Month: October 2014

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This Weekend’s Overnight Trip to Bullowa

Troop 540,

I haven’t heard back from anyone regarding breakfast for Saturday. I will go out tonight and get breakfast for Saturday. In the future, I will not be getting any meals for the troop, unless Alex or Christian are assigned to get the meals. We will discuss how we will avoid this at the next meeting.

Griffin will have an itinerary for us for this weekend. Griffin, if you are unable to attend on Saturday, please get the itinerary to my house by 5:30pm tomorrow night. I will bring it to Bullowa. As always, plan on doing some work from your scout books. David Nebrasky (patrol leader) will fill in as the leader for tomorrow night. Some of the older scouts will be there on Saturday. So, tomorrow night, plan on working on some rank requirements for the younger scouts. PLEASE bring your scout books.

We will be camping at the Cricketown camp site at Bullowa. CampBullowa_Map for the address and location of the site.

Plan on eating before you get to the camp site tomorrow. We’ll have snacks at night and the scouts will be preparing the meals for the rest of the trip.

I’m going to get there a little late. Probably around 6:30pm. Mr. Crown will be bringing the trailer. David, you’re in charge of making sure that when the trailer gets there, you’ll coordinate getting the tents set up ASAP.

Pick up will be at 8am sharp on Sunday.

For the new scouts, here’s the camping list below:

MUST HAVE

  • Sleeping bag (ZERO DEGREE RATED)
  • Head light with extra batteries
  • Extra sneakers or boots
  • Mess kit (plate, bowl, and cup)
  • Utensil kit (knife, fork, and spoon)
  • Winter jacket and/or sweatshirt
  • Winter hat
  • Gloves
  • Short-sleeved shirt
  • Shorts
  • Sweat suit for sleeping
  • Boy Scout Handbook
  • pencils or pens
  • Rope
  • Blue jeans or other long pants
  • Under Armor or thermals
  • Socks
  • Underwear
  • Toothbrush
  • Toothpaste
  • Deodorant (NON-AEROSOL)
  • Toilet paper
  • Hand soap in container
  • Hand Warmer packets

OPTIONAL ITEMS

  • Pillow or air pillow
  • Wipes
  • Garbage bag
  • liner, blanket(s), and/or space blanket
  • Foam sleeping pad
  • Compass
  • Folding camp chair
  • Wooden matches in waterproof container
  • Fire starters
  • Nylon cord for clothesline
  • Clothespins
  • Sunscreen and/or suntan lotion
  • Pocket knife – NO sheath knives
  • Totin’ Chip card
  • Washcloth
  • towel
  • Hiking boots or other sturdy shoes
  • Watch
  • Fishing pole
  • Bait & tackle

Consider clothing and outerwear made of synthetic fabrics (Polypropylene, Thermasilk, Thermax, etc.) which transport moisture and dry quickly, unlike cotton. Long thermal underwear shirts and pants are especially important items to consider made from these fabrics. This will be more important as we get into the colder months.

Sincerely,

Jon Hess – Scoutmaster, Troop 540
845-480-4391

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Merit Badges

Troop 540,

In our green bar meeting last night, the scouts decided that we would allow for 30 minutes of each troop meeting for the merit badge counselors to meet with the scouts to work on requirements. In the event that a counselor can’t make it to a meeting, the scouts would then just work on rank requirements.

Also, we have decided that on the second Tuesday of the month, we would allow for a majority of the meeting to be designated to working on their merit badges. Again, if the counselor can’t make that meeting, the scout will work on rank requirements instead.

Sincerely,

Jon Hess – Scoutmaster, Troop 540
845-480-4391

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Troop Meetings

Troop 540 Parents,

I was asked to make an announcement to all of the parents of the troop. You are not required to stay at the troop meetings but you are all more than welcome to attend and stay and observe the meetings every week.

Sincerely,

Jon Hess – Scoutmaster, Troop 540
845-480-4391

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Bullowa Trip This Weekend

Troop 540,

So far, I have confirmed two adult leaders for Friday night (Myself & Rich Crown). Rich Crown will also be able to take the trailer into the site.

On Saturday, I have Hiram Ramos as one adult leader. I still need one more adult for Saturday into Sunday. Also, Hiram, would you be able to take the trailer back home on Sunday?

Sincerely,

Jon Hess – Scoutmaster, Troop 540
845-480-4391

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Tuesday Night

Troop 540,

Just a reminder for our troop fundraiser on Tuesday night at McDonald’s in Monroe. We are scheduled from 5:00-8:00pm to help with greeting people, bus tables and to help sweep up. We need 2-3 scouts for each shift/per hour. You can either head over to the troop meeting before or after your shift. Please encourage your families and friends to eat at McDonald’s that night to support our troop.

We have our second camping trip this weekend at Bullowa in Rockland county at the Cricketown campsite (see the map here for details). We will be getting a head count on how many leaders, parents and scouts will be attending. Also, we will need someone to transport the trailer. I will bring tents into the meet so that the scouts can practice setting up and taking down the tents again.

Merit Badge Counselors, if you haven’t already done so, please contact your scouts and begin the merit badge with them. Here is the list of merit badges and what each scout has signed up for:

Camping – Pete Walker
Liam Mallon
Sean Mallon
Aedan Mallon

Citizenship in the Community – Hiram Ramos
Michael Lacuna

Citizenship in the Nation – Dennis Wolownik
Christian Hess
Cristofor D’Amelio

Citizenship of the World – Matt Struhar
Aidan Crown

Cooking – Matt Nowosielski
William Nowosielski
Andre Estrella

Emergency Preparedness – Hiram Ramos
David Nebrasky
Justin Ramos

Environmental Science – Jim Donovan
Mack Ellis
Kenny Hoyt
Cody Hamilton
Anthony Linsalato
Brandon Linsalato

Family Life – Jon Hess
Jack Furmanek
Alex Hess
Adi Wolff
Sean Scully
Jimmy Donovan

First Aid – Karen Wolownik
Sam Duarte

Plumbing – Paul Nebrasky
Oren Wolff

Personal Fitness – Jon Hess
Kenny Hoyt

Sustainability – Don Ellis
Andrew Wasserman

Josh Buckley – Please select one of the following merit badges: First Aid, Emergency Preparedness, plumbing, cooking, citizenship of the world, citizenship of the nation or citizenship of the community.

See you all on Tuesday.

Sincerely,

Jon Hess – Scoutmaster, Troop 540
845-480-4391