Welcome From Troop 413
Updated: 02/04/2010

Drop off for cans is this Saturday. We will meet at the church at 9:00 for a weigh in by boy to determine who is eligible for the awards. Collections are on rain or shine. We are expecting a lot of rain, but not any dangerous weather. After the weigh in, we will take all of the food to the Arboretum beside the BP station. Once all food has been delivered to the council, we will go to CiCi's in PINEVILLE. (troop is paying for all Scouting For Food participants)

Eric Skilton is having his Eagle project after lunch at South Meck High School. You can pick your son up at South Meck, CiCi's, or at the Arboretum if you do not want to join in the fun. In the event Eric project is cancelled, we will go to the Matthews location for CiCi's.

We will let you know on Saturday morning when you come to the church, if not tomorrow, if we are go to the Matthews location.

Lastly, tonight was supposed to be the last night to sign up for next weekends trip. Mr. Cline was able to procure enough ammunition to accommodate a few more interested folks. Please let me know if you would Mr. Asheworth like to go.

We will leave on Friday at 4:00 from CCC and return around noon on Sunday.

In the wake of several complications involving our e-mail distribution notification groups and web hosting companies, we will be re-structuring our email groups in the next few weeks. Everyone is encouraged to keep up with the website and any announcements regarding email status.

Specialist Bill Rooney Comes Home From Iraq for Good!

As many of you know, our troop held an appreciation ceremony for Army Specialist Bill Rooney of Matthews during the month of November. I just spoke with Bill on Tuesday, February 2 and he is now back in country! Bill arrived today in Georgia where he is undergoing his demobilization operations and should be back in Matthews on Sunday, February 7th. He does not know exactly what time he will arrive back in Monroe but there is sure to be some grateful family members to have their loved ones back home for good! Welcome home brother!

Dates of Outing: 
February 12-14, 2010

Location:  Camp Grimes

Time/Place of Departure:
Friday,  2/12/10, 4:00 from Christ Covenant Church

Time/Place of Return:
Sunday, 2/14/10 ≈ 12:00 to Christ Covenant Church

Cost of the Trip:  $35.00

Scoutmaster in Charge: Mr. Cline
 

See the 2008 Shotgun Shooting Outing Photos

Printable Permission Slip

Online Permission Slip   

The February trip to Camp Grimes is for rifle and shotgun shooting.   There are two meetings for sign ups.  We can not accept sign ups after the February 11th meeting night! There is not enough time to purchase ammunition.  

Please bring a signed permission slip to this or next week's meeting plus your money for the trip. We need all dads to pull this event off.  Camp Grimes has offered us the cabin areas so it will not be a hard weekend if you are one who likes to camp out. 

On January 29th, families of the troop, joined scouts and leaders in congratulating rank advancements, merit badges, and service awards while also listening to  Scoutmaster Joe Culpepper of Troop 39 discuss the Friends of Scouting campaign.

Court of Honor Photos

Temperatures in the 50's, sunshine, a 50" base and great friends and family! The troop recently attended the 2010 Mecklenburg County District's Winter Scouting event at Winterplace Ski Resort where we were a contingency of about 1000+ scouts from the Charlotte region taking advantage of a great MLK holiday. Many thanks go out to Tom Opalka for coordinating this outstanding event. Everyone had an awesome time dude!

As a result of changing web hosting companies, we will no longer be able to send mass emails to everyone in a distribution group format except from the webmaster.

If you have an email needing to be distributed please forward your email to me at tsmith@rescuenc.com so that I can forward the email to those leaders or parents or everyone in the troop.

I have provided the emails of those who have submitted their emails during the past few months on the e-mail page in the troop members section.

In December 2009 during the monthly troop committee meeting, the committee agreed to re-structure the troop patrols in anticipation of our rising Webelos II from Pack 413 where we would incorporate our older scouts as patrol leaders to assist younger scouts with rank advancement and scouting skills. In our re-structuring process, we have relocated some scouts into new patrols as a result of vacancies created from boys who have left the troop over the past year.

