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The offical website of Troop 24, Cumberland,Wisconsin.
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Updated 06/30/2009:
The apple trees are here and we can start planting them for people immediately. Call me to set up times when you can help plant trees.
We still have several canoes to repair. Fortunately we now have six canoes repaired and water worthy. We do have more than six canoes, however, the rest of our inventory is in need of repair before they see the water again.
Please take a look at the attendance records farther down this page for last year and this year. Decide where on that list you would like to be. Remember for promotion that you are required to be an ACTIVE participant in troop activities. As I have said before when asked to define ACTIVE, it means you are present and participating at least 51% of the time. That is not too much to ask and it allows you to be involved in many other things and still be an ACTIVE scout. Last year only 3 scouts had greater than 50% attendance. This year only 4 have attended often enough to be considered ACTIVE to date.
Matt's Eagle Project is DONE!!! I strongly encourage any scout working towards Eagle rank to start planning an Eagle project now. It took a year and three months for Matt to take his project from start to finish. Fortunately, he is only 16 and has plenty of time left as a Boy Scout so he did not have to sweat a deadlline. You should all use a similar time line. Try to start you project at least two years before you turn 18 and are no longer a scout. For those of you in the early ranks, keep working on advancement and get to Life Scout as soon as you can. I have ideas for several Eagle Projects. As soon as you get to that stage come talk to me, I will help you all I can.
2009 attendance and meetings to date: 24
Matt 20
Jim 16
Chris 15
Ahren B. 12
Shawn 11
Ben 09
Bryce 07
Austin 07
David 07
Adam R. 05
Scott 05
Aaron 04
Fidel 02
Eric 01
Donnie 0
Luke 0
Earning a merit badge requires preparation. Read the book on the merit badge you want to earn, do the required study, activities, and the required documentation (work sheets available on meritbadge.com for all merit badge subjects). Attend the merit badge classes well prepared and you will get much more out of it. If you put forth an honest effort, you will learn more and truly earn the badge.
Every scout should advance at least one rank this year if you attend regularly, earn merit badges, and perticipate in troop activities. In the process you will gain valuable knowledge and hopefully have fun. In the end, you get a proud sense of accomplishment that can only come from an honest effort.
RECORD KEEPING - Bring your Scouting Handbooks and a compostition record/note book to every scout event/meeting. Each scout must keep an accurate up-to-date record of their achievements, advancement, merit badge requirements and completions, patrol assignments and other projects. You can map out your time table and overall plan for how you intend to achieve the rank of Eagle. It will be your own concise record of dates, descriptions of activities, and projects or badges that you are currently working on or have finished. This record will be invaluable when you get to the rank of Life Scout and are trying to make Eagle. It can also serve as a day planner and calendar for keeping track of when things are scheduled. Make it part of your personal management merit badge work! This is a required part of Troop 24 membership. Record keeping is an extremely vauable and an individual responsibility, get started with yours today.
Cumberland, Wisconsin
Scott Warwick (H) 822-5999
Ken Etchison (H) 822-5411
Louie Muench (H) 822-2006 (w) 822-4728
Ken Pendleton (C) 715-671-3018
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