Hessel International Scout Rally

Hessel Scout Rally

Sept 16^th - 18^th

At Bay City Lake

 in St. Ignace

Everybody is going to want to blast off on this "Out of this World' trip!

Lots of Games, Food, Prizes (camping gear and Kayaks)  Cooking contests, costume contests

+ A dance Saturday night!

1000’s of Scouts from all over the planet attend this Rally including Girl Scouts and Canadian Scouts. 

Troop will be leaving from the Troop Room at 4:30 sharp and will return Sunday early afternoon.

Cost is $30 and includes food/camping/patch/space goodies !

Surprise Fishing/Camping Trip

Ok here is the scoop....

Mr C and Mr Kula are going on an overnight camping trip THIS Sunday July 22nd at noon and we will be back on Monday July 23rd about 4pm' ish.

Anyone is welcome to come along for FISHING COOKING & CAMPING BY THE LAKE.

We are going about an hour north of here to a State Forest Lake off Greenwood Rd near Alger. This is a great time to catch up on ANY rank requirements you need. $5 for food.

Message me back or call Mrs Kula (327-3305) to let us know if you are going. Parents welcome. Sorry for the last minute notice - but I just got some time off...

Arrowmen

Eagle Scout Day

Announcing Eagle Scout Day.

The first Eagle Scout award was earned (first board of review) on August 1, 1912, and 19 days from now will be the 100th anniversary of that event.
The National Eagle Scout Association is asking all Eagle Scouts to wear an Eagle Scout lapel pin or hat pin and do some community service that day, and on every August 1st into the future.

Board of Revews

The Troop will now be holding Board of Reviews on Sunday evenings once per month at 6pm in the Troop Room.

Scouts will need to sign up for a Board of Review on the Chalk Board in the Troop Room after they have completed their Scoutmasters Conference.

All Ranks will need to be in uniform including neckerchief.  First Class/Star/Life it is expected that you will be in complete uniform including pants, belt, and Merit Badge Sash.  Star and Life are also expected to present a binder with their blue cards.

In order to advance Scouts must also have their Scout Accounts up to date (no unreasonable negative balances) and be current in their dues.  Scouts/Parents can check Scout Account Balances on your TroopTrack.com profile.

PLC

There will be a PLC meeting Sunday night July 15th at 6pm at the Troop Room. All Patrol 
Leaders and senior troops are expected to attend.  SPL - ASPL - Eagle PL - Moose PL.

Any Scouts 1st Class and above are welcome to attend and observe.

Photo Contest

The Summit Scout Reserve has a photo contest right now.
Troop 108 has a few photos entered and we would like you to VOTE!
You can also enter your own photos too.   

Vote or enter here

These are some of the photos we have entered:

    

Summer Camp Victory!

Congratulations to Scoutmaster Larry Kula

 for winning the Camp Rotary Scoutmasters Chili Cook-off!

TroopTrack Invite

Troop 108 Scouts and Families....

Check your email for an invitation to join TroopTrack. It is a new site that our Treasurer Sam Brooks and I have been working on to track advancements/scout accts/events/merit badge book library etc...

You need to paste the link into your browser address bar and set your own password! Please share this with your parents as this is for them too! They can also join with their own information if they message me at kulalori@sbcglobal.net - I will add them. 

Any Scouts who find the 3 surprises I have hidden in different parts of the site will win $$$ Scout Bucks for each one they find. Message me privately-do not post the surprises here!!!!

We have been working very hard to create this for you and your families - hope that this will help in a lot of areas!

Happy Flag Day

100 Books Every Guy Should Read

Check out this list from Boys Life Magizine
about 100 Books every guy should read !

Comment on how many you have read!

Interesting Website

Just found this awesome Scouting Website.
Looks like you could find just about anything your looking for here and MORE!

http://inquiry.net/  has all these catagories with tons of information!

Check them out on a rainy day or if you are looking for something to add to your leadership skills or if you just need a question answered


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New Patrol Patches

The New Patrol Patches have arrived! =) 


Be the Patrol to have the most comments on the blog

  AND   have a Patrol Cheer or Yell on Wednesday!

Summer Camp Menu

WOW! in 3 weeks our Troop will be at Summer Camp!
Click here to see the Menu for Week 2
Click here to check if there are any Pre=Requirements for the Merit Badges you are taking!

Memorial Day Thanks

Thanks to those who helped with the placement of flags for Memorial Day this morning! - Jacob, Sean, Anthony, Mr.C, Adam, Chase, Mr. Yant, Mr.Schultz, Ernie, and 2 of our Troop Moms! -

Operation C.A.R.E.

WE NEED ALL SCOUTS AND FAMILIES!

Everyone is needed to help at Operation CARE this weekend.
We will be at the north bound I-75 Linwood Rest Area giving away coffee and refreshments from Thursday evening through Saturday evening.

