Troop 919 News

Popcorn Money is Due! - ALL of your popcorn sales money is due at Tuesday night's Troop meeting. Mr. Gryder,Mrs. Neely and Mr. Wilhelmi will be there to accept the funds. If you need to request any special arrangements, contact Mr. Gryder.

Eagle Scout Reception - A reminder to a Eagle Scouts of the Eagle Reception on Tuesday, Dec. 1 at Bridger Field House (5:30 p.m.). There is no charge for Eagle Scouts to attend this event and it IS NOT A FUND RAISER! You will get a chance to see Alvin Townley, the author of two Eagle Scout books. If you can't make the event of Tuesday, a breakfast meeting is also scheduled for Wednesday morning (Dec. 2) in Mt. Airy. Call the Scout Office at 760-2900 for more detailss.

Please RSVP to the Scout Office if you are attending this event.

All Eagle Scouts attending the reception will receive a free gift.

Eagle Scout Project - The workday for Danner W's Eagle project is Saturday (Dec. 5) at St. John's Lutheran Church on Silas Creek Parkway. Contact Danner to let him know that you will be able to help.

December Intro to Cold Weather Camping Trip – This trip is our traditional “Intro to Cold Weather Camping” trip and if you think you might like to go snow camping in January, then December’s trip is a requirement. We will be camping at the group site at Pilot Mountain on December 12-13. The following are signed up for this trip:

Scouts: Bryce W., Raymond F., Andy N., Alexander Z., Thomas L., Ben E., Will H., Daniel P., Chris W., Ian B., Devln B., Paul L., Tanner P., Lyle G.

Adults: Mac McCormick, Tim Lasley, Stan Gordon, Mike Parrish, Jay Wilhelmi and Steve Tucker

You can sign up at Tuesday's Troop meeting if you would like to go on this trip.

Updated Records – If you didn't update your personal information with Mr. Pierson at Tuesday's Court of Honor, please be sure to bring your information to him at this week's Troop meeting. Mr. Pierson is working hard to update everyone’s personal information (address, e-mail, phone numbers, etc.) in our TroopMaster computer system.

Christmas Trees - If your family usually purchases a live Christmas tree, please consider purchasing your tree from the Order of the Arrow.

The OA's tree lot is at the Scout Office on Silas Creek Parkway and is scheduled to be open the next two weekends or until the supply runs out. This year's trees are really nice, full Frasier Fur trees.

You can also stop by the Scout office during the day, pick out your tree and pay inside the office.

Congratulations to the Gryder family. Ben and his family were the first customers at this year's tree sale.

Proceeds from the sale of the trees will be headed towards Camp Raven Knob to help fund the construction of a much needed maintenance facility.

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Failed to include the Christmas Tree flyr with the previous mailing.

 

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Happy Thanksgiving from Troop 919

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Backpackaing Trip - Our backpacking trip to Doughton park is this Saturday.

Menu planning for the trip is at Tuesday's meeting, so if you are on this trip, please attend Tuesday meeting.

If you would like to have some of our veteran backpackers check your gear (pack shakedown), bring your backpack to Tuesday's meeting and we'll be happy to give you some hints.

The Philmont crew is also using this trip as a one of their shakedowns and will be joining us on the trip. They'll be taking a different route and meeting us at the group site in Doughton Park.

We will meet at the Scout Hut at 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning to depart for Doughton Park. The Philmont crew may be meeting at a different time, check with your crew advisers.

Here is a list of Scouts and Leaders who are signed up for this trip:

Scouts: Andy N., Will H., Daniel P., Evan L., Gabriel H., Tanner P., Bryce W.

Leaders: Tom Hardin, Mike Parrish, Steve Tucker, Jay Wilhelmi.

Philmont Crew: Alexander Z., Paul L., Ben G., Chris W., James E., Joe D., Lyle G., Josh J., Tim Lasley, Mike Warner, Mac McCormick, Matt Zimmermann

 

Eagle Project - If you are not going to be on this weekend's backpacking trip, Andrew C. is soliciting your help for his Eagle Scout project.

