ANNOUNCEMENTS

Calling All Troop 20/20 Alumni

– Please consider donating your can/bottles to our Troop. They can be dropped off at the Elks during Troop meetings on Thursdays from 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
– The 40th Year Reunion date has been set (Saturday, May 9th 2020). Please consider joining our Reunion committee. If interested please email us at t2020ct@gmail.com.
– We are building an alumni directory. Please email us at t2020ct@gmail.com with your name, contact information, and which years you were part of the Troop so we can keep in touch with you.

Strong Family Farm Harvest Festival

Opportunity for service hours if your scout is not able to go to the Nolan property campout. Click here for the flyer. We can do a recruiting table and they are also looking for help setting up Saturday morning and tearing down after the event on Oct 19. Please let Mr. Houghtaling, smhoughtaling@gmail.com know if your scout will be attending.

Nolan Property (10/19-10/20) Permission Slip

The permission slip is available for the Nolan Property campout (Saturday 10/19 – Sunday 10/20). Permission slips and payment are due at the 10/10 troop meeting.

Reminder: Help Needed – Sam Yencho’s Eagle Service Project This Saturday (10/5) @ 9:30 AM

Reminder: Sam Yencho’s Eagle service project is this Saturday (10/5) at 9:30 AM. It will take place at the Vernon Teen Center (YMCA preschool) at 375 Hartford Turnpike in Vernon. Please bring shovels, garden rakes, hoes, and gloves. He’d like to have a few more cordless drills and stepladders if possible. Please text Sam at 860-490-5713 if you have either of these to bring.

Reminder: Court Of Honor Tomorrow (10/3) @ 7:00 PM

Reminder: Court of Honor tomorrow night (10/3) @ 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Agenda: Announcements, awards, ice cream!
Scouts must wear full Class A uniform

Personal Fitness Merit Badge Class – Sunday 9/29 @ 1:00 PM

Mr. Nevelos will be starting an Eagle required personal fitness merit badge class at his house (54 Hillcrest Drive in Vernon) on Sunday 9/29 @ 1:00 PM for interested scouts. Please note that scouts that have not completed the First Class fitness requirements will only receive a partial for this merit badge because they need to finish those requirements before they do the 12-week physical fitness program. Please wear exercise clothes and sneakers on Sunday. You are also welcome to bring a bathing suit and towel if you’d like to go swimming when the class ends.

Help Needed: Sam’s Eagle Service Project

Greetings fellow scouts and scout leaders! It would be incredibly helpful to the community if everyone who is available could come support Sam Yencho’s eagle scout project. On October 5, 2019 at 9:30 AM (rain date October 6, 2019), Sam Yencho’s eagle project will take place at the Vernon Teen Center (YMCA preschool) at 375 Hartford Turnpike, Vernon at the playground in the back of the building (the one against the back of the building). Please come and support this eagle project, and by extension, the community at large. The more people that come, the better, so bring any friends that you can as well! Moreover, if you have any used playground toys that you do not use anymore, feel free to bring them to the eagle project and we can donate it to the YMCA where preschoolers can make good use of them. Community service hours and refreshments will be provided. Thank you all for your help and support. Please RSVP by texting Sam at 860-490-5713.

Yankee Candle Fundraiser Update

Sale ends October 4th. For people that don’t order online, I need the order by that day. To make it easier for people, if they have combined orders worth more than $100, they can place it online and it will ship directly to them and shipping is free. Any questions, please text me at (860) 502-8108. Thanks, Gabi

Committee Meeting – Tuesday 9/24 @ 7:30 PM

There is a committee meeting at Bill Magnotta’s house (53 Marjorie Lane) on Tuesday 9/24 at 7:30 PM. Note: There will not be a scout leaders meeting this month.

East Of The River Camporee Canceled

EEE Connecticut Rivers Council Update

The Risk Management committee in conjunction with the Connecticut Department of Public Health have now deemed the danger of overnight camping to be too high because of the risk of the mosquito-borne illness EEE and its levels found in Connecticut.

With no hard frost in the forecast and with the continued dialogue with State agencies, the decision has been made to only conduct Council and District events from dawn to dusk until the risk is cleared.

Please note this decision was made for the safety of all Scouts and Scouters taking part in these events.

Below are the events in which this ruling effects in the immediate:

Webelos Woods at Workcoeman 9/20-9/22 * Now Saturday only
Ordeal Weekend at Webster 9/20-/9/22 * Canceled
East of the River Camporee 9/27-29th *Canceled
No overnight Camping at our properties

All units and individuals will be refunded for those registered to these events that got canceled or could not make it do to the changes.

Thank you for your understanding and joining us in our commitment to keep our Scouting family safe.
Yours in Scouting,
Connecticut Rivers Council, BSA