Troop 140

November 7 (Monday): Carl Meincke will need a breakdown by item of what you have sold at this point. he's going to give our wreath supplier a "preliminary count" on Monday night.

November 14 (Monday): Carl Meincke will need your final numbers as our wreaths will arrive on Friday.

November 18 (Friday): Wreaths will be delivered to scouts homes after 12:00 PM. We will leave items at your house-you need not be home.

Help needed

On Friday, November 18, the truck is scheduled to arrive at 12:00 noon. We will need help unloading, staging orders, and delivering orders. If you have a trailer, truck or van, and could help with deliveries, we would greatly appreciate it. Please let Carl know if you can help.

I placed our wreath order this evening. Based on last year's sales by present members of our troop, we are about 100 items behind last year. If every scout would sell 4 more items we would equal last year's amount. It would be even more impressive if could surpass last year's total!

So, please keep selling!

I can order additional items through Wednesday, November 16.

Delivery Date
November 18 is wreath delivery date.

Help needed

At this point in time I have have no one who has volunteered to help on November 18 (Friday). The truck will be at my house at 12:00 PM, and we will need help sorting and delivering products. If you are free, I would appreciate your help.

Carl Meincke
Wreath Sales Chair

This note is specifically for parents of T140 scouts who are not currently registered as a Merit Badge Counselor.

How Can you Help?

The Boy Scouts of America currently offers over 120 Merit Badges (MBs) and we would like counselors for many of them. Please see the attached MB list to find those that you have an interest in because of a job, hobby or just want to learn more. We especially want some additional MB counselors for the Eagle Required MBs. A friend or relative may make a great MB Counselor.....please help recruit them!

If your not sure what something means....just ask Mr. Zins or "Google" it!

What are the next steps?
Please let Mr.Zins know which MBs you are interested in. he'll guide you through the simple MB Counselor Registration process and point you toward the necessary resources.
You meet with scouts upon request either at a troop organized time or separately (following the Youth Protection Guidelines) when it fits your schedule to guide them with their MB progress. This commitment it pretty minimal....an estimate of 2-10 hours per year depending upon the number of scouts interested and the specific MB. It is up to the scout to complete the MB requirements, not you.
You have great personal satisfaction knowing that you have positively contributed to the growth of a young man.


Yours In Scouting,
The webmaster

Hey guys its charley, this is a reminder and person check for the owl patrol get together for the 14th of November Packer -Viking football game at 7:30 pm... this will be on Monday and it has been moved to my house at 725 lynn circle north... it is off of 8th and Monroe street in Northhudson by Seasons Tavern. please arrive by 7:15 pm and bring 5 dollars. i will previde snacks and the money will get us awesome pizza. if you want to bring a snack you may but you don't have to by any means. after the pizza is ordered the extra money will be divided up evenly. PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS LETTER ASAP TO TELL ME YOUR COMING.






Thanks guys,
Charley Wanner

***October***

Mr. Maline be out of town for 2 weeks, but available by e-mail or cell phone.
Mr. David Mienke is adult in charge Oct. 31 and Mr. Zins is in charge Nov.
7. Eric will of course handle the troop meetings. Mr. Maline will be back for the
Nov. 14 troop meeting.

Keep going on your wreath sales. This is when you can earn money for all
the trips shown below. 35 units are the minimum for the troop - you get $3
per unit after that. One family had the policy that the scout had to talk
to someone in every home in the territory – they sold hundreds of wreathes.

Maline's got 3 deposits for the August Boundary Waters Canoe trip. If we get
a minimum of 6 we’ll send it in; otherwise we’ll have to relinquish our
reservation. He'll need a $220 deposit per person, both scouts and adults. If
you provide the deposit now and your scout earns enough in wreath sales,
you can take a refund from his scout account. Total expected cost of the
trip is $600 per person.

Oct. 31 – Troop meeting. Costumes & Game Night.

***November***

Nov. 5 – Merit Badge Saturday. Not too late to sign up. If you have
questions, please call Mr. Zins. Parents of our younger scouts – events
like this are one reason so many Troop 140 scouts attain the rank of eagle.
The link to register and other paperwork is
http://www.eagleriver.nsbsa.org/EventsActivities/BoyScoutActivities/MeritBadgeSaturday.aspx

Nov. 11 - We have 2 adults (Mr. Holmes will be adult in charge, Mr.
Bredahl will assist) and possibly a 3rd for the November 11 camp out near
Green Bay. We’ve got 6 boys signed up (Grady H., Eric K., Nick H, Joe F.,
Zach V., Cole B). See attached permission slip. We can take more scouts
or adults. See Mr. Holmes to sign up.

Mr. Meincke – When is wreath pickup day? I’ve got it as Nov. 18 on the
calendar, but I don’t know that I’ve got the right date.

***December***

Dec. 2 - Mr. Maline has asked Mrs. Boylan to see if we can get Trinity Church gym
for Friday night December 2 for a lock in. We’ll offer 2 merit badges,
games, movies, food and all the sleep you want. One of those might be a
slight exaggeration. We’ll invite Webelos for the first part of the
evening.

***January***

Jan. 6-8 – We have a cabin reserved at Fred C. Anderson for Friday &
Saturday night. Webelos recruiting event.

Jan. 27-29 – Snow Base at Camp Tomahawk. Approximately $70 per scout.
This is the premier outdoor winter scout activity in the country. For the
Snow Huskies program we sleep in a bunk house; for the Spearhead program we
sleep outside in winter sleeping bags provided by the camp. As of today,
there are 17 spots for Snow Huskies and 19 spots for Spearhead for this
weekend. I’ll need a $35 deposit to reserve your spot. If you are
interested, please notify me. Learn more at the web address shown below.
http://www.camptomahawk.org/snowbase

***February***

Feb. 10-12 – Klondike Derby Saturday.


***August***

We’ve got 3 people with a paid deposit for the August 12 Boundary Waters
high adventure canoe trip. We need a minimum of 3 more for the crew and we
can take a maximum of 8 total. $220 per person deposit is due in October;
total expected cost of the trip is about $600 per person.

Thur, Nov 3 --- Roundtable Meeting, New Richmond. For those of you that
don’t know, this is a meeting of all the adult scout leaders in Eagle River
District (Burnett, Polk, St. Croix, Pierce Counties in Western Wisconsin
plus Hastings, MN area). Information about upcoming events plus any odds
and ends people want to discuss. We usually have 2-3 attendees from Troop
140 each month. If you’ve never attended and would like to check it out,
let me know.

Sat, Nov 5 --- Merit Badge Saturday in Hastings.
http://eagleriver.nsbsa.org/EventsActivities/BoyScoutActivities/MeritBadgeSaturday.aspx
Register on your own. Also, I’d like to know if any adults are planning
to attend. There is adult training available.

Mon, Nov 7 --- Troop Meeting

Tue, Nov 8 --- Committee Mtg

Fri-Sun, Nov 11-13 --- Campout, Green Bay

Mon, Nov 14 --- Troop Meeting

Mon, Nov 21 --- Troop Meeting

Mon, Nov 28 --- Troop Meeting

Fri, Dec 2 --- Lock-In