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NEW
SCOUTS FIRST MEETING AFTER CROSSOVER
To
the newest Troop 73 parents / scouts, welcome.
Below
is information on the inner workings of Troop 73.
Your first meeting we will have you organize your patrol. After flag
opening we have announcements, then PATROL CORNERS.
Here is where you will have a patrol election to
There is virtually no limit of the animals/things that you can
use as patrol logo. Pls browse possible patches available at ClassB.com
We will add your phone# you gave us to our alert system REMIND. This will text you info the troop needs you to know.
Once we submit your transfers to the office, your emails will be added to our ScoutBook email system. Then you will get e-blasts from the troop.
Until then, you will get emails from my account.
1.
REGISTRATION
Please
download then fill out the registration form so you can transfer from Pack to
Troop.
youth:
YOUTH
APP
adult:
ADULT
APP
BSA site for the registrations:
SITE
2.
MEETINGS
Troop meetings
are every Tuesday, 7pm. unless School is
out, BUT SOMETIMES WE WILL MEET ON OUT-OF-SCHOOL DAYS. Look for notices on
this. AND WE DO MEET ALL THRU SUMMER.
The troop
physically meets on Tuesdays from 7:00 - 8:30 at Centenary on Tates Creek.
We meet in the fellowship hall next the gym.
(map on our website: https://www.troop73.com/maps/churchMap.jpg
)
The 1st
meeting the new scouts will:
·
Hold
elections for a Patrol Leader (nominations,
then election)
·
Then
he picks the APL (assistant patrol leader)
·
Together
the patrol will pick a patrol name. (they
may use the one from Webelos)
·
Show
them the Dues Envelope & how it works (We won’t
start collecting dues until after you
register at your 1st meeting.)
·
See
who's interested in attending Summer camp. (June) summer
camp link here
3. CONTACT
Contact me,
Scoutmaster Randy Pack at ranman256@yahoo.com
or Committee Chair Greg Chase at dgcnhc@twc.com
for anything.
4.
UNIFORM
Uniform
consists of:
·
Scout shirt (same as
the tan Webelos shirt)
·
Scout pants (or dark green
pants)
·
and the exclusive Troop 73
neckerchief (with our logo)
·
Neckerchief
slide
5.
GEAR
For
campouts, a scout should have:
The
troop has large group tents, but scouts can bring their own personal tent.
6.
DUES
Each scout
brings $1 each week to the meeting. He
is to EARN the dollar by means of a chore or some help provided.
NOTE: We won’t start collecting dues
until week after scout has registered.
7.
HANDBOOK
The scout
handbook should be brought to every meeting/campout.
Have your
scout fill out the Owner page, just inside the front cover.
(boxes for Name, troop, etc.) Scouts
will lay the book down and forget it, so we need to know who’s book it is.
Show them the back of the book. Where
to fill in: campouts, merit badges, service hrs, etc.
The book has all rank requirements in the back where these will get signed
off by a leader when completed. This
book is his permanent record. Do not
lose it. We now have Scoutbook
online where these reqs can be recorded thus keeping his progress safe if the
book is lost.
8.
PARENTS
BOOKLET
In the front
of the scout book is a removable booklet, remove this and review it with your
scout then
sign the box
for SCOUT RANK requirement 6, on page 439. (The
only requirement a parent can sign)
9.
WEBSITE
NEWS & INFO
Visit our site
www.Troop73.com
to get the latest info on outings/meetings.
Your email will be added to the group list for you to get messages.
Look for an
invite to join REMIND, an app that will broadcast our messages over cell text to
inform you of campout return times and other urgent troop info. During
campouts we don’t always know the exact time we will return to the church.
Once we know, we text our E.T.A., so parents can arrive at the church to
pick up their scout.
10.
COMMITTEE
MEETINGS
The 1st
Monday of each month, 630pm, is the adult Troop Committee meeting to discuss
troop business; finance, church/troop status.
All parents are welcome to join. These
are run via ZOOM MEETINGS. Look for the link via email a few days before the 1st
Monday o the month.
If that Monday
is a holiday, the meeting is pushed to the next Monday.
11.
ADULT
MEMBERSHIP
Parents
who want to attend campouts/outings MUST enroll as a BSA leader.
If you were already a Webelo leader then you only need to transfer over.
Be it New or Transfer, the parent MUST fill out the Adult Application (adult
form link)
Every 2 years, a registered adult leader must take the Youth
Protection Training course (done online).
Webelo leaders are already trained. Newly
joined leaders must take it before they are enrolled in the troop.
12 SUMMER
CAMP
New
scouts are eligible to attend Summer Camp.
Normally
we depart Fathers Day, but this year camp is the week after.
Our web site has all the info. summer_camp
link
No
late fees apply to new scouts. Camp
will follow social distance guidelines.
·
Physicals:
A medical physical is required every
year for summer camp. You can
get
them from your personal physician. Use
the BSA medical form: click
here
·
Swim
test: To
do ANY water sports at camp (swimming/boating/etc), a swim test must be done
every year to gauge the scout’s abilities/limitations in water.
We perform these tests at the YMCA before camp to avoid the rush at camp.
·
Allergies:
Please
alert the adult leaders of any allergies your scout may have.
·
Medicines: Any scouts requiring medicine during camp will bring it in a baggie with
dosage times/amount instructions on a paper, and give them to our house
physician Dr. ???.
·
Books:
We
have a library of merit badge books. Scout
can borrow any book needed for camp. First come, first serve.
13.
POPCORN
Scouts are
required to sell popcorn during our popcorn drive (fall).
It is our only income for the troop to help pay for patches, outings,
parties.
Each scout can sell :
-
door-to-door, (with a
parent)
-
attend Show-and-Sell
events in town,
-
use web links to send
for people to buy online.
Money
earned from their sales will go into the scout's ESCROW ACCOUNT that can be used
for any scout event/equipment/trips.
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