Troop 5, Middlebury, CT

From Pat Dooling, Assistant Scoutmaster:

Troop 5,

As a reminder, today is the last day to sign up for
the Bromley ski trip February 1-3, 2008 at the prices
quoted in the permission slip. If you have not mailed
your check yet or mailed it the last day or two, don’t
worry. However, please call me today on my cell phone
to let me know the details of what
package you’ll need.

After today, it is still possible to sign up, but the
price increases by $10 because there is a discount we
take advantage of by registering prior to a certain
date.

If you are interested, please don’t hesitate in
calling me so you can take advantage of the best
prices possible. This is a wonderful trip and
certainly the best value you’ll find for Vermont
skiing.

Thanks,

Patrick Dooling
Asst. Scoutmaster

***MONEY & SLIP DUE THIS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22ND***

The slip and money are mailed to Patrick Dooling, so
get them in the mail ASAP if you want to go.

From Patrick Dooling, Assistant Scoutmaster:

Troop 5,

In your email, please find the details and permission slip
for the 2008 Bromley Ski Weekend in Manchester, VT.
This year the event takes place February 1-3 but all
permission slips and checks (made out to Patrick
Dooling) are due to Patrick Dooling no later than
December 22, 2007 so as to ensure we receive the best
possible rates. There will be NO last-minute sign-ups
this year and all reservations are final and mostly
non-refundable. Those of you that have attended the
trip in the past know that it’s truly one of the
highlights of the Troop 5 calendar and not an event to
miss!

Please review the details in the permission slip and
contact Patrick Dooling with any
questions.

Thanks!

POPCORN SALE UPDATE:

Cheers to Will P. – Troop 5′s top popcorn seller wtih
$1,101 in sales!!! Thank you, Will and family, for
all your time and effort.

Cheers to Stephen P. as our second highest seller at
$836 and Pat M. as our third highest seller at $702.

This year, the average popcorn sales per Scout were
$249 with 81% of the Troop selling. Thank you,
everyone, for your support of the Troop and Council.

MERIT BADGE UPDATE:

“TROOP 5: a number of scouts have expressed interest
in the Citizenship in the Nation badge. Please make
sure you see Mr. Redline and get a blue card!! I
apologize for the delay in getting this started, but
we’ll get there! Please confirm with me via email
to let me know of your interest and more
importantly to confirm with me that you HAVE the blue
card signed by Mr. Redline. Remember, you have to have
a blue card signed before you can start the badge. In
a few weeks, I’ll gather the list and we will start
the badge. Thanks, Mr. Way”

WEBSITE UPDATE:

***Any web gurus out there? Troop 5 needs someone to
monitor the website, help with the day-to-day
maintenance, and post the emails. If you are unable
to help with this day-to-day effort, even a one-time
setup of the 2007/2008 calendar would be useful.
Please contact committeechair@troop5middlebury.org if interested.

From Patrick Dooling, Assistant Scoutmaster:Troop 5,

In your email you will find the details and permission slip
for the 2008 Bromley Ski Weekend in Manchester, VT.
This year the event takes place February 1-3 but all
permission slips and checks (made out to Patrick
Dooling) are due to Patrick Dooling no later than
December 22, 2007 so as to ensure we receive the best
possible rates. There will be NO last-minute sign-ups
this year and all reservations are final and mostly
non-refundable. Those of you that have attended the
trip in the past know that it’s truly one of the
highlights of the Troop 5 calendar and not an event to
miss!

Please review the details in the permission slip and
contact Patrick Dooling with any
questions.

Thanks!

From Jackie Mulhall, Popcorn Chairman:”Any scout that filled an entire order form is
eligible for the “Fill the Sheet” challenge. The
grand prize drawing is for a Dell Computer. I no
longer have the order forms, so anyone who wants to
try to win needs to print the form that was emailed to you and fax,
email or mail it in (directions are on the form).”

From Chris Way, Popcorn Distributor:

“Hi Maureen: Would appreciate you sending out a BIG
thanks to the Koskelowski’s  and their
“SuperVan”, the Jones, and Sue Amodeo for
their help in assisting with picking up the popcorn on
Dec 1. I could not have done it (sanely) without them.
- Chris Way”

A few other items:

Also, Troop 5 helped other Troops load their popcorn -
“Do a good turn daily.”

One other addition: Thank you to Toby A. and his
family for helping with Scouting for Food.

December Campout update: Had a few adult dropouts, so
if you can attend the December campout, please call
Robin Redline – nothing so eternal as
change . . .

Hello Troop 5:

Thank you to the following people who have really
helped out Troop 5 this past month:

1 – Mr. DeAngelis for running another great bottle
drive – $675-700 estimated!!!
2 – Jackie Mulhall for completing the popcorn drive
$1,700 higher than last year!!! (Total sales $8,700)
3 – Sue Mayer and Jennie Coe for running a great
Scouting for Food campaign – thanks Sue, for all those
extra trips out on the road to get bags of food. It
did not go unnoticed.
4 – Chris Way for organizing the pickup and
distribution of the popcorn (and Jon for sorting)
5 – Tom and Karen Curry for working at the MCC road
race and Tom C. and Jon W.
6 – Mr. Dooling, Mr. Redline, and Mr. Burns for making
the November campout possible. FYI – December is
looking good for adult participation.
7 – Sue Amodeo and Mr. Koskelowski for helping pick up
the popcorn
8 – Mr. Amodeo and Highland Liquors for their usual
‘healthy’ contribution to the bottle drive
9 – Anne’s Deli, Bella Luna, and the mysterious lady
from Watertown who had over 1,000 bottles and cans we
picked up – thanks to Mr. Jones and Mr. Marcucci for
making three trips!
10 – Mr. Dooling, Mr. Jones, Mr. Marcucci, Mrs. Coe,
Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Koskelowski, Mrs. Redline for helping
at the bottle drive
11 – The Pendergast, Pille, Way, Marcucci, Bushka, and
Kuehnle families for helping at Scouting for Food

We also had some great Scout participation:

Scouting for Food: Ed C., Stephen P., Nick M., Nick
K., Jon W., Ryan B., and Joe P.
Bottle Drive: Eric D., Erik R., Nick M., Patrick M.,
Nick K., Andrew B., Eli P., Nathan B., Chris M., Toby
A., Frankie K., Jack S., Michael J., Joe P.,

Sorry if I missed anybody!

Maureen Marcucci, Committee Chairman

From our Troop Scribes:

Hello Troop Five. This e-mail is just a reminder that
it is a new month now, so almost everyone now owes at
least two dollars. Also, a reminder to people who owe
more than eight that those have to be paid by this
Wednesday to go on the campout. Jack S will be
the acting scribe at the pool as Toby and I won’t be
there. For the month, we will still accept dues at
the pool.

Thank-you,

Chris M. and Toby A.
Troop Scribes