Troop 20 PLC blog

November 15, 2010 PLC

2010-12-06T18:38:00.000-08:00

Attendance
Cameron Epperson, Thomas Blythe, Tomie Robinson, Joe Dunn, Austin Ando, Anthony Ando, Parker Warren, Matthew Groves, Dylan Hudgins, Christian Sergent, Billy McConnell, Vlad Watson, Stas Watson

Scout Meeting Plans
1. Nov. 22 Channel 2
2. Nov. 29 Popcorn awards/SPL nominations
3. Dec. 6 Families Helping Families gift wrapping/SPL election
4. Dec. 13 PLC

Activities
1. Dec. event is Winter Camp at HoNonWah

Service Patrol for Dec.
Frog

Theme for Dec.
Cooking

October 18, 2010 PLC

2010-11-06T16:39:00.000-07:00

Attendance
Cameron Epperson, Parker Warren, Ross Cary, Dyer Askins, Christian Sergent, Matthew Groves, Austin Ando, Anthony Ando, Tomie Robinson, Thomas Blyth, Joe Dunn, Billy McConnell, Vlad Watson, Stas Watson

Scout Meeting Plans
1. Oct. 25 Capture the Flag game
2. Nov. 1 Astronomy- instructors (Ross Cary and Cameron Epperson)
3. Nov. 8 troop meeting (TBD)
4. Nov. 15 PLC meeting 7:00pm
5. Nov. 22 meeting at 6:30 (program TV/weather) meet at channel 2
6. Nov. 29 troop meeting (TBD)

Activities
1. Nov. event is a day trip with professional fishing guide on Nov. 6
2. Younger scout campout Nov. 12-14

Service Patrol for Nov.
Snake

Theme for Nov.
Environmental Science

September 27, 2010 PLC

2010-10-11T18:43:00.000-07:00

Attendance
Cameron Epperson, Joe Dunn, Billy McConnell, Parker Warren, Thomas Blyth, Tomie Robinson, Dyer Askins, Christian Sergent, Matthew Groves, Ross Cary, Stas Watson, Vlad Watson

Scout Meeting Plans
1. Oct. 4 lashing instructions (Ross and Austin)(Vlad and Tomie)(Stas and Thomas) and fire building instruction (Joe).
2. Oct. 11 Paul Bunyon (Matthew and Dyre) and MB match (Cameron and Ross).
3. Oct. 18 PLC.

Activities
1. Oct. event is Coastal Carolina Council Jamboree on Oct. 15 through 17. Activities are:
1. tug of war 2. spider's web 3. chariot race 4. lashing 5. string burning 6. monkey bridge
7. Paul Bunyon 8. fishing for mouse traps 9. 3 legged race 10 which patch?

2010-2011 Activity Schedule
Oct. 2010- CCC Jamboree at Ho Non Wah
Nov. 2010- Guided Fishing day trip/cookout
Dec. 2010- Winter Camp
Jan. 2011- Snow Ski trip
Feb. 2011- Kennedy Space Center trip
March 2011- Caving trip to Tenn/NC
April 2011- New Scout Campout and Hike/Bike Campout
May 2011- Camp Moultrie (canoeing, sailing, and hiking)
June 2011- Crystal River Snorkeling/Manatees or Table Rock
July 2011- Summer Camp at Woodruff
Aug. 2011- SC Railroad Museum
Sept. 2011- Table Rock

Service Patrol for Oct.
Lightning

Theme for Oct.
Prepare for CCC Jamboree

August 23, 2010 PLC

2010-09-10T16:59:00.000-07:00

Attendance
Cameron Epperson, Ross Cary, Anthony Ando, Austin Ando, Dylan Hudgins, Jack Schaaf, Dillon Schaff, Parker Warren, Thomas Blythe, Tommie Robinson, Joe Donn, Creed Branham, Christian Sergent, Waring Hills, Zach Donaldson, Vlad Watson, Stas Waston.

