Since the pandemic is preventing a troop-wide gathering, the adult leaders have agreed to present the earned recognition to the scouts during their upcoming in-person patrol meetings. These will be ranks, merit badges, and special awards – except for the three Eagles and 2019 Scout of the Year awards which will be handled in a special ceremony with arrangements still being determined.
There will be a Zoom meeting every Wednesday until we continue in person meetings.
I created a new meeting link because the other one expired. The link and password is below.
Read MoreJust a brief note about the excellent advancement gained at 2020’s Camp Davy Crockett.
116 Merit Badges were completed by 27 scouts or roughly four each.
Most popular were Mammal Study (substituted for Insect Study) and Wood Carving.
118 Incomplete Merit Badges.
Camping and Reptile/Amphibian Study was the most common started with more to go.
Nathan B. was the most efficient, completing eight merit badges including Swimming and Environmental Science.
Reserve your place at the 8/22-8/23 truck-in/backpack trip to Grayson Highlands.
Review the trip sheet, park trail guide, and contact your patrol leadership with any questions.
We hope to see you at this favorite annual trip!
2020 Summer Camp Class Reservations are Open!
Troop 48 is now registering for summer camp classes. The council created sign-up form can be downloaded below – and paper copies are also available at troop meetings. Let Mr. Hasler know of your choices either at a troop meeting or by email. Remember to select early to ensure your preferences are will be available…
Changes to this form (as of March 6th):
Minimum age requirements (by Sunday June 14th). 13 years old for: Climbing, COPE, CPR/AED Certification, Crockett’s Wild Frontier Marksmanship, Motorboating, Paddleboarding, Rifle Shooting, and Shotgun Shooting classes. 14 years old for Crockett Experience. 15 years old for BSA Lifeguard and Kayaking.
Additional fees are $5 for Chemistry, Kayaking, Paddleboarding, Welding, and Wood Carving; $10 for Basketry, Cooking, Indian Lore, Leatherwork, Motorboating, Space Exploration, and Water Sports; $15 for Archery, Rifle Shooting, and Shotgun Shooting; $20 for Golf; $25 for Crockett Experience,; and $30 for Crockett’s Wild Frontier Marksmanship.
As of March 6th, FULL classes are 2pm Chess, Cooking, 3pm Animation/Graphic Arts; 5pm Snorkeling BSA; and 7pm Electricity, Radio, and Welding. Almost full are 9am Water Sports and 7pm Public Speaking. Let Mr. Hasler know of your interest in case slots come open! A few have made it into Snorkeling BSA and Electricity.
A live list of class availability can be found here. Note that the output has all weeks of CDC Summer Camp, thus scroll down to “Week 2 June 14-20”.
Available adult classes are BSA Lifeguarding on Monday-Thursday, SM/ASM Basic Leader Training on Monday, Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills on Tuesday thru Thursday, and Adult CPR/AED Certification on Thursday night. Please advise Mr. Hasler to get adult leaders signed up for these to complete your training.
TROOP 48 BSA – RE-REGISTRATION PROGRESS, AS OF MARCH 25, 2020
THANK YOU to those Troop 48 members (listed below) who have already re-registered with us for the period May 1, to Oct 31, 2020. Final cutoff will be Tuesday, April 14. Afterwards, a new application will be required to rejoin.
NOTE! If you do NOT see your name below, your registration has NOT been recorded. Please contact Mr. Hasbrouck immediately to renew.
Names with bold asterisk need Youth Protection Training by 4/14.
Read MoreAs you no doubt know from the current news, schools for most of our troop families will be closed for the next two weeks (until March 27). Per directions from the Sequoyah Council, Troop 48 will follow the school policies; we will suspend troop meetings at least through the school closures.
We have preemptively canceled the April 4 Knoxville Zoo trip. It could be rescheduled at a later date. We have also tentatively rescheduled the April 7th Awards Banquet and Court of Honor to May 12th.
We recommend that Scouts do advancement work by computer or by phone when practical.
Charlie Hasbrouck
Please do not direct swap Expo Cards with other scouters
Contact Tom Gould if you think you have taken too many
The District and Council are officially out of Expo Scout Cards – Please sell what you have, get as many scouts as you can in the weekly prize drawing for this Friday. The weekly prize drawing is the only indicator the council has of how well the sell is going and will drive the decision on placing an additional order or not as well as the size of the order. You will have to settle up partially in order to check out more cards(sorry this detail was not worked out ahead of time, no one imagined the cards would go this fast). So if you want to check out 100 more cards, then you will have to settle up for 100 of the cards you have checked out previously. Settling up works out to be $3.65 a card(73% because as a unit you keep 27% of the sales and 40% will be issued as Scoutbucks). The council has to be thrifty just like your unit and Scouts do.
One difference of note is that the card retains a hard dollar value and must be accounted for to the last card. For that reason parents must check out the cards. There will be a receipt book to document the exchange.
As expo coupon sales are just around the corner, just a reminder that if you sell Expo coupons, there is a special arrangement again whereby most of the summer camp fees are free or no net cost to you if you sell $750 worth!!
View all summer camp information and news at the Summer Camp page.
TROOP 48 BSA
PATROL MEETING CHECKLIST for Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Good Turn part of “West Bank:” Use rakes and spread mulch to fill in holes in Children’s Playground.
MARCH 2020 – West Bank Weeding & Raking – Panther Patrol
Service – Wolf ++ Games – Flaming Arrow ++ Ceremonies – Phoenix
Mar 10
6:30pm –PATROL LEADERS’ COUNCIL.
7:00pm Plan/sign up for April 4 Knoxville Zoo trip.
Mar 17
7:00pm Plan/sign-up for Apr 4 Knoxville Zoo trip. Plan April 24-26 Backbone Rock camping, rappelling/climbing, AT backpacking, VA Creeper biking. Plan April 7 Awards Banquet; preview skits, plan table decorations. Quartermaster Team meet. Advancement cutoff for April 7 COH. Personal Fitness Merit Badge (Mr. Miller)
Mar 24
7:00pm Plan April 24-26 Backbone Rock camping, rappelling/climbing, AT backpacking, VA Creeper biking. Youth Protection for Scouts. Plan April 7 Awards Banquet; preview skits, plan table decorations. Scribe Team meet.
