Boy Scout Troop 601

Beach Jam Camping Trip

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:20:51 +0000

The troop will be attending Morey’s Piers Beach Jam in Wildwood, NJ on the weekend of September 24-26. Friday night will be spent at SUMC. Saturday will start with breakfast provided by the Troop Committee, followed by an early departure for Wildwood. Saturday night will be spent camped on the beach. Activities included in the Beach Jam are amusement rides, boardwalk tram, BBQ dinner with strolling entertainment, hayrides, and beach bonfire and sing along. The troop will provide bag lunches for Saturday. Saturday dinner and Sunday breakfast are provided by Morey’s Piers.

This event is open to troop families; however, children who are not registered members of Troop 601 must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

People should pack lightly, as it is a long walk from where we unload our equipment to where we will be camping.

There is a fee for parking, so we will be carpooling to minimize the number of vehicles.

Below are 3 forms – the standard Scout permission form, the leader attendance form, and a family attendance form. Please make sure that you use the correct form. Each Scout should turn in a Scout form indicating whether or not they will be attending. Each ASM should turn in a Leader form indicating whether or not they will be attending. Family forms are for parents and siblings of registered Scouts.

Forms must be returned no later than Monday, August 30. Late forms cannot be accepted due to the registration requirements for this event.

Click Here to Download the SCOUT Attendance Form

Click Here to Download the LEADER Attendance Form

Click Here to Download the FAMILY Attendance Form

Troop Fundraising Event

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:19:09 +0000

Each family is required to participate in the University of Delaware parking lot fund-raiser. This year we will be collecting parking fees at the Newark Train Station DART parking lot at two UD games. The games are both Saturday afternoon games, September 11 & October 9. Proceeds will benefit our Troop expenses which help enable us to provide more unique opportunities for our boys.

Time for Popcorn!

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:18:47 +0000

Wouldn’t it be great to have your camping trips already paid for? Go to summer camp for free? Selling popcorn is a fantastic way for our scouts to earn money for their individual Scout accounts. Scouts can participate in individual sales, on-line sales and “Show & Sell” events. Our Popcorn Kernel (coordinator) is Marsha Slichter (mslichter99@comcast.net). We will be joining with Cub Scout Pack 601 for our “Show & Sell” locations this year. “Show & Sell” events have been scheduled for September 18 & 19, September 25 & 26, October 2 & 3, October 16 & 17 and October 23.

Historical Merit Badges

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:18:16 +0000

All scouts desiring to obtain the historical merit badges before the December deadline please let Mrs. Beach (rxdog@verizon.net) know as soon as possible. We are trying to pull together a weekend event to get these merit badges done.
The badges are Carpentry, Pathfinding, Tracking, and Signaling. We have counselors for these badges so we need to find out how many are interested to get this scheduled and accomplished in a timely manner. Remember after this December they will no longer be available.

REMINDER
Merit badges can be worked on at anytime in your scouting years. You do not have to wait until a summer camp or merit badge college. Also there are merit badge colleges coming up that we can schedule carpools for to get these items done. Look for emails for upcoming merit badge colleges.

If you want to start a Merit Badge and need help finding a counselor, feel free to ask Mrs. Beach, you can just click on “Advancement Chair” on the left of the page. We are updating the Council List and have an updated Troop list of available counselors.

to download the troop councilor list click here

Merit Badge Book Donations

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:17:42 +0000

The troop library is collecting Merit Badge books. If you have completed a badge and would like to donate your book please give it to your troop librarian. The new edition books (front covers have colored pictures) are most desirable! Help out your fellow Scouts – recycle your Merit Badge books!

Troop 601 Clothes Closet

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:17:26 +0000

Donations of uniforms & Scout accessories are welcome. Items are for resale at $5.00 per item & will benefit troop activities. Please contact Mrs. Stockley (dstockley1@netzero.com, or 302-894-0773).

Troop 601 Committee

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:16:47 +0000

ALL Positions Needed! Each position within the Committee is for a one year term. We will be seeking new committee members come October and would love to hear your interest now. The ideal way to have an election is to have choices and place votes. We ask that you consider your strengths and let Theresa Young, current Committee Chair, know what position you would like to help in. Do you like numbers? Are you a born leader? How about paperwork? Consider all positions as vacant and let us know where you would like to jump on in. For all current committee members please advise us of your interest as well. We hope that every position has at least 2 names on the “ballot”. Where will yours be?