Welcome to Troop 61

Hi all,

Summer camp medical forms, Signed by a Physician, (no, this one cannot be signed
by a parent), and need to be delivered to Dianne Delaney no later than June
21st. Hopefully this is not a surprise and you are on your way to getting the
forms completed.

If, after reading the small print on the form you have questions about it, see
me. When they are completed, please see Mrs. Delaney.

The Class 3 Health and Medical Record form and the Certificate of Immunization
form can be found on line in several places, including our weblog
www.troop61.info , click under “forms”.

They must be completed and signed for Scouts and Adults age 40 and older within
the previous 12 months - from the date of the start of camp - July15th 2007. If
you’re younger than 40 and can prove it (Kidding) then see me. If you were born
before 1957, (and are willing to say so!) then you get a pass on some of the
immunizations. Otherwise, I need the forms to take with me to a meeting Before
we go to camp, so please try to meet the deadline. Thanks.

If you want your child to receive Tylenol or Ibuprophen, or other
over-the-counter medicines if he has a headache, stomach ache, etc while at
camp, etc, then please fill out and sign the Authorization to Administer
Medication to a camper form.

More on medications taken to camp and proper labeling later.

Please take care when filling out the “Parental statement” and “Medical History”
sections to be accurate and complete. If you or your son gets sick while at
camp, it’s very hard to figure out what’s wrong and how to help you if we don’t
know what medicines you’re taking, etc. Be very sure that no one other than Mrs.
Delaney, the Camp RN and me will have access to the forms, this is on a
need-to-know basis, and two of us are bound by license to respect your privacy
anyway. But each year there seems to be at least one adult or child who needs
medical attention and it is so, so much easier if we know how to help you.
Enough said.

As mentioned before, there will be a riffle range permission form coming out to
be signed for permission for your son to use the firing range, under direct
supervision as always.

And as before, if you or another adult in your family plans to stay overnight,
visit on a regular basis, or be involved in any activity of the Troop’s while at
camp, please include your information for a CORI check - which must be done
ahead of time in order to be completed in time for you to participate at camp.
The info needed is: your name, any alias/maiden name, date of birth and social
security number. If you stayed at camp last year and haven’t changed your date
of birth then you don’t need to give it again as I still have it. Otherwise,
please give this info to Mr. Helgeson when signing up for parental help at camp.
And please sign up - we can’t run camp without you!! (Besides, it’s fun).

That’s all for now. After we get the business stuff out of the way, we can
concentrate on the fun part of camp! Like merit badge classes. And the bugs. And
swimming. And the mosquitoes. And fishing. And the sunscreen.

If any of this causes you problems don’t sweat it, call me and we’ll figure it
out. And remember - it’s Camp! It’s supposed to be Fun!

Start practicing those knots - for tying up the mosquito netting over your bed
of course !!! See you soon!

Mrs. Fogarty

/Troop Bike Night/ is this Wednesday at the regular meeting. All scouts
whether going on the bike trip or not should bring their bikes, *and
helmets*, to the meeting for spring bike tune-ups.

The Nantucket Bike Trip is this coming weekend.

Twenty people have signed up and we have room for more.

Attached is the food and money page with important info. Also:

1. Payments must be made this Wednesday’s

Troop meeting so that we will have funds to buy ferry tickets.

2. Please bring cash for all payments since we do not have time to

convert and cash checks.

3. Trip costs are $60.00 for Scouts eighth grade or below, $70.00 for

high school and above, including adults.

4. Food costs are $9.00 per Scout in addition to the trip cost. Patrol

food money will be given to patrols at the meeting.

5. Adults going on trip will meet at Wednesday’s meeting to discuss

their food menus for one dinner and two breakfasts.

6. Adults will also work out the seating assignments for the trip from

Sudbury at Wednesday’s meeting.

7. On Thursday evening at 7:30 pm all the bikes need to be brought to

the church to be loaded into a truck. You just have to drop off your

bike and it will be loaded. The bikes are going to be packed tightly

and if you have a concern about scratches perhaps a blanket type cover

would be in order.

8. On Thursday evening the patrols (and adults) will need to do their

food shopping, for two breakfast and a dinner. We are going to travel

light but if you need a small food cooler that can be carried (on the
shuttle bus) from the

car onto the ferry along with your personal gear then go for it.

9. Try to do your packing ahead of time so you will absolutely ready

by the time you go to school Friday morning. You should all have the

packing list but if not there’s one attached. Remember to pack light.

Knapsacks are recommended fro carrying the personal gear.

10. The big crunch on this trip - and the reason for the incessant

details - is that we need to make a 7:15 pm ferry Friday evening in
Hyannis.

To do that *we are leaving the church parking lot at 3:15 pm Friday*

afternoon. The group can’t wait on this one so please be at the

church by 3:00 pm, and earlier if possible, fully ready to go and

knowing which car you are going in.

11. Please remember that you will need bag lunches for Friday night on

the ferry and Saturday lunch.

12. You will need money for snacks, ice cream, and most especially for

Sunday lunch during the two plus hour noontime ferry trip back to

Hyannis. We don’t want anyone to go hungry. The attached Food.doc

details the food and money needed in addition to what the patrols

are buying.

So that’s the 12 point plan. By the way the weather for next weekend

on Nantucket looks OK but not hot, so bring some warm clothing:

Forecast as of Monday morning:
AccuWeather.Com:

Friday Night: *Low: 45 ?F RealFeel?: 33 ?F* Partly cloudy and cold

Saturday Day: *High: 60 ?F RealFeel?: 53 ?F *Variable cloudiness with
spotty showers; breezy**

Saturday Night: *Low: 48 ?F RealFeel?: 38 ?F *Mainly clear and breezy*

Sunday Day: *High: 63 ?F RealFeel?: 59 ?F* Abundant sunshine

Any questions call Dick Landrigan, evenings / 978- 443-8547
Hans Helgeson will be the trip leader / 978-440-8079

Greetings,

It has come to the attention of the Troop Committee that a few Scouts
have recently been observed with lighters at Troop meetings and/or on
campouts. Just to be clear that this is unsafe and will not be allowed,
the TC decided to attach the following language to permission slips
going forward:

“NOTE: Stealing, smoking, use of alcohol or illicit drugs, lying,
swearing, cheating, fighting or other physical aggression, hazing and
violation of health and safety rules are not tolerated. Butane
lighters, aerosol cans, fireworks, firearms, sheath knives and folding
knives with a blade longer than 3 inches are strictly forbidden.
Because our outdoor program is designed to provide an opportunity for
our Scouts to experience nature, please leave radios, tape players, CD
players and TV’s at home. If your scout is unwilling to comply with the
troop rules, or is a danger to himself or others, he will be removed
from the activity and you will be required to promptly retrieve your son
(regardless of location or time).”

Your comments are welcome.

Regards, Kerry Lynn
Sudbury T61 TC Chair

In April we received payment from the Town for delivering the Town Reports and Warrants.  As we did last year, the $500 for delivering the Warrants is shown as income to the Troop Fund and the $1,000 for delivering the Town Reports is added to the Scout Accounts.  For each route, the scout family that delivered Town Reports for that route received $33.33 in their Scout Account.  See the attached Scout Account report for details.

I will be out of town tomorrow and Tuesday, but hope to be back in time for Tuesday’s Troop Committee meeting.  As usual, let me know if you have any questions.

John Pearson
Troop Treasurer