Trail Talk – 8/26/19

A big thank you to all of you who helped out at the Back To School last Friday. The church really appreciated all your hard work and making this a great event.
Tomorrow night we will finish any summer merit badges you were working on.

Next week starting Sept. 3, 2019 Eagle Merit Badge will start for the fall season. Merit badges that will be offered to all First Class scouts and above will be:
Cit. in Community- Terrence Clare
Cit. in Nation- Mike McKillop
Communication-Zach Florian
Camping-Hank Poppen
Cooking- Dona and Sue
Physical Fitness- Micah Woods
Personal Management- Kenny Seybold & Chris Baldwin
Family Life- Kenny Seybold & Chris Baldwin
Environmental Science-Rob Dodde & Rich Walsh
Emergency Prep- Bill Louthan
Safety- Jim Gluys

Also starting next week you must wear your Class A shirt to the meetings.
Next week we will have troop leadership elections,
Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leaders for each patrol, ASPL, Patrol scribe and Patrol Quartermaster

Last week Tuesday adult leaders and youth leaders met to discuss our activities for the upcoming season. Once these get finalized we will post our agenda.
Our very first campout in Sept 20-22 will be at Chippewa landing in Cadillac Mi. you can canoe or raft down the river, this is the first time we have offered rafting.
Rafting down the Manistee is more of a float, there are no rapids. just a great time to either fish or swim,float in the river. Cost for this event is $40 per person.
Permission slip attached,