Boy Scout Troop 648 Scottsdale, Arizona

Troop 648

I am sadden to inform you that Richard Benyi, Jacob’s dad, passed away on Monday, October 2nd. Mr. Benyi was recovering from previous surgery related to diabetes.

A memorial service is scheduled for October 21st with details to follow. Our hearts and prayers go out to the Benyi family in their time of mourning.

If you would like to send your condolences, Jacob’s address is 16831 N 58th St. # 223, Scottsdale, AZ 85254. Carol Benyi’s address is 5549 E. Cholla St., Scottsdale, 85254.

Please notify others who may not have access to our Scout website.

Regards,

Doug McFetters

Greetings…

In our Parent/Committee meeting earlier this month, we had a conversation about outing attendance and ran out of time. We will have a follow up meeting on that subject next week on Tuesday, October 4, 2016. We will meet in the CCC Conference Room during the troop meeting, starting shortly after 7pm.

For those who expressed interest in being involved in the subcommittee for that discussion, or anyone else who is generally interested, is welcome to attend.

Thanks,

Mr. Benyi

Hello Troop 648

We are in the final planning stages for our high adventure trip this weekend, Sept 30 – Oct 1 to Flagstaff and Humphreys Peak. We will be departing from the church Friday late afternoon and base camping near the trailhead. We will rise early, summit the peak (12,633 feet), climb down and return to Scottsdale in the late afternoon. The top of Humphreys Peak is the highest point in the state of AZ and the 12th highest in the U.S. It should be a great trip!

High adventure is about providing exhilarating experiences and activities that push our scouts toward greater physical and mental challenges in the outdoors. These are tailored to the unique abilities of an older scout and provide them opportunities to put to use the skills that they have learned throughout the scouting program. We try to schedule 1 or 2 a year. Hiking to 12,633′ is a good example of that!

If you and/or your Scout are planning to go, please let me know as soon as possible – dmcfetters@gmail.com or (602) 793-1058.

Thanks and have a great weekend!

Scoutmaster T648

Hello Troop 648!

Reminder – MOD Pizza Social Event Tomorrow! There is no troop meeting at CCC.

Please join Boy Scout Troop 648 families tomorrow, Tuesday, September 27th at MOD Pizza for some good food and great company! Everyone is welcome, so please invite your family, friends, neighbors, etc. to come. Pizzas are made by hand, put in an 800 degree gas fired oven and are ready in 3 minutes. The salads are delicious, too. A big added bonus is that MOD Pizza is generously donating 20% of sales, from anyone who brings in a flyer or says they’re there to support Boy Scouts, to our troop. The event is all-day, so you can go there for lunch or dinner or anytime in between. Dine in and mingle or carry out your food.

The address is: MOD Pizza, 10893 N Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85254. The restaurant is located on Scottsdale Rd. just north of Shea in the Safeway Shopping Center behind McDonalds and next to Wells Fargo Bank.

Hope to see you tomorrow evening! My family and I will be having dinner there around 6pm. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. McFetters or me. Thank you for your support!

Sincerely,

Michael McFetters
T648- Star Scout

Hello Troop 648

The campout this weekend is in the Dragoon Mountains in Southern Arizona.

We will have 4 adults and 9 scouts. It’s long drive, so please be at the church near the shed at 5:00pm.

Costs including the following:

• $23/Scout for gas and the campsite fees. Please bring this with you on Friday.
• Patrol food – your patrol leader will let you know about the food costs for the weekend. This is usually around $15/Scout.
• Friday night dinner – we will stop in Casa Grande for dinner, so please bring money or pack a meal to save

There’s going to be some hiking, hanging out, advancement work and an awesome cooking competition!

The temperatures are expected to be in the low 80s during the day and the mid 50’s at night, so please be prepared!!

Thank you and we look forward to an awesome weekend!

Mr. Copley and Kevin Weinhold

Cochise Stronghold

Hello Troop 648

If you are working on the Personal Fitness Merit Badge and have completed the 12-week training, you will have the opportunity for the final test this Sunday, September 18. We are meeting in the parking lot at the Desert Horizon park on 56th Street and Paradise. Please arrive by 6:00am so we can beat the heat. Please remember to bring your worksheets, blue card, water and be dressed in cloths for running/working out.

Additionally, if you would like to start the Personal Fitness Merit Badge, you can complete the fitness test at the same time. This is an Eagle required Merit Badge and I highly recommend you take advantage of this opportunity.

I look forward to seeing you bright and early!

Scoutmaster T648

Hello Troop 648

Save the date – Tuesday, September 27th for Great Pizza, Great Cause!

Enjoy delicious food in a fun atmosphere along with your friends and family while earning funds to support our troop. Bring this flyer V2 Flyer_Fundraising_Scottsdale_BoyScouts_CCC to MOD Pizza, 10893 N. Scottsdale Road, (602) 314-8297 and 20% will be donated to BSA Troop 648.

We will have this fun dinner and social time in place of our regularly scheduled Tuesday troop meeting. So, come enjoy some great pizza with the troop family!

See you then!

Scoutmaster T648

Greetings!

This is a reminder that we will be holding our quarterly parent and committee meeting this coming Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 7pm. We will be meeting in the CCC Conference Room. All parents and committee members are invited to attend.

We will be reviewing the new calendar for the coming year that was prepared by the Patrol Leader’s Council last month, along with our updated outing procedures, among other things.

I hope to see you there!

Thanks,

Jacob R Benyi
Committee Chair

Hello Troop 648!

We are back from an epic adventure to the Grand Canyon! One of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World (!), we have a tendency to be a bit forgetful when it comes to the Canyon. Just a few hours drive from home is one of the most amazing places in the world. Ranked second in terms of attendance for our National Parks at 4.8 million visitors per year, seeing the Canyon, as described by Jack Schmitt, is like; “Trying to describe what you feel when you’re standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon or remembering your first love or the birth of your child. You have to be there to really know what it’s like.”

The 15 Scouts and Scouters enjoyed a few rain storms, cooler temps (down in the low 40s!), an amazing collection of wild animals, dutch oven pizza and Monkey Bread, unrivaled beauty of the Canyon and above all else, camaraderie with members of the troop family.

A great big thanks to Ryan Conrad and Zachary Harper for organizing the trip, David Cole for his planning support (and awesome cooking!), Andy Gay for pulling the trailer, Donna Ramsey for the loan of her Malibu and Jon Komar and Jacob Benyi for driving.

A reminder that tomorrow night’s meeting will focus on rank advancement and merit badges.

See you soon!

Scoutmaster T648

An endangered California Condor…

Elk…

I know right, who knew!?!

A rare sighting of a King snake

And the even more rare, Flying Squirrel…

Close call, but he was ultimately rescued…

Hello Troop 648

We will be meeting in the East Hall (where we hosted the Pancake Breakfast) for our regularly scheduled weekly troop meeting – Tuesday, August 23rd.

This week’s meeting will be organized by the Copley’s and is the last for the ‘Pioneering’ theme. Next week’s meeting (August 30) will be focused on rank and merit badge advancement.

Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Scoutmaster T648