This Week in Troop 508
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Reminders –Troop meetings are uniformed events. Please wear your field uniform (scout shirt and pants if you have them). Bring a reusable water bottle to every meeting. No energy drinks at meetings or other troop events.
Webelos Cooking / Recruiting Event – 2/29 Woodhaven noon to 5pm,
actual event runs from 1-4PM. We would like to see everyone come out to help! Earn service hours! Contact: Mr. Murphy 817-909-2864
Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge – Beginning February 25.
Summer Camp – Camp Alexander in Colorado, July 18-26. Second payment is due on 2/25, if you have not paid the first deposit of $110 you will need to catch up. If your scout is attending, he needs to be on the list BEFORE the end of February
The troop will be leaving on Saturday July 18, staying overnight in Amarillo then continuing on to the camp on Sunday. They will again stay in Amarillo on the return trip the following weekend.
Cost of the camp is $360 + $40 transportation cost + $13 Camp Alexander tshirt + $90 optional white-water rafting excursion. Adult cost is $295 + $40 transportation + $13 Camp Alexander tshirt + $90 optional white-water rafting excursion
Pikes Peak council requires us to make several payments in the spring, so we are setting up a payment plan. The Payment Schedule:
$110- 1/14/20*
$110- 2/25/20
$110-3/31/20
$83- 4/30/20
Due 5/31/20- Cost of individual merit badges (merit badge sign-up begins 5/13/20) + optional white-water rafting excursion $90
2021 National Jamboree – Circle Ten Council has 10 Troops reserved to go to Jamboree. Scouts must be at least First Class & 12 years of age. Go here for more information.
Upcoming Events
2/23 Hiking MB 10mile hike 2pm Mike Lewis Park North Carrier Pkwy, Grand Prairie 75050; meet at parking lot @ Roy Orr Blvd. & Glacier Park Ln
2/25 Troop Meeting / Citizenship in the Community MB
2/26 Troop Committee Meeting 7pm @ Woodhaven
2/29 Webelos Cooking Event Woodhaven noon – 5pm
3/3 PLC / Troop Meeting
3/10 Troop Meeting
3/17 Troop Meeting
3/27-29 Fishing Campout @ Purtis Creek State Park
Merit Badge Opportunities
*Registration required* Most require pre-work. Don’t forget your signed Blue Card!
Spring Break MB University: $25 lunch is provided
Two different sessions (one on March 7 and one on March 14). Each Saturday will offer the same set of merit badge classes and depending on the courses they select, scouts can take up to TWO merit badges per event! Some MBs are all day classes.
MBs being offered – Archery, First Aid, Plumbing, Home Repair, Crime Prevention & Fingerprinting, Auto Maintenance, Collections, Citizenship in the World, Radio, E Prep, Enviro Science, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Orienteering, Welding
Register here. You can attend either or both, each MBU registration is separate.
Cavanaugh Flight Museum Addison: $6 per scout; to register call 972-380-8800
(2nd Saturday of each month) Aviation. Limited to 12 scouts age 12+; bring sack lunch & water, MB book, Blue card, & Aviation MB workbook (found at meritbadge.org), completion of the workbook is required for sign off by MB counselor; the material to complete the workbook will be covered in class w/the exception of item 3b(build a model FPG-9)
Adventure Scuba and Snorkeling Center in Plano: check out their regularly scheduled courses
Oceanography, Scuba Diving, First Aid, Swimming, Lifesaving
Texas Fin Fur Con Wildlife & Conservation MB University: Cost $20/Scout, $10/adult Scout leader; @ Trevor Rees-Jones Scout Camp; More info and to register
(March 28) Annual merit badge university and Trail to First Class event with a focus on the outdoors, wildlife, and conservation; in partnership with Circle Ten Council and Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC).
LLELA Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area: Outdoor Enrichment Series 2020-21
for more info contact Robert Smith 469-635-5482
(June 20&27) Kayaking, (Oct 17) Enivro Science, (Nov 7&14) Bird Study, (Nov 21) Soil & Water Conservation, (Dec 12) Reptile & Amphibian Study, (Jan 16) Insect Study, (Feb 13) Weather
Limited space! Sign up early!