August 5, 2024 Newsletter

Key Takeaways from this Newsletter
If you don’t read the newsletter, you will flunk a personality test!

- Troop Meeting - August 5
- Patrol Leader Council Meeting – August 12
- SUPERDAWG!! – Aug 5-11
- Engineering Merit Badge - Harley-Davidson Museum
- Congrats to Scouts Earning Rank Advancement
- Mystery Question

​Hi everyone,

- Superdawg Starts Monday, August 5!
Please plan on supporting this easy fundraiser by printing your coupon. Then head over to Superdawg and enjoy lunch or dinner. 20% of what you spend comes back to the Troop!

Just as important: print copies for your friends, neighbors, and family. Remember that you must have a paper coupon when you make your purchase.

- Next Troop Meeting – August 5 – Ahearn Center (Gym) - 7:00-9:00 pm
We will be working on individual advancement and hearing a report from the Patrol Leader Council. Hopefully, there is time for open gym.

Uniform for the meeting is a shirt with a logo from your favorite team.

Here is an example of a good team logo:

​Here is an example of a bad team logo:

- Patrol Leader Council Meeting – Monday, August 12 – 7:00  SHARP!
The Patrol Leader Council (PLC) will meet on August 12 at 7:00 pm. The PLC consists of the SPLs, ASPLs, Scribe, and patrol leaders. The members of the PLC are Jonah, Jimmy, Matthew, Tom, Chris, Matteo, Aiden, Robert, and Nathaniel. This group works with the Scoutmaster to plan activities for the Troop. We will be focusing on our plans for the fall and early winter. Please be on time and ready to work!

- Engineering Merit Badge from the Harley-Davidson Museum – Interested?
The Harley Davidson Motorcycle Museum in Milwaukee is offering Engineering merit badge to Scouts. I want to see how many Scouts are interested in working on the badge. It can be done on a one-day trip to Milwaukee or virtually. Please let me know if you are interested. Depending on interest we can do it virtually or head up to Milwaukee for the badge and a tour of the Museum. I have been there, and it is a very cool place!

- Congratulations to Our Latest Rank Earners
The following Scouts advanced in rank at last week’s meeting:

• Robert - Scout
• Jack - Scout
• Pauly - Tenderfoot
• Aiden - Tenderfoot
• Joe - Tenderfoot
• Dylan - Tenderfoot
• Louie – Second Class
• Matthew – Second Class

Great work everyone! Thanks to the leaders – especially Messrs. Reese, Gulliford, and Mandelin - who worked with the Scouts.

- Mystery Question

If you think you know the answer, write it on the back of two Chicago Bears front-row tickets and mail them to me. Seriously, send your answer to me via email AND be sure to copy a parent. A correct answer that isn’t copied to a parent is disqualified. The first correct answer wins a fresh $1 bill and the undying respect of every member of the Troop!

See you on Monday night!

Mr. Pelrine
Scoutmaster, Troop 965