2021 Troop 48 May Elections!
Troop please attend this week’s meeting for elections. Senior Patrol Leader as well as all patrol jobs are to be decided by votes on Tuesday May 4th.
Uniform Exchange
Drop by May 4th and May 11th, 7:00 to 8:30, during regular scout meeting. Bring clean, used scout uniform parts to exchange or just come pick out needed items.
Troop 48 – Brother’s Closet
Scout Uniform Exchange
- Has your scout grown 5 inches in the last year?
- Just crossing over and need a scout uniform?
- Want your scout to look sharp at summer camp?
- Want a good price on a uniform? Free! Free! Free!
There is a large assortment of Class A shirts, shorts, and pants in many sizes. Also, Class B shirts in a wide variety of sizes and colors are available. There is a huge selection of used hiking boots, a few hoodies, and a few raincoats. Bring what you no longer need and get what you need.
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Troop 48: Update 4/23
Greetings Troop
Read More2021 Troop 48 Jambo Night @ the Movies
Patrol Leader Council: April 20, 2021
TROOP 48, BSA
Agenda Patrol Leaders Council, 6:30pm, Tues, April 20 2021
1. Record attendance.
Do we have a representative from each patrol?
2. Review December Patrol outing .
Wolf – Flaming arrow- Phoenix Panther- Eagle-Fox-
Discussing The important impact of the patrol outing, check that your outings do not overlap Troop plans. Look to plan things that help full patrol like service hours @ Hope help
Reinforce the leadership plan for patrols to work together understanding that leadership is to be part of the support and success of others.
What is working and what is not?
Troop events:
Scout forms / Scout Cards / MBU / Navatat experience
Trip planning :
Jamboree CDC all spots taken
VI.Trip Description
Outing includes overnight camping at CDC Friday and Saturday nights; Friday night is optional. Both are in the Black Bear campsite under CDC COVID protocols (2 max per cabin room / 1 per tent) unless you are family, thus only 28 cabin spots and 4 Adirondack. We will make final judgments based on signups. Be prepared to have a tent and gear based on final arrangements. There is an expectation that we will ONLY BE IN BLACK BEAR, and other units are going to be elsewhere (Grizzly Bear). To promote the varied experiences and maximum flexibility to participation WE ARE NOT PERFORMING PATROL COOKING. All meals are to be brought/prepared by yourself or arranged via the registration to be eaten at the cafeteria.
We will hold a campfire on Friday night, practice our prepared 2021 Jamboree Campfire Skit (TBD). Provided access we will offer a movie (TBD) (*BYOS*) to be shown @ the dining hall porch following.
Saturday, there may be scheduled flag ceremonies, be prepared with Class A Uniform. There will be a full day of events (please see council website for latest offerings). Saturday evening there will be a Massive Council Campfire, Speaker, and concert. We will join in a planned church service or lead one on Sunday morning.
Remember: it’s important that we continue to address covid planning
4. Troop Staff Issues/Needs: Monthly meetings of Chaplain Aides, Den Chiefs, Historians, Instructor/Service Managers, Librarians/ Congressional award OA Liaison, Quartermasters, Scribes,
5.Patrol Rotation with New jobs in rotation: Little pantry in patrol food drive to fill pantry and Patrol host, helping to set up clan up and host PLC
6. May 3 new patrol leadership roles voting in patrol. leadership roles should be addressed by who is willing and able and prepared to fully fill the job position please address the job roles in patrol meeting before voting is to take place
Other items to discuss?
Read More4/13 CoH Revised Plan
Troop Members (youth/leaders) meet in “Y” @ 7 PM
Receive temp check outside use blue arrow All guests (non members, family etc)
Receive temp check outside “X” use black arrow and proceed to “Z”
Patiently await the troop
- 7:00 Open
- 7:01 – 7:20
- QUICK announcements
- break into patrols
- finalize Backbone Rock Meal plans
- Pay Mr. Miller (he will be in “Y”)
- Pay Food Buyer
- 7:25 assemble by patrol
- 7:30 Troop Parade (follow the SPL) into Sanctuary “Z”
- 7:35 – 9:00 2021 Troop 48 Spring CoH (SoY + Eagle)
- ~ 9:00 – 10:00 Eagle Reception in “Y”
- Guests welcome
- Reverse “Z” Entrance path for each person and proceed to Blue Arrow to “Y”
There is a Zoom link option which we can share upon request. (contact Julieann White)
Merit Badge Counselors for Troop 48
In order to qualify as a merit badge counselor, prospective volunteers must have the education and skills needed to provide instruction and to evaluate performance. They must be at least 18 years old, able to set a positive example through both good character and rapport.
