Outings Updates - Minor Changes

Due to a conflict with cabin availability, we’ve flipped the January & February outings. Dates remain the same. The March outing has been extended to Friday, Saturday & Sunday -- we will be coming back to Waukesha to do Scouting For Food and so will need drivers Saturday morning from IMR.

Also, the Court of Honor has been moved to March. Keep an eye out for an invitation.

Adventure Rock
January 24-25, 2014

Families Welcome! Parents, siblings, this outing is open to everyone! Spend a fun night climbing at Adventure Rock Indoor Climbing Gym.

Where: Meet at Adventure Rock
Cost: $35 / person
Merit Badge: Additional $15 / person -- must be 14 or older

Permission slips are available. You must sign a waiver from Adventure Rock. This can be signed on-line (http://www.adventurerock.com/about/waiver/) or hard copies are available.

February Snow Sport Outing
February 22-23, 2014

Enjoy the outdoors in Wisconsin in Winter! This is a cabin camp, but if anyone wants to sleep outside, you need to see one of the ASMs.

We’ll be camping at Camp Gray and then Skiing at Cascade Mountain on Sunday!

Cost: $30 for cabin & $30 for skiing. Ski / snowboard rental available for $30.

HELMETS MUST BE WORN by BSA policy. If you do not have a helmet you can rent one at Cascade Mountain.

Permission slips will be available soon.

Summer Camp
July 6-11, 2014

No, it’s not too early to be thinking about Summer Camp. Now is the time to sign up and pay to get the lowest price of the season!

Sign Up and Pay by the February 25, 2014 troop meeting and camp is only $280. (If you sign up by April 22nd, the cost is $305. After April 22nd, the cost goes up to $330. Webelos that crossover and sign up by June 1st receive the $280 price.)

If you attended NYLT -- and the troop will have at least one campership to send a scout to NYLT -- the cost is only $250 until April 22nd.

Permission slips are out and available! Take advantage of the low price and sign up NOW.

Pinewood Derbies
Next One: January 17, 2014

Troop 4 has a history of helping Packs with their pinewood derbies. Our boys work the track and shuttle cars to the Pack’s parents ALL get to see the races. The cub scouts LOVE seeing out guys and knowing one day that might be them. We run several over the spring

Pack 163 is January 17th. 6 pm at Bethesda Elementary.
Montessori School is February 27th. 6 pm at Montessori School on Summit.
Pack 4 is March 27. This will be at Lowell.
Pack 89 is March 30.

A Note about Advancement & Service Hours

If your son does service outside of the troop, we will count it! A note about the dates, amount, a brief description and SIGNED by an adult (parent or leader of the service activity) need to be turned in. We cannot count hours that are just written (or added) to the back of the advancement sheets.

Advancement Requirements: there are only a couple that a parent can sign off on (such as Second Class #10). Otherwise, older scouts will teach and test their skills with a scoutmaster signing off. For First Class #5, a note signed by the person they talked to gets them credit.

A Note About Merit Badges & Blue Cards

As a reminder, it is a scouts responsibility to sign up for merit badges. This includes finding clinics or calling merit badge counselors and taking out and getting blue cards signed.

Occasionally the troop will announce merit badge opportunities or facilitate registration, but it is still the scouts responsibility to see that he has done the pre-requirements, has all the materials for the clinic, and taken out a blue card.

NYLT - National Youth Leadership Training
Ice Cream Social: March 9, 2014 -- Course Dates: June 15-20, 2014

Any scout First Class and 13 or older (as of June 1). Those 18-20 may attend if a registered member of a venturing crew. What is NYLT? A fun week of learning about leadership and how to become a better leader inside your troop and community.

Find out more at the Ice Cream Social on March 9, 2014 at 1:30 pm at St. John’s Lutheran Church (20275 Davidson Road) in Brookfield. Registrations will be taken at the Ice Cream Social.

For more information & a registration packet, visit the Youth Training (NYLT) page of the Potawatomi Area Council’s Website or see Liz.