Troop 151

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Saturday, October 26th, 2013: Registration starts at 8:30am
Classes run from 9am-1pm (Please be there by 12:45 to pick up Scouts)
Location: LDS Shoreline Stake; 102 N 132nd Street; Seattle, WA 98133
RSVP if you plan to attend at: [email protected]

Badges offered: Inventing, Family Life, citizenship in the World, Robotics, Scouting Heritage, Reading, Scholarship, Woodcarving, Inset Study, First Aid, Engineering, Traffic Safety, Bugling, Athletics,

Adult training offered: Merit Badge Counselor Training, BSA rules & Procedures, Youth Protection Training

Merit Badge fair 2013 flyer

Saturday, October 26th, 2013
Registration starts at 8:30am
Classes run from 9am-1pm (Please be there by 12:45 to pick up Scouts)
Location: LDS Shoreline Stake, 102 N 132nd Street, Seattle, WA 98133

Please RSVP if you plan to attend at: [email protected]
(RSVP’s are not mandatory as there will be onsite registration as well on Saturday morning
but it would be helpful to know approximately how many are coming.)

• Bring your own snacks and water bottle!
• Dress in full Uniform
• Bring Blue Cards with Scout Master Signature
• Bring worksheets as needed and read the requirements for your badge before you go.
• Bring pen, paper and other necessary supplies as needed.

New this year

• Adult Leadership Skills and Training.
  • How to be a Merit Badge Counselor, sign up and register today, learn the rules and responsibilities.
  • Youth Protection Training
  • Parents, Merit Badge Counselors, Scout Leaders, everyone welcome. Get Certified today!

Want to volunteer? Contact Lisa Puddy – [email protected]
Questions? Contact Lisa or Darcy Niedermeyer – [email protected]
We look forward to seeing you there!!

As of today – Merit Badges offered. Might add more later.

• Bugling (must already have Bugling skills) (session 1&2)
• Engineering (partial) (session 1&2)
• First Aid (partial) (session 1&2)
• Insect Study (session 1&2)
• Reading (session 1)
• Robotics (session 1&2)
• Scholarship (session 2)
• Woodworking (session 1&2)
• Scouting Heritage (session 1&2)
• Energy

Interested in the Law and Justice System? On Saturday, June 21st Scouts will be able to attend a one-day Law Merit Badge Fair in Kent, WA. This is open to all Scouts that have achieved the rank of Star and above. There are only 20 spots, so be sure to mark your calendar and visit this site for more information. Click here to register for this free event!

Program Highlights:

• Interact with lawyers, judges & law enforcement
• See the county courts in action
• Learn about the legal profession
• Visit law firms and courtrooms
• Event is a Job Shadow day for some high schools

Scouts are invited to this free event to earn their Music merit badge! Kappa Kappa Psi will be holding our 5th Annual Music Merit Badge Project at the University of Washington. Kappa Kappa Psi is a National Honorary Band Service Fraternity. We are heavily involved with promoting music within the community and at the university level. Our Chapter is made up of members from the concert band, symphonic band, and the Husky Marching Band. We will be running several stations that will help fulfill the necessary requirements in earning a Music Merit Badge. For more information please contact me at [email protected], and check out our website for the event.

This event needs merit badge counselors! If you are a Music Merit Badge Counselor and are available please email: [email protected].

Information:
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/kkpsimusicbadge
Date: June 22nd, 2013
Time: 11AM-1PM
Location: TBD, please check on our website

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!!

Our next court of honor is coming up this Monday.  We’re currently planning on a BBQ at the Maple Leaf park starting at 6pm, weather permitting.  A backup plan is in place, of course!  All troop 151 families, scouts and siblings are invited.  Bring a main meal dish if your last name starts with A-N And bring salad desert if O- Z.

The boys of Troop 151 just experienced a couple of great merit badge opportunities this month.  The first was the Railroading Merit badge.  10 boys took a 2 hour (one way) trip down to just south of Mt. Rainier to spend nearly 8 hours in a real train yard.  They had a great experience learning about the restoration, history, and career paths of railroading from the very dedicated people at the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad. They got to get up close to some real live steam engines and got a ride on a restored passenger car pulled by an older diesel engine. Really got a scale of how big, complex, and amazing these machines really are.  See some pictures of this trip!

Just a couple weeks later, several Toop 151 scouts were able to attend a 3 hour session at the University of Washington to learn about music, musical instruments, and performers.  Many thanks to the UW marching band for giving their time and energy to the boy scouts to put on this event!  It gave them a bit of knowledge about music, a taste of college, and the opportunity to hear some great musicians.  The best part was the exciting performance provided by the partial marching band that were there.  See a few pictures here.