Officially, certifying merit badge counselor (abbreviated MBC in this post) is the responsibility of the Sequoyah Council with annual certification for Youth Protection Training and which merit badges. A BSA Adult Leader Application with position code 42 is required for new merit badge counselors, which can be completed for free or added to a recent (in current calendar year) application for Assistant Scoutmaster role. In addition, Form 34405 Merit Badge Counselor Information must be completed every calendar year (really wish Scouting BSA would align with two-year Youth Protection Training cycle). The trio of forms electronically (including downloading a Youth Protection Training certificate) were created in about half hour.
While national BSA has online training for this role available in My.Scouting.org, it is not consistent on which courses are needed – and frankly are really dry to listen to, thus our preference is for Troop 48 MBCs (current and new) to review this presentation for The Merit Badge Program which is also available by national BSA.
If interested in being a Merit Badge Counselor for Troop 48, then please complete the information form for your top eight merit badges. If you really want to be able to counsel more, then recommend printing the form to allow a second page, and then scan and send as a PDF. If you are counseling for district or council events, then provide the Adult Leader Application and Youth Protection Certificate to have the complete set of paperwork.
This information is to be routed through our troop’s Advancement Coordinator, Mr. Hasler.
7 April 2021 update. Currently we need Merit Badge Counselors for Canoeing, Chess, Crime Prevention,
Exploration, Fish and Wildlife Management, Genealogy, Insect Study, Inventing, Metalwork, Model Design, Motorboating, Moviemaking, Oceanography, Search and Rescue, Signs, Signals & Codes, Small Boat Sailing, Water Sports, and Wood Carving.
Hope Helps Volunteer Opportunity
3/29/2021
Hello,
I am reaching out to see if the scouts can help our organization to put together 100-150 food boxes for the elderly in Hawkins County.
They would come and we would set up for them to put together boxes out in the parking lot or on the porch so that it could be done outdoors, and it would be a mask required event. The boxes would be numbered (each recipient would receive 1 large box and one small box) which would be delivered later.
The age group or groups we would be looking for would be for children who can follow simple instructions such as “1 can of tomato soup and 1 can of chicken soup, 4 boxes of Jell-O.” We would like to take some pictures if possible, to share with our media pages.
We could do evenings or if more than one day is needed then it could be multiple evenings. Or even a weekend. The only days that we would have trouble with would be Tuesday and Thursday and the 1st Saturday of the month. We are under a time limit and it must be completed by the 24th of April. We are willing to work with your schedule on this. We just need to know the date or dates. I will be ordering the food this week for this and we should have it in by the 6th
.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Connie Johnson
Executive Director HHTN
Service Opportunity: Sponsored by the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce
Hello Boy Scout troop leaders,
I wanted to make you aware of some upcoming opportunities for your troops to volunteer! I’ve attached a schedule of seven cleanups on seven different Saturdays this spring, starting with this Saturday. If you need an organized event where your kids can get some volunteer hours, please join us! I’ll have trash bags, gloves, trash grabbers, and safety vests for all volunteers.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks so much!
Sharon C. Hayes
Executive Director
Keep Kingsport Beautiful
SHayes@KingsportChamber.org
423-392-8814
KKB Spring 2021 Cleanup Schedule
All cleanups will be held from 9 to 11 a.m.
- March 20 – Riverview (meet at the Splash Pad shelter)
- April 10 – Downtown (meet in the parking lot across from Chef’s)
- April 24 – Greenbelt (meet behind PetSmart)
- May 8 – Greenbelt West End (meet near Rotherwood bridge)
- May 15 – South Central (meet at the Splash Pad shelter)
- May 22 – Interchange of Stone Drive and John B. Dennis Highway (meet at Honda Kingsport)
- May 29 – Lynn Garden (meet at Lynn View Community Center parking lot)