Boy Scout Troop 1001

Hello all Scouts and Scouters,

Tonight's 7:00pm meeting for scouts will focus on Pioneering scout skills. Scouts please brush up on your knots and lashings.

The doors to the TBC will be open at 6:00pm for those that would like to work on Citizen in the Community merit badge or other merit badges that you may have been notified about by your merit badge counselor.

We will begin planning the Court of Honor to be held December 9th at Breckenridge Park. The details are to be planned at the meeting tonight and next week. Please bring your best ideas. We have an opportunity to have Webelos attend which will help our recruiting effort.

Any scout interested in attending Winter Camp to be held at Camp Cherokee Dec. 27th-31st should sign up tonight. We will handle the payment details in December. If you would like to read about this years exciting program please follow this link.

I look forward to seeing you tonight.

Yours in Scouting,
Scoutmaster Coon

WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A GOOD TROOP

The following are taken from BSA Publication No. 18-251, 1995 Printing, entitled Are You Delivering The Promise.

• Troop has earned Quality Unit Award
• Scoutmaster has completed basic training.
• Troop follows traditional troop-meeting pattern, standard troop-meeting plan with two or more skills training groups)
• Troop has a high ratio of active adults to youth.
• Leaders regularly attend roundtable.
• Troop meetings are planned at Patrol Leaders' Council meetings.
• Woods Wisdom is used in planning Troop program.
• A patrol for new Scouts exists, with a Troop Guide and Assistant Scoutmaster.
• Troop adds at least ten Scouts each year.
• Troop has an annual minimum of twenty-five days and nights of camping.
• Troop attends a council long-term camp.
• Leaders are proficient in outdoor skills.
• Troop has at least twenty-one Scouts.
• Troop has a program for older Scouts.

Give your Webelos a ceremony to remember. Truly honor their Arrow of Light accomplishment, the greatest honor in Cub Scouting, by letting our Order of the Arrow team perform their ceremony in full American Indian regalia. Order of the Arrow is the honor society of scouting and Troop 1001 is happy to share our team to celebrate your accomplishments.

Even if Troop 1001 does not perform your crossover ceremony, please let us know in advance if your Scout will be joining Troop 1001. We want to have our troop leader representatives at the presentation of the Arrow of Light to welcome your Scout to our scouting family with a Troop 1001 neckerchief and troop patch. 

In spite of our previous schedule, the GAC class will NOT meet Nov 27, so you can finish other advancement that night in time for the Court of Honor. This GAC class is moved to December 4 at 6:00 pm. December 4 is the last regular troop meeting of the year. If you're trying to finish GAC in time for Scout Sunday, please finish all your "November 27" work by the December 4 meeting. After that, the next, and final, GAC session is January 8. Then if we need a final mop-up, I am willing to hold a "make-up session" on January 15, but that is the final cut-off for receiving the award on Scout Sunday, February 11.

The God and Country schedule can be found on the Other Activities calendar.

Hello all Scouts and Scouters,

We had great weather and a great time building catapults and trebuches at Camp Cherokee this past weekend. We chunked pumpkins, potatoes and squash for a smashing good time. Thank you to all Scouters that assisted and all the scouts that made it a great weekend for all.

We will have a PLC meeting at 7:00pm at the TBC. This is the last planned meeting before the Thanksgiving break. Enjoy your holiday.

We will meet next on Monday November 27th at 7:00pm. I will send a reminder with the agenda before the meeting.

Happy Thanksgiving. Please keep our veterans and active military in your thoughts as we give thanks for our freedom and the opportunity our freedom provides.

Yours in Scouting,
Scoutmaster Coon

For the campout this Friday remember to be at the church by 5:30 so we have sufficient time to pack the trailer. We plan to leave at 6:00pm. Please eat or pack a sack dinner so we can make camp early.

At the campout we will be doing climbing and pioneering so it wouldn't hurt to brush up on your knots. Two very important knots are the Figure eight knot and the grapevine knot. If you do not know these this site will help you a lot: http://www.realknots.com/knots/index.htm.

We have the climbing tower reserved for Saturday morning. We will be using our pioneering skills to make a catapult for a punkin' chunkin' patrol contest.

Remember to bring your raingear because it is November at Cherokee, and it is almost always wet out there.

One more important reminder, the Court of Honor is Happenning on December Ninth. Look in the PLC web updates for more information as it is released.

PLC Webmaster

Scouts: your last chance for a Board of Review before the December Court of Honor will be this weekend's campout at Camp Cherokee.  So if you're trying to advance in rank, be sure to attend the campout and bring your Scout Handbook and full Class A uniform.

Hello all Scouts and Scouters,

This is a brief reminder there is a Troop Committee meeting tonight at the TBC at 7:00pm sharp. An agenda for the meeting is attached.

There is a meeting of all troop quartermasters and patrol quartermasters tonight at 5:00pm at the TBC to organize and load the trailers. Patrol leaders please make sure your patrol quartermaster attends or delegate to another member of your patrol.

Check the website for updates regarding the campout this weekend at Camp Cherokee.

Thank you for your continued support of Scouting in our community.

Yours in Scouting,
Scoutmaster Coon

The November 10-12 campout takes Troop 1001 to the Circle 10 Council's Camp Cherokee at Clements Scout Ranch near Athens, TX. The focus of the weekend will be climbing, C.O.P.E., and pioneering.

As usual, all scouts are asked to meet at Trinity Bible Church no later than 5:30 pm on Friday, November 10 in Class A uniform. We intend to be on the road by 6:00 pm. We will be returning by 12:30 pm Sunday to the hospital parking lot across Campbell Road.

Scouts should come prepared with:

• Signed permission form
• Backpack or duffel with personal gear (see permission form for a packing list or see this article)
• Class A uniform (worn)
• Knowledge of the weather forecast
  
• Sack dinner
• $10 for patrol food (unless already paid) plus a bit for pit stops on the road
  

Resources for adult leaders:

• Map to Camp Cherokee
• Map of the camp
• Clements Scout Ranch page at Circle 10 Web site

[Ed. note: This message was prepared for the October 30 meeting.]

At tonight's meeting we are going over how to set up and take care of tents. We will going over all of the basic knots and lashings that are used in basic pioneering structures.  The troop meeting will also include a session teaching the scouts how to properly set up lanterns and lantern safety.  Finally we will be going over what you are supposed to bring to a campout to be prepared for all types of weather.

All Popcorn monies and forms are due this week. Please turn them in to the Popcorn Colonel Mrs. M.

The leader for this meeting and all of the meetings this month is Paul D.

Here is a message from Mr F. on the God and Country class:

GOD AND COUNTRY CLASS REMINDER

The next God and Country Class is 6:00 pm this Monday night, October 30, in the Fellowship Hall. Be prepared to discuss one or two things from your work in this segment. If a few of you can arrive at 5:45 to help set up tables, that would help. We will adjourn at 6:45 to prepare for the Troop meeting.

Mr. F.
972-658-0103

Citizenship in the Community class continues tonight at the TBC at 6:00pm. Please be prepared to discuss the movie from last week and bring any assignments that are due to turn in.

Troop 1001 Scout Webmaster