LAST CALL for Board Game Camp.
At the meeting, we'll be holding elections, working on some advancement items, and finishing menus for Board Game Camp. By the end of the meeting, each patrol should have an approved menu and a Grubmaster.
Boards of Review will be happening. Scouts should be in their best uniforms and prepared with signed handbooks, and ready to present themselves confidently to a board of committee members.
Next Week • Court of Honor
Next week is a Court of Honor. Anderson Beck will be our MC.
Each family should bring a dessert to share.
We are also hosting a donation drive for the Crisis Nursery - if you are able to provide a donation, please do so.
ASM Tuesdae Collopy is organizing collection of any donated items brought to the Court of Honor and the Pack meeting (same night); you can also make donations online directly to the group. The Minneapolis Crisis Nursery has been working to end child abuse and serve families in need for over 25 years.
Last year Pack 1 donated a total of $2300 of needed items to the Crisis Nursery - please help us help others in need this year as well! We'd like Troop 1 to make a sizeable donation. Link for online donations: https://www.crisisnursery.org/donate/donate-items/
Please remember that the Nursery is always in need of non-toy items as
well! The link above and attachment here have information on current
needs and donation guidelines.
LAST CALL FOR BOARD GAME CAMP!!! REGISTRATION CLOSES MONDAY. December 13-15 • Board game Camp • Kiwanis
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 for Board Game Camp 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
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
Ski Camp • January 24-26, 2020 • Fred C. Anderson
Trollhaugen Ski Resort
Camping inside at Fred C. Andersen in the Peterson Cabins 1 & 2
Trollhaugen is about 30 minutes away. We ski 10-5:30, Return to Fred C about 6 pm
Saturday Lunch is "on your own" at the Ski Chalet. Bring Money or decide with your patrol to pack lunches in advance (You might still want money for hot cocoa). $15-$20 should get you hot cocoa and lunch.
We plan to depart camp at 9:30am and Return to MUMC Sunday at 10:30
Ski Camp costs a lot more than most camps, but we do get a discount. What's your cost? that depends...
Registration Closes Jan. 13.
See who else has signed up here.
Other Down Hill Ski Opportunities
The best way to make winter in MN tolerable is to embrace the 6 months of winter with great activities. If you like to downhill Ski, skiing with Scouts can be a little cheaper and more fun.
Several of the local hills have "Scout Days" with discounted rates. I've compiled a list of below.
We're going to Trollhaugen for Ski Camp on January 25, but if you're interested in other days, I've made a list below. Patrols and/or Scouts interested might coordinate an activity. The Trollhaugen Scout events usually feature Snow Sports Merit Badge.
If we're interested, maybe a scout could call and try to set that up for our Jan 25 event?
Jan. 5 - Wild Mountain
Jan. 12 - Powder Ridge
Jan. 25 - Trollhaugen w/Troop 1 for Ski Camp
Feb. 9 - Trollhaugen (MB offered)
Feb. 9 - Wild Mountain
Mar. 1 - Trollhaugen (MB offered)
Mar. 6 - Buck Hill Overnight w/ Northern Star Council
Mar. 8 - Trollhaugen (MB offered)
Mar. 14 - Hyland Hills (MB offered)
Mar. 15 - Wild Mountain
SUMMER PLANNING
Attending Summer Camp is a highlight of summer for most scouts. This year we'll be up north in Pondsford, MN near the Mississippi Headwaters at Camp Many Point. We like as much of the troop to attend Summer Camp as possible. Not only is it a great time to be with friends doing things scouts do, but it's also a great adventure and a fantastic opportunity for advancement. Younger scouts will work on First Class adventure and older scouts will work on a variety of Merit Badges. Cooking is done at our campsite by patrol. We haven't been to Many Point in several years and are excited to go back. Please mark your calendars now.
Also, we should know the dates of the SHT trip before Winter Break.
Summer Camp - August 9-15, Camp Many Point
Superior Hiking Trail - 27 June 2020 - Weds 1- July or Thursday, 2 July 2020
(there could be a second or third crew that decides to go another time, depending on adult availability).
Philmont 2021 Expedition 716-102
We won a 12-Day Philmont expedition.