In addition, the committee agreed to assign several adults to each patrol to serve as mentors for the  patrols to oversee rank advancement progress and provide leadership guidance to the patrol leaders.

Below is the proposed patrol structure pending committee approval. Please direct any comments or questions regarding this structure  to our Scoutmaster or Troop Committee Chairman. 

Patrol Leader....  Asst. Patrol Leader

New Beta Test of Online
Permission Slip

Beginning in February 2010, we will begin testing a new online permission slip for our outings. This online form will allow parents to register their scout without the hassle of the paperwork.

**Please note***
The troop will continue to use the current permission slip until the online version is approved for full time use.

Access Permission Slip:

Let us know your thoughts...

Troop 413 will be attending Camp Grimes this summer during

• When: Week 4 July 11 - July 17

• Cost $220.00 plus fees for certain merit badges.
  1st Deadline : March 18 Merit Badge Selections and $100.00 payment due

• 2nd Deadline:   April 15 $120 payment due

• 3rd  Deadline: May 8 Camperships due at council office (financial assistance)

• 4th Deadline: (date to be announced) Merit Badge fee payment due

• 5th Deadline: July 1 Health Forms due!
  
  Health Forms: Everyone must fill out a health form using the new form. They are good for 1 year only.

• Camp Website: http://mycampgrimes.org
   

• Troop Contact:
  Carolyn Trott
  ttrott@carolina.rr.com
  (704) 847-0336

Due to the overwhelming requests for useable forms for rank advancement and reimbursement. I have linked the forms on the sidebar (left side of screen)  so they can uploaded separately and should be easier to print.

Congratulations to Troop 413's Newest Eagle Scout
Jakob Leonard

On December 17, 2009 Jakob Leonard received scouting's highest rank of Eagle Scout. Jakob's Eagle project consisted of a beautification project at Covenant Day School that consisted of designing and constructing a 25' long bench designed to reduce the environmental damage to the school and landscape. He also planted several shrubs and other plantings. See Jakob's Ceremony Photos

Recent Troop Outings and Activities

Military Soldier Ceremony Military Ceremony Photos	Rainbow Falls Service  Project Rainbow Falls Expedition
Cycling Merit Badge Photos Cycling Photos	2009 Camporee Photos Camporee Photos
Huntington Beach Photos 2009 Troop Beach Trip Photos	Fall 2009 Court of Honor 2009 COH photos
Philmont Crew Photos
View David Holtz's Photo Gallery	View Steve Groves' Photo Gallery
2009 Summer Camp Photos Day 1-3 Photos     Day 4,5 Photos	Auto Maintenance Merit Badge Auto Fair Photos

The 2004 version of the Troop 413 guidebook is now available for download. This guide is a must read for new scouts and parents who have questions on how the troop is operated.

Download Troop Guidebook

Adult Leadership Training

Throughout the past few months, the troop has welcomed many new adult leaders into the troop. Larry Ashworth (Troop Committee Chair) currently oversees the troop adult training to ensure all registered leaders maintain their required BSA training. In order to serve as an adult leader either as a troop committee member or Assistant Scoutmaster you must have completed the Boy Scout Fast Start and Youth Protection programs.

Click here to access the My Scouting training online program

Members Page Password Changed:

In order to preserve our scouts identities, along with the leaders contact info. It has been advised that we only distribute this information upon request only.

If you would like to have access to this webpage please email the webmaster to request the password be sent to you.

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Boy Scout Troop 413 is sponsored by Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church in Matthews, North Carolina. We are an active, boy-led troop, where the scoutmasters provide guidance and oversight, while the boys learn leadership skills by taking responsibility for the day-to-day running of the troop. We take trips one weekend each month (usually the third) ranging from backpacking to canoeing to shotgun shooting to whitewater rafting. We'd love to have you join us at our meetings every Thursday at 7 p.m. at Christ Covenant Church, Building C in the Fireplace Room. 

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