Andrew's project is the restoration of the playground at Olivet Moravian Church and will include some painting, sweeping, sawing (rebuilding benches), sanding, weeding, grass sowing, and sand spreading. Some of items you might want to bring to the project: yard rakes, phillips screwdrivers, shovels, safety glasses and gloves. Contact Andrew for more info on what tools may be needed.

The workdays are scheduled for November 14 and 21 and the hours are 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Andrew is remembering the 13th Scout Law that a Scout is Hungry, so he's promising lots of food and drink for those who can come out to help.

For questions, contact Andrew at 945-2001 or at his e-mail.

Eagle Project - Danner W. is also scheduling a workday for his Eagle Project. His workday is scheduled for December 5 at St. John's Lutheran Church on Silas Creek Parkway. We'll be getting the particulars from Danner in the coming weeks.

Popcorn Pickup - Our popcorn pickup is scheduled for Friday at 8 p.m. at Brookstown Methodist Church. If you can help with the popcorn pickup and sorting, pleasae contact our popcorn kernels Scott Gryder (Ben's dad) and Robin Neely (Andy's mom).

Everyone must pick up their popcorn on Friday because we can not leave popcorn at the church or at the Scout hut. If you are going to be out of town on Friday, please make arrangements with a friend to pick up and sign for your popcorn.

We have to schedule our popcorn pickup on Friday evening because we are leaving on the backpacking trip on Saturday morning!

Court of Honor - Our next Troop Court of Honor is Tuesday, November 24.

If you are finalizing a merit badge from summer camp or are working on a rank advancement, please plan accordingly. All summer camp merit badges must be completed by this Court of Honor.

The Troop Committee is scheduling a Board of Review meeting for Thursday, November 19 if you are planning on a rank advancement at this Court of Honor.

 

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In Search of a few Good Scouts - Our Troop is looking for a few good Scouts...and maybe a few who have been in search of those elusive service hours.

There are two Veterans Day events this week that our Troop is supporting.

The Veterans Day parade in downtown Winston-Salem on Saturday - We have agreed to walk with our Cub Scout Pack in the veterans Day parade and are in search of a few Scouts to walk in the parade.

To be honest, I was a bit disappointed in the interest shown by the Scouts at last night's meeting for this effort and hope this e-mail will encourage you to reconsider your availability on Saturday morning.

We be lining up at Spring and Fourth Street at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday and the parade rolls off at 10:00 a.m.

Many of us have family who has served or maybe are currently serving in our nation's military. Taking a few minutes to walk in a parde to salute them is one way we can honor their service to our country.

I look forward to seeing a good crowd on Saturday morning.

Flags at Brookstown - We are looking for a few Scouts to help place American Flags at Brookstown Methodist Church on Friday. If you can help with this project, be at Brookstown at 5 p.m. on Saturday.

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Portable Lights - Do you have a portable light set that you could loan the Old Hickory Council?

Our friend, Steve Daniel, the council popcorn man [among other things] and a former Troop 919 Scoutmaster, could use some assistance. He’s looking for some temporary lighting for the popcorn warehouse. Can you help? Do you have any ideas?

Here's a note from Steve:

TO PIEDMONT DISTRICT SCOUTERS:

IMPORTANT: Hey guys. Just a slight wrench in the works concerning the popcorn warehouse. Kind of the good news, bad news, scenario.

First the good news: We get to use the same large warehouse facility we used last year, and they've added two of the larger, working, docks and lifts!
Now the bad news: They're in the midst of refitting this warehouse with new lighting, and have removed all but a few lights! In other words, it's as dark as a cave in there. There are no other options that are big enough to work, and I just learned of this little glitch today.

Here's what we need to do: Luckily they still have outlets that work - I checked that - so we need to get the word out through whatever means we have available to Piedmont & Salem units that we need anyone with mobile lighting setups (lights on tripods or stands) to contact Steve Daniel, Adam Cook or Jean Dominique, so that we can arrange to borrow them for next Thursday through Saturday.

As long as we can get 12 or 15 sets of lights I think we'll be o.k.

Thanks!

Steve Daniel
Finance & Marketing Director
Old Hickory Council, Boy Scouts of America
6600 Silas Creek Parkway
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
Phone: 336-760-2900
Cell: 336-408-3576
Web: oldhickorycouncil.org
Email: steve.daniel@scouting.org

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