What's
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Council Dinner Honor 2008 Eagles and other Award Recipients |
All 2008 Eagles will be honored at the council dinner and such register to attend. There is no cost for 2008 Eagles. If you received your Eagle in a prior year and you did not attend the council dinner, please contact Mr. Toda to attend this year's dinner. The council dinner will be held Feb. 13 beginning at 6 PM at the Wyndham Hotel on First Street, San Jose. This is also a time to show your Eagle project to the community and you can do this by a slide show on your laptop, a display board or photo album. The council is also looking for donations to help subsidize the cost of the dinner for Eagle scouts.
The council dinner is also an awards dinner where we honor any scouts, scouters and volunteers. This includes any medals and awards for life-saving or heroic actions, Silver Beaver awards, and other council and regional honorees.
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Housekeeping |
Some reminders:
1) The scout handbooks is considered a part of a scout's uniform until he attains First Class. Scout, Tenderfoot and 2nd Class scouts need to bring their handbook to every meeting and outing. This will assist to make sure that any requirements that are completed can be immediately signed-off.
2) Complete uniforms are scout shirt, scout pants, scout socks, scout belt, and scout neckerchief. An incomplete uniform will mean that your patrol will earn less points for honor patrol.
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| Eagle Court of Honor |
| Thomas will be holding his Eagle Court of Honor on November 22nd. Please RSVP to his family. For more details, please check the egroups. Reminder that courts of honor count for the 10 activities and outings for 2nd and 1st Class ranks. |
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Upcoming Outing - November 15-16th |
We will be heading scout to Monterey for our November outing. We will kayak on Monterey Bay under the guidance of experience kayakers and then hike the Monterey Historic trail. Kayaking on the bay is a great chance to see a variety of critters including sea otters. During one trip, a large humpack surfaced within 30 yards. The historic hike lets us see and learn about the history of Monterey dating back to De Anza's expedition in 1776 and Monterey's early role in California as we see the oldest theater, the cannery, fisherman's wharf and even a special plaque at the tourist center. Scouts (and siblings) partiicipating on the hike will earn a special patch. For more, see the Future Events page.
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Merit Badge Counselor Training Nov. 11 |
The next merit badge counselor training session will take place on November 11th from 7:30-9:00 PM at West Valley Presbyterian in lieu of the montly round table meeting. There is no fee for the training course. Link to merit badge counselor form: Merit Badge Counselor Form |
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Den Chief Training Oct. 25 |
Must be First Class or higher in rank. Check with Mr. Beyda about serving as a den chief. The cost for the training is $10. Wear your uniform, bring a den chief handbook, a pen/pencil and a notebook. Registration begins at 8:30 AM and the session ends at noon. The course will be held at the scout office on Julian in San Jose. |
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Next Court of Honor - January 14th |
We will announce honor patrol winner and recognize advancement and activities award recipients. Please remember for rank advancements, there is a deadline that SM conference and Board of Review must be completed one week prior to the court of honor. |
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Venturing Crew Notes |
Our crew recently went to Mt. Whitney and assisted with climbing at Pinnacles. |
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Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Scouting |
The troop will have observe the 100th Anniversary of scouting at the COH. In 3 years, the BSA will be celebrating it's 100th anniversary and there will be a series of new Quality unit patches to commerate the years leading to the celebration. |