Scout Meeting Plans
1. August 30 COH
2. Sept. 6 Labor Day-No Meeting
3. Sept. 13 meeting TBD
4. Sept. 27 meeting TBD
5. Sept. 20 PLC

Activities
1. September event is a day trip to Carowinds on Sat., September 25.

Annual Schedule
1. Input provided to Scoutmaster. He will review and get back to PLC.

Service Patrol for September
Gator

Theme for Sep
Signalling

June 14, 2010 PLC

2010-06-24T18:19:00.000-07:00

Attendance
James Lambert, Zach Donoldson, Ross Cary, Parker Warren, Sebastian Salas, Joe Dunn, Thomas Blythe, Erich Nuzum, Stas Watson, Billy McConnll, Vlad Watson.

Scout Meeting Plans
1. 6/21 SPL elections
2. 7/5 Ross teaching backpacking; Waring teaching cooking
3. 7/12 PLC training at James Island County Park. Meet at scout hut at 11:00; return at 6:00.
4. 7/19 No Meeting

Activities
1. Next week Cycling MB with Mr. Hills; date & time TBD
2. Family cook out at Palmetto Islands County Park. Eat at 6:00
Possible activities
a. footballl
b. frisbee
c. GPS
d. nature hike
e.volley ball
f.water balloons

Service Patrol for July
Scorpion

Theme
Backpacking

May 24, 2010 P.L.C.

2010-05-26T16:47:00.000-07:00

Attendance
David Hall, Ross Carie, Waring Hills, James Lambert, Dylan Hudgins, Dillon Shaaf, Tomie Robinson, Parker Warren, Creed Branham, Joe Dunn, Sebastian Salas, Austin Ando, Anthony Ando, Erich Nuzum, Stas Watson, Vlad Watson, Ilya Watson, Max Watson.

Scout Meeting Plans
1. 6/7
A. SPL nominations; forms available for other PLC positions.
B. Scorpion patrol training: Vlad-first aid training; Stas-safety afloat.
C. Lightning patrol trainig: Parker-Leave No Trace; Joe-stoves.
D. 5 min. meal: Ross, Erich, Austin.

2. 6/14
A. PLC meeting; no troop meeting.

3. 6/21
A. SPL elections.
B. Backpacking meal & jet boil: Waring
C. Packing a Backpack-Dylan H.

4. 6/28
A. Chuck Box Meal-Mr. Joe Coates (Mr. Dunn will contact him). This will include preps, cooking
and cleanup.

5. Boards of Review- 6/21 OR 6/28 (TBD).

Activities
1. June event is an Edisto River canoe trip 6/12-13 with one night of camping at Givhan's State
Park. Leave scout hut Sat morning and return Sunday afternoon.
2. Mr. Hills will set up a cycling maintenance class for the cycling MB. He will also plan some bike trips.

Problem Areas
1. Mr. Dunn discussed improper conduct at the last Courrt of Honor and at campouts. Some scouts were misbehaving in the church sanctuary. This is not how a scout is reverent. On campouts scouts tried to do improper skits (bad topics), talked about subjects that are not demonstrating a scout is morally straight and clean. There was horsing around during canoe training. This behavior will not be tolerated.

Theme for June
Special Cooking

Service Patrol for June
Frog

April 19, 2010 PLC

2010-04-21T17:22:00.000-07:00

Attendance

David Hall, Michael Hall, Steven Mattox, Creed Branham, Joe Dunn, James Lambert, Boyce Campson, Christian Sergent, Erich Nuzum, Holt Davis, Billy McConnell, Sebastian Salas, Tomie Robinson, Thomas Blyth, Vlad Watson, Max Watson, Ilya Watson and Stas Watson.

Scout Meeting Plans

1. ASM Brooks will start Citizenship in the Nation merit badge in May. Date & time to be determined.

2. On 4/26 the troop will go to Tibwin for the Forestry merit badge. Departure from the Scout hut at 5:30 p.m. Board of Reviews will be conducted at the Scout hut.

3. On 5/10 Michael Hall will be teaching leadership. An Ultimate Frisbee game will follow the training. Each member of the PLC should review their job requirements to ensure they are doing their job.

