After the long roadblock of the Coronavirus is finally coming to an end, the scouts are ready to move back in person, and have already started in-person meetings since 4 May! The scouts got to do things that have not been done in over a year. The scouts earned enough fundraising money during the times of covid that they were able to go out and see a fun movie on 11 May, just by themselves! In person meetings are so much more fun! The Court of Honor is on 8 June, where all of the scouts will receive the merit badges they earned! Hope we can see more and more people live in person very soon!
Carson Di Maria, an Eagle Scout from our troop, has done excellent work and was awarded the Kasser Family Scholarship! Great job representing the troop and scouts!
Hello scouts, parents, families, scoutmasters! As 2021 begins, the troop has been working on lots more merit badges online through Zoom, at a rate of about two different merit badges every month! Eagle scout merit badges are also being learned, with lots of scouts working on the Big Three (Personal Fitness, Personal Management, Family Life), and some of them are finished with all of them, just through this online period. As vaccines become more and more available, I am anticipating a summer return to normal activities, which will feature a massive Court of Honor for all the awesome badges that the scouts have earned. Jordan is also working on his corona-friendly electronic Eagle Scout Project. More to come in the following months!
After 6 months of the events going on, and a while since the previous update, here are the things we have been doing during these unfortunate times (which hopefully end next month(!)):
Merit badge lessons are done over Zoom every week, with some Eagle badges thrown in.
SMCs and BORs also continue, over Zoom (and yes, ranks have advanced!), and so do awesome game nights with games like Skribbl, Jackbox, and more.
The troop also did a great cleanup day, led by Devin, where the scout hut saw people for the first time in five months. It was a success, and the scouts felt right at home again for a short while.
Hello! During this unfortunate outbreak we all are facing, the scouts have remotely kept in touch with each other. We had a “camp in” on National Campout Day, where people set out their tents in their backyards. The scouts have also been doing merit badge training every week for 40 minutes with various merit badges on Zoom. The scouts have kept up very well and will have lots of award once this all blows over.
Philmont preparation (10 miles!) and hiking at Catalina State Park this weekend. The scouts had fun, and are getting closer to the big adventure this summer!! Keep it up!
The scouts invited over some Webelos 2 Scouts from Pack 186 to the Scout hut for some troop fun! Food, a “patrol” was made, we played some games, and the cubs got to see what our troop is like!
The scouts went out to Double V Scout Ranch 2 weeks ago and got trained in and got to ride some ATV’s!! Also, some scouts participated in the radio jamboree. Fun times!
Matt Gardner and Susan Hicks recently attended the Troop 186 Court of Honor. Mr. Gardner presented Carson Di Maria with the 2019 Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award for Catalina Council. His Eagle project was great and really helped out the community.
