Scouts postponed for holidays

There will be no Scouts until Tuesday January 7, 2014 due to the Christmas and New Year holidays. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

Opportunity for Elective Merit Badges...

opportunity for more elective merit badges - UCR merit badge Fair

Registration opens today at 2pm for the UCR Merit Badge Fair put on by the UCR Chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.  

On  February 1, 2014  - 8a.m. to 5 p.m. - they are doing Electricity, Electronics, & Programming

On April 12, 2014 they are doing Energy, Engineering, and Robotics

As far as the requirements, the website says:

Each scout should download the Merit Badge workbook for each of the merit badges they are interested in.  It is strongly advised that the workbooks be filled out as completely as possible before coming to the UCR Merit Badge Fair.  Specific prerequisites need to be completed ahead of time.  

I sent an email to see if they could be more specific as to what requirements they will do at the fair.

Here is the link:  http://ieee.ee.ucr.edu/MBFair.html

Instead of our regular Scouts this next Tuesday night we will be participating in the 100 years of scouting in the church event (10/29). This forwarded message contains an attachment with the requirements for the Thomas Monson Award (as well as a flyer for the event), which will be presented to those who have completed the requirements prior to Tuesday. All of the scouts are welcome to come. Todd had the idea of doing this for Family Home Evening on Monday night.

Merit Badge Day - Nov. 9th

Troop 29 Merit Badge Saturday

Where:  Redlands LDS Church Building
              1021 E. Pioneer Ave

When:  Saturday Nov. 9

Check In:  8:00 - 8:45

Session 1:  8:50 - 9:50

Session 2:  10:00 - 11:00

Session 3:  11:10 - 12:10

Merit Badge Classes Offered

Chemistry (2 hours)

Electricity

Electronics

Crime Prevention

Fingerprinting

Graphic Arts (2 hours)

Traffic Safety (2 hours)

Automotive Maintenance

Computers

 

***Registration is $25 and there is a Paypal account set up for it.  The email to register with is BSA.Troop29.Redlands@gmail.com.  This is also the paypal account to pay.
A continental breakfast will be provided during check-in.  Please RSVP before October 31st as seating will be limited.

Contact RJ:  rjsunderman@yahoo.com     Phone # 909-794-4059

 

 

 

Events

Scout Parents,

We will be having board of reviews for those scouts ready for rank advancement this Thursday (10/17/13) at 8pm at the chapel (350 Wabash Avenue, Redlands, CA 92374).

There are two more upcoming events that should have been emailed to you with the details. If for some reason, you didn't receive the email, please let Eli know and he will make sure to forward the information.

Below are the events:

• Veteran's day parade opportunity for the scouts in our troop on November 11, 2013. Please email Eli if your son is planning to attend.

• Scout Saturday opportunity for your son on Jan. 4 and March 8 2013. At Scout Saturday, the boys will be able to earn multiple merit badges which will help them in their advancement towards the Eagle Scout rank. Again, please email Eli asap if your son is planning to attend.

Court of Honor

We will hold our Court of Honor on Sunday Oct. 20 at 6:00 pm at the LDS Stake Center (350 Wabash Ave).

In the Boy Scouts of America a court of honor is a troop activity where scouts and their families can come together to get their awards, and have a good time. It is important for the scouts family members to be there for their scouts receiving his rank advancement, merit badges, and other awards. It is also important for eagle bound scouts to participate in a court of honor because it does count towards the Second Class Req. 3a and First Class requirement 3.0.

Even if your son has not earned any merit badges or rank advancements it is a good opportunity for him to see the next level of scouting.  It may also provide him an opportunity to participate in the flag ceremony which is a requirement for advancement.

***All boys should be in scout uniforms.

BSA/LDS 100th Celebration and Thomas S. Monson Award

Hello Scouts and Families,

On October 29 there will be a special broadcast celebrating 100 years of collaboration between the LDS church and the Boy Scouts of America.  The broadcast will be televised at the LDS Stake Center at 350 Wabash Ave (our regular meeting place).  Your family is welcome to attend. 

Here is a list of activities that will be happening that night, it may be updated as the evening gets closer.

There is a planned Pine Wood Derby beginning before the broadcast.  Bring an old car to race for fun.  This will start at 6:00 pm. 

 

Any scout or leader who has earned the Thomas S. Monson award will receive recognition and be presented it at the celebration.  This will begin at 7:00 pm.  There is a link below that lists the requirements for the award.  The link for the requirements are at the bottom of the page. 
 

http://ldsbsa.org/lds-bsa-centennial/thomas-s-monson-award/ 

The broadcast will be followed by peach cobbler for dessert.

***All scouts should be in uniform.

Welcome to our blog...

Hello scout families,

Welcome to our new blog!

We are hoping this will be an easier way to communicate with each of our families.  Now we will have one central location to post information about upcoming activities.

Please note that we have links on the side for our Cub Scout Pack as well as our older Boy Scout Troops.

Thanks for your support and let us know if you have any questions...