Wednesday December 8 Big Merit Badge Night

This Wednesday December 8 will be a big night for merit badges. All scouts will need to bring their homework for their Communications and Citizenship in the World merit badges they have been working on as Brother Eggett and Brother Johnson will be there to sign them off.

Please also come prepared to have Sister Sheppard pass off your First Aid merit badge if you have not already done so.

Brother Perry will be teaching the Emergency Preparedness merit badge that night as well. (The First Aid merit badge has to be signed off before completion of this badge so please be there).

This will still be from 7PM to 8:30PM. Sister Sheppard and Brother Johnson will be leaving as soon as they have seen everyone they need to so please be on time.

February 2011 Merit Badge College

A merit badge college has been scheduled for the Frontier Trails District to be held February 12th and February 26th of 2011. These are the second and fourth Saturdays of the month. We will continue to pass along updates as they are received. We will need to have the scouts signed up before January 15, 2011.

Check in: 9:00 a.m.
Merit Badge Class 1: 9:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Merit Badge Class 2: 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Fees: $5.00 per merit badge class, attendance on both dates required.

Location: LDS Church on Old North Road in Denton

Possible MBs we will need to verify current recurrent requirements but these are possible items that would have to be completed before class to pass them off in class:
Citizenship in the Community 4, 5, 7
Citizenship in the Nation 1, 4
Citizenship in the World
First Aid
Computer 4, 5
Electricity mapping of house
Crime Prevention 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Fingerprinting
Safety 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Emergency Preparedness 3 b & c, 6, 7, 8, 9
Music 3, 4
Fire Safety 6, 7
Pioneering

Shoe Football November 3, 2010

After completing their group requirments for their merit badges and planning their next campout, (To be held December 10-11th at Lake Ray Roberts), they decided to have a game of shoe football. Everyone had a great time and no one got hurt. Note the covering of a few faces as the smell of a dozen, 12-13 year olds with their shoes off at the end of the day was not good. Eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwww 

 

Merit Badge and Cub Scout Collecting Opportunity

The Mid-Cities Stamp Club is hosting a Stamp Expo on November 13 and 14 in Grapevine and honoring the 100^th Anniversary of Scouting with a special issue cachet.

Everyone is invited. Admission and parking is free.

This is a perfect opportunity for Cub Scouts to work on collections and Boy Scouts to work on Stamp Collecting Merit Badge. Scouts and their families can come as a group or individually.

There will plenty of FREE stamps given to youth to start or enhance their stamp collections.

Contact Sam Sadler or Eric Ralphs for details

October 22-23rd campout in Oklahoma

Here are a couple of the shelters the scouts built and slept in:

Here are a few misc. pics of all the fun:

Braden is glad it's time for breakfast...really glad.

Brother Koch was our special guest star parent. Thank you, Bro. Koch.

Who knows why Cameron decided to run around in a sheet?

The Spider attached to Cameron's tent that came up missing for a while after the picture above. 

Braden, Derrick and Ryan gladly accept Josh's request to be tied up.

Matthew checking out every use of his leatherman tool.

Easton and Josh cooking breakfast.

Saturday morning campfire reveals Bro. Richins sweet Frosted Flakes pajamas.

We would like to thank the Cudds for allowing us use of their land. Thank you!

Until next time....

Merit Badge College

A Troop 164 merit badge college is scheduled for 8:00AM on Saturday, October 30th at the Teasley Building. The required merit badges that take 3 months to complete will be started on that day along with merit badges only available this year. Attendance is strongly recommended. Although the event is sponsored by Troop 164, scouts may invite friends to attend. It is commonly known that scouts that attend these events have a much greater chance of becoming an Eagle Scout.

Troop 164 Now has a Blog

For all the scouts, parents and committee members, Troop 164 now has a blog. You will be able to find pictures, updates and other misc. information by visiting. This should keep you in the loop on scout camps, courts of honor and other events that require your attention.

Advancements and merit badges can be viewed on the TroopMaster website. The link to login is:

https://www.troopmasterweb1.com/065013T/(S(nrtrydj20yjibt2leg3j3o3d))/default.aspx

Brother Robertson can get you a username and password. His email address is:
jrobert@ureach.com
You can get any other information from Eric Ralphs at:
eric@betterins.com
Or Brother Sadler at:
lovegolfing@hotmail.com

Thank you,

Troop 164 Scout Committee