This is an important fund raising event, in the form of donations, for the Troop
as well as a good turn for our community!

Super Moon this weekend

Skywatchers take note: The biggest full moon of the year is due to arrive this weekend.
The moon will officially become full Saturday (May 5) at 11:35 p.m. EDT. And because this month's full moon coincides with the moon's perigee — its closest approach to Earth — it will also be the year's biggest.

For more information check out this link

Parent Meeting

Wednesday May 9th at 7pm.

Join us for a Hot Dog and get information about
all summer activities!

Jamboree 2013

Check out the newest video about
 Jamboree 2013  

Visit our Council's page for information
 on our Contingent

or check out the Summit's Jamboree page

How to Make a Survival Bracelet

In an emergency, you can use paracord for lashings, tourniquets, shoelaces, snares, tying splints, or, if you tease out the threads, even fishing lines and sewing threads.
This bracelet lets you carry a useful amount at all times.

Visit Backpacker Magazine for instructions

Merit Badge Sign-up

Merit Badges for summer camp are starting to fill up online. For example Wilderness Survival is already full !
Get out your Red folder this weekend and decide what you want to take at Summer Camp.
Get BUSY!
New Scouts (1st year at Summer Camp) are participating in the PATH program so we just need to know if you are going to Camp.

Campership Form

If you did not pick up a Campership Form from the Troop Room on Wednesday -
mesage me here and Mr. Kula is willing to set a time to meet at the Troop Room over the weekend so you can get a form.

THESE ARE DUE TO THE COUNCIL BY MAY 1ST

2013 National Jamboree Needs You!

The Lake Huron Area Council is on the verge of losing one of the two Jamboree troops allocated if we do not have enough youth registrants by May 25, 2012. We currently have enough Scouts to fill one troop of 36 youth. If we do not have sufficient Scouts registered, we will forfeit the 2nd troop. This will not stop Scouts from attending, but may require them to attend with a troop from Flint, Lansing, or another area. The tentative cost to attend the Jamboree is $1400 which includes everything except uniforms and personal gear. 

For more information on Jamboree 2013 click here 
and be sure to talk to Jacob, Brian, or Duane who went in 2010.

Hug an Eagle Scout Day!

Happy National Hug an Eagle Scout Day!

Today is the day that the NESA was started, when ten Eagle Scouts went to the scout executive and formed a group to support Eagle Scouts. So on this amazing day give a hug to that/those Eagle Scout or Eagle Scouts that you may know.

Troop 108 Eagle Scouts CONSIDER YOURSELF HUGGED!!!

Welcome new Scouts

Welcome to our Troop 108 Scouting Family -

Brennan Donnelly, Noah Helie, and Matt Sullivan!

Congratulations on earning your Scout Rank!

Most asked ? about the Scout Health Form

Q. Can I use another medical exam, such as a school sports exam, and attach it to the Annual Health and Medical Record?

A. No. In an effort to maintain standards of preparedness and fitness for participation, and to make sure that the medical professional conducting the examination knows the various outdoor adventures than can occur in Scouting, the BSA requires completion of Part C. Part C also includes the height/weight chart for high adventure situations where emergency medical care is not readily available. If you do your part to help (by completing as much of the form as possible), your medical provider likely won’t mind completing both.

note:  If your Scout has had an exam in the last year (ie. School or Sports physical at the begining of the school year)  most Doctors will compete the Scout Form from that exam.  Just ask them.

Camperships

Campership forms are now available at the Council Office.  They MUST be returned by May 1st to be considered.   
SM Kula is going to the office tomorrow and will pick up a number of the forms and will have them available to you at the Troop Room on Wednesday.

Why I'm not an Eagle Scout

This is an excellant blog post by Jason Wright.

I hope it inspires our young Scouts as well as our Scouters.

http://jasonfwright.com/column/why-i-am-not-an-eagle-scout.html

Early Rank Advancements DVD's

All our Scouts who are under the rank of First Class received a DVD, in their Red Summer Camp folder, with video clips of each requirement. 
This is the most current copy of this disk that the Troop has.
Some requirements may not match up with your Scout Handbook.

Please comment here if you are having trouble with your DVD.

Click here to view Rank Requirement Videos online.

46 ways Eagle Scouts are Different

New study shows 46 ways Eagle Scouts are different   

Eagle Scouts are a different breed. You know it; I know it.

And today, we’ve got independent, scientific proof to back up our claim.
At last, the results are in from the 2010 Baylor University study,
Eagle Scouts: Merit Beyond the Badge, conducted by the university’s Program for Pro-Social Behavior under a grant from the John Templeton Foundation.

Click here to read the article.

Scoutmaster Kula is turning 50 at the April 4th meeting!

There is a card for everyone to sign for Mr Kula's B-day + stuff to decorate his truck + a gift (a BSA hat that everyone can sign on the tan part inside) + cake for tonight. Don't tell him anything - it's a SURPRISE!

