"Bring a Friend to Scouting Night"

Boy Scout Troop 67

• Preopening The preopening will contain a variety of activities conducted by the boys. Activities could include such things as a tent set-up, taking compass bearings and pace, making rope, knots and lashings, and the like.
• Opening Ceremony Performed by a Patrol.
• Welcome and Introduction to Scouting ASM or SM welcomes the new boys and parents to the Troop's "Bring a Friend to Scouting" evening. In addition, the SM or ASM should briefly discuss what Troop 67 does. Troop 67 is an active Troop that conducts weekly Troop meetings from September to June. Outdoor outings average 10-12 per year in addition to a week of summer camp at Kittatiny Mountain Scout Reservation. Some weekend outings in the past have included backpacking trips on the Appalachian Trail, canoe trips on Bass River, Whitewater rafting on the Lehigh River, Camporees at Westpoint, KMSR, Snuffy Hollow, and the County Fairgrounds, historical outings such as Gettysburg, Canada, and Jockey Hollow. In addition, we go camping at area Scout camps where the Scouts have the opportunity to advance ranks, practice and master new skills, perform service, cook their own meals, have campfires, and play man hunt or capture the flag. Camping is not the only aspect of Scouting however. In addition to weekend outings, the Troop holds fund-raisers, service projects, and daily trips. We are very active on the district and council level and recently ran the Physical Fitness station at the Cublympics. To mention one more point, all the activities that you hear about are picked and planned by you. The Scouts that you are paired up with have come up with the ideas to go winter camping, to Washington D.C., the Aqua Camporee. They run the Troop with the adults as advisors and assistants. The Scouts decide what each month's program features will be and then plan the weekly meetings accordingly. We hope that you will enjoy the evening and enjoy hearing about Troop 67's activities. Just think, in a few years, you could be sitting up hear and planning a trip to go cave exploring, or mountain climbing, or a planning the 3^rd 60 mile backpacking trek by Troop 67.
• Skill Demonstration Tin-Can Cooking by ASM Dave Lippincott. Material needed: 55 gallon drum, charcoal, tin can, cooking utensils, and food.
• Game Fire Bucket Relay: Fill 3 five gallon water buckets ¾ of the way with water. Get three fire buckets and 3 plastic Dixie cups. Boys line up in patrols. They have to run up to the water jug with the Dixie cup, fill it up, and return to the starting point and dump the water into the fire bucket. This continues with the Scouts taking turns until the fire bucket overflows.
• Invitation to Join Explain the joining requirements, registration fees, Boy's Life, uniforms, meeting schedules, summer camp, and the upcoming Aqua Camporee. Hold a question and answer session for the boys and parents. Joining Requirements include:
• • Complete the fifth grade, or be 11 years, or have earned the Arrow of Light.
  • Submit a completed Boy Scout application and health history signed by your parents or guardian.
  • Repeat the Pledge of Allegiance.
  • Demonstrate the Scout sign, salute, and handclasp.
  • Demonstrate tying the square knot.
  • Understand and agree to live by the Scout Oath or promise, Law, motto and slogan, and the Outdoor Code.
  • Describe the Scout Badge.
  • With your parent or guardian, complete the exercise in the pamphlet "How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse and Drug Abuse."
  • Participate in a Scoutmaster Conference.
• Inter-patrol Activity Knot Tying Relay: Each recruit is paired with a Scout. They race the length of the room, pick up an index card off the table and each tie the knot that is written on the card. When both have correctly tied the knot they race back to the starting line and tag the next pair. Note: If the recruit does not know how to tie the knot, the Scouts must demonstrate how to tie the knot and its use. Knots should include the square knot, two-half hitches, sheet bend, bowline, clove hitch, and taut-line hitch.
• Closing Ceremony Performed by a Patrol.
• Refreshments