Important Meeting Monday Sept 25

Elections for Senior Patrol Leader and Assistant Senior Patrol Leader. Please try to attend to pick good leaders for the next 6 months. Leadership roles are needed for rank advancement.

Mr Thompson and Ms Elaine will be present to help go over advancement requirements. Bring needed materials and books.

Planning for Sweetwater camporee will begin. This is November 3-5 and will involve building a Pumpkin Chuncker. Basically a catapult type device to hurl a 10lb pumpkin as far as possible.

October 28 Chicken BBQ. Tickets are available for pickup and sell. This is our only fundraiser of the year and raises money for activities and supplies. These funds helped cover half the costs of our recent caving adventure. We don't sell popcorn and dues do not cover all the costs of running the troop. All the Scouts are expected to sell at least 10 tickets each, hopefully more.

Recruiting- Younger scouts are encouraged to invite friends from school, church or neighborhood to visit and consider joining our troop. We need new young scouts. They are encouraged to attend upcoming camporees in November and December.

Important Message

We have 22 boys participating in Troop 81 Boy Scouts. For the last event, Panther Creek backpacking, we had 4 scouts participate. For Raccoon Mountain, September 16,  we have again only 5 Scouts participating. We have committed adult leaders and exciting outdoor activities but if the Scouts don't show up,  they not only short change the troop and their responsibilities to their patrol but they short change themselves and whatever they hope to get out of the program. The patrol method, leadership training, knowledge transfer and fun can not occur if our Scouts don't show up for the outdoor activities which are the core of the Scouting program. If you are a parent, please encourage your Scout to participate is a many programs as possible. If a conflict comes up, talk to the adult leaders as often time we can work around or acommadate working other things into a scouts schedule. To keep your Scout engaged and primed for success on the path to Eagle, he has got to enjoy the experience of the outdoor program.

For Raccoon Mountain bring:

long sleeve shirt
study long pants- no elastic or sweatpants, preferably a belt
sturdy lace up closed toe shoes athletic or hiking shoes, preferably waterproof

These are required for cave entrance.

After the cave
Have a change of clothes

Don't forget swimsuit and towel as there is a swimming pool on site and warm showers.

Food will be prepared commonly.

For more info check:
www.wildcave.com
www.raccoonmountain .com