Troop 1 Highadventurers With the Ute Park fire raging in Northeast New Mexico as we speak, Philmont has apparently cancelled our trek on July 7. The Philmont announcement is below - this is all that we know right now.
Additionally, as a dynamic and active crew of adult leaders, discussions about ideas and options for alternative plans has just started to flow. At this point I EXPECT (no guarantees yet) that we will get a call from Philmont that our trek is cancelled, Philmont and Amtrak issue full refunds.
At a time yet to be planned, we will meet as a Troop and layout our options for alternate High Adventure plans this year. To be honest, while I am disappointed by the natural disaster in New Mexico, we have a dedicated and enthusiastic Troop, a ROCKSTAR high adventure crew and I am beyond excited about the exciting options yet to be explored in our near future.
Monday, May 27 - Pass it On! The Memorial Day Veteran's Pancake Breakfast is ON!!
Since Memorial Day weekend in St. Charles is our most revered annual event, the pancake breakfast has been a highlight. With Bethlehem Church (our usual venue) under construction, we thought we'd have to cancel this year, but we learned that we may use the kitchen in Wylie Hall (lower level) at Baker United Methodist Church instead.
We need a few heroes to help pull this off as Troop 1 is traditionally the troop that coordinates with the sole purpose of celebrating Memorial Day in our community while honoring area veterans. It's that important & we need your help.
It is a well attended gathering of about 150 veterans, area scout troops, & families. The breakfast is held after the cemetery ceremonies and before the parade. Set-up to clean-up runs from about 6:30-9:30am... (we will all pitch in to help).
We need specific people to:
1) Purchase pancakes, sausage, butter pats & syrup at Gordon Foodservice (Aurora or Schaumburg) and be able to store it until Monday morning when you bring it to the church...
This weekend after many years of trying to coordinate it, Troop One is finally able to get the trailer wrapped and ready to go.
The trailer wrap is effectively a gigantic sticker that is attached to the trailer giving it more character than it has ever seen.
During the event we will also be working on the Entrepreneurship Merit Badge. If you have already started on this badge or have never started on it, you can get major portions of the badge completed within the day.
