Highlights from last night's meeting:
~ Boy Scouts was explained to cub scouts - Welcome!
~ Klondike info - Hoping for snow.  Went over materials that will be needed.
~ OA elections upcoming - watched a video about OA
~ discussed MBU
~ worked on advancements
~ finished some snow shoes.  Keep bringing them until done.

Next week:
~ 1/29/18 - need to commit to Mr. Hill by Monday if you are going on the Klondike.  Permission slips will follow at a later time

Upcoming:
2/16-2/18 - Klondike Derby - Camp Betz
2/18 - Eagle Court of Honor for Jacob Maynard, Jacob Conklin and Andrew Esser  4:00 PM at the Elks Lodge
 
Are you a Life scout in need of an Eagle project?  Do you like to read or go for walks along a walking path?  The Village of Shoreham enjoys doing these activities and they are looking for scouts who are looking for an Eagle project to help with 2 projects.  First, they want to build a Free Little Library which will be places outside the Village Hall.  The second project is placing markers and wooden signage around the walking path in their community park.  If you are interested in one of these projects, please contact Mr. Sparkman or Mr. Shepard for contact information.

Highlights from tonight's meeting:
~ worked on making snowshoes
Next week:
~ Klondike Derby sign up form due
Upcoming:
This Saturday is our first Merit Badge University.  Please click on the following link to see the schedule and also to see what prerequisites (found on a separate tab) need to be done before Saturday. 

Scouts can start arriving at 8:00 and the first period will start at 8:30.  The periods will be as follows:
Period 1   8:30-10:00
Period 2   10:15-11:45
Period 3   12:30-2:00
Period 4   2:15-3:45
Cleanup   3:45-4:30 
Please make sure to print the worksheet for the badges you are scheduled for and bring it with you on Saturday along with pencils.  You can find the worksheets here:
http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Merit_Badges

Those scouts taking T21, make sure to bring your scout book so you get credit for the parts you complete.

Highlights from tonight's meeting:
~ worked on merit badges and advancements
~ talked about the upcoming MBU. It has been moved to January 20th due to funeral being held at the Church that day.
Upcoming:
~ 1/9/18  Committee meeting - 7:00pm.  This meeting is open to all parents.  Please join us and help plan the different activities for the boys.  The more we have helping really benefits the scouts and also helps those leading our boys.
~ 1/20/18 Merit Badge University 8:30am-3:45pm. 
 
Merit Badge University information

• Use this link to find out which classes the scout is signed up for, what period and room the class is in and the prereq's for classes.  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zh5BtXmyXMS7vbgXc9TX2n0Pos48mWm2zTueUSpRaV0/edit#gid=738538981 
  
• The scout should print the workbook for the merit badge and then bring it to class.  You can find the worksheets here http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Merit_Badges 
  
• If your scout has not signed up and would like to, please email the classes he would like to take in the order of their importance to him to Kurt Sparkman
  
• We could really use the help of a few more adults at MBU to make sure the boys stay on task and also to make sure we have the 2-deep adult coverage.  If you are able to help, please contact Kurt.