4. On 5/17 the younger Scouts will complete their physical fitness Tenderfoot requirements. The troop will work on an A-frame leadership activity.

5. NO meeting on 5/31 due to Memorial Day.

6. COH on May 3rd.

Activities

1. The May event is canoe training and canoe merit badge at Camp Moultrie from May 21-23. It IS REQUIRED for any Scout who DOES NOT have the merit badge and wants to go on the June canoe trip. It is OPTIONAL for those who have the merit badge. Older scouts are needed to help with the canoe training.

2.An older scout event is scheduled for this weekend, a cycling campout with a 50 mile cycling trip. The Saturday night cook is to be determined; it will probably be Mr. Dunn. Departure is at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.

Service Patrol for May

Snake

Theme for May

Leadership

March 15, 2010 PLC

2010-03-18T04:03:00.000-07:00

Attendance

David Hall, Creed Branham, Joe Dunn, Cameron Epperson, James Lambert, Ross Cary, Erich Nuzum, Boyce Campsen, Sebastian Salas, Waring Hills, Aiden Lineham, Austin Ando, Anthony Ando, Vlad Watson, Stas Watson.

Scout Meeting Plans

1. ASM Brooks will continue Citizenship MB classes with Citizenship in the Nation. Next class will be when scouts finish thier Citizenship in the Community MB.
2. NO meeting on 4/5 due to Spring Break. Troop meetings scheduled for 4/12 and 4/26; PLC on 4/19.
3. On 4/12 the troop will work on requirements 3,4 and 6 of the Forestry MB.
Austin and Ross will teach requirement 6. Cameron and James will teach requirements 3 and 4.
4. On 4/26 the troop will go to to Tibwin Plantation, and will work on requirements 1 and 2, hopefully with a park ranger.
5. Next board of review on 4/19.
6.Next Court of Honor on May 3rd.

Upcoming Activiies

1. March event is the Cumberland Island campout 3/26-3/28.
2. Older scout event at Capers Island 3/26-3/28.
3. New scout campout at BP Rec Area 4/16-4/18.
4. Older scout cycling event 4/23-4/25. Mr. Hills will develop a plan.

Service Patrol

1. March-Gator
2. April-Lightning

Theme

1. Theme for April is Forestry.

Febuary 15, 2010 PLC

2010-02-22T08:04:00.000-08:00

Attendance

David Hall, James Lambert, Austin Ando, Waring Hills, Christian Sergent, Creed Branham, David Nicholson, Vlad Watson, Stas Watson.

Scout Meeting Plans

1. ASM Brooks will continue Citizenship MB classes with Citizenship in the Nation. Next class will be anounced when known. ASM Brooks wants scouts to continue working on Citizenship in the Community.
2. Meetings on 3/1 and 3/8 will focus on the Nature MB. Austin Ando, Michael Hall, Creed Branham and Graham Lenes will be instructing. For the 3/1 meeting, Austin will be teaching snakes and how to identify them and Michael Hall will be teaching six different types of shells. For the 3/8 meeting, Creed will be teaching the food chain and Graham will be teaching about endangered species.
3. There will be a PLC on 3/15
4. Meetings 3/22 and 3/29 will focus on the Physical Fitness MB. David Hall, Waring Hills and James Lambert will be instructing. For the 3/22 meeting, David will be supervising pushups, situps and a flexability sit and reach activity. Waring will be supervising a 1 mile run and req. 3 on diseases. James will be discussing req. 2.
5. Next board of review will be on 3/8

Upcoming Activities

1. The March Activity is Cumberland Island 3/26-3/28. Forms will be due 3/15
2. NYLT at Ho Non Wah 2 weekends 3/5-3/7 and 3/19-3/21. Troop will cover cost for 2 people.

