2012 Parent's Meeting

On Wednesday March 28, we will be doing something a little different for scouts.  We will start at our usual time of 6:45pm, and finish up with our activities by 8:00pm.  Immediately following our scouting activities we will be holding a parents meeting that we expect to last between 15-30 minutes.  This meeting is specifically designated for each 12-13 year old young man and their parent/’s to attend.  We will be handing out paperwork that is required for each young man to attend summer camp, as well as covering a few topics that will help your young man succeed in scouting.  Please plan to attend.

Wilderness Survival Campout

As part of the Wilderness Survival merit badge, the boys had to build shelters and spend one night in them.  Let's see how they did.

Three of the boys (Cedric, Riggs, and Spencer) decided to build there shelter together.

Sure seems like there's an awful lot of light coming through their roof.  Thank goodness for their sake that it didn't rain!

 The other two boys (Josh and Isaac) built a shelter that appeared like it would be a little more effective at protecting them from the elements.

 As you can see from the picture above, we have a couple of happy guys who stayed warm and slept comfortably.  Nice job guys!

This is a picture of Brother Ray's shelter.  He said that he slept comfortably.

If you're looking for a picture of the other two leader's shelters, just imagine something that looked like a tent with a couple of propane heaters in it.  If you can imagine something like that, then you're pretty close to visualizing what their shelter looked like.

Bacon cheese quesadilla's were on the menu for breakfast. 

A couple of tuckered out young men on the ride home.

Campout Departure Time

Please arrive at 2:45pm on Friday so that we can depart on-time for our campout.  Remember to bring your food assignments, and also remember your assignments for the fire side.  You also need to make sure to bring your wilderness survival kit with you, because those are the supplies from which you will be making your shelter.  If you cannot make it or have any questions please feel free to contact myself, Brother Moore, or Brother Ray.

Wilderness Survival Camporee

 February 2012 Wilderness Survival Camporee.

Dinner preparation.  Everybody pitches in.

 The beginnings of a dutch oven stew, which turned out pretty tasty.

 Group picture in front of the Order of the Arrow's tepee.

 The boys eating their ash cakes that were made from corn meal.  The cakes are then placed on a hot rock, and then covered with ash for 3-5 minutes.

 The boys patiently waiting to win their awards.

Congratulations Troop 819 for having a very successful Camporee!  Our troop won awards in the signaling mirror competition, and of course who can forget the sling shot competition.  "It's Tebow Time!"  I don't think that any of us will forget the manner in which we won that competition.

Wilderness Survival Campout Meals/Fireside

This is just a reminder about our meal plan and fireside for this campout.

Dinner: Bring your own dinner (recommended meal is a tin foil dinner--you need to bring something that doesn't require you to prepare it while on the campout!)

Breakfast assignments:
Riggs: Tortillas--20-24 pack
Josh: Apples
Isaac: Cheese-- 2 lbs.
Jacob: 1 lb. Bacon
Spencer: 1 lb. Bacon

Lunch: We will not be eating while we are at the campsite, but plan to stop on the way to pick something up so bring some money to pay for your lunch.

Fireside: Theme is faith and the pioneers.
Josh is in charge
Cedric was volunteered to give the talk
Jacob volunteered to give a scripture
Think about skits that you can do.  Everyone will be involved in some way.

Come back to our blog for updates about departure time this friday.