1/22 – Troop Meeting @ the Franklin United Methodist Church 7 – 8:30pm
- Citizenship in the World MB class meets at 6pm.
- Cross Country Skiing and Snowshoeing Review
- Finalize meal planning for campout
- Patrol Time – Names, Flags, Cheers, Patches, etc
- Final day to turn in complete blue cards or have rank advance signed off before our COH.
Shot Gun Merit Badge: Saturday March 14th and 28th – Times will be announced later
- Instructor – Randy LaRosa, our troop District Council Rep
- Location – Wrentham Sportsman’s Club 7 Madison St, Plainville, MA 02762
- No age restriction, Randy will have smaller guns available for our younger scouts.
- Read more details and sign up. Also review pre-work.
Merit Badge University The Mayflower Council will be holding the next Merit Badge University (MBU) on Saturday, March 7 and March 21, 2020 (snow makeup day is March 14, 2020). This yearly event brings together scouts from the entire council to the Southeastern Technical Vocational High School in Easton, MA, from 7:30 am to 1:30 pm, to work on up to 3 merit badges. The troop needs to know which scouts plan on attending, so please sign up via Sign Up Genius as soon as possible. Merit badge selection forms will be distributed to scouts that are signed up as soon as they are received from Council. If you have any questions, please email Anna dos Santos, the Troop’s MBU Coordinator, at anna.dossantos@comcast.net.
1/24 – 26 – January Troop Outing – Cross country skiing, snow shoeing and maybe ice fishing in Maple Corner Farm, Granville MA
- We will be camping in a cabin at Moses Scout Reservation 310 Birch Hill Road Russell MA. We’ve camped here before and boys had a positive experience. The cabin has a wood burning stove and electricity and there are outhouses for facilities.
- If the conditions allow the scouts may choose to try sleeping in a snow fort/cave that they have built.
- If there isn’t snow for these activities, there will be alternate plans for some hiking on the trails near the camp.
- Fee for the trip is $20 which will cover the cost of the camp, food, Trail Ticket and cost for equipment rental.
- Sign up deadline is Jan 8th
- All forms and payment due Jan 22nd
- Pay via PayPal: PayPal.Me/troop29franklin Please note the event/trip is that you are paying for in the memo field.
- If you want to send directly through your PayPal account/app you can send to franklintroop29@gmail.com. Please select the “send money to family/friend” option.
- Sign up now
1/29 – Troop Meeting and COH @ the Franklin United Methodist Church 7 – 8:30pm
- COH
- Adult Open House – We have several leaders stepping down and new adult leaders are needed. Come and learn how you can help the Troop
2/2 – Celebrating Scout Sunday at St. Mary’s Church in Franklin
Who: All Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and Adult Leaders
Where: Meet in the lower church of St. Mary’s
When: Sunday, Feb 2nd at 8:30 a.m. (for the 9:00 mass)
What to wear: Class A uniform, no hat.
We will have adult supervision so even if no leaders are attending from a troop/pack, scouts are encourage to participate.
We are also looking for Readers, Ushers and Altar Servers if any scouts are interested in participating. If you have any questions, contact Bob Collins at boherboy@yagoo.com or call/text 508-594-0736
2/5 – PLC & Committee Meeting @ the Franklin United Methodist Church. 82 West Central St
- PLC (6:30 – 7:30)
- Committee Meeting (7:30 – 8:30) All adults are encouraged to attend the committee meeting.
2/12 – Troop Meeting @ the Franklin United Methodist Church 7 – 8:30pm
2/19 – No Troop Meeting – February Vacation Week
2/26 – Troop Meeting @ the Franklin United Methodist Church 7 – 8:30pm
2/28 – 3/1 – February Troop Outing – Alpine Skiing and Riding at Ragged Mountain, NH.
- Sign up deadline is Feb 12th
- All forms and payment due Feb 26th
- Pay via PayPal: PayPal.Me/troop29franklin Please note the event/trip is that you are paying for in the memo field.
- If you want to send directly through your PayPal account/app you can send to franklintroop29@gmail.com. Please select the “send money to family/friend” option.
- Sign up now
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