Pumpkin sales in full swing!
We’re selling pumpkins again at the stand at 35th and 80th NE. Stop in, support the troop, and get some great pumpkins. See pics in our post below.
Archive for the ‘Announcement’
New Location for Troop 151 Tree Lot
Troop 151 will be selling Hunter Farms trees from the St. Catherine’s Tree lot this year.
Please find us at
St. Catherine’s Parish & School
8524 8th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Download and print flyers to post for us!
Still the same great trees, from the same great Troop! Thanks for your Support!
For a bit more info, you can see the article that Maple Leaf Life wrote below:
Wanted: Local home for Scout Christmas tree lot
Local Boy Scout Troop 151 has been selling Christmas trees for the past 34 years from the parking lot of the Safeway at Roosevelt Way Northeast and Northeast 75th Street.
That’s not working this year, writes Bob Brotherson, Scoutmaster.
Youth Protection Training
It’s that time of year again. All volunteers with the troop need to complete the BSA Youth Protection Training and provide a certificate indicating that they have attended and passed this training so that our charter can be renewed.
Clear instructions on how to create an account and take the training online.
Pumpkins Sales
Troop 151 will be selling pumpkins at the Hunter’s tree lot located at 7744 35th Ave NE Seattle during the month of October. We have a wide variety of pumpkins and gourds ranging in price from $2 to $35. Open Fridays 4pm-8pm, Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. These pumpkins were fresh cut by Boy Scouts on their campout last week.
Merit Badge Fair
Saturday, October 26th, 2013 8:30 am to 1 pm
Open to all Boys Scouts in any Troop.
Shoreline Stake, 102 N 132nd St, Seattle, WA 98133
The event is in the planning stage. Merit badges to be offered will be announced soon.
Philatelic Exhibition
Tukwila Community Center, 12424 42nd Ave S, Seattle, WA 98168
November 1-3, 2013
- Nov 1: 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM
- Nov 2: 8AM – 9PM
- Nov 3: 9:30AM – 4PM
- Full Schedule Here
Boy Scout Workshop is from 10AM to 3PM, admission is free.
Prizes and youth activities every day.
New Requirements for Eagle Scout Jan 1, 2014
Sustainability and Cooking merit badges will join the list of Eagle-required merit badges over the next months. Sustainability, a new merit badge, will join Environmental Science as an Eagle Scout option . Cooking, meanwhile, will become Eagle-required as of Jan. 1, 2014. The total number of merit badges required for the Eagle Scout Award will remain at 21. In other words, instead of 12 Eagle required badges and 9 elective badges, a Scout must earn 13 Eagle-required and 8 elective badges.
Current list of Eagle-required merit badges. Earn a total of 21 merit badges, including the following:
- First Aid
- Citizenship in the Community
- Citizenship in the Nation
- Citizenship in the World
- Communication
- Personal Fitness
- Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving
- Environmental Science
- Personal Management
- Swimming OR Hiking OR Cycling
- Camping
- Family Life
List of Eagle-required merit badges, effective Jan. 1, 2014. Earn a total of 21 merit badges, including the following:
- First Aid
- Citizenship in the Community
- Citizenship in the Nation
- Citizenship in the World
- Communication
- Personal Fitness
- Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving
- Environmental Science OR Sustainability
- Personal Management
- Swimming OR Hiking OR Cycling
- Camping
- Family Life
- Cooking
Family Camp Date Set
After reviewing all of the responses for which date would work best for Family Camp, the date selected is Aug 2-4. We are now working on the location will let everyone know as soon as possible.
4th Annual Turkey Burner Classic 50-Miler
When: 7 a.m., Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 (the day after Thanksgiving)
Where: The Shoreline Top Foods Store, 1201 N. 175th Street, Shoreline, WA 98133
We meet at 7 a.m. for free refreshments provided by Top Foods and then leave by 7:30 a.m. to ride north on the Interurban Trail to Everett and back — a distance of 50 miles, which can fulfill the Cycling Merit Badge requirement.
We take a fairly leisurely pace and make a couple of stops for hot chocolate and have lunch at the downtown Everett McDonalds (bring a few extra $$).
Please make sure your bike is in good working order and have your 10 essentials. Please… no cotton! We do not offer breakdown service or repair. This event is simply an opportunity to burn some post-Thanksgiving calories and ride with fellow scouts and scouters. We always have a great time.
In case of snow or substantial ice we will reschedule. Please check the Troop 853 website in the event of extremely severe weather. We do ride in the rain (and we love it).
Kurt Herzog
Scoutmaster
Troop 853
425-244-5840
Aurora District Merit Badge Fair
Date: Saturday, Nov 17
Registration Time: 8:30am
Event Time: 9am to 3pm
Location: Seattle North Stake Center, LDS, 5701 8th Ave NE, Seattle
- Bring a blue card from your troop
- Dress in full uniform
- Bring your own lunch
Prepare by reading the merit badge book, print out the MeritBadge.com worksheets. Small fee upon registration – to be determined.
Here is the current list of Merit Badges to date:
- Citizenship in the Nation
- Geocaching
- Indian Lore
- Scouting Heritage
- Cycling
- Citizenship in the World (Morning Session)
- Camping (afternoon session)
- Astronomy
- Space Exploration
- Surveying
- Traffic Safety
- Engineering
- Oceanography
- Indian Lore
- Scouting Heritage
- Snow sports (Morning Session – also needs Trip to Stevens Pass to complete. To be scheduled at class.
Want to volunteer?
- Contact Janice Maxson – [email protected]
Questions?
- Contact Janice or Darcy Niedermeyer – [email protected]
We look forward to seeing you there!!