Theme for March
Physical Fitness

Service Patrol for Febuary
Gator

January 25, 2010 PLC

2010-01-26T17:16:00.000-08:00

Attendance
David Hall, James Lambert, Aiden Lineham, Creed Branham, Joe Dunn, Ross Cary, Parker Warren, Austin Ando, Anthony Ando, Cameron Epperson, Dylan Hudgins, Vlad Watson, Christian Sergent, Sebastian Salas, Boyce Campsen, Stas Watson.

Scout Meeting Plans
1. ASM Brooks will start Citizenship MB classes in Feb. They will run 6-7 pm before troop meetings. The exact start date is to be determined. T20 will attend Mt. Pleasant Town Council meeting on Tues, 2/9. This will replace the Monday night 2/8 troop meeting.
2. Mr. Chip Campsen or another official may speak at one of the meetings concerning citizenship. Citizenship (World) requirement 3A and Citizenship (Nation) requirements 4 and 5 will be discussed at the 2/22 Monday troop meeting. Michael Schoeltens will lead these lessons.
3. ASM Hills wants to meet with Venture Patrol members about 15 minutes before the Feb 1 troop meeting. Those scouts First Class and above and 14 years old are welcome.
4. The theme for March is physical fitness.

Upcoming Activities
1. Scout Sunday is Sunday, 2/7. Scouts are encouraged to wear uniforms to the church they attend.
2. The 20 mile hike is scheduled for 2/13 and 14 along the Swamp Fox Passage of the Palmetto Trail. We will hike from mile marker 14 to mile marker 34, camping overnight at marker 26.
Permission slips and forms will be available feb 1 and must be returned at the next meeting.
3. The March activity is the Cumberland Island campout on March 26-28. There is the possibility for the Venture Patrol to do an overnight hike on Cumberland Island.
4. NYLT will be held at Ho Non Wah on two weekends, 3/5-7 and 3/19-21. The troop will cover the cost for 2 scouts to attend.

Service Patrols
1. February-Eagle

January 4, 2010 PLC

2010-01-05T18:44:00.000-08:00

Attendance
David Hall, James Lambert, Ross Cary, Parker Warren, Creed Branham, Austin Ando, Anthony Ando, Dylan Hudgins, Joe Dunn, Stephen Mattox, Aiden Lineham, Christain Sergent, Vlad Watson, Stas Watson, Zach Donaldson

Scout Meeting Plans
1. Jan 9 (Sat)-Leadership training at the Scout Hut. This is required for PLC members and open to all T20 scouts. Lunch will be provided. Training is from 8:30 am to 3 pm. Uniform is Class B.
2. Jan 11-Snow Sports Merit Badge. James Lambert, Austin Ando, Stephen Mattox and Dylan Hudgins will go over the requirements for the MB. This is in preparation for the T20 ski trip on Jan 14-16. Webelos den from Pack 470 will visit T20.
3. The theme for Feb is Citizenship. ASM Brooks will conduct classes covering the three Citizenship MBs. The classes will be held for one hour prior to the start of the troop meeting. Each MB will require 2 classes.

Upcoming Activities
1. Jan 14-16--Ski Trip
2. Feb 7--Scout Sunday
3. Feb 12-14--20 Mile Hike

Service Patrols
1. Jan-Scorpion
2. Feb-Eagle

August PLC

2009-08-13T16:15:00.000-07:00

Attendance
Steven Mattox Boyce Campsen
Austin Ando Ross Cary
Cameron Epperson Waring Hills
David Nicholson Lars Nelson

Scout Meeting Plans- overview with changes and/or adaptations
8/17: Motorboat instruction- safety(Scorpion), maintenance(Lightning), and regulations(Gator)
CPR training
Board of review
8/24: Court of Honor
8/31: Camping instruction- backpack packing(Frog), water purification(Scorpion), and GPS training (Scoutmaster)
9/7: No meeting (Labor Day)
9/14: Sports safety instruction- sports injuries(Eagle)
9/21: Sport injury prevention instruction- basketball, soccer, football, and baseball

Special Events
8/11-13: Fall OA ordeal (OA members and candidates only)
8/21: Atlee Jennings Eagle Court of Honor
9/19: Beach Sweep

