Boy Scout Troop 648 Scottsdale, Arizona

Hello everyone. Just a friendly reminder that there will be a Troop Activity Meeting tomorrow at 6PM. Our usual meeting room will be occupied, so I would like to have the meeting in the Conference room where we usually hold the Troop Committee Meeting (“Parents’ Meeting) at the North end of the Campus. Last meeting before the big Pancake Breakfast. See everyone there.

Hello Troop 648!

The Annual Pancake Breakfast & Silent Auction is quickly approaching. Have you been collecting items for the silent auction? Please reply to Mrs. Starr with a list of items you have collected (email below). I will be at the meeting tomorrow night so please plan to bring the items you have so far to the meeting along with a completed donation form.

The number of items in the silent auction is completely up to how many items Scouts and their families collect. And remember, a portion of the winning bid amount for each item you put in the silent auction will go into your Scout’s Troop account to help cover Scout-related items such as summer camp, monthly outings, camping equipment, uniforms and more.

The deadline to submit auction items is Tuesday, April 23. No items will be accepted after this date to allow time to prepare the auction display. Please do not wait until the last minute to solicit and turn in items.

To recap, please email Mrs. Starr with a list of items you’ve collected so far and bring items with a completed donation form to the meeting tomorrow night. And keep collecting items until April 23. Thank you for your help!

Barb
barbarastarr@aol.com
623-810-8444

 

 

It’s the first of the Month again. time for another riveting and exciting PLC meeting – Who will show (to this mandatory Leader’s Meeting). Every Patrol Leader needs to make sure that their Patrol is represented at the meeting. Same time – 6:00 PM, and same place – The forum (usual scout meeting room). See you then.

Mr Blair

Troop 648 Scoutmaster

Michael recently dropped off the gear he and everyone worked so hard on for his Eagle Project for Soldier’s Best Friend. I would like to share with you the Thank you note from the director of the

Good morning Michael,
Your project will definitely help our veteran/dog teams! The equipment you have provided for them to use will help them work on their confidence as a team, focus on cues and skill building. Plus, it is just plain fun! The heavy duty shelving units for our Tuff Shed are greatly appreciated, too. They will help keep our supplies and equipment organized and neat. 
I should also mention that we just started a pilot program for graduate training. One of the classes we are offering will primarily use agility equipment. Your timing is perfect. The trainer and teams in that class will greatly appreciate the new equipment.
From the photos you sent, it looks like you had fun building it, and had a great team of people helping you. Please thank your Boy Scout Troop and anyone else who may have helped you with your project for me. 
You should be very proud of the funding you raised for your project. The money you did not use, and have given to SBF, will be put to very good use. It will help provide training, veterinary care, and training equipment for some of our in-training teams. 
Thank you so much for your perseverance and dedication to this project. I hope you know that your hard work is going to help change many lives for the better, both human and canine. Job well done!
With sincere gratitude,
Brenda Meir | Executive Director | Soldier’s Best FriendPh: 623.218.648614505 N. 75th Ave.Peoria, AZ 85381

Here are some of the links to our upcoming Merit Badge Clinics (all of these will fill up fast!):

https://scoutingevent.com/010-2019InsectStudyMB (Insect Study Merit Badge – Multiple Days) – Butterfly Wonderland

https://scoutingevent.com/010-2019MammalStudyMB (Mammal Study Merit Badge – Multiple Days) – Odysea Aquarium

https://scoutingevent.com/010-2019FlyFishing (Fly Fishing Merit Badge) – March 30th)

https://scoutingevent.com/010-flyfishingmb2 (Fly Fishing Merit Badge) – March 31st)

https://scoutingevent.com/010-2019AprilOceanographyMB (Oceanography Merit Badge) – April 13th) – SEALIFE Arizona

https://scoutingevent.com/010-2019MayOceanographyMB (Oceanography Merit Badge) – May 11th) – SEALIFE Arizona

https://scoutingevent.com/010-2019FallNuclearScienceMB (Nuclear Science Merit Badge) – September 14th) – APS

https://scoutingevent.com/010-2019smw (5 Merit Badges) – September 21st)

https://scoutingevent.com/010-midwesternmb (Dentistry, Medicine or Vet Medicine) – September 28th)

https://scoutingevent.com/010-septplumbingmb (Plumbing Merit Badge) – September 29th) – PIPE and UA Local 469

https://scoutingevent.com/010-citizenshipinthenation (Citizenship in the Nation Merit Badge) – October 12th)

*SAVE THE DATE* Ashley Furniture HomeStore Merit Badge Day (At least 8) – October 26th at the Tempe Location

*SAVE THE DATE* Grand Canyon Council BIG Merit Badge Expo – November 1st-3rd at the Heard Scout Pueblo Scout Camp (At least 50 Merit Badges)

Hello Troop 648,

Thank you for your support on my recent Eagle Scout project! It was awesome to have 36 people help build dog agility equipment for Soldier’s Best Friend. It’s a fantastic organization and I’m excited we were able to get so much accomplished. The equipment will help veteran and dog teams train together to strengthen skills and build bonds. Thanks again for all your help! 
With gratitude,

Michael McFetters

This is just a friendly reminder that tomorrow is our monthly Troop Activity Meeting. This meeting is for Adult Leaders that are involved in organizing any recent or upcoming events. The main players that should be there this week is anyone involved in planning the ski trip last month, anyone involved in planning this month’s outing, anyone involved in planning next month’s outing, and anyone involved in the upcoming Pancake Breakfast. Obviously all adult leaders are welcomed – See everyone tomorrow at 6:00 at The Forum

Mr Blair
Troop 648 Scoutmaster

All Merit Badge Counselors must keep you’re their youth protection training up to date. Any counselor who did not retake youth protection training after 2/1/2018 will not be reregistered when we reregister merit badge counselors at the end of April 2019.

