October/November 2007 News
Committee Chair’s Corner
The cold
weather is supposed to be starting in true
Part of the
Scouting program is Community Service. The scouts are reminded as a scout, to
“Do a Good Turn Daily,” but this becomes even more evident during the
The Troop
will run and donate pies to the Holiday Pie Bakes,
to support the St. James Food Pantry. Thanksgiving Pies will be baked on Monday
11/19 at 6 PM. Mrs. Retelle will be making
announcements for this event. The Troop assists the Town of
These are just a few of the projects that help demonstrate to the Scouts how to SHARE, contribute and GIVE to our Community. This is important to the Scouts and their contribution to their Community. Please support them with this part of their requirements for rank advancement. Please mark the FAMILY calendar with these events as a reminder.
The scouts alone cannot take these projects on. The support of the leaders and the example of their parents and FAMILIES play a major role with their contributions to the community. Thank you for your support. It is through that support that we all make our community and world a better place for our scouts and FAMILIES.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. rdhetal@yahoo.com or 429-0794
January Training Opportunities
On January 13th leaders and/or committee members will have the following training opportunities:
· New Leader Essentials
· Leader Specific for Scoutmasters and ASMs
· Troop Committee Challenge for Troop Committee Chairmen and Members
The cost is $6.00. You can obtain an application from Troop Training Chair, Robin Rich or the DWC web page.
Upcoming Events
November
3 – Den Chief Training
10 – Scouting for Food, Bag Drop-off
10 - Hiking Club –
12 – Movie Night (Troop Mtg.)
17 – Parsonage Clean up
17 – Scouting for Food, Bag Pick-up
19 – Thanksgiving Pie Bake
24 – Town Candlelight Stroll
December
2 –
8 – Vertical Dreams Climbing Event
17 – St. Joe’s Box Wrap
17 –
Announcements
Forms, Forms, Forms
To all of those that have turned in their green forms stating that you have read and reviewed the Policies and Procedure, and the Troop and Daniel Webster Council has received permission from your parents for your pictures to be taken for the Troop web page or Public newspapers, THANK YOU. To those scouts that have not turned the paperwork in, please get those forms to me ASAP.
Thank you,
Mrs. Kofman.
Dues and Registration Fees
Are you current? As stated in the Troop 401 Policies and Procedures, dues and registration fees must be paid to date in order to participate in an event and/or campout. Please make sure you are up-to-date!
Troop Committee Meetings
All parents and leaders are encouraged to attend monthly meetings. They are scheduled on the second Thursday of each month, at 7 PM. The meeting takes place at St. James Church.
Troop 401 Hiking Club
The Club’s
next hike will be November 10th. The Sheldrick
Forest Preserve, in the
The December hike as not yet been determined but listen for details in November.
District Roundtable
Scheduled
for the second Wednesday of each month, the meetings take place at the
All adult leaders are encouraged to attend this valuable training. Parents are also welcome to attend these meetings to learn more about the scouting program.
Upcoming Topics are:
November – Cold weather preparedness training.
December - Webelos Transition
January - Adult Leadership Advancement and Recognition
Fundraising
Wreath Sales
The troop
will be selling Christmas wreaths again this year. The popular greenery comes
from Wilson Farms, in
Thank you to Mrs. Demers for running this event again this year. Call her with questions or to get forms - 424-7256.
Troop Participation
Parents and other adults met on October 25th to discuss fund-raising possibilities. The troop needs to replace and improve equipment as well as ensure the troop can pay for rentals, etc for upcoming events. Several great ideas came out of the meeting. Stay-tuned for additional announcements in November on the fun and exciting ways the Troop plans to meet the needs of the Troop.
Grocery Receipts
The first exciting opportunity to come out of the parent fund-raising meeting was a program offered by:
Everybody has to shop for food, right? What if food shopping could also help Troop 401?? Shaw’s Receipt Rewards Program will do exactly that!
All you have to do is save your Shaw’s receipts, turn them into Mrs. Prive who is overseeing this important program and she will submit them to Shaw’s. Troop 401 will receive 1% of the dollar amount on all the receipts turned in.
There are two important points to remember:
- Receipts can come from any Shaw’s in the country….so collect them from Grandma and Aunt Sally.
- You can gather receipts as far back as January 2007.
There are some things that will be excluded from the 1% payout but we can turn in as many as possible….so start collecting, bring them to the Monday troop meetings and listen for how to turn them in!
Popcorn Sales
Popcorn sales are officially done!! Mrs. Beck has tallied the number and is very happy to announce that the Troop has sold over $7,000!
30% of the profits will go to the Boy’s Scout Account and 2 – 6% will go to Troop 401.
The following Scouts participated in the event:
Brendan, Ricky, Tommy, Matthew, Nathan, Tyler, Sean, Robert, Holden, Max, Sam, Eric, Kyle, Ryan, Logan, Sid, Matt, Jake, Jackson and Joel.
The December Newsletter will highlight the top three selling Scouts.
THANK YOU to Mrs. Beck for overseeing this successful event!
Patrol News
Troop 401 2007-08 Patrols
Senior Patrol
Cobra Patrol
Puma Patrol
Past Events
Hike #3 –
Troop 401’s
Hiking Club takes on its first mountain peak! The hikers enjoyed a clear,
early fall day on September 29th with just enough wind to blow any
unattached scouts all the way to
NH Jamboree 2007
On October 5-7
this once-in-four year event saw lovely weather and lots of fun until an inch
of rain on the last night added some excitement to the fireworks show.
Adopt-a-Road
A big
HURRAY for Troop 401’s Trash Mashers! Matthew, Holden, Jake and Robert braved
the elements and cleaned up a needy
Hike #4 – Corn Maze (1 mile)
On October 13th Coppal
House Farm offered up a beautiful fall day for the Troop Hiking Club and a
number of Pack members led by Mrs. Volante. Clues led
the Troop like rodents through an aMAZing
experience. Robert, Logan, Jackson, Kyle, Jake and Tommy made quick work
of the puzzle while the adults Mr. Sanborn, The Seeleys,
Killkellys, Therrians and Allards struggled to find the “cheese” at the end of the
maze.
Hike #5 –
The Hiking Club’s next hike and second
mountain was the famous
On Being a Scout….
“I think the character that you learn in Scouting – working together, being honest with each other, being close knit…and depending on one another, on our camping trips and doing things – all these build character in a young man that he takes with him into adulthood and makes him a much better citizen. I think Scouting is one of the best youth organizations that we have in this country”.
- James A. Lovell Jr., advisory council, Boy Scouts of America, President, Lovell Communications, and mission astronaut, Apollo 13
Knot Knowledge
What knot would you use to keep the end of a rope from being pulled through a hole or pulley?