Boy Scout Troop 648 Scottsdale, Arizona

Greetings!

Summer is here and we have several important dates to be aware of this month. This Tuesday, June 6 at 6pm is our monthly PLC Meeting for our Youth Leaders. The regular Troop Meeting is at 7pm. We will also be having our quarterly Troop Committee/Parent Meeting in the Conference Room at CCC at 7pm. We hope to see you there!

June 13 is the cutoff for advancement for the summer Court of Honor.

The Court of Honor is on June 20. All scouts and families are encouraged to attend.

Thanks!

Mr. Benyi

Hello Troop 648

To the men and women who served our great country, but are no longer with us, we say thank you and honor you. We will forever be in debt for the sacrifices you made for the ideals and rights we enjoy today. May God bless you all.

And thanks to the crew who headed out last Saturday to partake in the flag planting ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery. Thanks for representing Troop 648!

Have a great day!

Scoutmaster T648

From Mark Blair, T648 Parent:

Hello Troop 648

A reminder for those participating in the flag placement ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery tomorrow, Saturday, May 27th. We will try to meet at the North end of the stage area at about 6:45am.  Flags and announcements start at 7:00am and we should be done around 8:00am. The Cemetery is located at 23029 N Cave Creek Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85024. Please wear your Class A uniform. Scouts can earn service hours by attending and all Scouts, family, friends, etc. are welcome.

You can contact me at (602) 430-8142 if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Mark Blair

Hello Troop 648

From Cameron Copley:

TROOP 648 Eagle Scout Project

“PAINT THE RED CURBS” 

Scout:  Cameron Copley

When:  Saturday May 13, 2017

Time: 7am – 12pm

Calling all Troop 648 Scouts, family members, friends and anyone else who would like to help! Cameron will be leading the group as we paint the red fire curbs in the Chaparral Christian Church parking lot. Suggest you wear clothes that are okay to get paint on, plus bring a hat and sunscreen!

Bagels, refreshments and lunch will be provided!

Scoutmaster T648

Greetings!

Great job on the Pancake Breakfast today! We had a fantastic turnout and a silent auction for the ages! We should have preliminary results to share with everyone in the next couple of days.

This is a reminder that we will be holding the Architecture Merit Badge tomorrow, May 7, at 2pm at my office, Jones Studio. The Architecture MB is a relatively easy one; the class will take between 1 – 1.5 hours; and then there is a small assignment.

I would suggest bringing a pen and notepad.

For those coming to my office, you can travel south on either the 51 or 101. When you reach the Loop 202, travel west from the 101 or east from the 51. Exit at Priest Drive and head south across the Salt River to Rio Salado Drive. Turn left and drive half a mile to Hardy Dr. where you turn right. Once on Hardy, you will immediately turn left at 1st St. From here, travel east to Wilson St and turn right. The office is located at 205 S Wilson St. in Tempe.

If you have any problem finding it, please give me a call.

Thanks!

Mr. Benyi

Troop 648!!
The countdown is on and we are 4 days away from our annual Pancake Breakfast and Auction.  Tonight, Tuesday, May 2nd at our regularly scheduled meeting is the last opportunity to turn in live auction items.  This will allow us to prepare accordingly for the event.
I will be at the meeting to collect any last minute items!
See you at the meeting…. and please let me know if you have any questions!!
Jody Achor

Troop 648!!

The countdown is on and we are 4 days away from our annual Pancake Breakfast and Auction.  Tonight, Tuesday, May 2nd at our regularly scheduled meeting is the last opportunity to turn in live auction items.  This allow us to prepare accordingly for the event.

I will be at the meeting to collect any last minute items!

See you at the meeting…. and please let me know if you have any questions!!

Jody Achor

Also, please don’t forget, we will have our new parent orientation meeting tonight in the South room of the forum from 7:15-8:30. Any parents are welcome; I particularly encourage anyone new this year to attend!

Finally, don’t forget the Patrol Leader’s Council meeting for our youth leaders is tonight at 6pm.

Thanks,

Mr. Benyi

Greetings!

