This Week in Troop 508
News
Scouting for Food – 2/15 Meet at Nicholl’s home 10AM 1702 Glen Valley Dr. Irving 75061
Wear your uniform
Scout Sunday – 2/16 Meet at Woodhaven at 10am; Reception immediately following service
Wear your uniform with your mb sash, neckerchief, etc. Bring your family!
Come out and support our chartered organization!
Order of the Arrow Elections – 2/18 Troop Meeting; All scouts should try to make this meeting as we need to have as many people there as possible in order to have a successful election.
All arrowmen, please wear your OA sash
Contact: Mr. Bolton 214-444-8503
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. There will be a sign-up sheet at the next troop meeting.
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
2/15 Scouting for Food 10am; Meet at Nicholl’s home
2/16 Scout Sunday Woodhaven 10am; Reception immediately following service
2/18 Troop Meeting / OA Elections
2/23 Hiking MB 10mile hike Mt Creek Preserve Irving 2PM @ Nursery & Hunter Ferrell
2/25 Troop Meeting / Citizenship in the Community MB
2/29 Webelos Cooking Event Woodhaven noon – 5pm
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.
Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament $32.95 per person (4/19/20, 5/3/20, 5/17/20, 9/19/20) Animal Science; for reservations call 469-342-5555 or email
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 Fly Fishing and Brew Festival: 10am @ Plano Center 200 E Spring Creek Pkwy Plano 75074; No Cost; Contact Mr. Bolton to register
(March 21 or 22) Fly Fishing MB. Limited spots each day. Bring MB book, signed blue card, sack lunch or money for lunch (there is food available at the Plano Center)
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).