The scouts had an excellent meeting working on rank requirements and merit badges. Here are the important announcements from tonight's meeting:

• Our spring Court of Honor is coming up soon. The Spring Court of Honor will be on Wednesday June 10th. Scouts, if you have any rank advancements or merit badges that you have completed between now and the last Court of Honor, you must email either Mr. Miller or Ms. Krajewski (our new advancement coordinator!) by next Wednesday (June 3rd)
• NOTE: Because of the transfer between Mr. Morris and Ms. Krajewski for the advancement coordinator position, some information was lost. If you have gotten a rank advancement or merit badge that you told Mr. Morris about, please confirm it with Ms. Krajewski so that she also has it, in case that information was lost between the switch. If you need to contact Ms. Krajewski or Mr. Miller about any of these things for the Court of Honor, I have written their emails below.

- Ms. Krajewski:NKrajewski75@gmail.com

-Mr.Miller: balooscout@mac.com

• This Saturday (May 30th) we have our church cleanup. This will take place from 9:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m.. There is a possibility of rain. Adult leaders will send a communication by Friday Night if there is a need to cancel the cleanup due to the weather. Assuming the cleanup still happens, please wear rugged clothes that you are okay with getting dirty, and bring gloves, rakes, and/or hand tools if you have any. 
• Our June Campout is officially cancelled due to a lack of a sufficient amount of adults. 
• We may be participating in a fundraiser on June 6th to clean up the stadium, similar to a previous fundraiser. However, in order to do this, we need 30 individuals (scouts + adults combined) to sign up. Please RSVP as soon as possible, and get as many people as you can in the family to help fund-raise.
• There is an OA Ordeal June 5th to June 7th. If you were inducted into the OA, this is a great opportunity to become a complete member. Sign up as soon as possible for that. 
• Make sure to sign up for our rest stop fundraiser on June 13th and 14th if you haven't already. The SignUp Genius is on WhatsApp. 
• FInally, tonight was Advik's Birthday! Happy Birthday Advik! We are all expecting cake at the next meeting... 

The scouts had an excellent spring time meeting tonight, where they worked on some requirements. Here are the announcements from the meeting.

• This upcoming Monday (5/26/2026) is Memorial Day, and our town is having the annual Memorial Day parade, where we will be marching. Mr. Miller has sent out the full information on WhatsApp, so please look over that if you are coming to march in the parade. We will meet at the intersection of South Satellite Road and Connecticut Avenue right before 9:00 AM on Monday. They will close the roads after 9 AM, so you may need to drop off scouts at the intersection of Nutmeg Road and South Satellite Road if you arrive past 9 AM. From there, you would walk down South Satellite Road to the East, where we will be assembling on Connecticut Avenue. The parade starts at 10 AM, and we will be marching towards Veterans Memorial Pool, where scouts should be picked up. Please wear your full Class A uniform including a hat, and dress appropriate to the weather (walking shoes, etc.). You may want to bring a water bottle. 
• We are collecting medical forms and Merit Badge selection for Summer Camp. Make sure you get those in to the adult leaders so they can make sure you are all set for Summer Camp. 
• See this SignUp Genius for the upcoming June campout or Fundraiser opportunity:

Scouts and Adults   - We need adult leader campers and Scouts if we're going to have our June 5-7 campout.      

If we cannot get enough leaders and Scouts to make our campout happen, then we also have an opportunity to do another Stadium cleanup as a fund raiser on June 6th.   

Please RSVP at this signup link by end of day Tuesday and let us know if you can attend.     Once we have our numbers; we'll firm up our plans.

Thanks!

We had a good "Joining night" on Wednesday even if we didn't get any visitors.    We'll try again next time!      Patrols did a great job running stations, and we all had a lot of fun.

Don't forget your food assignments and your own foil packet dinner for this weekend's camping trip.    See the next message.

Next Wednesday, we're having a parent meeting at the same time as our regular Troop meeting.   We'll go over summer camp, answer all your questions, and collect medical and merit badge forms if you have them.    This is especially important if your Scout has never been to summer camp with us before.   Hope to see you there!

Scouts - For those of us Camping Friday, we're meeting at the Church parking lot at 5:30PM.   Eat dinner first, or bring for the road.    I added Kavan to the list for Friday to Sunday.

Let me know if you're not going to be there in time, and you can meet us at Camp JNW Friday night, or Saturday morning.

Breakfast is served by the camp from 7:15 - 9:30, and we paid for it, so don't miss out!

Bring all the normal gear you'd need for a weekend campout.   Dress in layers, hat and gloves in case it gets cold.   Toiletries, flashlight or headlamp or lantern.   Rugged foot wear.  Personal water bottle.

Food assignments (see attached).    Remember; we are bringing food for lunch and Sunday breakfast.   And bring your own foil packet dinner!     We're bringing minimal Patrol gear, so make sure you bring your own mess kit (plate or bowl, fork/spoon, cup).

Foil Dinner info here:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jsbkda8fzpoqq9tdw301v/Tin-foil-dinner-and-breakfast-ideas.doc?rlkey=4lopi9p732x94ron4vp9j5zrd&dl=0

You'll need a permission slip if your parent is not attending for the entire time.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jpyfc2wxul5sok76plowv/Permission-slip.pdf?rlkey=vsr0ys5swt4b6b46van4h762x&dl=0

On Sunday, we'll return to the PRS School probably around 10:00, and will send a WhatsApp message when we know the exact time.

Walmart does have some inexpensive fishing poles if you need one.    Bring your own fishing gear.

Let us know if you have any questions!

The scouts had an excellent meeting tonight. Here are a couple of announcements from the meeting:

• We are having a cleanup at the church this Saturday May 9th (assuming that weather permits). We will send out a go or cancellation on Friday night for the cleanup depending on the weather forecast.
• The troop has assembled the necessary planning to go on the JNW Fishing Derby campout. If you are planning on going and did not RSVP, make sure to do so. All the information on RSVP'ing and campout details are on WhatsApp. We will be sending out a list for food sign ups soon based on the RSVP responses.
• Next Wednesday we are having our troop joining night. Scouts, please wear Class A uniforms. 
• If you have not already, make sure you give in your JNW summer camp merit badge selections if you are planning on attending.