Scout Expo has come and gone

6300 scouts and scouters.  28 of them from Troop 22.  No rain this time, that was good.  We did get some wind.  Made for interesting moments.  I believe that everyone had a good time.  There were a few occasions where we were provided with teaching moments.  I hope we made the most of them.

Would we do this event again in the future?  I would say yes, but with some changes to our participation in certain events.  I don't feel that the Arena Show is worth it.  Too far to travel and too late in the day after such a long day of nothing but more walking.  We'll know the answer to this question in another 3 years.

Leave a comment and let us know what you thought of Scout Expo.

One more month of craziness, then we slow down and can breathe.

The month of May is the last of the craziness.  Things will settle down after that.  We do have something planned on all but one weekend for the month of May.  Our outing is a campout to Yuba Gap the weekend of May 21-23 and a decision on your attendance is needed pretty quickly.  The deadline to sign up is May 10th.

We have community service projects on May 13, 14 and 15 (Rio Linda Farm Days), another one on May 14th (help out at an Eagle project to paint crosses) and May 29th (place those crosses).  There is the parade on May 31st.  These will only last a few hours each, but we do need your help to make them successful.

There is actually something planned on that lone weekend, but it isn't a troop activity.  The Pioneer District is having their annual District Awards dinner on May 8th.  I hope that you can be available to attend this.  It will be fun and will allow you to show your thanks for all of those adults that volunteer their time to our kids.

Can you cook eggs?

At last nights meeting we discussed how to set up a kitchen area and what will take place when we go camping.  I put on a little demonstration of how to cook eggs.  It may have gone a little long as I lost the boys toward the end of it.

We also welcomed two new boys to our fold last night.  Please join me in welcoming our latest scouts and helping them on their way to Eagle.

We also passed out the gear list for Scout Expo this weekend.  Make sure to read it as some of the items on it have changed.  Don't let its familiar look fool you.

Another new Life Scout

Ryan has attained this rank.  Congrats!!  We now have two scouts one step away from the rarified air of Eagle.  Could we have both get there this year?

Upcoming events

These are also listed in our calendar to the lower right of these posts, but here they are in another form.  I'm only going to mention those a couple weeks out:

Scout Expo, April 30 to May 2 - lots of talk about this one.  Shouldn't come as a surprise now.
District Dinner, May 8 - Everyone is strongly encouraged to attend and celebrate the adult leadership in our District.  Sign up online by May 1. 
Yuba Gap camping, May 21 to 23 - Outing to the high sierra.  Deadline to sign up is May 10.

Finally, an update

At Monday's meeting the two new patrols took a small hike to a shopping center to work as patrols.  Successful outing I was told.

Our two older patrols had a fun evening after selecting youth leadership for the remaining outings and projects for this year.

Our next meeting is the deadline for turning in summer camp fees to receive the lower price.

The sporadic nature continues

Some updates.  We have a new Life Scout in Trevor.  Congratulations!!  We should have another similar announcement in a couple of weeks.

Our troop expanded greatly over the last month.  We welcomed an entire new patrol of nine boys.  They are the Vikings and we are very glad to have them.  We will be growing further shortly as another den of seven boys will be joining us.  We've gone from 12 to almost 30 in about a month.  Lots to deal with.

We have added two weekend meetings in April.  Check out the dates and put them on your calendar.