Hello Troop 1!
Your Patrol Leader's Council (PLC) met Monday night to plan our activities for the remainder of the summer. We have some fun outdoor and conservation activities, as well as meeting time to focus on advancement started at camp, and the Eagle-required Family Life merit badge.
July and August Merit Badge Opportunities | North Star Museum, North St. Paul, $20 fee
Several Eagle-required half-day merit badge classes are happening at the North Star Museum in North St. Paul, including all the Citizenship badges, Personal Management, Scouting Heritage, Communication, Sustainability, and Law. You can sign up for these individually, please review the prerequisites carefully.
Troop meeting: Raptors with Troop 196 | July 27, 5:30pm at MUMC
Troop 196, from Diamond Lake Lutheran Church, invited us to join them for the evening. They are having a speaker from the U of M Raptor Center show some birds of prey, maybe even an eagle! We will meet at 5:30 at MUMC, and carpool to their church, which is about a 10-minute drive. This sign-up form helps us estimate seats and riders, please fill it out if you plan to attend.
Note the time change: we're meeting an hour early at 5:30. If you plan to drive directly to DLL Church, please be there and ready by 6pm. We may wrap up early once we return to MUMC, given the early start time.
Troop meeting: Family Life and advancement | August 3, 6:30-8pm at MUMC
This is your time to work with Merit Badge counselors and other scouts to finish up rank advancement or Merit Badge requirements. If you need a Scoutmaster conference or Board of Review with our committee to achieve the next rank before the court of honor at the end of the month, please let us know so we can schedule it for the next few weeks.
Apostle Islands sailing trip | August 5-10
A few scouts and adults will head up to the Apostle Islands to camp and sail a 60' ship around the islands!
Starry Trek | Saturday, August 8, 8:30-1pm, Central Park Pavilion in Eagan (map)
We will join other volunteers at locations across Minnesota for a day of searching for starry stonewort, mystery snails, and other aquatic invasive species! We'll meet in Eagan for training and then split into small groups. Each group will drive to up to 5 different lake access points to look for invasive species and will report back with results by 1pm.
Both scouts and drivers should sign up!
More information (please don't register on this page; we'll register the troop)
Advancement in the Park | Sunday, August 9
This is a great opportunity to spend time outside while working on outdoor rank or merit badge requirements.
Troop meeting: Family Life and advancement | August 10, 6:30-8pm at MUMC
This is your time to work with Merit Badge counselors and other scouts to finish up rank advancement or Merit Badge requirements, Scoutmaster conferences or Board of Reviews.
Troop meeting: Elections | August 17, 6:30-8pm at MUMC
Would you like to serve in any of our positions of responsibility this fall? Think about how you would like to serve and why you would be a good fit for that role. You'll have an opportunity to give a short speech and then we'll vote. This term will last from September through December.
Troop 1 and Crew 1 Court of Honor | August 17, 6:30-8pm at MUMC
Let's celebrate all our hard work and accomplishments this summer! Scouts should arrive at 6:30 to help set up, the ceremony itself will begin around 7. We'll award scouts their new ranks and merit badges earned this summer, as well as some advancement from our Venturing Crew 1 members.
American Indian Culture Campout | September 18-20
We have an opportunity to earn the American Indian Culture Merit Badge, taught at the Mille Lacs Lake Indian Museum and Trading Post. We will stay nearby at the Birch Bend campground, about a 20-minute drive away.
Looking forward to these fun activities together!
Scoutmasters Joshua Nixon and Jill Towle
