Happy New Year!!!

Welcome to a whole new year of scouting! I foresee there are going to be some great adventures.  This year it will be (sadly) without Mr. Bohanan but in his place we welcome, Mr. Freeman.  Our first wonderful experience will be the winter games camp out. Lets see how this exciting year goes by.

Camp In

We had a very fun camp in, after that we went to vertical adventures.  A lot of people brought in Nintendo switches and Xbox's.  We also played board games, ga-ga ball then at 11:00 we went to bed.  In the morning we got a gear line set up and ate.  We had pancakes and sausages for breakfast.  We watched some of the original Ghostbusters movie too.  Then we went to vertical adventures and had a lot of fun their. Guess what we did there, we CLIMBED,CLIMBED,CLIMBED.

CLIMBING TO THE MOON

FPC Annual Christmas Lighting

Troop:

Please see the email below on the event going on at the First Presbyterian Church tomorrow night. This is a great opportunity for community service hours to be earned for those that need them. We will be helping out as needed during this event for the church.  

Please plan to attend – Class A uniform please. We will meet at about 5:00 PM and should be done around 8:30. 

FYI - They will have the OSU Game on for those that would like to watch it.

See you there.

Sincerely,

Kirk Bohanan

Scoutmaster Troop 136

From: First Presbyterian Church Of Grove City [mailto:fpcofgc@gmail.com]
Subject: 🎄 FPC's First Annual Christmas Tree Lighting

Good afternoon FPC members and friends! This Saturday, Dec. 1st is our First Annual Christmas Tree Lighting, hosted by the PW and open to the public! 

• Crafts for children 5:00 pm
• Lighting 6:00 pm
• Hot Chocolate
• Cookies
• Nativities on display
• Courtesy Park & Ride to Grove City Town Center 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

The flyer is attached and if you use Facebook, please share the event! Here's the link: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/1932238583561509/

Camping And Climbing

On Friday  December 7th we are having a camp in and the next day going to indoor rock climbing.  It starts at 6:00 on the Dec.7th and will end about 2:45 on Saturday Dec. 8th.  You can bring board games and video games as long as they are multiplayer.  All you need to do is be in your Class B uniform and bring a sacked lunched bag for Vertical Adventures on Saturday. All permission slips need to be in by December 4, 2018 at our next troop meeting.

DON'T forget to go online to complete you waiver

www.verticaladventuresohio.com/gyminfo/waiver/

FREE Services hours

Want to rack up Services Hours YOU CAN .  There will be a Christmas tree lighting on Saturday December 8, 2018 at First Presbyterian Church beginning at 6:00. **Class A uniform is required**

Troop Elections

Last week we did our new troop elections.  The new SPL is Andrew E and the ASPL is Perry H.  Our new Blue Blazes patrol leader is Ethan M and the APL and webmaster is Shane F.

August: Wilderness Survival

Our theme for August will be Wilderness Survival.  Your PLC made the following plan for the month based on this theme.

Week 1:
Opening: BB
Meeting theme/idea: 
BH: Signaling
BB: Lashings
Dr:  edible plants


Week 2:
Opening: BH
Meeting theme/idea: 
Wilderness First Aid
BB:  Major wounds
BH:  Minor wounds / hypothermia or heat exhaustion
Dr:  Splints


Week 3:
Opening: Dr
Meeting theme/idea: 
BB:  Orienteering
BH:  Water Purification
Dr:  Trek Safety



Week 4:
Opening: Lp
Meeting theme/idea: 
Shelter and Firebuilding  @  metro park

Please be thinking of ideas for our annual year planning meeting.  Things that you liked and disliked this year and things that you would like to talk about through the next year.

See you at the next meeting!

Summer Camp MVSR 2018

As you can see, we who went to summer camp had an awesome time at MVSR!  The camp had a lot of good programs and merit badges to offer.  If you did not go to summer camp you missed out on a fun time and I highly suggest that you go next year when we head back to Muskingum Valley Scout Reservation!

April Update and June's Planner

Hello fellow Blue Blazes!!  Thank you to everyone who came to Thunderbase 2018, we had such a fun time seeing all of the stations.  Comment your favorite stations/things that you did at Thunderbase this past weekend.

For June's schedule, our first week will be a practice hike of 1 mile for our big hike later that month.  We will also do a pack check that night for people going on the hiking trip.  For the second week we will be having a game night where you will be able to play games such as Ultimate Frisbee, British Bulldogs, and Old Plug.  it will be a fun night.  For week three we will be completing our personal fitness training for the troop.  The entire troop will be participating in this.  For the last week of June we will be having our Court of Honor to honor those who have made accomplishments in advancement in the last three months.

Remember to be prepared for all of the upcoming events in the troop.  See you next week!

Aprils schedule

Hello blue blazes!This is the schedule for the month of April.Our theme for April is outdoor ethics.For the first week of April we will talk about leave no trace.The second presentation on biodegradeable.For the third week is fire safety.For the fourth week we will compete making scout master tea.

Muclch spreding will be April 20-21st.

The May camp out will be Thunderbase it is located at the Ross county fairgrounds May 4th-6th