Premieres March 4
8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central
That’s right! Six episodes of the reality TV show “Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout?” will air on the National Geographic Channel starting Monday, March 4, at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central time. You can watch a trailer for the new show by visiting the “Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout?” website at www.ToughScout.com.
What: Spaghetti Dinner
Where: Worthington United Methodist Church
Date: February 23 (4:30pm – 7:30pm)
The Annual Spaghetti Dinner is rapidly approaching. Don’t forget to sell your tickets! Any money collected from the ticket sales can be turned in on the night of the dinner or on the following Monday during the regular troop meeting. Please make checks out to BSA Troop 365.
** Make sure that you wear your scout uniform and bring a dessert. **
Call your patrol leader if you have any questions about your patrol’s shift.
Special thanks to the Columbus SWAT team for hosting our scout troop tonight. The Columbus Division of Police SWAT team is one of only 15 full-time SWAT teams within the United States. The section was created in 1974 with the primary mission of addressing hostage and barricade situations.
Click here to see some pictures of the SWAT gear and vehicles from our visit tonight.
There are some great resources on the BSA 365 website, including an entire section on Trip Planning. A new addition to the trip planning page is the Winter Camping and Backpacking Tips. Check it out and make sure that you are prepared for your next winter activity.
What: Playing in the snow (if there is any)— skiing, snowboarding, tubing, at Boston Mills/Brandywine Ski area; camping in a cabin or your tent at Camp Manitoc in northeast Ohio; working on scouting skills for those who wish not to ski, snowboard or tube.
Who: Scouts, Leaders, and Parents! We will need older scouts and adults who will not be skiing to help with the scout skills!
When: Friday, February 15, 2013 – we meet at the Church at 5PM; leave at 5:30PM
Sunday, February 17, 2013 – we return to the Church at 1PM
Bring: Warm clothing; Scout essentials (see your handbook); other overnight gear (sleeping bag, pad, messkit, etc.).
Cost: $30.00 for camping only. Ski or snowboard rental and ski lift ticket will cost extra-about $50 per person if we get a group rate.
What: The BSA365 annual bushwhack hike. What is a bushwhack? It is a ten mile long hiking along the only National Scenic River in Ohio, the Little Miami River. There are many historic things to see along the trail in John Bryan State Park and the scenery along Clifton Gorge is spectacular this time of year. Half way through the hike, we stop that the Clifton Mill for lunch and pancakes bigger than your head. On the way home we will stop at Young’s Jersey Dairy for some ice cream. Practice your best MOOO so that you can earn an extra scoop of ice cream.
When: Saturday February 2, 2013; Meet at 7am at the church, return approximately 4pm.
Bring: Dress in layers (appropriately for the weather) and wear hiking boots. Bring a day pack with water/snacks and money for lunch at Clifton Mill and ice cream at Young’s Dairy.
Cost: $10 for transportation and big patch. Bring money for lunch and ice cream.
What: It’s time to get together to update everyone on the planning so far for the Gettysburg summer camp trip, and to finalize more details. My apologies to those who cannot make the meeting; we will have another such meeting (or rather, meetings) down the road, but I hope all of you can make it. We’ll have some snacks, a video, other visual aids, and lots of information to share and lots of questions to ask and answer. One of the big issues to discuss will be which merit badges do you boys wish to do that week, and which adults can serve as counselors for those badges.
When: Tuesday, January 29, at 7pm
Where: The Browning Lounge has been reserved at the church — the room on the north end of the church, first floor, past the old chapel (where we hold our Eagle Courts of Honor).
Merit Badge Super Saturday
What: Merit badge workshop at the LDS Meetinghouse offering the following merit badges:
First Aid, Emergency Preparedness, Robotics, Family Life, Oceanography, Weather, Genealogy, Geology, Personal Management, Public Health, Space Exploration, Communications, Fire Safety, Veterinary, Medicine
**Registration closes at 5pm on Friday, Feb 8 2013. Make sure you register here.
When: February 9, 2013 (8:00am – 2:00pm)
Where: LDS Meetinghouse, 1001 Doherty Rd, Galloway, OH
Cost: FREE*
* They are encouraging Scouts to bring a $5 donation so that Council can buy more robot kits, so more Robotics Merit Badge clinics can be held in the future.
Scouts should bring a copy of the Worksheet and a SIGNED blue card for each Merit Badge Clinic they’re attending. Scouts are also encouraged to bring a lunch if they plan to be at the event over the lunch break.
For more information and to REGISTER for the event, click here. Information on each clinic and links to the merit badge worksheets are available on the ‘Clinic Info’ tab.
Please congratulate these scouts next time you see them on their well deserved advancements!
There are a few changes to the boy scout rank and merit badge requirements that are coming in 2013. Unlike merit badges, modifications to rank requirements become effective immediately upon release from the National Council. If you have not yet had your Board of Review for one of the above ranks, you must meet the new/changed requirements. You can see a list of rank requirement changes below.
New Sustainability Merit Badge to Be an Eagle-Required Option
Starting in summer 2013, when the Sustainability merit badge becomes available, those working toward the Eagle Scout rank may choose to earn either the Sustainability merit badge OR the Environmental Science merit badge. Earning one or the other merit badge will be required. Scouts who have already earned Environmental Science may also earn Sustainability, but only one of the two merit badges will count as “Eagle-required.” The other may count as an elective merit badge necessary to reach the total of 21 required merit badges.
Starting Jan. 1, 2014, Cooking Merit Badge to Be Required for Eagle
Effective Jan. 1, 2014, the Cooking merit badge will be required to obtain the Eagle Scout rank. Regardless of when a Scout earned the Life rank or began working toward Eagle, unless he fulfills all the rank requirements – with the exception of his board of review – before Jan. 1, 2014, he must earn the Cooking merit badge to become an Eagle Scout.
Rank requirement changes for 2013:
Minor merit badge requirement updates for 2013:
For more information on the 2013 changes:
http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/2013_Boy_Scout_Requirement_Changes