Troop 5 Scoutmaster Announcements – Dec 12, 2023
- In lieu of a December campout, the PLC decided to hold a day of service this month. THIS Saturday, December 16th, we will all meet at 10am at the church to conduct a beach cleanup, followed by tent inspection and flag retirement. Scouts were sent home tonight with flags to prepare for the retirement ceremony. Pizza lunch will be provided. We should complete our service around 2pm.
- Gerry’s Eagle Scout project will be held this Sunday 9-12pm at the Resilience Lab at 4610 Colley Ave. Scouts will be building fishing line disposal tubes for the new center. Please come and support him.
- Any physical awards for popcorn sales will be distributed at next Tuesday’s meeting (December 19th). Online awards have already been distributed.
- Winter camp invoices have been sent. We also need your BSA health form parts A and B and copies of your health insurance card if you have not turned them in yet. This is for both scouts AND adults attending winter camp. Note that most forms from summer camp have expired. Contact me with any questions.
- Our ski trip on January 21-22 is coming together. If you want to attend and have not told us already, please let us know as soon as possible. We are hoping to make bookings this week. We are looking for a few more to join us; if anyone has friends or relatives that want to come, please invite them. Massanutten will give us a promo code to use for 20% off the lift tickets so scouts, adults, and guests can book the ski/snowboard portion directly through Massanutten. The cost for lift ticket and equipment rental on Monday should be right around $100 per person (to be paid directly to Massanutten). For those who will be tubing and overnighting on Sunday, we are planning to stay at the Quality Inn in Harrisonburg, just 20 minutes from the resort. The additional cost for tubing and lodging will be about $75 per person (to be invoiced by troop).
- Look for more information on summer camp coming very soon.
All of our upcoming events are posted in the calendar on Scoutbook and on our website at https://www.troop5norfolk.com/calendar. There is an RSVP feature on those events for leaders and scouts and I’m told that scouts can add their parents as well. If you can, give it a try and let me know if it works or not for you. Maybe it’s a feature we can use in the future.
Thank you,
Scott Guirlinger