I hope you all had a happy Easter and got to spend some time with family and friends. This week is also Passover week and Orthodox Easter is next Sunday. Take some time this April and spend some time with the people you care about the most and forget about the outside world for just a short amount of time.
But don't forget about scouts!
We've a lot coming at us in the next few weeks and it all starts this Monday night at St. Marks.
Monday meeting 4 - 18 - 22, 7p
St.Marks Church Gym.
We were going to hold our Order of the Arrow elections and camp-out planning this Monday meeting. I just received a letter letting me know that the lodge does not have enough election officials to do the troops' elections. We will be postponing our OA elections until May. As soon as I get a date back from the lodge I will let everyone know. We have 4 scouts eligible to join the OA but they can only do so if you vote them in. We must have 75% of the troop at this upcoming meeting for the election to count. The four scouts are Joseph Chieco, Anthony Herrera, Porter Snopko and Bradly Votaw. As soon as we can get the election in our calendar please put it on yours.
Because the election will be moved we will be working on the details for the Galena trip next weekend. We will also be finishing up on requirements for our upcoming court of honor on Monday the 25th.
Next weekend is shaping up to be a lot of fun. We have not been to Galena since 2019. This will be a productive weekend for all that come.
Noah K eagle board of review
Apr 26, 7p
We need some help with a board of review on April 26th. If you have never seen an eagle board of review and want to know how it works this is your chance.
Cyber-Chip
Everyone needs this
In order for the scouts to be able to use their phones or tech on meetings or outings they need to have this certification. The class material can be found at
We have a fantastic opportunity for the boys to make some money for the troop and themselves this season. We will be selling bulk mulch supplied by Midwest Compost. This fundraiser will be taking place from now to June 1st. You can find the sale files and more on our website. Just log on and go to the files folder, fundraising, mulch fundraiser and all files are there. This is an excellent way for the boys to chip away at the cost of spring / summer events and contribute to paying their own way.
For this weekend letter there are a few things I wanted to send out and an idea I wanted to float. Firstly I want to think Patrick and Mitchell for turning me on to Webex meeting site. I had completely forgotten about them and after putting myself to a crash course on how to put a meeting together it turns out that Webex is nifty. Going forward using Webex to do major badges and Classwork will be an asset.
I want to think everyone who participated in the Lincolns Pilgrimage this past weekend. We had fantastic weather, wonderful food and amazing company. The museums and historical locations we were able to go to gave the boys a much needed dose of history and insight.....
Or at least all this would have happened in an alternate timeline.
In our version of reality it was cool, rainy, and gloomy. There was one little ray of light this past weekend. Seven scouts who needed the 1st aid merit badge where able to participate in our online presentation of the badge. Even though the demonstrate portion of this badge is a little tricky at this time we got done all that we could. For the time being at least. During the month of May we will be putting on a few other merit badges and the May schedule should be ready and running by the 1st. More now than ever please check the website at least once or twice a week for updates to the calendar.
Monday meeting 4 - 27
We will start off on the Webex site and breakout from there.
First years will be working on:
3a. Explain the patrol method. Describe the types of patrols that are used in your troop.
3b. Become familiar with your patrol name, emblem, flag, and yell. Explain how these items create patrol spirit.
Hi everybody! Now that you are back from a week off it's time to get back down to the nitty gritty of springtime scouting.
We have a bunch of things on the roster and even more coming up as we go further into the better weather. We are still trying to put together a trailer clean up day. Hopefully next weekend will be dryer over at the park and we can get a few hours in. I'm going to be blaming Mother Nature on any inability to work on the trailer over the past few weeks. Simply because nature can't point a finger back and is an easy scapegoat.
Tonight's letter will be fairly short But there are 2 things that I wanted to touch on.
New meetings with a twist
This Monday we are going to be holding our first digital meeting at 7pm on our new Discord channel. The voice service Discord is an application best known by online gamers and streamers. Best of all (especially for us) it's free. Anthony D has been working hard on setting the troop up with a server and I think it could make a huge difference In giving us our Monday meetings back.