PLC Minutes

2009-06-25T11:08:00.000-07:00

Attendance (so that you can keep track of how well your elected officials are doing their jobs)

Austin Ando
Boyce Campsen
Ross Cary
Joe Dun
Cameron Epperson
Waring Hills
Stephen Mattox
David Nicholson

Scout Meeting Plans- overview with changes and/or adaptations

6/29: Canoeing Review

July: Theme-Health Care

7/6: Meeting for fun and games at Palmetto Park (time TBA)

7/13: History of Medicine (Frog Patrol)
Board of Review

Special Events

7/1: Special PLC to finalize the yearly plan

7/13: JLT (Junior Leader Training)- 10:00 at Scout Hut, bring $15

7/17-19: Family Camp Out

7/18: Car Wash Service Project- more info coming

PLC Notes:

Mr. Hills desires to plan at least 2 Venture activities every 6 months.

Ross Cary, Austin Ando, Joe Dun, and David Nicholson have been assigned to research possible summer camp locations for the summer of 2010.

May PLC Information

2009-05-04T18:37:00.000-07:00

May's Theme: Camping
Service Patrol: Snake
Important Dates

May 4: SPL Nominations
May 11: SPL Elections

Other Information

Those interested in serving as a troop leader (not patrol leader) other than SPL, fill out a form (you can get one from Mr. Hills at the next meeting).
This month's theme (Camping) will start the Camping merit badge. This merit badge is EAGLE REQUIRED and will take some time to get as it requires a certain number of nights camping. The troop tries to keep an accurate record of how many nights camping each scout has, but it is up to the scout to keep his own records on what campouts he goes on and how many nights the campout was.
Next week (May 11), Wythe will teach requirement 1, which covers first aid. Austin Tortorici will teach requirement 5, which covers proper clothing and gear for a campout.
- Requirement 5e is to "Present yourself to your Scoutmaster with your pack for inspection. Be correctly clothed and equipped for an overnight campout."
- If you are going on the whitewater rafting trip, you can take care of that requirement this month.
May 15-17 is Ordeal Weekend for the Order of the Arrow. All OA brothers are invited for an exciting weekend of good food and Ultimate (Frisbee) fun, among other things. Newly elected members (from Troop 20: David Hall) will go through the ordeal.
Meal plans for the Whitewater rafting trip need to be submitted to Mr. Miklancic ASAP.

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."
-Bill Cosby

Court of Honor

2009-03-26T16:54:00.000-07:00

Monday night is a Court of Honor. To help celebrate and make this occasion a fun and scrumptious event, the following patrols have been assigned to bring in the following items for the reception after the CoH:

Frog: Snacks
Lightning: Drinks
Gator: Cups, Plates, Napkins
Eagle/Scorpion: Fruit

Snake: You weren't in the troop when this list was made! You (lucky people) will get to bring things to the next Court of Honor.

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NOTE/REMINDER TO PLC: The PLC meeting to plan for the next month's activities will be held on April 1 (WEDNESDAY).

Eagle Project

2009-03-14T17:05:00.000-07:00

PLease pass the word around that I, Austin Tortorici am having my Eagle scout project on March 21 and have anyone that would like to participate email me at berookie12@gmail.com

PLC Minutes 2/23/09

2009-02-23T18:02:00.000-08:00

PATROL LEADERS: Please contact patrol members and communicate the following:

Camping/Other Outings:

Our next campout will be March 26-29. We are going to Table Rock. Sign-ups will be at the March 2 meeting. Permission and Information forms will come out in the next couple of weeks.
The trip in April is going to be a 50 mile bike trip from April 24-26. The 50 miles have to be done in 8 hours. A "practice run" of 25 miles will be done on the 14th of March. Mr. Scholtens will be running both the 50 miler and the 25 miler.
Start thinking about the White Water Rafting trip in May (15-17). It is one of our more expensive trips, so if you need to save up, start saving now.
The OA Spring Fellowship is March 6-8 @ Camp Ho-Non-Wah. If you are a member of the OA, go represent your Troop on a very fun-filled weekend at Camp Ho-Non-Wah.