Also note that starting in April 2020, all merit badge counselors must also be trained as a merit badge counselor to be reregistered. That training is online at http://my.scouting.org To take it, log in, click on the BSA Learn Center icon on the right; click on Program; click on Scouts BSA.

To see if we see you as trained, go to the current MBC listing here: https://www.grandcanyonbsa.org/meritbadgecounseling PW is GCCMBC2018

For more information on training, see our council training page here: https://www.grandcanyonbsa.org/training

Dear Parents,

Our annual T648 Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction is scheduled for Saturday, April 27 at Chaparral Christian Church. As in past years, there will be a Patrol Basket raffle. Since April is a busier month for some, we would like to start collecting basket items now. Historically, the patrol raffle baskets have been a huge success! Let’s continue the trend!!

We need your help to make the basket raffle a big success! Each patrol has a basket theme. We are asking every scout family to donate an item according to their son’s patrol basket theme. We suggest the value be $15+, but please give whatever you feel most comfortable donating. No donation is too big or too small. If you prefer, you can opt to procure a donated item or gift card from a business to add to the patrol basket on behalf of your family.

Items should be new. Suggested items to donate are listed below, but any theme-appropriate item will be appreciated. The more exciting the basket, the more money it will generate from raffle ticket sales. Please note: Every Scout who donates an item or gift card to a raffle basket will receive a portion of the raffle proceeds. Earnings will be deposited into their troop account.

Please send in donations to a weekly troop meeting:

Basket Theme- Movie Night!

Pirates Patrol:

Drew Achor – Scout in charge of basket – Jody Achor – Parent Liaison – rspmdja@aol.com
Aiden Brown
Zane Gay
Sean Heart
Michael McFetters
David Yu

Ideas: Harkins, AMC, iPic, Netfilx, etc. Gift Cards, theatre size candy, Popcorn, bowls,

Basket Theme – For the Camper

Serpents Patrol:

Ryan Bollimpolli – Scout in charge of basket – Lita Bollimpolli-Parent Liaison – litabolli@hotmail.com
Ian Achor
Stephan Mechsner
Ryan Egan
Will Saba
Will Starr
Chaz Carson

Ideas: REI Gift card, high quality flash lights or head lamp, backpacking food, s’more fixins, playing cards, etc

Basket Theme – Spa Night

Raptors Patrol:

Aidan Tumminello – Scout in charge of basket – Anthony Tumminello – Parent Liason – actumminello@hotmail.com

Liam Brotherton
Eric Achor
Zach Egan
Samson Gay
Quentin Komar

Ideas: Gift cards to salons or spa’s, popular beauty products, spa wraps, candles

Basket Theme – Family Night Out

Royals Patrol:

Jacob Hoberg-Scout in charge of basket-Lisa Hoberg – Parent Liaison- lmhoberg@cox.net
Arjun Blair
Michael DeBarros
Isaac Englehard
Dylan Carson
Nicholas Muller-Vega
Kaden Proctor

Ideas: Restaurant gift cards, dessert gift cards (Coldstone, Baskin Robbins), activity gift cards (Top Golf, pottery painting),etc.

Thank you in advance for your support and generosity! Please contact the scout or parent liaison in charge if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Jody Achor

Hello Scouts!

We’re excited to invite you to our first ever ScoutCon event at the Heard Scout Pueblo at South Mountain in Phoenix!  ScoutCon is Scout focused gaming convention with tabletop games, board games, card games, outdoor games, and even a Cosplay and costume competition!  We will also host Game Design and Chess merit badge workshops, as well as tutorials on how to play Magic the Gathering and Pokemon trading card games, culminating in a tournament on Saturday.  It’s all fun and games at ScoutCon, on top of a night of camping!

You can come individually or with your patrol or troop, so feel welcome to invite your friends as this is an overnight provisional troop event. You can choose to either camp outdoors or spend a night in a bunk at the Heard.  We encourage you to bring your favorite games to share and teach others, and to leave the electronics at home so you can join the fun and games at the Heard! 

There is no need to bring your class As or field uniform, but we welcome you to bring and wear costumes and hope you enter the Cosplay contest on Saturday. Costumes will be judged on creativity, conformity to lore, story, and hero. No true weapons allowed, so leave those battle axes and swords at home! There will be tournaments and cosplay contests for both Scouts and Adults.

ScoutCon! Sessions offers two camping experiences over spring break:  

Session #1 March 15-16 – Friday 7:00PM-Saturday 4:30PM

Session #2 March 22-23 – Friday 7:00PM-Saturday 4:30PM

Camp Fees:   $30.00 paid by March 8^th – Tent camping

                        $35.00 paid by March 8^th – Bunk in the Pueblo

  $25.00 paid by March 8^th – Mission Support- Those who would like to assist at the event during part of the time. You must be 16 and First Class.

                       * Fees increase by $5.00 after March 9^th.

* fees include Cracker-barrel snacks, Breakfast, Lunch, games, tournaments, supplies and camping fees.

For more information, our ScoutCon brochure and schedule can be downloaded here.

Registration can be found at https://scoutingevent.com/010-2019ScoutCon

We hope to see you there! If you have any questions, please feel welcome to contact us at:

Lynda Hale                  630-631-2871    lyndahale3@gmail.com  

Donna Kutarnia           480-330-8810    donna.kutarnia@scouting.org