fronczekf

Welcome to the 2022-2023 Scouting Year

Below are some important announcements for the start of the 2022-2023 scouting year.

• First Troop Meeting: Thursday, September 8th @ 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM – Permission slips & payment are due for the Martha’s Vineyard bicycle trip. For the people going on the bicycle trip, please bring bicycles for inspection.
• Parents/guardians planning to attend campouts need to complete Youth Protection Training. Please provide a copy of your completion certificate to the camping coordinator.
• 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.
• Vernon / Ellington Area – Boy Scout Troop 20/20 Returnable Beverage Containers Monthly Collection: Saturday, September 10th @ 9:00 AM – Noon (flyer)
• We need two adults and four scouts to volunteer at each of our monthly cans and bottles collection events. Please click here for the online signup sheet.
• Martha’s Vineyard Bicycle Trip: Friday, September 16th – Sunday, September 18th (permission slip)
• Committee Meeting: Tuesday, September 27th
• Court of Honor: Thursday, September 29th
• Save The Date For Summer Camp 2023: Sunday, July 30th – Saturday, August 5th

Citizenship in Society Merit Badge Class

Hello Scout and Families!
This Thursday we have an amazing opportunity to complete our newest merit badge Citizenship in Society.
Mr. Miller, social studies teacher from VCMS, will be conducting a class on Thursday, August 18, 2022 at the Elks Carriage house from 6:30-7:30pm. Any scout that is interested is welcome.

There are a few items to prepare in advance:

Prior to Thursday, the scout will need to have the following words researched and be prepared to discuss how they relate to the scout oath and law:
• Identities
• Inclusion
• Diversity 
• Discrimination
• Equity 
• Ethical Leadership
• Equality 
• Upstander

So come to the service project at 6 and stay for the class at 6:30pm!!!

We look forward to see many of you there!!

Any questions feel free to reach out to Jen Bradshaw.

Service Request from the Elks

Hello scouts and parents!

The Elks have requested some assistance from the scouts as they prepare for their annual golf tournament. They need help moving tables and chairs from the carriage house to the front lawn of the mansion.  

If we have enough people show up we can make quick work of this. I will sign off on any service hour requests for school and add them into Scoutbook.

The date is Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 6pm. We are hoping to be done by 6:30pm for those taking the merit badge class at 6:30pm.

Hope we see you all there. The Elks are very gracious with their facilities to the Troop, let’s repay their hospitality and get this done for them.  

Any questions, please reach out to Ms. Bradshaw (Townie92@gmail.com)

Thank you!

Troop Committee Annual Planning Meeting – Monday 8/15

The troop committee annual planning meeting will be on Monday August 15th at Bill Magnotta’s lake house (39 Vinton Road Holland, MA 01521). Adults and kids are welcome, bring bathing suits and a side dish or dessert. Hot dogs, hamburgers, and drinks will be provided. You may arrive any time after 1:00 PM, dinner will be at 6:00 PM and committee meeting will follow at 7:00 PM. Please RSVP to Bill Magnotta for BBQ count at magnottabill@gmail.com.

Still Needed: 2 Scouts For Cans & Bottles This Saturday

We still need two scouts to volunteer at our monthly cans and bottles collection event this Saturday (8/13) 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 8/13 @ 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.

Summer Camp Update

If you’re coming to the BBQ tonight, please park in the parking lot, and parents are lining up on the *lake* side of the flag pole. Arrive about 5 to give you time to get a ticket to the BBQ (you do not need to get one for your campers). Parents can stay for dinner and the closing campfire at 7:30. Parents are expected to go home and campers will head back to the site. Reminder: on Saturday campers have breakfast at 8, pick up is between 8:30-9.

Summer Camp Reminders

Summer camp drop-off is on Sunday 7/31 at 1:00 PM (please eat first, lunch is not served). Our troop is at Site 8B (on the left at the big American flag). You may be directed to the main parking lot and parade field.

Click here to go to the Summer Camp page on our Troop’s website for links to What To Bring (And NOT To Bring) To Camp, 2022 Camp Theme Days, and the Troop 2020 Summer Camp Policy.

Parents are invited to a BBQ and closing ceremony starting at 5:30 PM on Friday 8/5, campfire will start around 7:15 PM. Tickets to dinner can be purchased during drop-off or on Friday evening. The Friday night troop celebration after parents have left is a cornerstone team building activity. Scouts are expected to stay overnight Friday unless scoutmasters have been notified of a critical need to leave before hand. Parents should pick up scouts Saturday morning no later than 9:00 AM.

Leader Contact Info for the week:
Bill Magnotta: (860) 748-2193
Dan Nevelos: (860) 836-8350
Mike Pezzetti: (860) 416-4524

Last Call For Summer Camp

Attention ALL Troop 20/20 Scouts (Scouts’ family members, Scouts’ relatives, Scouts’ Friends)
Last Call for Summer Camp, yes there is still plenty of time and room, come one – come all
(Scouts, remember our “finders fee discount”, it still applies…)
Please coordinate with Mr. Magnotta (860 748 2193) & Mr. Pezzetti (860 872 7268)
See you at summer camp!

Your Troop Thanks you

Troop 20/20 Returnables Sorting Senior Scouts’ Run Event Friday July 22 from 8 to Noon

Attention All Troop 20/20 Scouts:
Friday Morning on July 22nd from 8:00 to Noon, there is a Senior Scouts’ run sorting event!
This event should be considered to be “mandatory” (as in we need as many of our scouts as is possible) to sort through our backlog of donations (and the backlog is BIG).
We’ll meet at the Elk’s Lodge Garage where everything is.
Please coordinate with one another for rides as necessary.

Your Troop Thanks you

PS:  “Rain Date” (severe weather) will be Saturday July 23rd, as we need this done (and everything evacuated out) before our Summer Camp Week…

PPS: Senior Scouts’ should start coordinating ASAP