Meetings:

There will be representatives from the SPCA and Red Cross to speak to the troop on March 2/9. This is to finish up the theme of community service from last month.
This month's theme is Wilderness Survival. We will be going over different requirements for the Wilderness Survival merit badge at this month's meetings. The grand finale will be held at the Table Rock campout where we hopefully finish the merit badge requirements and sleep in our own shelters overnight.
Gator Patrol Only: Gator patrol is the service patrol this month.
Money Monday is on March 16. Please bring dues, payment for Camp Ho-Non-Wah if you're going, and payment for the Table Rock trip if you're going.
March 30 will be our Court of Honor. Food assignments are below. The rest of the CoH will be planned by Graham Shertz(sp)
- Snacks - Frog Patrol
- Drinks - Lightning Patrol
- Cups, Plates, Napkins - Gator Patrol
- Fruit - Scorpion, Eagle Patrols

Other Information

Mattias Miklancic and Matthew Jones will be having his Eagle Court of Honor this Saturday, February 28 @ 7pm in Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church.
Zach Bradley will be holding his Eagle Court of Honor on March 22.
If any scouts are interested in National Youth Leadership Training at Camp Ho-Non-Wah, please contact Mr. Hills.

Patrol Leaders: please communicate the above information to all scouts in your patrol.

Meeting Assignments

March 2/9
- SPCA & Red Cross Representatives will visit one of these meetings.
- At the other meeting, Michael Hall will present information on how to survive in different types of climates
March 16
- Money Monday (see above list for things to bring)
- Wilderness Survival Shelters: Mattias, Zach Bradley, Michael Hall lead (Mr. Miklancic help)
March 23
- Wythe tells what materials will be needed on the Table Rock campout for building shelters, food, etc.

NOTE FOR NEXT PLC: The next PLC will be held WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 (not kidding) at 7pm. This is because of the Court of Honor being on Monday and Spring Break (yay!) being the next week.

-Wythe Crisler

Review of Tonight's CPR Instruction

2009-01-26T19:56:00.000-08:00

To review CPR, here are the basic steps:

Survey the area
ALWAYS use protection; WEAR GLOVES!
Shake the person/sternum rub/tickle infants feet, "Are you OK?"
CALL 911!!!
Check ABCs, head tilt, chin lift to open airway
Airway clear, no pulse, no breathing? Start CPR!
1. 2 rescue breaths
2. 30 compressions
3. 2 rounds of that, recheck ABCs
Airway clean, pulse, but no breathing? Rescue Breathing!
1. 2 breaths
2. 5 seconds
3. 5 times, recheck ABCs

Remember, on children only use one hand. On Infants, use 2 fingers. Also, don't blow a full breath into a child/infants lungs. An infant will only need the air in your cheeks to fill his/her lungs.

Also, "Once you pop, the fun don't stop." You only stop CPR if you are completely winded or help has arrived.

Troop Instructor Update

2009-01-25T20:32:00.000-08:00

Hi there. In the coming weeks, I (Wythe Crisler) will be doing short instructions on basically whatever scouting related topic I choose. Since I am Red Cross certified as a lifeguard, I have decided to make a "series" of sorts that will end in you being able to get your First Aid merit badge if you don't have it already. If you do not have your Tenderfoot, Second or First class rank yet, it will also help you get that as well (see requirement 1).

My first part in the series will be on all you need to know about CPR and what an AED is/does. This will cover requirements 3b and 3c of the First Aid merit badge. I personally think that the ability to perform CPR is one of the most important things to know how to do in terms of First Aid, so that is why I am covering it first.

I do not know what meetings I will be teaching at, but the plan is that I will have 5-10 minutes (sometimes the entire skills instruction period) at each meeting I do teach at to do my spiel. A quick list of what I intend to cover during each session is below.

