Veteran Gear Page now active to request and donate items.

A new Veteran Gear Coordinator Page is available which allows you to view available donated items, request items, and donate items. Click on the Veteran Gear Coordinator link on the right side of the home page and you can view available items already donated by members of the troop. Once you sign in, you can complete a form to donate an item for others to use or to request an item which you need from the list. This form will be automatically forwarded to the Vet Gear Coordinator and then he can respond to your request directly via e-mail.

This is a great way to get an item which you need without expense and to put to good use those items which you no longer need. There are plenty of scouts who can benefit from donated items and for those who donate, this is a good way to make sure that those items you donate will be put to good use by your fellow scouts.

Please check it out.

Your Vet Gear Coordinator

A New Way To Add Information to BSA16.ORG

A Website Request Form has just been added to this site.  It can be found under the Quick Links area to the right and is labeled “Website Request”.  If you have a special event that you want posted (Safety Training, Eagle Project, A Useful Web Link, etc) please use this form to send the information to the Webmaster.

2010 Summer Camp Guide Now Online

Summer Camp at Ben Delatour Scout Ranch is fast approaching, and it is now time to start thinking about your son’s activities during the week.

The Summer Camp Guide Book is now available for review online. Please review the information contained in this document as you consider options for your scout at Summer Camp.  We will be posting Troop 16 options a little closer to our trip.

Summer Camp Guide

June - Lost Creek Backpacking Signup Online

The June High Adventure Campout will be a 4-day backpacking trek into the Lost Creek Wilderness.  We will leave the church at 4:00 pm on Thursday, June 17, and will return on Sunday afternoon. During the Trek we expect to backpack 15 or more miles over 2 1/2 days, while exploring the unique geologic monoliths that are present in the Lost Creek Wilderness.

The trek is open to scouts 13 years old or older and First Class Rank or higher. To find out more, and to sign up, click here.

This is a great prep trip for Philmont and Northern Tier, but you don’t have to be going to these National High Adventure Bases to come.

Merit Badge Opportunity

There is a merit badge opportunity coming up for the Disabilites Awareness merit badge (on 6/5/10 in Castle Pines) .  There is no charge but it has a limited enrollment.  If you are interested in this, sign up ASAP!  Go to:   http://www.denverboyscouts.org/registration/calendardetail.asp?orgkey=1775&ActivityKey=803198

Mock Disaster

Usually when I post things here I am speaking to the scouts or trying to get volunteers to staff an event for the scouts.  Today I am going to break tradition. 

First and foremost I would like to say that I am truely grateful to be in an organization with so many wonderful people.  I know we all got involved in scouts for our sons.  But they are not the only ones who benefit.  I have made many, many friends right here in Troop 16.

So… I would like to thank you all for giving up your Tuesdays and helping to put on such a wonderful program for all our boys.  Thanks to those of you who go camping with our boys so many times a year.  Thanks to all of you who spend countless hours organizing, planning, counseling and mentoring. 

But especially, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for letting us squirt fake blood all over you!  :) 

To everyone involved in the Mock Disasters…You are the BEST!