Court of Honor

Below is a list of who got what this week at Court of Honor. A great deal of this represents work that was done at Camp Grimes this summer. Excellent, guys!

Lochlan A.
Canoeing, Rowing, Small boat sailing and Swimming merit badges

Eli B.
Nature and Space exploration merit badges

Matthew B.
Citizenship in the community and Citizenship in the nation merit badges

Savva E.
Pottery, Rowing, Swimming and Wilderness survival merit badges

Hunter K.
Mile Swim patch and Environmental science merit badge

Andrew M.
Star rank; God and Country award, Citizenship in the nation merit badges

Kyle P.
Collections merit badge

Will P.
Metalworking, climbing and woodcarving merit badges

Zach S.
Star rank; First aid merit badge

David Teo
First Class rank; Citizenship in the nation, Communications, Emergency preparedness and Small boat sailing merit badges

We also listened to three short stories told by Andy Andrews, WWII veteran and Scout, about how knowledge gained from his Scouting years helped him while in battle during the war.

Leaders' Planning Meeting update

1. Finances—we have a positive balance of $4,594.72. This comes from the Spring fundraiser (car wash raised $1000) and the recent sale of our kayaks ($2000) plus a balance of $1500 from 2009. We must decide what our spending priorities are. We appointed a committee to report back by Sept 1 for using funds to develop Legacy and buy gear. Wil and Al Presnell, David and Kyle Phillips, Andrew Moore, Jeff and Hunter Kruse will do this.

2. Purchase of uniforms—both class A and B plus scout handbook are parent responsibility—but new families might want to wait a few weeks to learn the ropes and where to buy these.

3. Leadership this Fall—We discussed the model of Patrols in which learning is boy led and parent guided. We will have an election on our first night together to choose leadership positions. Patrol leaders are elected and we will likely need 3 patrol leaders and 3 Assistant Patrol leaders, Chaplain, historian and other positions available—some are simply appointed by the Patrol leaders rather than elected positions.

4. Fall Schedule—we reviewed and revised the calendar (see attachment) First gathering is at Rockmont on Thursday the 26th of August at 5:30. First meeting at Legacy Campsite on Monday the 30th at 6:30 pm.

5. Parent Volunteers Needed—Hiking Trip led by Eagle Boys on Saturday October 16 (route to be chosen by them), Swimming Certification at Cheshire one Sunday (Greg Stiles will head this up), Fundraiser in the Fall will be Chicken and Dumplings--organizing committee is Gerda Teo, Luanne Bryan and Marcus Duarte. Edward will contact White Horse about venue possibly on Saturday November 6th. We decided NOT to do Popcorn this year so as to focus our fundraising efforts on other things and not compete with Pack 50 for local supporters.

6. Summer Camp—we have signed up for Camp Grimes (Marion) for the second week of camp June 26-July 2 2011. If you can’t attend that week please talk to Luanne and arrange to go individually on a different week.

7. Leaders Training—John Gibson will talk with District leadership to arrange training this Fall.

News tidbit from Scout Jamboree

BOWLING GREEN, Va. (UMNS) - More than 5,500 Boy Scouts and their adult leaders attended United Methodist worship at the National Jamboree, held at Fort A.P. Hill. It was part of a strong United Methodist presence at the event, which celebrated the centennial of Boy Scouts of America. Larry Coppock, the national director of Scouting ministries for the Commission on United Methodist Men, reported that during the Jamboree about 5,200 commemorative New Testaments and 10,000 Nothing But Nets patches were distributed. The worship service offering totaled more than $12,000. Along with the money collected at the Nothing But Nets display, the scouting event raised more than $17,000 to the church's anti-malaria partnership.

Article and Photo courtesy of United Methodist News Service; further reproduction is prohibited.

Camp facts 2010

Camp Grimes is located in Dysartsville, NC! There's not much else.

There were 55 people on the camp staff. There are 12 units encamped this week. There are about 250 boys and leaders this week. Troop 50 had the smallest unit (7 boys plus 2 adults).

The camp site was inspected daily. Troop 50 earned perfect scores on days 2 and 3, and missed perfection on Day 1 by a single point, because of a single piece of litter in the fire pit.

When motivated beginning at 1015PM, seven boys can turn milk, cream, sugar and ice into ice cream in 27 minutes.

Sunday, MO and TU were really hot. Rain came TU afternoon and merely increased the humidity. It was cooler WE, though, and cloudy in the morning.

Classes are going well; food is good; lake water is warm; everyone is sleeping about as much as one would expect and showering a whole lot less than one would hope.

Thanks to all the parents who helped load-in on Sunday and to the dads, brothers and other assorted family members providing 2-deep leadership for the boys while at camp. The boys eat breakfast on SA morning and immediately de-camp.

Grimes really is closer than our own Council camp in Canton!

The adult leadership on-site will consult and confer and announce camp superlatives later this summer.

If you have pictures you'd like to add, email them! We'll keep posting all summer!

2010 Camp Grimes: Mr. A.

Yes, parents, your sons are safe: Mr. Angle is conscientiously working to insure their safety and welfare while at camp!


He claims this was in order to be at his best for this evening's smack down softball game between camp staff and Scoutmasters.


Srsly.


Yeah, right.

2010 Camp Grimes: LA

A couple of shots of Lochlan A.:


At the evening flag ceremony:



Wishing he had misunderstood the lifeguard's instructions for the next swimming safety requirement:

2010 Camp Grimes: JM

A couple of shots of (the elusive {mostly because I couldn't keep up with him}) Joseph M.:


In the dining hall:



After a (restful) fishing merit badge session: