Boy Scout Troop 1001

The April 4-6, 2008 campout will be to Camp Cherokee at Clements Scout Ranch near Athens, Texas for the North Trail District Camporee. As usual, we will meet in the TBC parking lot at 5:30 pm Friday to form up and load up. We will return Sunday about 12:30 pm to the hospital parking lot across the street from TBC.

At Camporee, we are competing with the other troops in the district. Our appearance is part of the scoring, so be sure to wear your complete Class A uniform, including Troop 1001 neckerchief and cap and BSA pants and socks. Also be sure to bring your green Troop 1001 Class B t-shirt to wear when the Class A is not required. Our apologies to our newest members; we may have run short on 1001 caps, but ask you to do your best with the rest of the uniform.

Hello all Scouts and Scouters,

The next meeting is MONEY MONDAY! We are gearing up for Camporee the weekend of April 4-6 to be held at Camp Cherokee near Athens, Texas. Everyone planning to attend should bring $10 to the meeting Monday night.

The Philmont trek crew will be participating in a C.O.P.E. course at Camp Wisdom this weekend. I wish them great fun in their challenging outdoor personal experience. Kudos to the crew for making sure they are prepared for their adventure this summer.

Scout show tickets are for sale. This year all proceeds will benefit the troop. For each ten dollar ticket sold there will be $5 contributed to the troop treasury and $5 for the scout in his account. Let's get out there and promote scouting in our community. There is a salesmanship merit badge which can be earned. Interested scouts should stop by the scout room and get a blue card for this merit badge.

Saturday morning, Troop 1001 has the honor of presenting the colors at the Southern District Congressional meeting. Thank you Mr. Miller and Mr. Wakefield for getting this organized.

I look forward to seeing you all Monday night.

Yours in Scouting,
Scoutmaster Coon

Camporee is coming up on April 4-6. Before then, however, we still have one more meeting. This coming Monday is Money Monday, and everyone needs to bring $10 and the permission form. During this meeting we will work on our finishing touches to get ready for Camporee, work on menus, and see the skit that Richard's patrol will be performing at Camporee. Patrols need to remember to bring their flags!

After next Monday is Camporee. Everyone going needs to have a FULL Class A, including a shirt, belt pants/shorts, patches, neckerchiefs, and a Troop 1001 hat and patch. Every patrol needs a flag!

Hello all Scouts and Scouters,

We had a fantastic campout despite the cold weather. Thank you to all that came out to support the troop as we prepared for Camporee. A special thank you to to Sara C. for managing the first aid sessions and for the enthusiastic assistance with the troop emergency preparation disaster scenario. I got to play dead. It was fun. I needed the nap.

There is no meeting on Monday March 17 due to spring break in the RISD and PISD calendars. Our next meeting is March 24 and next campout is the April 4-6 Camporee. But I do want to take this time to whet your appetite for a fantastic trip to finish out the scout season before summer camp. Mr. Duryea has arranged a very special weekend May 23-26. See the article Sign up Early for Memorial Weekend Trip for details.

There may be some scouts who would like to earn some spending money for the trip or perhaps help pay the $100 camping fee. It is time for the Scout Show! Selling tickets is a great money-making opportunity. Every ticket sold puts $5 in the scout's personal account with the troop. Selling 20 tickets will pay the $100 fee for the May campout.

This year we can sell at Burger King and at Mobil One Oil Change shops by simply calling and arranging the time with the manager of the location. In addition to the commissions earned by the scout, prizes will be given to the top sellers. The scout show cards will be available at the next regular meeting, Monday March 24th. If you want to start selling sooner please contact me, Scoutmaster Coon, for cards.

If you have a thing to sell, don't go whisper in a well. If you want to get the dollar, you had better climb a tree and holler!

Have a great Spring Break. During this time remember the twelfth law: A Scout is Reverent.

Yours in Scouting,
Scoutmaster Coon

Trip Highlights

• Four day, three night bus trip
  
• Our favorite driver, Gus!
• Galveston beach
• NASA Space Center  Houston
• Sleep on the Battleship Texas 
• San Jacinto Battlefield
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The new school calendar may not be your favorite act to come out of Austin but it has had one good consequence for Troop 1001. Because Memorial Day comes before the end of the school year, we are able to schedule a big, fun camping trip over the long weekend. It's such a big deal that now is the time to put it on your calendar and make your reservation. So read on about this exciting opportunity.