Thanks for your support!

Thanks to all the GREAT people who supported our Troop Saturday at the Pot Pie Dinner!

To all the Scouts, Scouters and Families who worked - Kudios! (everything was tasty) 
and of course special thanks to everyone who ate, bought an Easter plant or a Candy Bar to support us!  Congratulations to Mr Brooks who won the 50/50 drawing for $56!

Welcome to the Troop

Congratulations to Troop 108's newest Scouts - Chase Derocher and Adam Toly from Pack 3155 and Conner Tacey from Pack 3119!

WELCOME TO THE TROOP

Thanks to SPL Michael Wright and ASPL Jacob Sova for conducting an AWESOME Induction Ceremony!

Tickets for Pot Pie Dinner

Tickets for you to pre-sell for the Pot Pie Dinner and Flyers will be passed out at Wednesdays meeting (3-14).
$2 from each adult ticket you sell goes directly into your Scout Account + profits will be divided acording to the total hours you work the day of the dinner.
ALL PRE-SALES MUST BE TURNED IN BY THE START OF THE DINNER TO RECEIVE THE $2 BONUS - NO EXCEPTIONS

Boy Scout Lock-In

Today is the last day you can register for the early rate of $18 - tomorrow it goes up to $23!
PLEASE let me know if you want to sign up by 6pm tonight.

Event is next Friday March 16th 6pm - 5am on Saturday at Standish Sterling High School.

 Check out the flyer HERE

Campership Application Information

Campership Request Forms Available April 16

Campership forms will be available through the LHAC Service Center beginning April 16th.
Completed requests are due May 1st.

Visit the Councils website for more information http://www.lhacbsa.org/News/2012camperships

Scout Knots to work on

Work on these knots for the next meetings

Timber Hitch

Bowline

These links have great animated instructions as well as uses for these knots! 
Other knots we have been working on and you should know are: Square Knot, Clove Hitch, Sheet Bend, and the Taut Line Hitch.

Webelos Recruitment Day

Get outside and explore Michigan’s great outdoors at Bay City State Recreation Area on Saturday, Feb. 18, as the Department of Natural Resources hosts the 19th annual Winter Festival - Free Fishing Weekend.

Boy Scouts from Troop 108 will meet at the State Park Campground 9am - 9:30.   Webelos will learn cooking skills and can stay as long as they want.

All Scouts can participate in the Winter Festival events  that include - ice fishing, snow snake making, snowshoeing, treasure hunt, winter hiking and nature activities.

Webelos are also invited to this Wednesdays meeting Feb. 15th to prepare for the outing.  We meet from 7 - 8:30pm in the Annex behind Visitation Church. 

Good Advice for Everyone

Boy Scout Anniversary

Wednesday February 8th is the Boy Scout Birthday!

Celebrate by wearing you uniform to school !

PLC re-scheduled

Just a reminder the PLC meeting is now scheduled for 9am at the Troop Room Monday morning.

Scout Sunday Mass

Troop 108 will celebrate the Scouting Anniversary with a Mass on Saturday February 4th at 4pm Mass at our Chartered Parish - Notre Dame dela Visitation. 

All Troop members and families are encouraged to attend.

Scouts - this is a full Class A uniform event.

If for some reason, you are unable to attend this Mass you are encouraged to attend services of your choice on Saturday Feb 4th or Sunday Feb 5th in full Class A uniform.

Patrol Leaders Council Meeting

PLC will meet this Wednesday after the regularly scheduled  Troop meeting.  This shouldn't take more than 45mins. Leaders can give you a ride home after if needed.

SPL - ASPL - SCRIBE  must attend
All Patrol Leaders are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Winter Survivor Camp 2012

Survivor Camp was a sucess!

 

I think everyone made it out alive!


Link to the Troop Facebook Photo Album
or
view photos on the Troop Photo page under the
"Pages" tab in the right side pannel - - -

Den Chief Training

Are you interested in helping a Cub Scout Pack?

Are you First Class?

If you are you might be interested in Den Chief Training!

Follow this link for more information:
http://www.lhacbsa.org/Training/Events/DenChiefTraining2012

Merit Badge Books

If you have any Merit Badge Books that belong to the Troop PLEASE return them when you finish the badge.  There are books that have been out a L O N G time, and other Scouts need them. 
Thank You

Polar/Survivor Campout

Test your winter camping knowledge on our Survivor Campout!

Saturday January 21st we will leave the Troop Room at 8am and head to Northwoods Scout Camp.  We will return approx 1pm Sunday.

Cost  - $12 includes food and supplies.

Be prepared for spending the night outside in the Adirondack Shelters.  Pack the essentials for winter camping.  Dress according to the weather conditions.

Sign up deadline is Wed. Jan 11th.