Troop 51 annual mulch drive.

Who-All scouts and parents, new scouts and parents are welcome.

When and Where- Saturday, March, 16th, at 7;00 a.m sharp. Please be on time. Delivery will take most of the day, we should be done by 5pm.  Meet at the Church of the Epiphany Episcopal, at the corner of Fairfax County Parkway and Franklin Farm Road, across from Giant.(3301 Hidden Meadow Drive, Oak Hill, Virginia, 20171) Church Website is http://www.coee.org/default.asp 

Why- To deliver lots and lots of mulch and raise money for scouts and troop. 

How- Parents will drive scouts around and follow a flatbed delivery truck and deliver mulch. Parents are needed to ferry around the scouts. 

Additional Information: 

Safety- There will be heavy equipment moving in the parking lot. Be aware at all times. All drivers must drive very slow in parking lot as scouts will be moving around.

Truck Drivers- these are large trucks with little visibility, please try not to run anybody over or crash into anything. 

Clothing- This is not a scout uniform event. Please check weather and dress appropriately. Waterproof hiking boots and work gloves are recommended.

Gear- If you have a Tote’n Chip, please bring a pocket knife to cut plastic wrap. Bring a full water bottle and a chair to sit in while eating lunch.

All activities at Floris United Methodist Church are canceled for this evening.  We will have our normally scheduled Troop meeting on 3/13/2013

• 3 cubic foot bags of top quality double shredded mulch from Merrifield Garden Center.  15 bag minimum order.

• Troop 51 is  selling this mulch at well below retail!!   The more you buy, the more you save!!!

• Free home delivery (a savings of $85.00!!!). The Scouts will stack your bags of mulch neatly on the side of your driveway.  Please note any special location requests on the back of the order form. (Delivery Areas limited to following zip codes:  20171, 20191 & 22033 north of Rte. 50)

Order now for delivery of your mulch on Saturday, March 16, 2013.  All orders must be pre-paid and received on or before March 11, 2013.

This is our troop’s only fundraiser each year.   Please help support the activities of Boy Scout Troop 51.   Donations are also welcomed and appreciated.   Visit us on the Web at: http://troop51bsa.us/.

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*Checks must be Received by March 11, 2013*

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In keeping with our growing tradition, I wanted to send out a summary email for Camp Henson 2012.  We had a very successful summer camp.  Once again, we returned to Camp Henson in Nanticoke, MD, part of the Delmarva Council.  We had 41 scouts and 10 full-time adult campers attend camp this year. Of the 41 scouts, we had 10 brand new Brownsea scouts.  While at camp, we had the opportunity to participate in 2 camp fires and we had an awesome, late night Troop Swim.  All the scouts had the opportunity to go tubing behind the camp motor boats and we worked on a lot of merit badges.  Our scouts worked on 29 different merit badges that ranged from Archery to Wilderness Survival, with a little Metalworking and ATV riding thrown in for good measure.

Here are some of the statistics we observed at Camp Henson this year:

High temperature:  103

Low temperature: 67

Number of Merit Badges completed: 142

Number of partial Mbs: 33

Tenderfoot Scouts Created: 9

Brownsea Scout Requirements Completed: 370

Eagle Merit Badges Completed: 63

Major Injuries: 0

Scouts returned to parents: 41

I would like to send out a personal thank you to all of the scouts that served as my leaders on this trip, without them, we would not have had a successful summer camp:

John Burbach

Justin Turner

Luke Auman

Austin Gilley

David Fish

Hunter Hageny

Colum Conner

Will Nicoud

Alex Stein

We also had an awesome group of parents that worked together as a team to make a memorable camping experience for all of our scouts, without them, our camp would not have been nearly as successful as it was.  Thanks to all of the adults that worked on or attended camp this year:

Joe Nelson

Brian Gilley

Bob Steindl

Randy Hartman

Mark Lewis

Mark Casey

Stephen Nicoud

Jeff Burbach

Nancy Baker

Dev Singh

Karl Serafin

Min Choe

Brian Downs

Terry Baker

I personally had a great time and will remember this scout camp for years to come.  Not only did I get to participate in a very cool MB (Metalworking), but I got the chance to watch all of our scouts grow.  I saw many of my seasoned scouts grow into strong leaders, I saw quite scouts find their voices and provide direction to other scouts.  I watched as our tentative new scouts, venture into an alien world and come out on the other end as confident, seasoned Tenderfoot scouts.  All-in-all, we had a great week and I am glad that I had the opportunity to spend a great week with all your sons.

YIS.

Mr. Conner

Saturday and Sunday; August 25^th and 26^th

Food drive to benefit the Community of Faith United Methodist Church.

Saturday, September 22nd

Activity, location, and time of day to be determined (TBD).

Hello Troop 51,

Today we held our first “Troop Selected” single day outing – Troop 51 Rocket Day.  We had quite a number of scouts and family members join us out at Camp Synder in Haymarket, VA.  We had rockets of all sizes shooting off into a clear, blue sky.  Very few rocket causalities happened and fun was had by all.  We even managed to share the stage with some of our Cub Scout friends from Packs 43 and 158.  Here are some photos of our big day.

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Thanks and I look forward to seeing you all at our Court of Honor this Wednesday, June 20 and United Floris Methodist Church.

YIS.

Mr. Conner