Berryessa Camping & Upcoming Events

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Wreath are here. Every scout is expected to sell 10 or more wreaths. Important: If you collect a box of wreaths, make sure you email ASM Whalen & update the sign out sheet with the number of the box that you took.

Next meeting 11/14: Skills instruction will be salesmanship – how to sell a wreath. The Hawks will do the flags and we will work on NHP and picking which merit badges the patrol needs in patrol corners.

Camp Berryessa Camping

When: Fri., Nov. 17-Sun., Nov. 19: Meet at the church at 6:30pm.
Where: Meet at the church.
Details: You can stay in cabins or in your own tent. You can swim if you have completed the BSA swim test in the last year (see SM Dave’s email). Eat dinner before departing on Friday and bring a sleeping bag & rain gear. See Trevor’s email for more detail.

Upcoming Events (Calendar).

  • Nov. 24: Day After Thanksgiving Hike. This is a family friendly hike offering a 5 or 10 mile option. The 10 miler is required for Philmont bound scouts.
  • Dec. 2:Fages. This is a 10 mile hike around Tilden.
  • Dec. 3: Orienteering at Las Trampas (map) with the BAOC. Many different courses with varying levels of difficulty will be offered.
  • Dec. 9-10: Lake Chabot Camping. This is a Webelos friendly event so Den Chiefs should invite their dens.
  • Dec. 16: Berkeley Firefighter’s Food Drive. We go to Fire Station No. 2 and pack bags of food. Then we deliver them to people who need them. The firefighters make a pancake breakfast for all the volunteers afterwards.

Notes

  • Note: Permission slips are attached to troop calendar events. If no check/cash is required, a scan of the permission slip can be emailed to permissionslip@troop24berkeley.org
  • Please, pretty please use your son’s scout account as the primary means of payment. See here for more details (link).
  • Thanks to all parents who legibly write their scout’s name and purpose of payment on the memo. line of the check! It would also help if you write the amount clearly. If you absolutely must pay with cash, please attach a note with the scout’s name and purpose of payment.

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