Monthly Archives: March 2008

April 21 Pancake Breakfast sign up

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Hi, all,

It’s that time of the year — Spring is in the air and we are exactly 4 weeks from Patriots Day, April 21 when we will host our annual Pancake Breakfast. As most of you know, this is our only fund raising event for the troop and, more importantly, it is one in which the town of Lexington and the entire troop show their mutual support and appreciation. And the event will go on, rain or shine, or storm, but hopefully we will have nice weather.

As in previous years, the Pancake Breakfast needs a lot of your generous help. And I suspect that most of you will be eager to sign up asap for this year’s job list. This year there is a slight change of management: ex-manager Charles Hatvany is officially taking it easy but in fact will help me out at every step, and Ginny Caples has agreed to be the assistant manager (thanks, Ginny). If you have any question, please contact one of us or send us an email at pancakes@troop160.com.

For sign-up information, please visit the 2008 Pancake Breakfast sign-up sheet. After you check out the job list, you can email us and let us know which position you want. It’s mostly first come first serve, and I will update the list at least once a day. Scouts will sign up separately for the two regular shifts on April 21, and there is no requirement that you and your son’s schedules overlap. I would really appreciate if you would sign up early to reduce any anxiety attack I may have in the coming weeks!

Thanks,
Franco Wong
Pancake Breakfast Manager

Need for an adult to fill the position of Youth Protection Training Assistant

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Hi everyone,

We have a need for an adult to fill the following position:

Youth Protection Training Assistant – we are looking for someone to assist Charles Hatvany with the upcoming youth protection training that will be taking place in May.  Charles has been leading this training for some time now, and he is looking for someone who can assist him with the upcoming training sessions.

Please let me know if you are interested in helping out with this position.

Thanks,

Margaret Stebbins
781-652-0183

Initial head count for June cycling trip

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Troop 160,

COULD ANY SCOUTS OR ADULTS INTERESTED IN A CYCLING TRIP THE WEEKEND OF JUNE 14-15, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS YOU REASONABLY CAN.

I’m coordinating the cycling trip for the weekend of June 14/15. My first two options for camping on Cape Cod will not be available: the Greenough Scout Reservation in Yarmouthport is fully booked that weekend for an Order of the Arrow Conclave, and Nickerson State Park in Brewster is partially re-opening that weekend after a major renovation (there are no group sites until later in the summer).

The current plan is to go to Camp Richard (a Boy Scout camp) on Nantucket. This destination will require a little more planning and be more expensive because we will (obviously) need to take the ferry over. One option for getting there used by a nearby Troop and mentioned on the Camp Richard web site is to rent a large (18 foot) box van to transport all the gear and bikes, and then to have the scouts and adults travel on the ferry as walk-on passengers. I have been told that Troop 160 went to Nantucket several years ago, so if any scouts or adults can remember how this worked or have any suggestions, please let me know (I’ve never been to Nantucket).

Once I have an initial number I’ll start making reservations.

Yours in Scouting (and cycling),

Mike Ames
240 Lincoln Street
Lexington, MA 02421
781-863-8252
mrames@alum.mit.edu

One-day leader training session offered by Troop 119

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Message from Scoutmaster Hank Manz:

Troop 119 has arranged for a one-day leader training session. As the note from their Scoutmaster will explain, this is a great opportunity for training. Everybody who has an interest in being a leader in any capacity should take this training.

To tell us you are interested, please send a note to 160scoutmaster@troop160.com and 119scoutmaster@troop119.com.

Thanks,
-Hank

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Charlie MacDonald’s Eagle project, March 15-16

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Attention scouts and parents:

My name is Charlie MacDonald and I am doing my Eagle project this weekend (March 15 – March 16) and I need as much help as I can get. My project is at the Hayden Boardwalk and we will be doing several different things to make the area look even nicer and make the experience more enjoyable. We will be cleaning graffiti off the benches, sweeping the boardwalk, removing pavement chunks from the forest area, and lastly fix an erosion problem by putting in erosion bars and digging trenches.

If you can go and need the service hours, we will be meeting at the Hayden Skating Rink (or if you don’t know where that is then go to the Lincoln Field and walk down to the boardwalk entrance) at 9:00AM on saturday. We will have a 20 minute to half hour safety meeting and then we will get to work. I will be their till 4:00PM on Saturday, and 10:00AM to 4:00PM on Sunday. Food and water will be provided.

If you are going you should wear a long sleeved shirt, jeans, boots or sturdy shoes, and a sweater (if necessary). Also, if you have working or gardening gloves, please bring them if you can. I will be making another announcement at Thursday’s meeting and I will have a sign-up sheet their so you can write down how long you can be there and what you would prefer to do.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns you can e-mail me at Redsoxcm -at- hotmail -dot- com. Thank you, and please remember that any help you can give, even for an hour or so, is greatly appreciated. ALSO, wear clothes you don’t care about and high boots because it will be muddy!!!

Thank You Troop 160 Parents and Scouts,

Charlie MacDonald