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Reminder: Annual Dues Due Thursday 9/29

Annual Dues: $125 and are due in September. We are also asking registered adult leaders to consider donating $63 to cover their registration fee with Council, normally covered by the Troop. We do not want to deny anyone the Scouting experience due to financial reasons, so we will confidentially work with any families in need.

Volunteers Needed: Elks Annual Soccer Shoot – Saturday 9/24

Volunteers needed – Come down to VCMS anytime from 8:30 to 12;30 to help set up, score the shooters or clean-up. Come the whole time or part of the time. If you have high school students or scouts that need community service hours this qualifies. Contact Randy 860-519-4645 for more information or confirm your participation. Please check out the flyer.

Committee Meeting – Tuesday 9/27 @ 7:30 PM

There is a committee meeting at Bill Magnotta’s house (53 Marjorie Lane in Vernon) on Tuesday, September 27th at 7:30 PM.

Volunteers Needed: Pack 221 Recruiting Event

Volunteers are needed to help at the Pack 221 recruiting event on Tuesday 9/20 from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM at the Rockville Fish & Game Club. Please check out the flyer and have your scout contact Jonah (the Senior Patrol Leader) if he is able to go.

Reminder For Tonight’s Troop Meeting

Reminder for the scouts and adults going on the Martha’s Vineyard trip – Packed duffel bags and bikes need to be brought to tonight’s troop meeting so they can be loaded on the trucks. Also, don’t forget your helmet because no helmet = no bike ride!

Citizenship in Society Merit Badge Class

Hello Parents and Scouts!
For those scouts that participated in the Citizenship in Society Merit Badge class in August, we have scheduled Sept 22, 2022 at 6:30 as a class before scouts to have everyone finish the last 3 requirements.
Mr. & Mrs. Nevelos will be available during the class to finish up any group discussions. We hope that everyone will attend and finish up. I would love to award these merit badges at the Court of Honor on Sept 29th.

I will be unable to attend the earlier meeting as our lone senior scout has senior pictures this evening (!), but I will head to the meeting as soon as I can get there. We will document the finished requirements and get them over to Mr. Miller to sign off and complete the merit badge. Any questions, please let me know!
Thanks everyone for your support! I’m proud of these scouts for tackling this merit badge as the topics aren’t always easy to talk about.

Ms. Bradshaw

The remaining requirements are #6, 8 & 9.
Requirement 6:

6. With your parent’s or guardian’s approval, connect with another Scout or youth your own age who has an identity that’s different from yours. (This means a trait, belief, or characteristic different from you.)

(a) Share with each other what makes the different aspect of your identity meaningful/special to you

(b) Share with each other either one of the following:

(i) A time you felt excluded from a group.
• What was the situation?
• How did it make you feel?
• What did you do?
• Did anyone stand up for you?
• What did you learn?
• Would you do anything differently today?

(ii) This imaginary situation:
• You’re attending a new school and don’t know anyone there yet. You notice they dress very differently than you do. At lunchtime, you decide you’ll try to sit with a group to get to know other students. People at two tables tell you there is someone sitting at the currently empty seat at their table, so you end up eating by yourself.
– How would that make you feel?
– What could the students have done?
– If that happened at your school, what would you do? c. Discuss with your counselor what you learned from the discussion with the other Scout or youth.

Requirement 8:

8. With the help of your parent or guardian, study an event that had a positive outcome on how society viewed a group of people and made them feel more welcome. Describe to your counselor the event and what you learned.

Requirement 9:

9. Document and discuss with your counselor three or more areas in your life outside of Scouting where you feel you can actively provide stronger leadership in.

(a) Making others feel included.

(b) Practicing active listening.

(c) Creating an environment where others feel comfortable to share their ideas and perspectives.

(d) Helping others feel valued for their input and suggestions.

(e) Standing up for others.

Service Request from the Elks

The Elks asked if we could provide 4-6 volunteers for tomorrow between 10-12 to help move tables and chairs back to the carriage house (big event today at the Elks). They will also donate all the returns from today’s event to us.

Still Needed: 2 Adults & 4 Scouts For Cans & Bottles This Saturday

We still need two adults and four scouts to volunteer at our monthly cans and bottles collection event this Saturday (9/10) from 9:00 AM to noon. Please click here for the online signup sheet.

Vernon / Ellington Area – Boy Scout Troop 20/20 Returnable Beverage Containers Monthly Collection – Saturday 9/10 @ 9:00 AM – Noon

Vernon / Ellington Area – Boy Scout Troop 20/20
Returnable Beverage Containers Monthly Collection:

Click here for the flyer.

2nd Saturday of each Month between 9:00 AM to Noon.

Snow Date; the next day, 2nd Sunday same time (unless also snowed-out!)

THANK YOU, to our very supportive community! We have settled into a regular schedule now, and have many Regular Customers!

There are currently 3 Options to deposit your collection of Returnables:

• Option 1 (Preferred) – Drop-off; your returnables at the Rockville Elks Lodge 1359, Carriage House Basement Garage (all the way down around the back) Collection & Sorting Operations on Saturday between 9:00 AM and noon.
• Option 2 (by request) – Pick-up; Send an email to t2020ct@gmail.com with your local residential address; put your collection of returnables outside by 9:00 AM, and they will be picked up Saturday before Noon.
• Option 3 (scheduled) – Bulk, Towns other than Vernon / Ellington, other special circumstances; Send an email to t2020ct@gmail.com with your address & any other contact information in order to have a pick-up scheduled outside of our set day.

Reminder: Permission Slips & Payments Due Thursday For Martha’s Vineyard

Reminder: Permission slips and payments are due Thursday (9/8) for the Martha’s Vineyard bicycle trip.