Troop 5, Middlebury, CT

From Steven Zembruski, Assistant Scoutmaster:

Hello Troop 5,

I will be offering Emergency Preparedness, SATURDAY, January 10th, 2009 at 6:00 P.M. at the MIDDLEBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Any scouts interested can contact me via E-Mail or cell phone. This merit badge is EAGLE REQUIRED and you must have completed First Aid. For all those who took my First Aid class, you can all participate. (Yes I know I still have your Blue Cards).

Thanks and Happy New Year!

Assistant Scoutmaster
Steven Zembruski

From Patrick M., Senior Patrol Leader:

There will be a Patrol Leaders’ Council at the church on Sunday, January 4th at 6:30 P.M.

Hello Troop 5:

The Troop 5 Committee is hosting a Troop Committee Challenge course on Thursday, January 15, 2009 from 6-9:00 PM at the Middlebury Congregational Church. All parents, Scoutmasters, and committee members are invited to attend as the course is beneficial to all Scouting participants. The committee will pay for the cost of the training.

Troop Committee Challenge: “This fun and interactive training serves as a vital tool for new troop committee members as well as for veterans. The mission of the Troop Committee Challenge training is to help each troop committee work as a team to improve the Scouting experience for adult and youth members. It helps build the commitment of individual members as well as cultivates a better troop committee team.” – District website

Please RSVP as soon as possible to committeechair@troop5middlebury.org

Thanks!!!

Maureen Marcucci, Committee Chair

Don’t forget: We have a holiday party tomorrow night, Thursday, December 18th, at 7 PM at the Church in the Social room (where we have Courts of Honor). All family members are invited.

Families with names ending in A-L should bring some kind of main course (pizza, wraps, etc.). Families with last names ending in M-Z should bring a dessert and drink. Thank you, Nancy Pelczar, our Court of Honor chairman for rising to the occasion and supplying the paper goods. The committee is here to support and help make the boys’ ideas reality.

From Jackie Mulhall, Popcorn Chairman:

Scouts – we still have some remaining popcorn that we can sell. If any scouts want to sell any additional popcorn, they will get additional camp credit for any popcorn sold. You can either sell door to door or do a show ‘n sell. If you are interested in selling more pocorn, please contact Jackie Mulhall

Thanks ~ Jackie Mulhall

Hello Troop 5:

The Committee is looking for a mom or dad to take on the role of Committee Secretary. This role can be big or small, depending upon what you would like to do, but the main requirement is for you to attend committee meetings and prepare the minutes on Microsoft Word. You do NOT need to have attended committee meetings in the past.

Please contact commiteechair@troop5middlebury.org as soon as possible, if you are interested or would like to discuss.

Thanks very much,

Maureen

From Patrick Dooling, Assistant Scoutmaster:

Troop 5:

Emailed today you will find the details and permission slip for the 2009 Bromley Ski Weekend in Manchester, VT. This year the event takes place January 30-February 1 but all permission slips and checks (made out to Patrick Dooling) are due to Patrick Dooling no later than December 31, 2008. 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!

Thanks,

Patrick

From Pat M., SPL:

Hi all,

This coming Thursday we will be having a holiday party at the church from 7 p.m. till 8:30 p.m. All Scouts and families are invited.

For it to be fun, everyone will need to bring food and drinks. Families whose last name starts with A-L need to bring main course dishes. Some suggestions are pizza, pasta, and sandwich wraps. Families whose last name starts with M-Z need to bring a dessert AND a drink of some kind.

Thanks everybody,

Pat M., SPL

From Chris Way, Popcorn King (he thinks not):

I’d like to first thank everyone who promptly picked up their popcorn orders at my house today — especially after the troop-wide emails, and a phone tree call down on Friday.

The following scouts have not picked up their popcorn orders. I have not recieved any emails/phone calls to make alternate arrangements, per the troop-wide email and call down message on Friday.

I’d ask them each to please contact me to schedule a time for pickup on this Thursday 12/11, between 4:30 – 9:00 p.m.

Andrew B., Henry H., Marc R., Adam B., Eli P., Paul M.

Thank you,

Chris

From Chris Way, Popcorn Distribution King:

Can you please give a big Troop 5 shoutout to Ron Brandes, Marc Dempsey and also to Cliff Esmiol, who helped with pickup and unloading at my house. Huge help. Thanks,Chris

BOTTLE DRIVE:

On Saturday, December 6th, there will be a Troop 5
bottle drive. It will take place at the Village
Square Plaza from 9 AM to 1 PM.

***Adults and Scouts, if you can assist at either the
9-11 AM or the 11-1 PM shift please e-mail Tom
DeAngelis