Boy Scout Troop 648 Scottsdale, Arizona

Hello Troop 648

Welcome to summer 2015! It will be an exciting one for sure. June activities and monthly meetings are listed below.

June Monthly Meeting Theme: Business. If you own, run or are part of a business you think the scouts would find interesting, please let us know. We would also like to visit a business during one of the Tuesday meetings.

Tuesday, June 2nd: Meeting leader = C. Copley

Tuesday, June 9th: Meeting leader = A. Demski. This meeting is our pre summer Court of Honor. Please remind your scouts to wrap up any advancement they are working on in time for this COH.

Tuesday, June 16th: Meeting leaders = A. Demski with support from A. Brown

Tuesday, June 23rd: Meeting leaders = Z. Harper with support from M. McFetters

Friday, June 26th – Sunday, June 28th: Outing to Kaibab Lake, base camp with canoes. Scouts in charge of this outing are D. Yu and A. Demski

Tuesday, June 30th: Meeting leaders = N. Murphy with support from J. DeAngelis

If your scout is leading in a meeting, he has a packet with an outline for the meeting. Please discuss what they have planned and if they would like to enhance the meeting in any way.

Thanks and have a great weekend!

Scoutmaster T648

Hello Troop 648

What fun last night, our first ‘Iron Chef: Dutch Oven’ cook off! The scouts split into three groups, two cooked meals using the dutch oven skills they learned this month and the third group was our own celebrity panel of judges.

In the end, no one was ‘Chopped’ and both received great reviews and helpful critique. I skipped dinner so I could taste their creations and kudos to both for a job well done! Some pictures are below.

Let the Double Dutch Competition begin!

The full crew

The Royals await word on what the judges thought of their ‘Monkey Bread!’

Can it get any better than pizza and camping? The Leprechauns took home the Silver Spatula with their pizza creation. Yeah, it was that good!

Hello Troop 648

As a reminder, join hundreds of volunteers from across the state in honoring our veterans by placing United States flags on over 50,000 grave markers covering 225 acres! This process, while sounding a bit daunting, takes under an hour and is one of the most important events we help with throughout the year.

The event is held this Saturday, May 23 and begins with a flag ceremony at 7:00am. Meet other members of the troop 648 family near the main flag pole and next to the wall with all 5 military branch seals.

Address to the National Memorial Cemetery is 23029 N. Cave Creek Rd. Head north on 19th avenue, turn right on Deer Vally road. The cemetery is in the southeast corner. Parking is available along the roads within the cemetery.

Please wear your Class A uniform and bring your family and friends!

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday!

Scoutmaster T648

Hello Troop 648

I made an error on the Blessed Sacrament service project. It is tomorrow, Saturday May 9th. If your Scout is planning to attend, he should be there from 5:30pm to 7:00pm.

Sorry for the mistake and have a great day!

Scoutmaster T648

Hello Troop 648

We have a service request from Blessed Sacrament. Friday, May 9th from 5:30pm – 7:00pm, Blessed Sacrament needs our help with clean-up from a dinner service. The church will provide any scout working the event with a free dinner!

If you can help and would like the service hours, please let me know – dmcfetters@gmail.com.

Also, if you are planning to work, please wear your Class B uniform and show up to the church (Social Hall) a few minutes before 5:30pm. You can check in at the kitchen or with any of the adults working the event. Tell them you are with the Troop and ready to help with clean-up.

Thanks!

Scoutmaster T648

Hello Troop 648

What a great day and event for Troop 648!

All indications point toward another highly successful Pancake Breakfast fundraiser for the Troop! We appeared to have a steady, non stop flow of guests for this annual event that featured a variety of auction and raffle items, First Aid kits and outstanding food. The switch from Saturday to Sunday allowed us to capture some of the church traffic contributing to an above average number of breakfasts served.

The powers that be are combing through all the data to see what each Scout ended up earning and that information should be available soon. Many thanks go out to all the parents and Scouters that gave of their time and energy to put on a terrific event. Special thanks to Mr. Cole for his hard work organizing the event, Mr. Parizek for providing sales guidance throughout the month to the Scouts, Mrs. Conrad for her terrific efforts with the auction and Mrs. McFetters and Mrs. Traynor for their assistance with the auction and raffle.

Finally, a big thanks and congratulations to all the Scouts who put their time in selling tickets and procuring donations for the auction/raffle and making the event a fun and enjoyable one.

Reminder: PLC tomorrow night at 6:00pm and regular troop meeting at 7:00pm. See you then!

Scoutmaster T648

Hello Troop 648

Our Pancake Breakfast is this Sunday, May 3rd starting at 7:00am! Three ways for your Scout to earn some money:

1. Sell tickets – $4 of the $5 ticket goes to the Scout’s account!

2. Procure donations for the silent auction – your Scout will earn a portion of the money that is raised by these items

3. Procure donations for the Patrol Basket Raffle – again, your Scout will earn a portion of the money that is raised by this basket

Patrol Basket Themes:

• Royals = Hotel, Bath and Spa
• Pirates = Summertime Fun
• Leprechauns = Family Night Out

Please remember to bring in your donations to the meeting this evening, in particular the Raffle basket donation.

Thanks and see you tonight!

Scoutmaster T648

Hello Troop 648

Reminding everyone that we are helping pack food for needy children tomorrow night, Friday, April 24th from 6:00pm – 7:30pm. Please join the troop at the FMSC Tempe facility at 7965 South Priest Drive, Suite #106. Anyone 5 and older is invited so bring your kids, friends, family, neighbors!

If you have not already RSVP’d, please do so by calling Reese Galvin at (480) 228-1896.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Scoutmaster T648

Hello Troop 648

A reminder that each patrol has a basket that will be raffled off during the upcoming (Sunday, May 3rd) Pancake Breakfast. Any donation made to the patrol basket will result in some $ being earned by the Scout. The themes are:

• Royals = Hotel, Bath and Spa
• Pirates = Summertime Fun
• Leprechauns = Family Night Out

We encourage the scouts to visit local businesses soliciting donations for their basket in addition to their current fundraising activities. Thanks!

Scoutmaster T648

Hello Troop 648

We still have two slots left for the 2:30pm – 6:00pm shift for the Pet Expo being held this Saturday, April 25th at West World in Scottsdale. The opportunity is for a Scout to sell First Aid kits and Pancake Breakfast tickets at this event. It’s indoors too! The event attracts 1000s of pet lovers in the valley and should be a great opportunity for your scout to add $s to his Scout Account and just in time for summer camp!

If you are interested, please contact Kelli Demski at kdinaz@msn.com. First come, first served so don’t delay!

Thanks,

Scoutmaster T648