TROOP 88--THE EAGLE MAKERS

Charter Organization: Men’s Club, Fairfield Grace United Methodist Church

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PARENT ORIENTATION - 2012

WELCOME TO TROOP 88!

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AGENDA

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Why Boy Scouting? ; What’s in it for my son?; What’s in it for me?; and the Program—Michele Johnson

The Troop’s Leadership—Jon Duguid; Dick Stone; Bill Hall

Meetings—Michelle WendtCamping – Bill Hall; Jim WoodMerit Badges—Michele JohnsonResources—Michele JohnsonSummer Camp!—Bill Hall

WHY BOY SCOUTING?

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Three aims: Character developmentCitizenship trainingPhysical and mental fitness

Unique experiencesA successful program in place for over100

years!

WHAT’S IN IT FOR MY SON?

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Fun and adventure!Lifelong skills training!

Hiking, camping, cooking, first aid, citizenship, nutrition, fitness, and more!

Achievement!FUN!World-class leadership training!Friends!Did we say FUN?

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

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What would you like your son to be like when he grows up? Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly,

Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent?

These are the 12 points of the Boy Scout Law!Scouts promise to obey the Scout Law every

time they recite the Scout Oath.Different than Cub Scouts

Scout becomes more independentTroop is boy run with supervision

THE PROGRAM

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Ideals (Oath, Law, Motto, Slogan)Patrol Method (boy run)Outdoor ProgramsAdvancement (Scout to Eagle!)

Ranks: Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class,

First Class, Star, Life, Eagle

Associations with AdultsPersonal GrowthLeadership Development

THE TROOP’S LEADERSHIP

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Adult Leadership (Troop Committee)Troop Committee Chair (Dennis Doherty)Scoutmaster and Scoutmasters Emeritus: Bill Hall, Scoutmaster;

Dick Bartholomew (“Mr. B”) Scoutmaster Emeritus; Jon Duguid, Scoutmaster Emeritus; Doug Heim, Scoutmaster Emeritus

Assistant ScoutmastersTroop Committee Members Treasurer (Dick Stone)

Application; Release Form and Dues; Medical Form; Driving Insurance Information

FundraisingQuartermaster (Dick Stone)Webmaster (Mary Magnusson) Secretary (Michele Johnson)

• Need Parental Involvement!

THE TROOP’S LEADERSHIP

Scouts – Youth Leadership

Senior Patrol Leader; Assistant Senior Patrol Leader(s)

Patrol Leaders; Assistant Patrol Leaders

Positions of Responsibility: Scribe; Historian; Librarian; Chaplain Aid; Bugler; Webmaster;

Quartermasters; OA Representative; Troop Guides; Instructors; Den Chief; Others as assigned

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MEETINGSMeetings – 7:00-9:00 p.m. Wednesdays –

September – June

Drop off through side door (not at front entrance)

Uniform

Opening; Patrol Meetings; Instruction; Demonstration; Games; Closing

Parents to arrive at 8:45 p.m. for announcements made at Closing (enter through side door)

No meetings when Fairfield Public Schools are closed or when there is early dismissal due to bad weather

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CAMPINGMonthly Trips (parents encouraged to attend)District Fall and Spring CamporeesConnJam (Council Camporee)National Jamboree (West Virginia 2013)Troop Gear tents, ground cloths, cooking gear,

lanterns)Personal Equipment (sleeping bag, cell pad, day

pack, waterproof hiking boots, extra footwear, rain gear, headlamp, water bottle (Nalgene), compass, pocketknife and Toten’ Chip card, backpack for hiking trips (can rent at EMS), camp chair, mess kit)

Packing List (on the Troop’s Website)

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MERIT BADGESGetting Merit Badges at Summer Camp

First-Year Scouts; Other YearsMerit Badge Counselors

In the Troop; in the District; Troop List is on Troop’s Website

Process to Follow (when not in Summer Camp)Blue Card signed by Scoutmaster; Find a Counselor;

Partial Blue Card; Completed Blue Card; Receive the Merit Badge; Sew on Sash (purchase sash at Milford Scout Shop)

More important at First Class rankOpportunities to Earn Merit Badges

On Own; With Troop; Jamboree; Camp Sikorsky; District Camporee; Merit Badge College

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SUMMER CAMP Troop 88 attends “Week 1” at Camp Sequassen, New

Hartford, CT each yearFor 2012, Week 1 is from June 24 through June 30We occupy two sites: Hillside and JeromeConsent Slip; Due Dates and Payments Sheet; FAQs (on

Troop’s Website) First-year Scouts are in tents (to meeting camping reqs)

and attend Wilderness Patrol in the mornings; Merit Badge in afternoons

Other Scouts are in lean-tos; Merit Badges in am and pm

Sunday arrival; Saturday departure For details, go to

http://www.ctyankee.org/camping/residentcamp/boyscout

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RESOURCES

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Troop 88 Website: www.T88.org Boy Scouts of America: www.scouting.org Connecticut Yankee Council: www.ctyankee.org

Council Leadership Directory Milford Scout Shop Council Camps Summer Camp Information (Leader’s Guide; Forms Appendix; and more) Council News and Events

Pomperaug District: www.ctyankee.org/districts/pomperaug/home District Leadership Directory District News and Events

Uniform Insignia Guide: www.ctyankee.org/resources/insignia Order of the Arrow, Owaneco Lodge, Chief Pomperaug Chapter:

www.owaneco.org/chapters/chiefpomperaug Scout Parents Information: www.scoutparents.org Merit Badge Worksheets: www.meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Worksheets for every Merit Badge; lists requirements and includes spaces for answers