Troop Meeting • Monday, 6:30-8:00pm • MUMC
I hope everybody spent a little time completing some final sales of wreaths and popcorn this weekend. I bet lack of a Vikings game made people happier to answer the door and find well dressed & cheerful scouts peddling goods. I also hope you spent a minute raking and doing a good turn cleaning out the storm drain or raking for your neighbor - something to think about in the days ahead.
At the troop meeting tonight we'll be doing pioneering basics and deciding on what kind of tower we'll build at our Pioneering Boot Camp the Collopy Farm.
Tonight = Pioneering Books, Knots & Lashings.
Halloween Party Recap
Thanks to everybody that helped at the Pack 1 Halloween Party a success. I think the scouts in the pack had a great time; it looked to me like our scouts were having fun too. Traffic seemed like it was down a bit overall this year, this may have been for a wide variety of reasons but the troop still made a little north of $300 to help with our bottom line. Special thanks to Jim Sharpsteen for running & coordinating the concessions. Also thanks to Kate Needleman for donating use of a $250 Thrivent Action Team grant to help the troop (Jim) purchase the concession items.
Wreaths & Popcorn
Orders and Money are due at the troop meeting tonight!
A checklist to speed up the check-in process:
• Double check your totals
• Separate money - wreaths & popcorn
• Write scout name on order forms
• Verify popcorn orders entered in the Trail’s End app for accuracy
- Troop 3001, Northern Star Council, Metro Lakes District
Pancake Breakfast Nov. 17, MUMC
We are having our Fall Pancake Breakfast Nov 17. Start inviting your neighbors and friends, acquaintances, teachers, coaches, the family down the street that you raked leaves for.
We have two shifts 0700-1030 & 0930-1230
Thanks in advance to Eddie McDonald for volunteering to coordinate this effort!
Here's a flyer to share - Would somebody be able to make 8 color copies?
November 8-10 • Pioneering Boot Camp • Collopy Farm
Based on some PLC decisions, we have decided to change things up a little this year. We'll still be at Kiwanis, but our gaming will take place in Gordon Hall!
Sign up to Camp at the Collopy Farm. We were there last spring and had a blast. This time we're avoiding fish hooks.
Here's a link to our Troop Pioneering Booklet. This was put together by Scoutmaster CG himself, Clarke Green.
• Check out Pioneering MB here.
• Check out a super cool Scout Pioneering website here.
• Check out another super cool pioneering blog from South Africa called Ropes and Poles.
December 13-15 • Board game Camp • Kiwanis Here's a link to our Troop Pioneering Booklet. This was put together by Scoutmaster CG himself, Clarke Green.
• Check out Pioneering MB here.
• Check out a super cool Scout Pioneering website here.
• Check out another super cool pioneering blog from South Africa called Ropes and Poles.
There will be plenty of room for us to leave our games up and move on to something else. We'll be sleeping and "cooking" elsewhere.
Board Game Camp is Dec 13-15. Sign Up Here
View Registrations Here.
Register for Scouting in 2020
You may have recently received mail about fees for Scouting going up. They're not going up for us in Metro Lakes District. They're going up for the rest of the council. That said, nobody is turned away for an inability to pay the full amount.
If you don't register before the January 1, things get messy with getting dropped from our roster, etc. Please don't make extra work for our volunteers.
If you don't plan to continue in Troop 1 next year, please reach out and let me know.
Scoutmaster Corps and Committee Registrations are paid for and handled by the troop - thanks for volunteering, you don't need to register yourself.
Please get registered for 2020, ASAP
Boys - http://www.adventureiscalling.org/join/Troop-3001
Girls - http://www.adventureiscalling.org/join/Troop-5001
HIGH ADVENTURE 2020
We MUST MAKE A DECISION!!!
Philmont 2021
Lottery for Treks Opens in 1 day! -
We will put in for at least one crew for summer 2021.
We had enough sign-ups for one full crew. If any of these people are not able to go, we'll look for somebody to take their place.
Upcoming Schedule
View Registrations Here.
Register for Scouting in 2020
You may have recently received mail about fees for Scouting going up. They're not going up for us in Metro Lakes District. They're going up for the rest of the council. That said, nobody is turned away for an inability to pay the full amount.
If you don't register before the January 1, things get messy with getting dropped from our roster, etc. Please don't make extra work for our volunteers.
If you don't plan to continue in Troop 1 next year, please reach out and let me know.
Scoutmaster Corps and Committee Registrations are paid for and handled by the troop - thanks for volunteering, you don't need to register yourself.
Please get registered for 2020, ASAP
Boys - http://www.adventureiscalling.org/join/Troop-3001
Girls - http://www.adventureiscalling.org/join/Troop-5001
We MUST MAKE A DECISION!!!
Philmont 2021
Lottery for Treks Opens in 1 day! -
We will put in for at least one crew for summer 2021.
We had enough sign-ups for one full crew. If any of these people are not able to go, we'll look for somebody to take their place.
Upcoming Schedule
Subscribe to the Troop 1 Calendar
BSA Troop 1 Facebook Group
For those of you on Facebook, feel please join our closed group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/mnt3001/
Scoutmaster's Minute - A Leader needs Follower(s)
We're often taught that to be yourself and don't be a follower, which isn't a bad message but it needs to be approached in context. If we were all just selfishly doing our own thing all the time, nothing would get done. More often than not, in order to complete tasks we need leadership, sometimes that's the person upfront (leading from the front), sometimes that's those willing to follow the leader (leading from behind, being a "team player"). In Scouts, most often it's both.
By popular demand from ILST here's the video of Crazy Dancing Guy
