Parker’s High Adventure Troop

MEETINGS:  Tuesdays 7:00 to 8:30pm with PATROL LEADERS COUNCIL: 4th Tuesday of the Month
(with exceptions, see calendar)
Welcome to Troop 16’s Website: your resource for information on the Troop and current happenings
Scoutmaster: Mr. Nate Smith – 303 746-4013
Troop Committee Chair: Mrs. Colleen Combest  – 303 946-4700
Senior Patrol Leader: Otto H.
Please use this link to contact our leaders via e-mail.
More information about the troop can be found in our Troop 16 Informational Trifold
Troop 16 – Home of the Survivorman Challenge and the Adventure Race
Information about the 2019 Popcorn Sale can be found here.

Pancake Supper Volunteers are needed!

Volunteers are needed to sell pancake supper tickets and to work the pancake supper! Please use the links below to sign up and receive service hours!

Ticket Sales Link:
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/4090b4ea8a92fa46-pancake

Pancake Supper Night:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090b4ea8a92fa46-2020

Scout Sunday 02/09/2020

Volunteers are needed for Scout Sunday at PUMC. Duties will be greeting church members and selling pancake supper tickets. This is a very easy way to earn a service hours for rank advancement or for school. You must wearing your Class A Uniform (a.k.a. your scout uniform) to volunteer. Please signup at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0F44A4A82AAB9-2020!

Snow Sports Campout February 21 – 23, 2020

Sign-ups are now open for the Snow Sports campout to be held Feb 21-23, 2020.

This is a popular campout and affords the opportunity to earn the Snow Sports merit badge.

We will be snow camping at the Tennessee Pass trailhead near Ski Cooper. Ski Cooper is an ideal ski and snowboard venue with plenty of terrain for beginners and experienced skiers alike. Ski Cooper visitors also benefit from smaller crowds and affordable lift tickets. Cost will be standard camp fee of $20 plus the cost of a lift ticket and/or equipment rental (group prices are being negotiated). The Troop encourages adult sign-ups too and we are looking for an adult Camp Host for this campout, contact Mr. Kamm for details.

Melita Island Summer Camp – 2nd Payment link now active

Melita Island Summer Camp

Camp date: July 25 – August 2, 2020

Summer camp 2020 will be a return to Melita Island! This one of Troop 16’s perennial favorite summer camps.  Melita Island is a 64-acre island in Flathead Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Montana. It is part of the Flathead Indian Reservation.

Melita Island is a superb place for Scouts to hone their leadership skills, revel in the island’s natural environment, and participate in all kinds of water-related activities. Melita Island offers a number of unique traits that make it an appealing place for Scouts from all over Montana, the nation, and indeed, the world, to come and camp.

Total Cost will be $800 per Scout, and $550 per adult. This fee is the camp fee plus transportation and food costs. Per Troop policy, payments are not refundable, unless someone else takes that spot.

Questions? Contact David Hilgartner at davidhilgartner64@gmail.com or via text at 303-883-4122

Payment schedule:

• First payment – Reservation Deposit  (due Jan 10, 2020):
  • $100 per Scout, $100 per Adult
  • LINK TO Trooptrack SIGNUP PAGE- $100 Deposit
• Second payment (due Feb 12, 2020):
  • $350 per scout, $225 per adult
  • LINK to Trooptrack 2nd Payment RSVP page
• Final Payment (due April 21, 2020):
  • $350 per scout, $225 per adult

Colorado Report to the State Feb 13, 2020

Denver Area Council’s Annual Report to the State is on Thursday, February 13, 2020 at the Colorado State Capitol in the Old Supreme Court Chamber.  Presentations will be made by youth delegates from BSA Councils throughout Colorado.  Listen to live legislative sessions in the Senate or House of Representatives.  Participate in guided tours of the State Capitol and Dome.  Enjoy lunch and a commemorative pin!

Register at https://www.denverboyscouts.org/activities-events/report-to-the-state/

Feb 13, 2020   8am – 2:30pm  Cost is $15 per person.  Space is limited.

Winter Campout – January 17 – 19, 2020

This January 17-19, Troop 16 returns to YMCA of the Rockies Snow Mountain Ranch for our Troop 16 Polar Bear Challenge campout.

If we are lucky the temperature at night will drop below 0° F and we will earn the Denver Area Council Polar Bear Award patch.  This campout will be an education in cold weather camping and cooking.

During our stay we will have free access to the many fun facilities at Snow Mountain Ranch like the Tubing Hill, the ice rink, and Kiva.  The Kiva is a huge gymnasium rec   center where we stay toasty warm and enjoy rollerskating, basketball, ping pong, games, you-name-it.  Nervous about the cold?  Don’t Be!  Your Scout Leaders will give you all the tips and tricks to have a successful, comfortable, and fun winter camping experience.

Camp Host for this campout is TBD (contact Camp Coordinator Brian Kamm (303) 828-8280 if you are interested in hosting).

Troop Track Sign Up

2019 Adventure Race – November Campout

2019 ADVENTURE RACE

the 2019 Adventure Race is upon us!

Calling all Knights and Men-at-Arms! The annual Troop 16 Adventure Race is on! The theme this year, back by popular demand, is Monty Python’s Quest for the Holy Grail. Join us in this life-sized race through over a dozen challenges scattered around Peaceful Valley as you seek enough power to get past the Black Knight, defeat the Killer Rabbit, and claim the Grail. You will enjoy the Royal Feast afterwards.

Contact your Camp Host, Dave Hilgartner, with questions about the campout, or your Gamemaster, Rob Beyerly, with questions about what the heck a Grail is.

Parents, please consider coming out for the weekend or just for the day on Saturday. We need lots of help to pull it off. Peaceful Valley is located at Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch, North Elbert Road, Elbert, CO.

SIGN UP HERE:  https://bsa16.trooptrack.com/plan/events/1084742

RSVP by Friday, Nov 8.

We meet at the PUMC church parking lot at 4 pm on 11/15/19.  As always, please bring your dinner for Friday.

Driving Directions to Peaceful Valley

Basic Gear Checklist

Recharter 2020

REMINDER:  Please pay your dues on TroopTrack by Tuesday Nov 5 and turn in your new BSA background check at the troop meeting tomorrow.  

Greetings Troop!  It’s Rechartering time again! Thanks to all of you for your continued support for Troop 16. If recharter seems early this year, that’s because it is. Denver Area Council is now following a Jan 1-Dec 31 calendar.

Click HERE to access Recharter on TroopTrack.

• Deadline to pay dues is Nov 5, 2019. 
• Adult fee $36  Youth Fee $72 which includes Boys Life
• If you want to waive Boys Life, post a message in TroopTrack and we will credit your Scout Account.
• All adults must have YPT current through at least Feb 2020 and provide a new signed background check disclosure.
• $100 popcorn packs are available for sale through Council.  Scouts earn $35 per pack to help pay for the dues increase. Contact Mrs. Arambula for details.
• Questions?  Contact Colleen Combest prior to the registration deadline.

Please be kind and register on time!

Colleen Combest – Committee Chair

Cameron Chipman – Eagle Scout!!

Congratulations to Cameron Chipman!  On October 23^rd, Cameron became Troop 16’s 147th Eagle Scout. Cameron’s Eagle Scout Project was to paint and power-wash the barn at the Edwards Foundation.

Luciano Orlandino – Eagle Scout!!

Congratulations to Luciano Orlandino!  On October 23^rd, Luciano became Troop 16’s 146th Eagle Scout. Luciano’s Eagle Scout Project was to turn a garden at Northeast Elementary School into an outdoor classroom.