BSA Troop 300, Alaska

Our Next Big Events:
Church Yard Landscaping and Clean-up &
Summer Camp at Gorsuch
TROOP 300 WORKS WHEN PARENTS HELP

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Help clean up around Church

All scouts and parents are needed to help with a little light landscaping and yard clean-up for our sponsors, the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church for just an hour or two. Come to the church on June 11 at 5:00 and help until our 6:30 meeting. They need to fertilize shrubs and spread mulch. Many hands will make light work! Please come to the meeting a little early to help with this project.

Chinook Patrol is on Flag Duty for Memorial Day

The Chinhooks patrol is on tap for the flag detail. We will meet at the Shed Sunday evening 27 May at 6pm to hand out flags. The boys can then go out Monday morning to put them up. Then take them back down Monday evening. Bring the flags back to the next meeting you attend. Please let me know if you need anything else from me.

Thank you
Anthony

Important update for Prospective Eagle Scouts

Kristine Stoehner, Great Alaska Council, Advancement Chair

I have recently reviewed several Eagle Workbooks and have a couple of comments that you should pass on to your units in order to help the Scouts:

· The Scouts should include the cover page every time they need help. There is a requirement that Scouts use the most current workbook and adults can check by the cover page – We are currently using a 2015 version. If the Scout uses an earlier version, they will need to retype in the current version. The Scout can insure they are using the most current version, by downloading the document from BSA.org, and not receiving a pass-along document from their unit.

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Eagle Scout Volunteer Op

The 2018 Arctic Thunder Open House (Air Show) would like the assistance of any Eagle Scouts in volunteering for this year's air show. They'd like BSA to ultimately help during the special needs day. Duties will mainly be assisting with hospitality to those with special needs.

Volunteers requested:25 (or what you can provide)
ATOH Dates: 30 Jun-1 Jul
BSA Vol date: 29 Jun only. Tentatively 7am-5pm

Registered Troop 300 Eagles click here for more information.

Troop 300 100% Trained Adults

Our troop decided quite some time ago that we wanted to be 100% trained. This means that when you turn in your adult application, it needs to be accompanied with certificates for youth protection training and also committee training. Both are online at my.scouting.org
We always need to have people trained in Hazardous Weather to go on trips, so just do that one while you are in there (:>)

If you want to be an assistant scoutmaster, you will need both the scoutmaster specific (can be done online but I suggest you do it in person) but also the in-person Introduction to Outdoor Leadership. When we have a group of you that want to do that, please let me know and we can arrange it. It will probably be offered at camp too. We are currently working on putting that together.

So please check your youth protection training - I know a few of you are expired - and get it done so we can stay 100% trained.

- Dorte Mobley

Upcoming Events

Scouts to Travel to Switzerland

Troop 300 will send a delegation to the Kandersteg International Scout Camp in Switzerland this July 10 - 24. Their itinerary is jam packed with travel, fun, and international camping. The best part of it is that there is STILL ROOM for scouts and accompanying parents. The price is around $3300 each, including airfare! Check out Kandersteg at http://www.kisc.ch/ to get a taste.

Denali Bike Trip

Planning for the Denali Highway Bike trip is underway with Mr Swalling and Mr Sandefur as our cycling experts.

Due to their availability, the tentative plan is to travel on 19 July and cycle 20-22. Returning also on 22 July. Total cycling will be approximately 75 miles. More detailed information to follow after Spring Camporee.

Mr Swalling suggested that interested Scouts also check out the SprocKidz summer program to get in shape for Denali. Besides being a SprocKidz coach, Mr Swalling is a Cycling MB counselor so this would be a great opportunity to work on this Eagle silver border MB... especially if you do not like swimming. Scouts have the option to do Swimming or Cycling or Hiking as an Eagle required MB. Scouts who already have swimming can count Cycling as a non-silver border MB toward their 21 total.

