November Campout 11-13 Island Lake

The November Bring-A-Friend campout is scheduled on November 11-13 , In cabins at Island Lake Recreation Area.
All money was due at last weeks troop meeting so contact Mr. Vertel to see if space is still available.

Joe B's Eagle scout project

Dear scouts, teammates, friends, family and neighbors:

I am currently conducting my Eagle Scout project consisting of purchasing, assembling and delivering six benches to Royal Oak High School for its new Nature Center in the smaller courtyard. The primary method of securing the funds to purchase the benches is a large bottle drive in Royal Oak on November 7, 2009.

Please help me to conduct my Eagle Scout Project in one or more of the following ways:

Volunteers (including drivers) needed to distribute fliers on October 31, 2009 beginning at 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. starting at my house (1623 Edgewood Dr.)

Volunteers (including drivers) needed to pick-up, organize and return bottles on November 7, 2009 beginning at 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. starting at my house (1623 Edgewood Dr.)

Volunteers (16 and older) needed assemble benches on Saturday, November 21 at 11:00 a.m. at my house (1623 Edgewood Dr.)

Contact Joe if you have questions.

Summer Camp Dates July 18 - 24

To help in your vacation planning for next year the week of July 18-July 24th has been reserved at Lost Lake Scout Camp for the 2010 Summer Camp. This camp was recently selected by the boys, and a site has been reserved.

Please mark this date in your calendars for planning purposes.

Eagle Scout Project Alex G.

I am hosting my eagle project on Sunday, October 25th from 1 to 5 pm. at the Judson Center at 13 mile rd. and Greenfield.
My project will be a Halloween festival for kids with autism. I am in need of volunteers to help run the games, arts and crafts and the trick or treat stations.
I would appreciate any and all help, please contact me if you may attend.

Thanks Alex G.

Cedar Point day trip CANCELLED

I have been watching the weather forecast for the Sandusky area and although the probability of rain has ranged from 30-60% for this coming weekend, it has been consistent in forecasting some level of rain. On top of this the high temperature for Saturday is forecast at 50 degrees with lows in the 40s. Due to this weather forecast, the trip to Cedar Point has been canceled.

Mr Vertel

Ski Campout January 29-30

This year's trip is scheduled for January 29-31, 2010.

In order to allow people to plan and save for the trip the calculated costs are:

Scouts:
• Camping Only - $55
• Camping and lift tickets only - $105
• Camping, lift tickets & renting equipment - $145

Adults:
• Camping Only - $30
• Camping and lift tickets only - $80
• Camping, lift tickets & renting equipment - $120

Although these costs are higher than the regular campouts it includes two days of skiing, with one day at Mt. Holiday in Traverse City & one day at Caberfae Peaks .

We will be collecting a deposit of $20 per attendee in early December to reserve spots in the cabins. This is non-refundable.

If you would like to reserve a spot early, please feel free to bring your deposit into one of the Troop meetings prior to December.

2009 Troop Wreath Sale

The 2009 Troop Wreath Sale kickoff meeting was held at the last Troop meeting. If you noticed that your son brought a red folder home, that is beacause it has all the information and the order forms. If you haven't seen the folder, ask your son about it.

Just a few points:
Sales began September 29th
All order forms and money is due on November 10th - If you do not collect from your customers up front you will have to pay any amount due and reimburse yourself from collections afterwards

This is the major fundraiser allowing the Troop to keep dues down, while maintaining our excellent program. Plus the boys can earn between 40-60% of their profit based on sales that would be put in their scout account

There are sales after services at the church on October 11th. October 18th, October 25th and November 1st. I need 2 scouts at each sale. If you are interested in any of these dates, or have any questions, please contact me at (248) 841-3389.


Larry Vertel
Troop 1610
Wreath Fundraising Coordinator

Upcoming Campouts

Trail to Scouting - 10/9-10/11
Last week was the day to turn in permission slips and $ for This campout. At this time there are 14 scouts attending. If you have not turned in your permission slip and $ you need to get this in no later than next Tuesday.

Cedar Point Day Trip 10/24
The permission slip and $ are due for this by October 13th. To date we have 4 scouts and one non-driving adult (Scout who just turned 18). Please note that unless we get a minimum of 15 attendees and sufficient drivers, this day trip will be cancelled, as we would not get the lower ticket prices.

A note on Permission slip/$ due dates
We have due dates a couple weeks before the campout in order to plan properly (menus, shopping, transportation, etc). When you do not submit payments until the last possible moment you make it difficult on the Scout leaders, our Scoutmaster and other Adult leaders to plan the campouts. Although we usually can accomodate a couple of last minute adds, doing this could result in your son not being able to attend due to lack of food, space in vehicles, etc. if there are too many last minute adds. Please get your permission slips & $ in by the due dates listed on the bottom of the permission slips.

Thanks from Kyle

Hey everyone, this is Kyle Knapp again and I'd just like to thank everyone for their support at my Book Brunch on Sunday! The brunch went smoothly and I had a lot of helping hands that I am extremely grateful for. I raised close to three times the amount of money that I needed to reach my goal so I'm going to be able to buy a lot of books for a lot of children. Thanks again!!