In case you missed it the troop’s December 2016 Court of Honor was held last night. Many scouts earned advancements and merit badges which are at the bottom of the post, even Mr. Hoffman got an award. Anyhoo, here are a few pictures.

Building a giant crossbow has it’s rewards

Mr. Hoffman receiving the Monmouth County’s Outstanding Leadership Award. Way to go Mr. Hoffman!

Some Eagle scouts from days gone by were able to attend. Thanks guys!

And what picture post would be complete without one of the troop?

If you want a picture of your son receiving his rank I may have it courtesy of Mrs. Pullaro (our troop’s unofficial photographer because she has a really good camera).

Congratulations to all the scouts who earned a badge or a new rank!

Rank Advancements:

Merit Badges:

We have just installed a new editor on the wiki so it doesn’t look like we’re back in 1992 anymore. Now you do NOT have to learn wiki markup code to make some nice looking pages. Just type/paste your words, highlight them and click on a button.  The recipe for Paper Bag Bacon and Eggs was just made with it.

If you have some powerful knowledge you want to share and want to become famous for it, start adding to our troop’s wiki. Besides you will be helping others and isn’t that the 3rd part of the Scout Law?

Click on the link below to get started!

https://troop223nj.com/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_create_a_new_topic

Lucas P. recorded a vid of our Senior Patrol’s second place shot. Check it out.

Hello Troop,

Thank you to everyone who came out to help with the project! The time ended up being a bit longer than expected, but the entire project is constructed! I have attached a picture of it on this email. Again, thank you very much to everyone!

YIS,

A. Lawrence

Mr. Waite’s email today got me Googling for all the wrong things. Whatever you do DO NOT PLAY THIS VIDEO!!!!!!!

2016 brought along some changes in the requirements to advance in rank. If you don’t have the new rank requirements we’ve put them on our website. Just go to the documents page and download them. You can print the pdf on both sides and make a nice insert for your Boy Scout Handbook, or just read them on your phone like the scout in the picture is doing.

Go to the troop documents page

From Mrs. Lovelace:

As you are aware, last November East Brunswick Boy Scout Troops, Crews and Cub Scout Packs held a food drive to benefit M.C.F.O.O.D.S., Middlesex County’s emergency food network (link). Our drive was very successful; collecting 4,800 pounds of food, $541 in cash and $110 in gift cards. Our drive helped MCFOODS provide adequate supply of nutritious foods and necessities to Middlesex County residents in need.
The benefits we provided to families in our area was priceless. As such, we are making the East Brunswick Scout food drive an annual event. The food drive this year is scheduled for November 5th and 6th. We’re asking scouts and families to come out again for this worthy event.

You can use the link below to sign-up.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c054fabae29a5fd0-east

Saturday, November 5, from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
•             Shop Rite of East Brunswick, 14-22 W Prospect St, East Brunswick, NJ 08816 (map)
•             Acme Markets, 300 Ryders Lane, Milltown, NJ 08840 (map)

Sunday, November 6, from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
•             Shop Rite of East Brunswick, 14-22 W Prospect St, East Brunswick, NJ 08816 (map)
•             Acme Markets, 300 Ryders Lane, Milltown, NJ 08840 (map)

Hi everyone,
I am collecting for Operation Shoebox for my Star service hours. Operation Shoebox sends items to the U.S Military stationed overseas. I will bring a box to collect the items to the next few meetings. I attached a flyer with the items most needed to this email. Let  me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Jacob Iacullo

Download Operation Shoebox Flyer

http://www.opshoeboxnj.org/opshoebox_items.html

As Mr. Hoffman said at last night’s meeting, if you didn’t get your medical forms, parts A & B, completed and filled out for summer camp then you will need to complete them soon. You can get the forms here or on our documents page.

Download the forms here

This is the email that Mr. Hoffman sent:

Hello Everyone,

As mentioned last night, if you did not attend summer camp, we need to get a medical form for participation in troop activities for the year.  You can get a current copy of the form here.  These forms are editable.  So, you can enter your information and then update any changes for the following year (at least until they change the form again).  This applies to any scouts or scouters who will be traveling with us.  If you have a saved copy from a previous summer camp, note we only need parts A and B filled out for trips up to 72 hours.  Part C (the doctor’s form) is only needed for trips >72 hours.

Thanks,

Steve H.

Hi all,

We are marching towards our 2017 charter and we need every scout to complete the 2017 Code of Conduct. You can download it from here or go to our Troop Documents page. Once you’ve printed it just fill it out and return it to Mr. Waite or Mrs. Lovelace.

Thanks!

Download the Code of Conduct