When: Friday – December 8 – 6pm – 10pm
Saturday December 9 – 9am – 5pm
Cost: $10
Registration: Sign up using the link below. Will remain available until sometime on December 4th when it will automagically close.
Where: Unity Presbyterian Church
Merit Badges offered:
1) Citizenship in the Community (Eagle Required) – Mr. Carter
2) Communications (Eagle Required) – Mr. Helms
3) Sustainability (Eagle Required) – Mr. Ross
4) Digital Technology – Mr. Helms
5) Coin Collecting – Mr. Carter
Schedule:
Friday – 5pm – 7pm – Digital Technology (Click Here For The Merit Badge Worksheet)
Snack Time
7:30pm — 9:30pm – Coin Collecting (Click Here For The Merit Badge Worksheet)
9:30pm – Parents pick-up Scouts
Saturday – 9am – 11:30am – Sustainability (Click Here For The Merit Badge Worksheet)
Lunch – 11:30am – 1pm
1pm – 3pm – Communications (Click Here For The Merit Badge Worksheet)
Snack Time
3:30pm – 5pm – Citizenship in Community (Click Here For The Merit Badge Worksheet)
5pm – Parents pick-up Scouts
Course Pre-requisites will be discussed at the Troop Meetings. Completing as many prerequisites as possible prior to the class will give scouts a better chance of finishing the badges during the event.
Scouts may sign up for as many or as few classes as they desire. Note that Sustainability, Communications and Citizenship in the Community are all Eagle required badges – this is a great opportunity to get a head start on these.
When signing up, you must sign up as an attendee ($10.00) AND select the class(es) you want to take.
Registration Is Now Closed For This Event
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Each year Troop 108 scouts travel to Gibbs Stadium at Wofford College in Spartanburg to assist by selling programs and concessions at the annual Shrine Bowl game. This year will we will do it all again.
As an added plus, we always stop at the Peach Blossum Restaurant for a hearty roadside breakfast on the way down and then top off the day with a gastrointestinal experience at the Beacon Restaurant in Spartanburg before returning home.
We will plan on leaving Unity Presbyterian Church at 7am and returning about 7pm on Saturday, December 16th, 2017. Be sure to dress warmly and bring money for breakfast, snacks (lunch is provided by the Shriners) and then supper on the way home.
Dress is full official Boy Scout uniform with a troop scouting t-shirt underneath. Scouts will be able to earn service hours to apply toward rank where applicable.
Sign up to attend on TroopMaster by December 13th so we can plan transportation accordingly.
Scouts from Troop 108 are encouraged to walk in the Fort Mill Christmas Parade on December 2. 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.
This is always a fun time and an opportunity to provide community service and to display the Scouting values.
Get your Troop 108 75th Anniversary troop numbers at any troop meeting for only $5.00 each. If you’ can’t make it to a troop meeting then you can order online and we’ll mail your patch(es) to you at the address that you provide (Paypal and mailing cost added for a total of $6.00).
This patch can be worn on the scout uniform and/or can be displayed on a backpack or duffel bag.
Troop 108 alumni are also encouraged to purchase and display a Troop 108 anniversary patch in celebration of your involvement in the troop’s history.
Sales are open to anyone wishing to collect or display this historic patch from Fort Mill’s Troop 108.
UPDATED (See bold below):
The boys are encouraged to bring the game(s) of their choice as long as they’re in line with scouting principles. Pizza and drinks will be available.
Sleeping arrangements will be in Fellowship Hall so plan accordingly.
We have to be out of fellowship hall at 8am. Those scouts that want to pick up food will walk to Hardee’s to grab a bite of breakfast (bring money) and then start food pickup in the Whiteville Park and Springfield neighborhoods at 9am. Scouts can be picked up at the church between 11am and 11:30am.
All attendees must sign up by clicking on the TroopMaster logo in the right column of this website and after logging in, then register for the event. The cost is $6.00. You can pay in cash upon arrival or you can pay on the website (6.00 plus $0.49 Paypal fee).
Be sure to bring your scout t-shirt/sweatshirt for Saturday morning as well as proper gear for the weather as we collect food donations.