CPR/AED (Reqs 3b, 3c)
Tenderfoot, Second Class First Aid (Req 1)
First Class First Aid (Req 1)
Bloodbourne pathogens, triage, first aid kits, how to get medical assistance (Req 2)
Heart attack, stroke, shock; when stings can be life threatening (Reqs 3a, 3e)
Heatstroke, broken bones (Reqs 3f, 4a)
Injuries to head, back neck (Req 4b)
Requirement 5
Requirement 6

Requirement 7 is to teach another scout about First Aid. If you are interested in helping me teach something, e-mail me with what you want to help out with.

I will try and post supplementary information about things I cover on this blog.

-You've been ACED.

Scorpions

2009-01-18T11:57:00.000-08:00

Scorpions

I am sorry I havent been to any secent meetings baseball is crazy. I will try and get to as many meetings as I can but please let me know if I need to do something or what not

Austin

Update from Mrs. Hall

2009-01-10T09:34:00.000-08:00

This is Mrs.Hall - Treasurer for Troop 20. To all patrol leaders: Please get the word out to your patrol members that "Money Monday" will be Jan. 26th. Monthly dues are $3.00 and if you need to catch up on your 2008 dues, I will have that information with me on the 26th. Hope everyone had a good winter break!

January 8, 2009 7:26 AM

National Honor Patrol Requirements

2009-01-06T19:28:00.000-08:00

I think it was Michael Scholtens who brought it up, but here are the requirements for National Honor Patrol. I think it should be a goal for all of you guys as most of the requirements are pretty easy or done for you already (IE patrol name and flag, camping trip, wear uniform, PLC meetings, 8 members in patrol).

Your patrol can earn the award by doing the following over a period of three months:

Have a patrol name, flag, and yell. Put your patrol design on equipment and use your patrol yell. Keep patrol records up to date.
Hold two patrol meetings every month.
Take part in at least one hike, outdoor activity, or other scouting event.
Complete two good turns or service projects approved by the patrol leaders' council.
Help two patrol members advance one rank.
Wear the full uniform correctly (at least 75 percent of the patrol's membership).
Have a representative attend at least three patrol leaders' council meetings.
Have eight members in the patrol or increase patrol memberships over the previous three months.

Source: meritbadge.org

-Wythe Crisler

To Patrol Leaders

2009-01-06T18:22:00.000-08:00

I've made a list of what you should be doing below. Hopefully the scribe or somebody can do this in the future.

Those of you with scouts who are 14 years old or older and have achieved the scout rank need to call these scouts and make sure they know that they have a meeting at 7pm on Thursday, January 8 to talk about Venture Patrol stuff.
Get a head count on all scouts interested in the trip to the French Santee.
- January 30 - February 1
- Those who have not completed the Canoeing Merit Badge may have a chance to at this campout, weather permitting.
Tell patrol members that there is an Eagle Court of Honor for James Brooks on Sunday.
- 3pm
- Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church
There will be a uniform inspection at the meeting on Monday, January 12.
February 8 is Scout Sunday. Sign-ups will be at the meetings this month.
NOTE: There will be a chuck box clean-up Saturday soon. At least 2 patrol members will need to come by on this day to make sure your patrol's chuck box is clean and has everything that it needs in it.

Also, if you're interested in the National Youth Leadership Training at Camp Ho-Non-Wah, make sure you contact Mr. Hills.

Patrol Duties This Month:

Service Patrol: Scorpion
January 12
- Veterans - led by Scorpion Patrol
January 19
- Hampton Plantation Presentation - led by Frog Patrol
January 26
- Canoeing Skills - led by Lightning Patrol

That's all I've got.

-Wythe Crisler

Patrol Leader Council for Jan-Jun 2009

2009-01-05T12:42:00.001-08:00

OK, PLC...here is your own Blog. You are free to post anything pertinent to the troop or your patrol. If you are having problems you can email/call me or some of our other techno savvy scouts...such as Wythe...This should help with inner troop/patrol communications, it's not hard so lets use it, have some fun and learn some new skills that may help you land a job one day (and your parents will rejoice!!!)

Happy Scout Blogging,

Mr. Hills//