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For tonight’s troop meeting we went to Ivy Tech to sort out food for Noblesville Weekend Meal Pack Program and we sorted and boxed the food to make meals for kids who can’t get food over the weekends. There was soup, ravioli and Chef Boyardee, mac and cheese, oatmeal and granola bars, etc. Afterwards, Mrs. Trusty, kindergarten teacher at Hinkle Creek Elementary School, talked about kids who couldn’t eat over the weekend and that about 6 months ago we [Noblesville] were the only district in the county that DIDN’T have a weekend food program. There was a company that was giving away $1,000 [grant] to buy the food, but we missed it. We then figured out that it would cost $25,000 to feed all of the kids. But, with Cullen’s 2,300 pounds of food collected, that could feed the kids for 1 year, maybe even for the middle school. Thanks for the food, Cullen!
Adam S., Troop Historian
The troop supported Cullen’s Eagle Project by organizing 2300 lbs of food at Ivy Tech collected outside Kroger during the first two weekends of his project. The troop sorted items into barrels by type, loaded them into boxes, and put them in storage. Cullen’s project beneficiary, Mrs. Trusty, spoke to the troop about the Noblesville Weekend Meal Pack program, thanking the troop and sharing that 180 elementary school students participate and that the food collected these two weekends is enough to address the needs of the program for a year.
Next meeting: water baloon capture the flag. Dress appropriately (swim suit, and Activity Uniform)
Announcements:
- Bring a list of the partial merit badges you would like to work on. In August, the troop will organize the Merit Badge counselors to work on partials on August 6. Fill out the info on your partials on the sheet at the meeting.
- Brownie is looking for funds to help Hands of Hope who helps kids in need. Checks should be made out to Troop 183 with Jacob’s Eagle Project in the merit
- Joey submitted his Eagle scout paperwork! He sends his thanks to everyone who helped him out. His board of review is August 16th.
- Fall Break Adventure: troop will be going to Gatlinburg, TN starting the first weekend of Fall Break for 3 nights (Saturday through Tuesday). Activities will be Clingman’s Dome and a 10-mile hike.
- Popcorn sales have moved earlier this year and will start August 25. Tom Tarzwell will be popcorn kernel.
Important note! Next week’s meeting will be at a different location!
Meet at Ivy Tech, Gate 13 next Monday to sort food items for Cullen’s Eagle project.
Advancement:
- Tenderfoot: Logan(Crazy Ninjas)
- Henry will become an adult and got his adult leader application
Announcements:
- Eagle News:
- Cullen – needs help with 2-4 pm shift
- Brownie – raising funds for his Eagle project
- Joey thanks everyone who came out and helped with his Eagle project
- Next week, meeting at Ivy Tech, Gate 13 next meeting to sort food items for Cullen’s Eagle project
- Scouts need to bring a list of their partial merit badges. We will be working on that in two weeks using the Merit Badge counselors in the troop.
- Trailer was missing its lock and a mess. It is everyone’s responsibility to keep this ship-shape!
- Summer Camp blue cards are in! GO to Mrs. Irvin to get them
- If you did not receive a T-shirt, see Mr. Kuhlman for one. Adults need to pay him if they want a T-shirt
- Popcorn will be sold earlier this year
- There are name tags for scouts. Pick one up at the next meeting. Adults can purchase a name badge for $2.50
Food collected by Cullen and volunteers for his Eagle Scout service project assisting Noblesville weekend Meal Pack Program
Parker leads the troop leadership in an outdoor patrol leadership council (PLC)
Advancement:
Sea Base Scouts:
- Drew, Mark, and Jack had adventures and earned awards at Sea Base Out Island adventure. Awards:
- BSA Snorkeling
- BSA Kayaking
- Sea Base Duty to God
- and Sea Base Castaway
Announcements:
Upcoming Eagle Projects:
- Brownie — looking for donations for his project
- Cullen — needs help this weekend, info available through Facebook and Scoutbook emails
There are name tags for scouts. Pick one up at the next meeting. Adults can purchase a name badge for $2.50.
Treasurer (Doug K.): Adults — if you picked up a troop T-Shirt at summer camp, you need to pay for it. If you ordered a shirt and didn’t pick it up, you can do so at a troop meeting.
Advancement (Kim I.): Merit Badge blue cards from summer camp have been entered into Scoutbook. If you have an incomplete, please pick up your blue card. It will clearly have any remaining items marked.
Committee: Looking for a secretary to take over recording notes at committee meetings. The current volunteer is looking to move to a new volunteer position.
Thanks to the 27 scouts and 9 leaders who helped out with summer camp at Kreitenstien last week. The boys had a great time an overcame some challenges such as not having running water for drinking and for showers!
Camp Krietenstein is a smaller camp than our typical Camp Ransburg. This means a few fewer program offerings but program areas are closer together. Troop 183 was by far the largest troop in camp this past week (around 40 vs a total of perhaps 80 total campers). Scouts and leaders made some of these comments about camp:
- We enjoyed everything being closer together at a smaller camp
- It was frustrating that the Firecrafter area wasn’t organized and staffed like Ransburg
- Food was great!
- The flexibility of a smaller camp staff made us feel welcome and allowed some scouts to pick up merit badges during the week that they didn’t sign up for ahead of time.
- It was frustrating for things to be so hot and humid outside and the showers to be out!
- The humidity really made it hard for the Firecrafters to pop a spark!
Compliments to all the scouts at summer camp on great behavior at Golden Corral and throughout the week.
Advancement:
Summer camp was good for rank advancement for several scouts!
- Scout: Arron (American Dragons)
- Second Class: Ganner (Ballistic Zombies)
- Second Class: Daniel (The Patrol)
- Life: Holden (Biohazard Bacon)
Announcements:
- Sign-up for collecting food for Cullen’s Eagle Project. Availability every Saturday in July. See other email from him for info.
- Doug Khulman has Activity Uniforms (T-Shirts) for anyone who didn’t pick up up already. See him at a troop meeting or make other arrangements with him.
- Lost and found items from summer camp are available. Issac is looking for a blue BSA water bottle left at camp.
- Drew, Jack, Mark, and adult Dan Monnin are currently at SeaBase doing the Out Island adventure with Troop 103 from Cicero. Have fun and come home safely!
