August 17 meeting

Finished our push car. Looks good. We'll see how it performs this Saturday.

Popcorn sales

This weekend launched our efforts to sell popcorn in what is called a 'show and sell'. Think of when Girl Scouts show up in front of a store and sell cookies. The same thing, but as Boy Scouts we sell popcorn. This is the first time our troop has done the show and sell since I've been with the troop. We are selling all this weekend and also next weekend (August 14 thru 16) at the Wal-Mart on the corner of Antelope Road and Roseville Road.

So far it seems to be going very well for us. The nicest surprise has been the straight donations we have received. People wanting to help us out without purchasing the popcorn. That's obviously best for us as we get to keep all of that for our use. So, if you have any friends, and I know for a fact that some of you do, tell them to stop by and see us and buy some popcorn. Or not.

Push Car Derby build day - take 2

Actually, take 1. A few of the boys showed up to begin building their car for the race. Quite a bit of progress was made I believe. We're going to have the car at our next meeting so it can be worked on some more. And we will more than likely need to have a second Saturday build to complete it. I think the boys had fun working on it and that's the whole point. Not only teaching them something that they can use for the rest of their lives, but having a good time doing it. It's also a nice break from the usual type of meetings.

Push Car Derby build day

If you haven't seen it, Mr. Powers sent out an email to announce a build day for our derby entry. This Saturday, August 8th at Mr. Powers' house from 9 to 2. If that isn't enough time to complete the car, we will try again the following Saturday.

Annual Planning meeting

We held our annual planning meeting and it went very well I think. The boys gave input as to what they wanted to do next year and then we had discussions on where we should visit to do those things. I think we have a good year planned. The next step in this process is to select a boy to be in charge of each event and an adult to help guide them through the leadership of that outing.

September committee meeting date changed

The first Monday of September is Labor day. The troop will take that Monday off from meeting so we moved our committee meeting to the last Monday of August, which is the 31st. Make sure to update your calendars.