Four New Eagle Scouts for Troop 66

Greetings from Troop 66,

Yesterday evening Charlie T, Tim M, Patrick M, and Mark C passed their Eagle Scout Boards of Review and were recommended for the rank of Eagle.

Please join me in congratulating them!

Well done gentlemen!

Mr. C

New High Adventure Proposal

Thanks for Mary Morgan Ryan for suggesting this new tradition for Troop 66.
Please see her email below:

Troop,

At tonight's troop meeting, the scouts expressed interest in starting a new troop tradition: going on a troop high adventure trip every other year! What a great way to have fun and grow as an individual and a troop.

We talked about the three BSA high adventure options, which are Florida Sea Base, Philmont Scout Ranch (New Mexico), and the Northern Tier (Minnesota). Please check out this web page for links to all three adventure bases and the activities offered here.

High adventure activities are open to Boy Scouts ages 14-18, so there is a window of time for each scout to participate. If we go every other year, each scout would likely have two chances to go on a troop high adventure trip.

On the off years, we would plan a shorter, less expensive trip, such as our recent trip to Canada, that all scouts in the troop could attend. And not to worry, our very successful and enormously fun annual week of summer camp for all scouts in the troop would continue!

These trips require extensive planning, training, and fundraising, so we are aiming to begin our new tradition in the summer of 2011 and continue in 2013, 2015 and so forth.

We are in the discussion phase of all of this, so I am asking all scouts and their parents to submit ideas for high adventure trips! Please contribute your thoughts, questions and opinions by emailing me at marymorganryan@comcast.net.

Thanks,

Mary Morgan Ryan

Busy Scouting Weekend

Greetings from Troop 66:
This was a VERY busy Scouting weekend! We had a meeting on Friday. We had Senior Patrol Leader (SPL), Assistant SPL (ASPL), and Patrol Leader (PL) elections on Friday!

I'm happy to announce AJ B. is now our Senior Patrol Leader! He will be assisted by Lue and Adam W. Congratulations to these new leaders! Special Thanks to James F. and Mark C. as our out-going SPL and ASPL. You guys did an outstanding job! PL results will be posted shortly!

On Saturday we had our Winter Blast! Let's just say it was "Wet and Wild"!!!
On Saturday night we had a Chicago Wolves Hockey outing!
Sunday is Scout Sunday and the Troop helped out at the Pancake Breakfast!

Whew!

Thanks to all Scouts and Scouters for demonstrating Scout Spirit and having FUN in the process!

Mr. C

Court of Honor - November 08

Greetings from Troop 66!

We had a great Court of Honor this evening! We recognized a great number of Scouts for rank advancement, merit badges, and other awards. 34 scouts were recognized -
77 merit badges - 10 rank advancements, 3 position changes, and 5 special
awards. Patches were also given out for summer camp and Boundary Waters.

Special thanks to Karl and Andrew for organizing and executing the Court of Honor! They did a great job! Thanks also to Greg for his help in taking the photos this evening.

Mr. C

Troop 66 Mobilized!

Troop 66 was mobilized this Sunday to help with the flooding of the DesPlaines River. Record rainfall in the area caused the Des Plaines River to flood and impact a number of River Forest residences.

Troop 66 had a GREAT response as Scouts, Scouters, and parents all helped with loading and placing sand bags to protect homes and hold back the waters.

This was an EXCELLENT example of how Scouts can help their community.

I'm truly proud of our Troop and our willingness to "help other people at all times"

WELL DONE!

Go to the Wednesday Journal website and look at the slideshow on the frontpage. They are many photos of Troop 66 scouts in action. Thanks to Mr. Thompson for this link!


Mr. C