ANNOUNCEMENTS

Committee Meeting – Tuesday 2/22 @ 7:30 PM

There is a committee meeting at Bill Magnotta’s house (53 Marjorie Lane in Vernon) on Tuesday, February 22nd at 7:30 PM. Masks, social distancing, pre-checklist questionnaire, and no food sharing please.

Sam Yencho’s Eagle Court of Honor

Mark your Calendars!

An Eagle Court of Honor will be held for Sam Yencho on Sunday, March 6, 2022 at 2PM at the Elks Carriage House. All current and past scouts, leaders, parents and friends are invited. A more formal invitation will be forthcoming with further details.

We hope you will join us for this celebration of achievement!

Reminder: Permission Slips & Payments Due Tomorrow For Black Rock

Reminder: Permission slips and payments are due tomorrow (2/10) for the Black Rock trip.

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

We still need a minimum of two adults and four scouts to volunteer at our monthly cans and bottles collection event this Saturday (2/12) 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 2/12 @ 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 Deposits Due Thursday 2/24

A $50 deposit per Scout camper is due to the Troop by Thursday, February 24th. Our new summer camp coordinator, Emily Westerberg, will be at the upcoming Troop meetings to collect the deposits. The Summer Camp Info page of our Troop’s website has been updated for 2022.

2/3 Troop Meeting Reminder

Please have your scout bring his first aid kit to tomorrow night’s troop meeting. Also, don’t forget to always bring the Scouts handbook so requirements can be signed off and updated in Scoutbook.

Black Rock Permission Slip (2/19-2/21)

The permission slip is available for the Black Rock trip (Saturday 2/19 – Monday 2/21). Permission slips and payment are due at the troop meeting on Thursday 2/10.

Date: Saturday 02/19/2022 – Monday 02/21/2022

Drop Off: Saturday morning at Black Rock (Depart from Elks at 7:45 AM so we can all drive there together)

Pick Up: Monday morning at Black Rock (Will be back at Elks around 2:00 PM)

If carpooling is the only option for your scout to be able to participate then please make sure to give your permission below for your scout to ride with others that do not reside in the same household to and from the campout. This option is dependent on there being a driver willing to transport scouts that don’t live in their household. You may be asked by the driver to provide vaccination status.

Council’s Carpooling guidelines – We still do not recommend carpooling when avoidable. If you do carpool, we ask the unit employ permission slips and uses masks in the vehicles (unless all within the same family unit masks would not be required.)

Location: Black Rock Forest Consortium 65 Reservoir Road Cornwall, NY 12518

Troop/Patrol Cooking: Troop Cooking (individually plated)

Tent/Cabin/Lean-to: Cabin (All participants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or present a witnessed negative test (home tests are not allowed) taken no more than 72 hours prior to departure. Please remember that fully vaccinated means that all shots have been received and that more than two weeks has elapsed since the last one. Verification by the CDC vaccination card is required.)

Duffel Bag/Backpack: Backpack

Cost: $25 (CASH ONLY) – Plus spending money for the West Point souvenir shop and lunch at McDonald’s on the way home (parking lot tailgate dining)

Permission Slips & Money Due: Thursday 02/10/2022 Troop Meeting

Troop 20/20 Campout Supply List

Connecticut Rivers Council COVID Guidelines

If you have a family emergency and need to contact an adult leader during the trip, here are a few contacts.
Bill Magnotta: 860-748-2193 / Dan Nevelos: 860-836-8350 / Pete Bradshaw: 860-670-2862

Volunteers Needed: Cub Scout Pack 221 Pinewood Derby

American Legion Hall – 114 West St. Vernon

Friday, January 28th @ 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM: Weigh-in

Saturday, January 29th @ 9:00 AM – Noon: Race Day

Troop 20/20 will once again sponsor a car!

No Troop Meeting Tonight

There will not be a troop meeting tonight because the Vernon schools are closed today.

INCLEMENT WEATHER – When Vernon schools are cancelled
due to snow or ice (or any other reason schools are closed) there
will be no Scout Meeting