Pancake Supper and Scout Sunday

PUMC and Troop 16 need your help! We need boys to help sell Pancake Supper Tickets before and after the church services on February 5th, 12th, and 19th. Service hours will be given for all who work a shift.

In addition, PUMC needs our assistance with Ushering on Scout Sunday, February 12th.

Sign-ups are now online for both of these activities. If you signed up at the Court of Honor, you have already been added to the signups here.

Click here to find out more and sign up.

IT’S RECHARTER TIME!

Thank you for being a part of Troop 16 and supporting Boys Scouts of America.   One of the ways you show your support is by annually renewing your membership in the troop and BSA by paying your recharter fees for both scouts and registered adults.  The recharter amounts are: $27 for first scout, which includes a yearly subscription to Boys Life magazine, and $15 for each additional scout and each adult.  In addition, all adults must have their current YPT on file. Please make sure you are not dropped from the roster.  The deadline to have all fees turned in and adult training completed is January 31st.  Thank you in advance for making sure the troop’s recharter process goes smoothly.   If you have any questions, please contact Deb Worby.  Again, thank you and Happy 2012!

February Campout - Winter Olympics 2012

Do you have what it takes to survive a weekend of winter fun?  If so, plan on attending the Troop 16 Winter Olympics 2012 campout.  This will also be another opportunity to earn your polar bear award.  This years camp will test your skills in shelter building, fire making, blizzard challenge, cobbler making contest and a winter version of capture the flag.  If you did not get to camp with the Troop in January, this may be your last opportunity to camp in the snow this year.  Click here to get to the sign up page and get signed up for the best snow camping experience available!!!!!!

Josh Worby Earns Eagle Scout Rank

Troop 16 is pleased to announce the newest member of a life time achievement, Eagle Scout.
On January 16th, 2012 Josh completed his final Eagle Board of Review to become our troops next and first Eagle Scout for 2012.
A rank statistically received by very few who enter scouting. Through countless hours of hard work and great fun, Josh has earned this great honor.
Josh knows that the time he has put into scouting to receive this rank was not earned alone. It also goes to the credit of parents, adult volunteers and fellow scouts that supported Josh to this day.
Thank you all and congratulations Josh Worby.

PANCAKE SUPPER IS COMING SOON!

The date of this year’s Pancake Supper fundraiser is Feb. 21.  All scouts need to participate by selling tickets and working the evening of the event!

This year the ticket prices and the structure of how many tickets need to be sold have both changed.  Tickets this year are a flat $5.00 per person.  Ticket sales requirements per family are: 1 scout=8 tickets, 2 scouts=12 tickets, 3 scouts=16 tickets, 4 scouts = 20 tickets.

Tickets will be sold at PUMC on Feb 5, Feb 12, & Feb 19.  Scouts can receive community service hours for helping with this.

We also need lots of adult help to make this fundraiser successful.

Tickets to be sold can be picked up and signup sheets for Sunday ticket sales and adult help will be available at the Winter Court of Honor on Jan. 31.  Be sure to come to the COH to pick up your tickets, signup to help, and learn more about this year’s event.  See you there!

Newest Eagle Scout

I am both pleased and PROUD to announce TAYLOR FITTJE as Troop 16’s newest Eagle Scout!!!  Taylor drove an ALPHA-1  awareness campaign alerting hundreds of people to an insidious and debilitating disease and possibly saved lives!  He smoked his Eagle Board of Review impressing all members both personally and as a shining example of Troop 16.

CONGRATULATIONS EAGLE SCOUT TAYLOR FITTJE!!!

January Camp Out - Polar Bear Challenge

Camp Plans have been updated on the signup page below.  Back by popular demand, the Polar Bear Challenge at Snow Mountain Ranch in Frasier, Colorado.  Frasier is the coldest place in Colorado, so our hopes are high that all participants will earn their Polar Bear.  The ranch offers sledding, roller skating, dodge ball, snow shoeing, cross country skiing and other fun activities.  Scouts will be sleeping and eating outside and will have access to these activities during the day.  Mr. Hardy is the camp host.  Click here to be directed to the sign up page.

Nov 22 Troop Meeting

This is a friendly reminder that there is no troop meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011.  Please enjoy the time off after a very successful campout this past weekend.  Here is a link for a video from this past weekend.  Please make sure to watch this with all the family to see what scouting is all about: 

http://youtu.be/KfBxs5UHFvw

I hope that everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving with family and friends. Our next meeting is a PLC meeting on Nov. 29, 2011 at PUMC.

Summer Camp 2012 Sign-up now online!!!!!

This is the camp your mother warned you about!!!!  Push yourself to the limit by attending Camp Laramie Peak in 2012.  This camp offers “Xtreme Scouting” activities, including Zip Lines, Mountain Boarding, BMX biking, Overnight Mountain Biking, Climbing and other awesome activities.  The Camp also offers many merit badges as well.  The fee for those not registered by December 1st is now $250 for Scouts and $100 for adults.  This is a small camp and will fill up quickly.  Sign up now to ensure your spot at this awesome camp!!!  Click here for the signup page

Reminder for Race - Turn at First Entrance

Just a quick reminder for folks coming to this weekend’s Adventure Race (Scouts and Webelos) to turn at the first entrance to Peaceful Valley, also known as the North Entrance. 

You’ll then make one right and one left, then wind around into Adventure Valley.  This is also the new Shooting Sports/Sporting Clays area.  Click Here for a Map of the way in.  Remember Peaceful Valley is about 10 miles south of Kiowa, near Elbert.

Parking will be tricky with all the folks who are coming, so try and keep down the number of vehicles you are bringing and know that we will probably park you in a fairly undeveloped field (don’t bring that sports car).  See you there.