We will leave Minneapolis 7/15/2021 and drive to Kansas City for an overnight train ride on the Amtrak. We will arrive at Philmont on: 7/16/2021 and will depart from Philmont on 7/28/2021. Arriving back in Minneapolis 7/29/2021
The 12-Day Reservation fee for Philmont is $1,065.00/person + Travel and other costs with payment schedule as follows:
• $100.00/person deposit due 1/15/2020 - this will come from Scout Accounts.
• $482.50/person due 9/1/2020
• $482.50/person due 2/1/2021
• Balance (for Transportation, etc) due 5/1/2021
Current Crew - If your availability changes, let us know, asap. We have 1 alternate adult and 1 alternate scout on the list. Also if you're not on the list for 2021, it looks like we might have interest in a 2022 trek.
Upcoming Schedule
Subscribe to the Troop 1 Calendar
Scoutmaster Minute • Be aware of what is in your cup!
Imagine you are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere.
Why did you spill the coffee?
"Because someone bumped into me!!!"
Wrong answer.
You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup.
Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea.
*Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out.*
When life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It's easy to fake it, until you get rattled.
*So we must to ask ourselves...“what's in my cup?"*
When life gets tough, what spills over?
Joy, gratefulness, peace, and humility?
Anger, bitterness, harsh words and reactions?
Life provides the cup, YOU choose how to fill it. Living by the Scout Law helps us keep it full of wholesome things.
Let's work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, encouragement, and kindness, gentleness and empathy and understanding for others situations - we're never sure what's in their cup.
Jan. 5 - Wild Mountain
Jan. 12 - Powder Ridge
Jan. 25 - Trollhaugen w/Troop 1 for Ski Camp
Feb. 9 - Trollhaugen (MB offered)
Feb. 9 - Wild Mountain
Mar. 1 - Trollhaugen (MB offered)
Mar. 6 - Buck Hill Overnight w/ Northern Star Council
Mar. 8 - Trollhaugen (MB offered)
Mar. 14 - Hyland Hills (MB offered)
Mar. 15 - Wild Mountain
SUMMER PLANNING
Attending Summer Camp is a highlight of summer for most scouts. This year we'll be up north in Pondsford, MN near the Mississippi Headwaters at Camp Many Point. We like as much of the troop to attend Summer Camp as possible. Not only is it a great time to be with friends doing things scouts do, but it's also a great adventure and a fantastic opportunity for advancement. Younger scouts will work on First Class adventure and older scouts will work on a variety of Merit Badges. Cooking is done at our campsite by patrol. We haven't been to Many Point in several years and are excited to go back. Please mark your calendars now.
Also, we should know the dates of the SHT trip before Winter Break.
Summer Camp - August 9-15, Camp Many Point
Superior Hiking Trail - 27 June 2020 - Weds 1- July or Thursday, 2 July 2020
(there could be a second or third crew that decides to go another time, depending on adult availability).
Philmont 2021 Expedition 716-102
We won a 12-Day Philmont expedition.
We will leave Minneapolis 7/15/2021 and drive to Kansas City for an overnight train ride on the Amtrak. We will arrive at Philmont on: 7/16/2021 and will depart from Philmont on 7/28/2021. Arriving back in Minneapolis 7/29/2021
The 12-Day Reservation fee for Philmont is $1,065.00/person + Travel and other costs with payment schedule as follows:
• $100.00/person deposit due 1/15/2020 - this will come from Scout Accounts.
• $482.50/person due 9/1/2020
• $482.50/person due 2/1/2021
• Balance (for Transportation, etc) due 5/1/2021
Current Crew - If your availability changes, let us know, asap. We have 1 alternate adult and 1 alternate scout on the list. Also if you're not on the list for 2021, it looks like we might have interest in a 2022 trek.
Upcoming Schedule
BSA Troop 1 Facebook Group
For those of you on Facebook, feel please join our closed group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/mnt3001/
Scoutmaster Minute • Be aware of what is in your cup!
Imagine you are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere.
Why did you spill the coffee?
"Because someone bumped into me!!!"
Wrong answer.
You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup.
Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea.
*Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out.*
When life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It's easy to fake it, until you get rattled.
*So we must to ask ourselves...“what's in my cup?"*
When life gets tough, what spills over?
Joy, gratefulness, peace, and humility?
Anger, bitterness, harsh words and reactions?
Life provides the cup, YOU choose how to fill it. Living by the Scout Law helps us keep it full of wholesome things.
Let's work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, encouragement, and kindness, gentleness and empathy and understanding for others situations - we're never sure what's in their cup.
