The Troop meeting on Tuesday, June 12th, 2018 will be our Annual Family Summer Potluck Picnic
Which will be held at:
Stonegate Swimming Complex from 6:00 to 9:00 pm HERE
10326 Stonegate Parkway – Parker, CO 80134
More Details on what you need to bring and Signup(s) are HERE
We also do the Troops Annual Swim Test for Adults and Scouts,
Detailed Infomation on Swim Test, BSA water safety, and Sign-ups are: HERE
Sign-up closes 6-13 Wednesday Night: The June 2018 campout signup is now open. Scouts will be able to work on motorboating and watersports merit badges.
This will be a fun-filled weekend that will consist of swimming, water skiing, wakeboarding, kayaking, tubing, with games and a fire on the beach.
Sign up on Troop Track: HERE and more info is HERE
Swim tests are required for all Adults and Scouts prior to going into the water for this trip and Summer Camp!
The Parker Days Festival will be held in downtown Parker on June 7 – 10, 2018. We will also provide one crew for final clean-up on the morning of June 11, 2018. Each year, Troop 16 provides hundreds of hours of service taking care of all the trash at the Parker Days Festival as the biggest of our 3 annual fund raisers. All Troop 16 members are required to participate.
This year the requirement is that every scout needs to work 8 hours during the weekend. The first 4 hours take care of the commitment needed for the troop. The second four hours can be used to get a free all day ride pass or to be used as service hours for rank advancement. The ages next to the signups are just suggestions. Typically our younger scouts (1st and 2nd year scouts) work the morning and day shifts and our older scouts work the late night shifts. Again, these are only suggestions. Please sign up when it is convenient for your family.
We are asking this year that you do not sign up any siblings this year. Please feel free to bring them during the shift and we will put them to work, but we want the sign up to be for the scouts. If you want to let the shift leader know that a sibling is coming that would be very kind, one of our scout laws.
Here is a clarification of the different Adult sign up options:
Shift Leader (Works Troop HQ tent): In years past, scout moms have worked these shifts, but it can be any adult.
Rover (Oversees trash needs in park and typically drives golf cart around getting trash loaded onto cart and taking the trash to the dumpsters.)
Adult Leader (Leads Scouts in trash pickup. You will walk around with an assigned group of boys to make sure the trash is picked up and work is getting done.)
Lastly, your Parker Days committee (Daniel Faust, Tom Loveland, and Beth Huffman) thank you for your service to the troop. We want to thank everyone that has ever worked at Parker Days as this is a large group effort. We hear all the time about what a great troop we have and how hard working we are and it makes us smile every time knowing that you all have contributed to the high regard we have within the community.
To register, please CLICK HERE.
Attention all parents of scouts attending summer camp , there will be an information meeting to go over camp details and to answer any questions you may have.
Please join at 7:15 pm on May 1st at PUMC.
The Troop 16 Merit Badge College will be on Saturday, April 28th 2018 at PUMC
Merit Badges offered: Citizenship in the World, Communications, First Aid, Personal Management, Citizenship in the Nation, Cooking, Cycling and Camping
Be sure to register early in order to complete course prerequisites.
See more details and sign up instructions are HERE
Troop,
Our church workday is scheduled for Saturday May 5th at 8:00 am. This event is where the Troop gives back to our Charter Organization, Parker United Methodist Church, please RSVP in Troop Track HERE so your hours get logged. Make sure you bring a sunscreen, sunglasses,water bottle,work gloves, rakes, shovels, etc. and be ready to get your hands dirty. For those of you trying to get to Life rank and need 3 conservation related service hours, this is a great way to get them.
Please let Mrs. Lipman know if you have questions.
Scouts and Adults come on out and show off your knot tying skills and help support Ronald McDonald House!!!
I will be hosting a workday, to make fleece blankets, as part of my Eagle Project on 4/14 (8:30am to 4:30pm) at PUMC. A couple of local sewing groups have been kind enough to volunteer their time and skills to help us make 50 fleece blankets that day. No sewing experience is needed. There will be opportunities to learn how to sew for those that want too, but mostly we will be tying knots, which is a basic scout skill.
Lunch (pizza) will be provided and we will have a ton of fun! Please signup at the following link (Blanket Making sign up)
Also, if you are interested in coming to Ronald McDonald House to help cook and server dinner, let me know. Cooking Day will be April 27th starting at 4pm.
Thanks,
Kyle P.
The April campout will be to one of Colorado’s finest National Parks, The Great Sand Dunes. Join the troop on a weekend that will get sand in your shoes and take a hike to a nice waterfall. For information about the campout and the signup can be found on the informational page.
You’ve crossed over to Troop 16, you’ve signed the paperwork, now it is time to have your first Outing of Scouting. Join us for the first year overnighter where boys will start down their path of scouting and learn the fundamentals of scout skills. There will also be plenty of information for the new adults. Please refer to the informational page for details and the signup.