All, popcorn is sorted and available for pickup.  Contact Mr Zwonik on his cell 881-2949 (text or call) to make sure he is home on Saturday or Sunday when you'd like to pick up. 

All, the popcorn delivery is being finalized.

Popcorn will be available for pickup by scouts at Mr Zwonik's house, 126 Edgewood Dr, Colchester.  Starting Saturday morning 5/11.  Please plan on picking it up sometime over the weekend.  There is a slight chance it will be available Friday evening 5/10.  I'll post an update on the the Troop web page when it is available for pickup. 

Good evening,

The Cooking Merit Badge meeting conducted on 4/28 was the last regular scheduled meeting.  I have cancelled the meeting on 5/12 due to Mother’s Day.  I will conduct one additional meeting in May during a regular troop meeting.  All scouts are responsible for completing and properly documenting the cooking portion of the merit badge. All cooking requirements can be found in the Cooking Merit Badge Workbook on pages 4-14.  The workbook is located on the troop website.  

I am very excited to announce a great opportunity for our scouts!  I have been working with the Department of Animal Science @ UVM to offer the Animal Science Merit Badge on Saturday, May 4th from 9:00 am - 3:30 pm. 

Here is a link to the requirements: http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Animal_Science 

There is a cap on the number of scouts that can sign-up (16), so this will be a first come/first serve opportunity.  If successful, there will be future opportunities for other scouts to sign-up.

We have lined up the following opportunities for Advanced First Aid and CPR training. These skills are extremely valuable and instill confidence in handling unexpected situations, especially for those of us with active boys.  Certification is provided on completion of the class.

The class will be taught by Kurt Poulin of Northeast Medical & Safety Training Associates at St. Francis Xavier School.  This course description is from their web site...

"Bell is one of just 56 Scoutmasters in the United States invited to be guests of the National Council at the 2013 annual meeting held this May in Texas." - from the Burlington Free Press, Mar 23.  There are some pictures of boys in the troop. Read the rest of the article.