Troop 95 Updates

Holiday Break:

The troop will be on holiday break during late December and early January. We will not meet on December 22nd, December 29th, and January 5th.

We will meet on November 24th (Thanksgiving week) and December 1st, 8th, and 15th.

After the holiday break, meetings will resume on January 12th. However, we will NOT meet on January 19th (Martin Luther King Day). Please note that Merit Badge College (MBC) will be held on the Saturday of MLK weekend. MBC is an optional activity, but most of the troop has attended during the past couple of years.


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There is one more requirement for the Public Health merit badge (for most boys)--meeting with a town public health officer. We will meet with the Attleboro public health officer at Attleboro City Hall next Monday afternoon. Please gather in the lobby of Attleboro City Hall by 12:50 p.m. Tan uniform. Excellent behavior is expected.

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We held our last Personal Management merit badge class this afternoon. Not a single boy has completed the badge (but a few are close). The list of badge info is on the right side of the blog (just below the schedule). I will not nag you at all about this badge. It is an Eagle badge and it involves PERSONAL MANAGEMENT so it'd be rather silly if I followed you around reminding you about the requirements you need to complete the badge. I will be closing out this badge on December 30th. If you have not completed the badge by that time you will be issued a partial. You will also need to find a new merit badge counselor after December 30th (which may mean going outside the troop).

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I need at least ten boys in order to reserve the cabin at Camp Norse (yes, you also have the option to sleep outside in a tent). I have to pay when I make the reservation. Please let me know right away if you plan to attend. Cost is $25 per boy. Leaders and chaperones are free.

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Troop 25 merit badge counselor and former Scoutmaster is offering the Environmental Science merit badge to boys in our troop who are First Class Scouts (or higher) OR at least thirteen years of age. The boys were given a flyer at today's meeting. He needs a commitment by next week. If you would like to take the badge with him, please let me know by this Friday evening.

Boys taking the badge will meet with the merit badge counselor once a month for five months (mostly during times when school kids are off). The first class begins the Friday after Thanksgiving. This class will be very hands-on with minimal reading and writing.