The Memorial day weekend trip to Galveston is rapidly approaching. This will be the biggest and the best trip of the year! The date for departure from TBC via Lone Star Coaches bus is 6:00 PM Friday, May 23rd. We will travel direct to Galveston State Park and stay in screened in shelters on the bay side of Galveston Island. We will spend Saturday on Galveston Island's West Beach. The park has bathrooms, showers and electricity next to our shelters.

Sunday morning we will depart for NASA for an afternoon of fun at Space Center Houston. Sunday afternoon we depart to the Battleship Texas for an overnight stay on the actual battleship that served in World War II. We will get a VIP tour and see a movie about the history of the ship. The ship has air conditioned bunks for 50 people. The ship provides breakfast before we depart from the adjacent San Jacinto Battlefield. Monday is Memorial Day and we will be in the spot where Texas won it"s independence from Mexico. How cool is that?

We should arrive back at Trinity Bible Church by 6:00 PM on Monday.

The cost for the three day all inclusive bus trip, lodging, and food is only $100.00 per person. Spaces are limited to the first 50 people who sign up, so make your payment and reservation early to assure you have a spot.

We had a great Camporee-Prep campout last weekend, and we are looking forward to Camporee coming up on from April 4-6. All the patrols need to work on their flags, songs, yells, and patches for Camporee. Those extra points are really helpful. All scouts need to be absolutely positive that they have a full Class A and a Troop 1001 hat. These hats let everyone know who we are.

There is no meeting during Richardson's spring break, but there will be one on March 24 and 31. At the March 24 meeting, we will be working mainly on orienteering. Everyone needs to bring a compass with him to the meeting. Also done at this meeting will be finding our pace, working on the special events, and taking inventory of tents and chuck-box materials.

Then for March 31, we will be working on Pioneering. We will also get to see Richard's skit that he will be performing at Camporee. There will also be work time and then time to work on camp gadgets.

Troop 1001 has produced well over 100 Eagle scouts in its 40-plus years. 

This list is a work in progress. The entries up through 1990 were extracted from a program produced for the troop's 25th anniversary in 1991. The others are extracted from our TroopMaster database.  We'll be updating this list as we incorporate some of the most recent Eagles and as we pull the names off the Eagle plaque in the hall at TBC.

There is a campout this weekend, March 7-9. This is our Camporee-Prep campout to get us ready for Camporee. What we will be doing this campout is basically a Camporee competition between patrols. All the events that will be in Camporee will be at this campout. Patrols will be given points based on group participation, how well you did the challenge, and enthusiasm.

All the patrols need to be at TBC at 5:30 PM on Friday or earlier. Everyone needs to check the weather and pack for the weather to be warm and dry on this campout. Don't forget your permission slip, unless you already turned it in Monday.

After the campout, all the patrols need to get all their yells, songs, flags, and patches ready to score extra points at Camporee, which can make a big difference. Also, if you don't have your full Class A, you need to get it soon, before Camporee, so that you won't stick out with jeans when everyone else is wearing Scout pants.

Don't forget: 5:30 PM or earlier on Friday!

Hello all Scouts and Scouters,

The March 7-9, 2008 campout will be at Myers Park, formerly the Collin County Youth Park, near McKinney for Camporee Prep. As usual, we will meet in the TBC parking lot in full Class A uniform at 5:30 pm Friday to form up and load up. We will return Sunday about 12:30 pm to the hospital parking lot across the street from TBC. [Ed. note: see March Campout - Camporee Prep for more information.]

This weekend promises to be a fun event. The Patrol Advisors will assist in running a round-robin style competition among patrols. We will have First Aid, Food and Water, Shelters, Orienteering and signaling in the event. Points will be given for Accuracy and enthusiasm. So let's all head to the park and be juuuubeeelaaant!

In addition to the round-robin, scouts that are working on the Emergency Preparedness merit badge will be staging a mock emergency in which the troop will assist as both staged victims and as part of the communication team.

We also plan to cook cobbler in dutch ovens. Yum.

I look forward to seeing you Friday at 5:30pm at Trinity Bible Church.

Yours in Scouting,
Scoutmaster Coon

The March 7-9, 2008 campout will be to Myers Park, formerly the Collin County Youth Park, near McKinney for Camporee Prep. As usual, we will meet in the TBC parking lot at 5:30 pm Friday to form up and load up. We will return Sunday about 12:30 pm to the hospital parking lot across the street from TBC.