All,
Carousel cake forms and money are due tonight, Tues. 11/8/16 at the Museum Village Snack Bar between 7:30pm and 8:30pm. This is just a forms & money drop-off only, no formal scout meeting. Please use this form when dropping off your order tonight.
Forms / Money – a must!
Boys – optional!!
Yours in Scouting,
Ken Kohrs
Sincerely,
Hiram Ramos – Scoutmaster, Troop 540
845 248-0550
Troop 540,
Here are some upcoming events to mark on your calendars:
Saturday, May 21st, and Sunday, May 22nd, between 9:30 and 10 am: Brandon Linsalato’s Eagle Project at the Veterans Memorial, River Road, in Harriman. Bring a shovel and work gloves. Brandon will be refurbishing the Veteran’s Memorial at the Harriman VFW. He also asked if you could help sell cakes for his fund raising. Download the fundraising package for the Carousel Cakes here.
Saturday, May 21st, starting at 10:00am: The veterans are putting flags on deceased servicemen’s graves at St. Anastasia.
Monday, May 30th (Memorial Day), starting at St. Anastasia’s Church at 10:00am: Memorial Day service and parade. Wear your class “A” uniforms.
Tuesday, May 31st, from 5:00-8:00pm: Fundraising at McDonalds in Monroe. We need kids wiping tables, helping out and thanking customers for support.
Thanks,
Jon Hess – Scoutmaster, Troop 540
Troop 540,
We’re all set for the camping trip this weekend. I will send the exact location for our campsite tonight. Plan on meeting at 6:00pm on Friday. Please eat dinner beforehand. We will head out at 7:45am SHARP on Sunday Morning. I will be coming into camp a little late, as Alex has a track meet that night. I know Ron Buckley will be coming on the trip. Are there any other adults that could make the trip?
Here are the food assignments for the weekend:
Please bring enough food and drinks for 15 people.
Breakfast Saturday: Tyler
Lunch Saturday: Andre – Cheeseburgers
Dinner Saturday: Aidan Crown
Breakfast Sunday: Alex – Muffins, OJ
I have requested the climbing wall and the BB shooting range. There are no guarantees that we will get either of them but if we do, they charge money per scout for the events. I would send your son to camp with about $15.00 in order to pay for these events; if we get in. They also require that you have your BSA Medical Form 2016 filled out (just for climbing and the shooting; not for the camping trip itself). You should still have your forms from the Camporee or Ranachqua. These forms would still count, if not, you will need these forms for summer camp as well. I have attached the medical form file to this email.
If you weren’t at the meeting tonight and you would like to go on the trip, please let me know ASAP so that we can add you on the roster that I have to hand in on Friday night.
Look for an email from me tonight with the directions and details on where the campsite is.
Thanks,
Jon Hess – Scoutmaster, Troop 540
Thanks to Mr. Ross the Director of Ten Mile River for being patient and diligent for ensuring that our scouts were able to lock in their requested merit badges.
Here is the spreadsheet with your merit badge schedules. Please save this and bring it with you to camp.
If anyone has any questions, please don’t hesitate to call me.
Thanks.
Jon Hess – Scoutmaster, Troop 540
(845) 480-4391
Troop 540,
Today, I received the official e-mail alerting me that the online registration for merit badges at Ranachqua’s summer camp opens this Saturday. Again, our summer camp (week 5 – Eagle Week) will be from Sunday, August 7th through Friday, August 12th. So, to avoid some of the issues we had last year with merit badge registration, I have uploaded some files for you to review. When you are done reading through the details for the merit badge registration, please fill out the Troop 540 MB Registration Form (Excel file) and email this back to me: NO LATER THEN THIS FRIDAY MORNING. If I don’t receive your registration forms, there’s a good chance that you will NOT get all of the merit badges you are looking to sign up for. You will stand the best chance by emailing me back by this Friday morning with your form and requests.
Please review the Week 5 Merit Badge Schedule (PDF file) and select at least 5 merit badges for the week. Anything less and it’s just not worth the money that you pay for the camp. BEFORE you choose your merit badges, please review the Merit Badge Prerequisites (PDF file) as you will NOT be allowed to take certain merit badges without the necessary prerequisites!
Also, the camp will be charging an additional $15.00, (this does not include the fee for camp) for Eagle merit badges that they don’t ordinarily do during the summer. Scouts that qualify for this are those that are 13 years or older and hold a rank of 1st class or higher. Even if your son registers for ONLY one special eagle merit badge, they will still charge you this additional fee.
Regarding the BSA Medical Forms: You will have to take your child to their doctor and have them fill out the information pertaining to their health history (demographics, immunization record, medications, allergies & other health related issues). We will hold a pre-camp meeting sometime in July, where we will be collecting the health forms and 2 copies of your health insurance cards. If we don’t have this important documentation, your child will not be allowed to go to camp this summer.