We have a busy few weeks ahead for Troop 648! Two items that I want to specifically mention here:

1. We will have a New Parent Information Meeting on Tuesday, May 2. We are very excited to have so many new families in  the Troop and want to orient you on the key things to know about Troop 648 and scouting in general. There is no better program for positive youth development than scouting! This meeting will share with you how your son and family can get the most possible out of the scouting program in general, and from being a member of Troop 648. We will start the meeting at 7:15pm and will run through the end of the regular troop meeting. We will plan to meet in the south room of the Forum. (This is the room with the couches that is immediately adjacent to the regular Troop Meeting room.) All parents are welcome, but if you have joined the troop in the past 6 months, I particularly encourage you to attend. Bring good questions!
2. I am going to hold an Architecture Merit Badge class on Sunday, May 7. I invite you to come and learn a little about the profession of architecture, and you can earn a relatively easy MB in the process. We will meet at my office, Jones Studio, at 2pm. We are located at 205 S Wilson St, Tempe, AZ 85281. You will probably never see an office that looks quite like this one! We will have one class session which will take about an hour. Then you will have an opportunity to do a couple of drawings and finish the MB at your own pace. All are welcome! If you are interested, please let me know so that I can prepare sufficient materials.

Thanks!

Mr. Benyi

Hello Troop 648

We had been doing a great job having fun and informative meetings, along with spreading out the responsibility of leading a meeting. However, we’ve had a few open meetings over the last couple months and need to get back to having a Scout leading each meeting.

If you/your Scout are new to the troop, we like to have each Scout lead at least two meetings a year. It’s not hard, but provides great experience and leadership for the Scout, plus it helps to share the workload. We have a monthly theme for each of our weekly meetings so the Scout has something to plan around.

What should your Scout prepare? The following is a general timeline for our meetings. Your Scout should focus on the ‘General Meeting’ portion of the meeting, about 50 mins.

• 7:00 – 7:05pm Open Flag Ceremony
• 7:05 – 7:15pm Uniform Inspection
• 7:15 – 8:05pm General Meeting
• 8:05 – 8:20pm Announcements
• 8:20 – 8:30pm Closing Prayer and Flag Ceremony

Your Scout can lead any combination of activities, games, presentations, arrange a guest speaker, off-site trips, work on the theme’s specific merit badge, etc. The options are wide open, with limited restrictions. Look through the upcoming themes and decide if you, a family member, friend, neighbor, other have specific knowledge or experience within the theme. If you don’t have any, then pick a week within a theme your Scout wants to learn more about. If you need help getting started, please let me know. It is okay for the parent(s) to help mentor their Scout behind the scenes putting the meeting together.

A key to keeping our Scouts engaged and genuinely excited about Scouts are the weekly meetings. The better the weekly meetings, the more successful we are keeping our Scouts moving forward and away for other less desirable activities.

The current themes and open meeting dates are below. Please select one or two open dates and email me at dmcfetters@gmail.com. Thanks for your help.

May – Forestry

• May 2 – OPEN
• May 9 – OPEN
• May 16 – D. Achor
• May 23 – OPEN
• May 30 – OPEN

June – Camping

• June 6 – OPEN
• June 13 – E. Achor
• June 20 – Court of Honor
• June 27 – OPEN

July – Citizenship

• July 4 – No meeting
• July 11 – No meeting, Summer Camp
• July 18 – B. Bollimpalli
• July 25 – OPEN

August – Physical Fitness

• August 1 – OPEN
• August 8 – OPEN
• August 15 – OPEN
• August 22 – OPEN
• August 29 – OPEN

September – First Aid

• September 5 – N. Murphy
• September 12 – I. Achor
• September 19 – R. Bollimpalli
• September 26 – M. DeBarros

We still need someone to lead the Tuesday, May 2 meeting. If no one can, we will have a Rank and Merit Badge focused meeting. If you can lead the meeting, please let me know right away and thanks! If your Scout is part of the PLC, we will have our regularly scheduled PLC meeting next week.

See you all soon,

Scoutmaster T648