youth Protection and Merit Badge Counselor registration with the Council.
Scouts will register and pay individually. Parents and unit leaders are welcome and encouraged to register and attend and camp. If a Scout does not have a parent or unit leader on site, one of the staff adults will serve as his supervising adult and Scoutmaster. Supervising adults will sleep in a tent in the campsite for safety and discipline. Scouts and leaders will follow BSA Youth protection guidelines.
Cost is $75 per Scout. Cost for all camping adults is $25. Cost includes food (Friday night Cracker Barrel with dessert and hot chocolate, Saturday breakfast, lunch, supper, Cracker Barrel with dessert and hot chocolate, Sunday breakfast, snacks, all meals with vegetarian options), merit badge supplies, printing costs of merit badge workbooks for all Scouts, evening movie(s), facility use fees for Dining Hall and Learning Development Center, clean up supplies, event patch.
Check-in will begin at 5:00 pm on Friday at the Berry Shelter near the swimming pool. All Scouts and leaders will need to turn in BSA Health and Medical Record form Parts A and B (not requiring a doctor examination). See http://www.scouting.org/filestore/HealthSafety/pdf/680-001_AB.pdf. These health forms will be returned at check out. In the event of illness or injury, the emergency will be assessed by Scout leaders and medical personnel on site and 911 services activated if warranted.
Blue card requirement: Each Scout must present to the counselor a separate blue card signed by their Scoutmaster indicating permission to participate in that course. Scouts should fill out the requirement grid portion of the card and have the Merit Badge Counselor initial this section of the card for each completed
requirement. When the Scout has completed all requirements, the Merit Badge Counselor must sign and date the card on 2 places. Each Scout is responsible to obtain these signatures and to turn the card in to his Scoutmaster so that merit badge can be registered and awarded.
Note that Troop 108 is not participating in this event as a unit. We are simply presenting the information to our scouting families so they can decide if this is something that they would like to participate in or not.
Scouts that are unpaid will not be re-registered with the troop as the troop is unable to front the money for scouts. Assistance is available for scouting families needing help. Please contact the Scoutmaster for more information.
Scouts wishing to attend the medieval-themed Polar Bear camporee on January 19th – 21st need to be registered and paid in full using TroopMaster no later than Monday, December 4th.
Cost for the trip will be $25 (plus Paypal fee if paid online) which will cover registration for the event, transportation and food.
We will plan to meet on January 19th at 4:30pm and carpool out to Camp Conley Clark. We should return to the Post Office parking lot opposite the church parking lot at about noon or before on the 21st (scouts will call/text when we are 30 minutes out)
As an added bonus, scouts can complete a list of knight-like action items while at the camporee in order to be “knighted” and presented with the patch below.