Just to reiterate Mrs. Crown’s email the other day, the fees for summer camp registration have gone up. Early bird is $390.00 and will be going up to $420.00 after May 23rd. If you plan on taking the additional eagle merit badges, add $15.00 to your total fee. The troop will start collecting the money now. If anyone would like to use their money from their scout accounts, please see Mrs. Donahue to find out what your balance is. Any scout that requires financial assistance, please see me in confidence to discuss this available option.
One last thing, when you send me back the merit badge registration file, please include your cell phone number, so that I can call you with any last minute changes that I might have to be make.
Please get back to me by this Friday morning with your merit badge registration requests.
Thanks,
Jon Hess – Scoutmaster, Troop 540
Troop 540,
We are holding an optional fundraiser which could be used to offset the cost of summer camp (which has gone up!) or other scouting events.
We can sell Cup Cakes from Carousel Cakes for the Easter holiday. They come in six-packs and the suggested price is $18 per package. The scouts would earn $5.00 for each package they sell.
I will find out the deadline for handing in the order and forward the information to you tomorrow.
Maura and I will handle picking up the orders on Tuesday, March 22 and have them available later that day for distribution.
If you are interested in participating, please print out the these forms:
Carousel Cake – Cupcake Fundraier 2016.pdf
Carousel Cake Cupcake Order Form 2016.pdf
Thank you.
Sue Donahue.
We will be starting our month-long Uno’s fundraiser. The fundraiser is very simple. When you go to Uno’s, any time during the month of February, give the waitor or waitress the following coupon (download here) and Uno’s will donate 20% of your bill to our troop. This fundraiser is easy because does not cost you any extra money. Anyone can use the coupon during the month and we will receive credit for it.
Please print out the coupons and share them with family and friends (I have even taken some extra to Uno’s and passed them out as people enter) Since this doesn’t cost extra people are usually willing to participate. If you have any questions please let me know.
Thanks.
Maura Crown
Troop 540,
We’re all set for the Camporee this weekend. It looks like it’s going to be a blast! I would brush up on your scout skills; especially knot tying, first aid (ankle fracture) and starting and sustaining a campfire.
You can download the informational packet on the Camporee here.
Please show up to camp between 4:30-7:00pm on Friday night. Please eat dinner before you show up. Also, bring your own snacks on Friday night. We will plan to leave the campsite on Sunday morning by 8:00am sharp. Bring your ZERO-rated sleeping bags and dress in layers. Bring extra hand warmers.
I’ve had about four scouts cancel at the last minute. Please understand that the troop paid a non-refundable fee for those scouts that said they were going. I understand that things come up but we will have to charge your account for what was paid towards your trip.
For those scouts that were assigned the meals, please make sure that you plan to bring the complete meals, including drinks and condiments.
Please respond back to this email, if you are going on the trip.
So far, this is who I know is going:
Adults:
Scouts:
Good Evening Troop 540.
We will have a troop meeting tomorrow night in the North Main cafeteria. The green bar meeting will start at 7:00pm. The general meeting will start at 7:30pm.
We will be signing up for merit badges tomorrow night. I strongly encourage those scouts that have NOT finished their last merit badge, to continue to work on those until you are done. If there is a merit bade where only one scout had signed up for it, I will leave it up to the counselor to see if they will have the class with only one scout or we may ask you to pick another badge where there are more scouts that have signed up for the merit badge.
Here is a list of merit badges that are available to sign up for:
Please fill the merit badge counselor applications out and hand it in tomorrow. If you are unable to attend the meeting tomorrow night, it’s in PDF format. Please fill it out online and email me the form and I will print it out and hand it in for you.
Click here for a link to the Merit Badge Counselor’s Application
Merit Badge Counselors will also have to take Youth Protection Training. If you haven’t done so already. Here is the link to the myscouting website. You may need to register for the first time, if you haven’t done so before. Once you’re in the site, you need to go to: “My dashboard” and look for “Youth Protection”.
I’ll see you all tomorrow night. Thanks.
Sincerely,
Jon Hess – Scoutmaster, Troop 540
845-480-4391
I hope everyone had a great summer. Its time for registration again. Unfortunately council registration and insurance prices have increase and therefore we needed to increase the cost of our registration. The cost this year will be $125.00 per scout. Please see Mr. Hess if this increase causes any financial hardship and arrangements will be made. You can download the registration forms here and here. Please fill them out and return them by the end of September. If scouts are not registered they will not be able to attend scout functions.
Also scouting is run by volunteers and we need help. Please consider signing up for one of the following positions:
We will have a signup sheet available when you register please consider helping out your troop. Thank You.
Maura Crown
Troop 540 - Monroe, NY 