This simple solution to a very complex problem may be just what we needed for the time being. It gives the boys the ability to try and continue with scouting even while real life goes against our original ideas for the year. Discord has a desktop and mobile friendly version. Download the app and sign up. You will need a microphone or you can use the text option to join in. You can contact Anthony or myself and we will invite you in to the group.
Anthony = TideTurner143#4773
Stevan = Stevan W#3810
What's up with the scoop?
Some of you who have been receiving the troop scoop may be wondering why I haven't sent out this month's new issue. I am having a massive writer's block and have no idea what to talk about (first time for everything). Usually we talk about the upcoming events and the exciting new things coming down the pipeline. At this time with everything being in lock down it's taking me an extra amount of time to put together something interesting. If you have any suggestions or would like to make a submission send me your Ideas and we'll see what we can do. It can be something topical, allegorical, comical, or just flat out bonkers.
We got some good stuff coming up. The day event, the camp-out and more...SO...
Come with me and you'll be In a world of pure imagination. Reach out, touch what was once. Just in your imagination
Don't be shy, it's alright If you feel a little trepidation. Sometimes these things don't need explanations....
What's new this coming week?
This Monday Night:
St. Mark's church
101 S 6th ave, St. Charles
Apr 14th, 7p - 8:15p
This Monday we will be going over camping and how to do it. For many of our new scouts the Grants Pilgrimage will be their first camping experience. We want to show them what to bring, how to pack and why pack what we pack. You will see a backpack and some of the camping gear we have and it will represent what you should / will have too.
April camp-out
Grants Pilgrimage
Galena IL. Apr 26th - 28th We are going back to Grant's and Galena! We will meet at the Vet's Center at 5:30 pm on Friday. We will be returning back to the center's parking lot on Sunday by 1pm-ish. Bring your hiking boots and be prepared to do some walking around the historic town of Galena. Plan for rain so pack accordingly. Complete the scavenger hunt, see some historic buildings, and maybe a little shopping. Cracker barrel on Friday night, Breakfast in camp Saturday morning, Lunch in town/parking area Saturday afternoon, Dinner back at camp Saturday night and light Breakfast Sunday morning.
Yet another week has passed and the lockdown is still in place. Spring time has finally come and even though it started with a bit of a chill warmer days are on the way. There's been a lot of developments over the past couple days that you need to know and we as a troop need to be able to discuss. The 2nd Monday of the month is tomorrow which means our Patrol Leader Council (P.L.C) and Committee Meeting (C.M) will be taking place this Monday evening. There are a boat load of things that we need to get into so let's get to it.
With this past weekend's nonstop rain I'm now fairly happy that I still have troop ones canoes in my backyard. Rather than using the car to go places this past weekend I could have just rowed my self there. For this week's message I'll step right into it and start off right at the beginning. That seems always a really good place to start.
With the state of Illinois opening up again at the end of the month we have the ability to resume in person meetings. Good Templar Park has been Troop Ones' summer home for more than a decade. With the good weather upon us and since people having been cooped up inside for a while our next few months should be a breath of fresh air doing fun things together enjoying a nice warm breeze.
Good news about the virus
A bit of good news from the CDC
On Wednesday (the 20th) the CDC released An updated report that concluded that the virus does not spread easily on surfaces. New findings show that the primary way of transmission is person to person contact and not surface to person. That means if we're camping the chances of you contracting the virus just because you have touched something somebody else may have touched is diminished.
**From the CDC website**
"The primary and most important mode of transmission for COVID-19 is through close contact from person-to-person. Based on data from lab studies on COVID-19 and what we know about similar respiratory diseases, it may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, but this isn’t thought to be the main way the virus spreads."
Here is the link to the CDC and their press releases
On Monday June 1st we are starting up IN PERSON meetings again. It will be a special 2 hour meeting at Good Templar Park from 6 o'clock to 8 o'clock there will be a lot to talk about and do. There are 3 major topics to cover.
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Because tomorrow is May the 4th we will be doing a little something different than the usual for Star Wars day. We'll be looking at a few videos about Star Wars science. Because we are all still stuck inside why not watch a few videos of the most iconic sci-fi movie ever. The first half will be the science behind the lightsaber and can a lightsaber actually be made. The second half will be on other Star Wars things. So this week forget the books and pick up your nerd hat for some Star Wars related goodness.