Check out SprocKidz at
https://vmbah.wildapricot.org/SprocKidz

Sign Up for Summer Camp

Camp spots are filling up for Camp Gorsuch this summer. Typically we have several dozen boys go and would hate for anyone to miss this summer highlight. Please email Dorte or Scoutmaster K if you're interested. We need a rough number in order to secure a campsite large enough to accomodate our usual numbers. Summer camp dates for 2018 are June 24 - 30.

Camp Fees and Cancellation Costs

from Dorte
Parents,

One thing I would like to stress is that if you sign your son up for a trip and you decide that he can't go for some reason or another, you need to let us know before tickets and food has been bought. If we have already bought that, then you can see if you can try to find another boy to go to recoup your money. We will not be able to give you your money back if we already have spent it.

Please make sure you have paid the first half of the summer camp registration as our troop has made that payment to keep the lower total price of $350 for the week. If you have just joined and your son want to go to summer camp (which we highly recommend), please make sure we get the payment as soon as possible.

Second payment - for the rest of the money is due no later than April 23.

If you have any problems with this, please see either myself or Kristine Inman, our treasurer, and we can work with you.

New parents - you are always welcome to pay into your son’s “scout account” which basically a ledger we have in the troop bank account that you can use to pay for camps and trips that come through the troop treasury. So if you know you want your boy to go on a big trip next year, you can start putting money aside in it, so you don’t have to do the big payments in one chunk.

If you have any questions, please let me know

Ice Fishing on Cottonwood Lake

The Spring Ice Fishing day was GREAT. Thanks to Mr and Mrs Praslowicz for hosting and Sportsman's Warehouse for donating ice fishing poles.

Troop 300 Thunderbirds is an Alaska Boy Scout Troop based out of Wasilla and dedicated to the three aims of scouting:

To build character,
to foster citizenship,
and to develop fitness.

We are glad you stopped by, and encourage you to check out who we are and what we do. If you are a guy thinking about becoming a scout, we appreciate your interest!

Find out more about Troop 300

Philmont Opportunity

Philmont Scout Ranch and Blue Sky Adventure Tours July 5th through July 19th, 2019. Between the 5th and 7th scouts and venture crew will take guided tours of Red Rock Park and amphitheater, the Air Force Academy, Pikes Peak by Railway, Royal Gorge whitewater rafting, and western style steak cookout. Hotel accommodations for two nights which includes swimming pools, buffet meals, basketball courts and other games and activities. Arriving at Philmont on the 7th your trek begins on an unforgettable adventure in the New Mexico high country. You and your crew will hike 100 miles over 12 days through Philmont's rugged wilderness, summiting peaks and participating in staffed programs along the way. Your adventure begins in Anchorage the evening of 4 July and will conclude on 20 July 2017

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PHILMONT INFO FLIER

108 Scouts Who Became Famous

from scoutingmagazine.org

The BSA is turning 108! Here's a list of 108 scouts who have become famous.

Did you volunteer? Log it here for rank advancement

We've now added an online place for you to log your volunteer hours for credit toward rank advancement. You'll find the link to a form and more on the Lists and Forms page. Just click on the navigation tab at the top of this page.

What does the Grubmaster do?

- Scoutmaster Krzypkowski

I have had a few questions about "Grubmaster"

What does "Grubmaster" mean??
It’s a privileged position that fulfills rank requirements in order for a scout to plan, buy, and help prepare meals during an outing.

Individual patrols should have planned their meal menu for Frezeree.
The Grubmaster for each patrol will go out to a store and buy the food on the planned menu and have it ready for Frezeree.

Meals that the Grubmaster will buy should not exceed $5 per scout, per meal.

Example – 6 scouts in a patrol = $30 per meal.
After you have completed your shopping, please save any receipts if you would like reimbursement from the troop.

Snacks and additional food throughout the weekend will be the responsibility of each scout – Grubmaster is only responsible for getting the above listed meals.

All cooking equipment is provided by the troop (Inside each patrol box) along will fuel and stoves.

As always, the first few outings can be overwhelming – don’t hesitate to ask questions.

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Merit Badges

Scouts rise up through ranks as they earn merit badges for learning and experience a wide array of topics and activities. Meritbadge.org is an excellent resource.

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