Weekend #1
Those scouts who can help will be meeting Saturday, November 4th at 9 am in the Unity Presbyterian Church parking lot to begin distributing bags. We will need Leaders and parents to drive/chaperone our volunteer Scouts. Our Scouts will be doing a lot of walking, since the areas we are assigned seem to have mailboxes attached to the front of the houses. Scouts need to “Be Prepared” with comfortable closed toe shoes, appropriate clothing for the weather and a water bottle in case they get thirsty. In addition, everyone involved should try to wear Troop 108/Scouting attire.
Upon arrival at the church, all volunteers must sign in with Denise Kugler-Stover. Scouts may want to bring their handbooks, so their service hours can be reported and signed, as well.
Weekend #2
The following Saturday, November 11th, we will also meet at 9am at the church. We will be picking up the bags and delivering them to our assigned local food pantry. Please remember that adult volunteers are just as important as the Scouts, since we need drivers and vehicles for transportation. It usually takes a few hours to complete the pick-up process. Comfortable shoes, appropriate clothing for the weathe, rwater for hydration and Troop108/Scouting attire is highly recommended.
There have been some changes to the troop rechartering process this year. As you may have heard, the national fee has increased from $24 to $33 annually and the council fee for insurance has been bumped up to $7 annually. These are fees that the troop collects and then forwards on to the council and national BSA offices. In addition to those fees, the troop annual fee is $20 which covers troop equipment purchases and maintenance, awards and badges, and other expenses that the troop may have throughout the year.
Essentially the “all-in” rechartering fee for 2018 is $60 total.
Troop 108’s recharter deadline (essentially the deadline for getting all of our scouts signed up to participate in 2018) has been moved to the end of November rather than the end of December in year’s past. Scouts need to make sure that their rechartering fees are paid no later than the November 27th, 2018 scout meeting.
The troop will be unable to front the cost of rechartering for scouts who have not paid their rechartering fees in full by the deadline. Scouts not paid in full will not be rechartered with the troop, but can be added back to the troop’s active roster at a later time once the fees are paid.
You may use the button below to recharter your scout for next year or you can bring payment to a troop meeting (cash or credit card only please). If you opt to pay using the button below, note that the fee charged by Paypal has been added to the $60 fee such that the total is $62.10.
Troop 108 moms are invited to click on the RSVP button below to reserve their spot at the upcoming Women for Scouting Dessert Fundraising Event to benefit Scouting programs in York County!
Join us for a fun and educational evening at Events At Manchester in Rock Hill where you can learn how your support helps the Scouting program that enhances the young men of this community and helps make sure every Scout can participate in activities that foster character and lifelong values. There is no cost for this event. We hope, however, that you will be inspired to partner with us through your generous donations to help benefit Scouting programs right here in York County. Company matches welcome.
Please RSVP by as soon as possible. If you cannot attend, we hope that you will still consider making a contribution using the button below.
Derek’s Eagle Project will be to build a trail and outdoor classroom at Nation Ford High School on Saturday, October 28th beginning at 9am until completed.
Scouts are encouraged to wear work clothes and bring gloves. Water and snacks will be available and lunch will be served.
Stumpy Pond is shown at the lower left of the image above. Click for larger image
Where: Greenway – Stumpy Bottom Lake area behind the Field Trial barn
When: November 3 – 5, arrive at Greenway’s Field Trial Barn area around 5pm on Friday and pick up at the same location around 10am on Sunday morning.
Cost: $10
Activities:
1) Cooking (great opportunity to get Rank requirements around cooking. Also starting the Cooking Merit badge (Eagle required).
Dinner Friday: Dutch Oven Pizza’s – Leaders will provide Ingredients
Breakfast Saturday : Planned by Patrol
Lunch: Planned by Patrol – would recommend something easy
Dinner: Patrol Competition – Judge by leaders (yum!)
2) Personal Fitness Merit badge (Eagle Required) will be started
3) Other activities planned by the Senior Patrol leader / Patrol leaders from the PLC!!!!!
This should be a fun weekend and a great time to get caught up on Rank Requirements!!!!!!! Plus great food.
Sign up and Pay Here at the TroopMaster site.
