Upcoming Court of Honor

Reminder that next Monday, Apr 16th, is a Court of Honor.  All families should receive an invitation in the mail.

Court of Honor is a time to recognize our Scouts for their hard work and hear about upcoming activities.  Please feel free to invite extended family members.

Court of Honor is a pot luck dinner.  Please bring a hot dish and a cold dish to share.  Please bring table service for your group.

The program will include information about summer camp (plan to may your summer camp payment now for best Merit Badge selection) and the 2013 National Scout Jamboree.

UPDATE: Highway Cleanup location change

Highway cleanup on April 29th : We will meet at the Izaak 
Walton chapter house at 4pm, not at the boat ramp like usual.

CPR training - followup

If you were at the meeting on 20-March and filled out the paperwork to get your CPR card, the cost of the card is $6.  Please bring this as soon as possible so we can pay for the cards when they come in.

Highway Cleanup

Spring highway clean up is set for Sunday April 29th.  We'll meet at 4pm at the Izaak Walton chapter house.  Food will be provided afterwards to those who helped.  HINT: it wont be pizza this time...

BSA Swim Test

Rob Levis will be offering Scouts a chance to take the BSA swim test that is needed for Second Class rank and First Class rank.  Rob is the Vinton-Shellsburg boys swim team coach and a member of the Troop Committee.

Date: Monday, March 19th
Time: Dressed and pool-side at 6:45pm, dont be late
Place: Braille School pool
Cost: free

Troop 47 CPR training

We will have a guest at the 20-Feb Troop meeting to teach CPR.  All Scouts and leaders are strongly encouraged to be at the meeting and take full advantage of the training.  There is no cost to Scouts/leaders for the training but there may be a small fee to receive a certification card (from American Red Cross I think).

PHILMONT CREW:  I would love to have every member of the crew CPR trained.  Please make every effort to be there on the 20th to get trained and to provide leadership to make sure the training runs smoothly.

Service Project

On Sunday, January 15th the Troop will be helping to clean up at the Vinton Lions / VPRD wrestling tournament.  Please be in uniform and arrive at the Vinton-Shellsburg High School gym at 3pm.  We should be done by 4:30-5:00.


The Lions Club provides significant support to the Troop throughout the year - we could not continue to operate without their support.  Lets have a good turn out show our thanks for their support.

Holiday meeting schedule

There is no Troop meeting on Monday December 26th. 

Troop meetings resume on Monday January 2nd 2012. 

Have a safe and happy holiday.

Popcorn is Popp'n

Our awesome popcorn team asked me to remind everyone that we are just about to the end of the sale.  There is still time to sell any popcorn you have on-hand, and you can still take orders at those family gatherings this weekend.

 

They also tell me that we are very close to beating last years sales.  We need everyone to help push us over the top and have our best sale ever!  Remember - popcorn sales are what pay for all of the Troop camping gear, help reduce the cost of "big" campouts and pay for things like pizza parties.

And speaking of pizza - we are on track to have ZERO RETURNS.  And that means pizza for everyone who sold popcorn!

A Good Turn Daily...

Last night a several Scouts and leaders from Troop 47 helped out at the Vinton Lions Club chili supper. Good Job guys! Vinton Today has a short piece with a picture: (link)