This Week in Troop 508
News
A Scout is Helpful… One way Scouts can help with Hurricane Harvey relief efforts is by collecting needed supplies and taking them to Irving Cares. The most recent list of needed items can be found here: Needed Items List . Items can be brought to their location at 440 S. Nursery Rd. Suit 101 Irving
Last chance to enter this contest! Summer Fishing Photo Contest – Now through tomorrow 8/31
“Fishing Photo”: photo of your big catch, great sunset from the lake where you’re fishing, funny pic of a family member who fell asleep in their chair while fishing, etc.
Email pics to along with a short 50 words or so write up on the photo. You can enter up to 5 photos over the summer.
Please enter only pics from summer 2017. Good luck!
Popcorn Time! – Scouts can fundraise to pay for campouts, summer camp, winter camp, etc. by selling popcorn! Let’s encourage all our scouts to participate. See email about online selling. Important dates:
9/2 – Blitz day meet at Woodhaven at 10am
10/14 – Blitz day meet at Woodhaven at 10am
11/7 – All order forms due to Kathy
12/2 – Popcorn pick up (all money due when you pick up your popcorn)
Contact: Kathy Whitgrove
Trinity Forest Adventure Park Event; Cost $45; a few openings are available!
*Rescheduled due to lightening* to the tentative date of Saturday 9/23
1820 Dowdy Ferry Rd. Dallas TX 75217; online waiver
Contact: 214-649-6529
Campout – 9/15-17 @ Trevor Rees-Jones Scout Camp; Cost $20
Unfortunately, TRJ doesn’t offer horses in Sept. but there is great fishing and camping
USS Lexington WWII aircraft carrier Campout – 10/7-9 2914 N. Shoreline Blvd. Corpus Christi
Cost $100 (scout account eligible)
We will spend Saturday night at Goose Island State Park and then Sunday on the Lexington
Visit their website for more info about camping on the USS Lexington
PICTURES NEEDED! We need pictures for the upcoming Court of Honor slideshow. Send them from any Troop activities from the last six months (since the last COH) to troop Historian:
Troop Court of Honor 9/19 – Our twice a year event to formally recognize Scouts’ achievements. Scouts’ family members are invited to share in this event. Scouts should be in full uniform including merit badge sash for all who have earned a merit badge, regardless of rank. Any advancements or merit badges to be recognized at this COH need to be turned in to Daniel Murphy no later than Tuesday 9/5. Everyone should try to attend this important event!
A Scout is Courteous… Please bring a water bottle to meetings. Woodhaven has asked us not to use their cups. We need to be respectful of the church as a whole, this includes the kitchen area and the ice maker.
Scoutmaster Mr. Bolton will be at Woodhaven from 6:30 to 7:00 before each meeting to sign books, have conferences, etc.
Upcoming Events
9/2 Popcorn Blitz 10am meet @ Woodhaven to sell around the neighborhood
9/5 PLC / Troop Meeting
9/12 Troop Meeting / COH Rehearsal
9/15-17 Campout @ Trevor Rees-Jones
9/19 Court of Honor
9/26 Troop Meeting
9/30 Trinity Trash Bash 9am – noon @ T.W. Richardson Grove Park
Merit Badge Opportunities
*Registration is required* for these workshops. Most require pre-work
Five Trails Fall MB College: Coppell Bible Fellowship, Coppell
(September 16)
Medieval Times: email to register
Animal Science MB workshop begins at 1PM, dinner & tournament at 2PM
(September 23) – Animal Science
Circle Ten MB Clinic: Camp Wisdom
(December 2)
Circle Ten Council’s Winter Camp: Trevor Rees-Jones Scout Camp
(December 27 – 31)
Five Trails Spring MB College: Plymouth Park United Methodist Church, Irving
(February 2018)
Circle Ten MB Mania: Camp Wisdom
(March 14 – 16)
Adventure Scuba and Snorkeling Center in Plano: check out their regularly scheduled courses
Oceanography, Scuba Diving, First Aid, Swimming, Lifesaving
Troop Election Results (Senior Patrol Leader & Patrol Leaders)
Senior Patrol Leader – Trevor
Patrol Leaders – Emmanuel, Nicholas, Connor, Ethan, Billy