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meetings schedule, click on the "calendar" link above.
The 2020-2021 preliminary schedule is available
here.
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Consent to Administer Over-the-Counter-Medications form.
Community
Service Projects
Here are the
opportunities
for scouts to
earn community
service hours.
These are
especially
helpful for
scouts who need
conservation
service for rank
advancement.
Remember to log
your service
hours then
please to Mr.
Tole
(gtole@gtole.com)
to be recorded
into the troop
records.
Jesse
Lee Fall
Cleanup,
Saturday,
November 4th at
9:00 a.m.
Please help our
sponsor, Jesse
Lee Memorial
Church, to
remove large
sticks and
branches from
the grounds.
It's a pretty
easy cleanup
task and should
take only take
60–90 minutes at
the most. Any
help from scouts
and parents will
be greatly
appreciated.
Jesse Lee
requests help
from other
scouting groups
in town; Troop
116 and Pack
116.
Initially, the
different groups
will have
assigned areas
and eventually
all work
together. Here
are Jesse Lee's
directions:
- Troop 76 can
take the left
side of the lawn
by the driveway
and go straight
back.
- Troop 116 can
take the front
lawn beginning
where the
pumpkins are now
and then swing
by the left side
of the church
where 76 will
be.
- Pack 116 can
take the bottom
1/3 of the left
side of the lawn
closest to the
dumping leaves
area. Same side
76 will be.
Presidential Volunteer Service
Award
Instructions for submitting hours for the award are posted below.Our Troop is proud to have been
accepted as a Certifying Organization for The President's Volunteer
Service Award (PVSA). Scouts who volunteer enough hours can earn
this prestigious award that comes with a special pin, certificate
and congratulatory letter from the President. PVSA was started in
2003 by the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation
as a way to thank and honor Americans who, by example, inspired
others to engage in volunteer service. The goal is to encourage
individuals to embrace the spirit of volunteerism that makes this
country so great. The Award level is determined by the amount of
hours a scout works. Please refer to the below chart.
Hours by Award
Children (5-10 years)
Teens (11-15 years)
Young Adults (16-25)
Adults (26 and older)
Families and Groups*
26 - 49 (Bronze)
50 - 74 (Bronze)
100 - 174 (Bronze)
100 - 249 (Bronze)
200 - 499 (Bronze)
50 - 74 (Silver)
75 - 99 (Silver)
175 - 249 (Silver)
250 - 499 (Silver)
500 - 999 (Silver)
75 + (Gold)
100+ (Gold)
250 + (Gold)
500+ (Gold)
1,000+ (Gold)
How to track hours
Service is calculated from June 1st to May 31st. This time period
only applies to the PVSA calculations. A scout is required to keep
track of all community service hours they perform using an Excel
spread sheet.
The data they should collect is written below and should be
presented to the Community Service Coordinator in the correct order.
Please ensure that the Time in Hours column has a grand total at the
bottom.
On June 1, after a year of volunteering it is the scout's
responsibility to email The Community Service Coordinator a copy of
their Excel sheet. They have till June 11th to send in their
information. No sheets will be accepted after this date.
Dates to Remember
May 31: Cut off
date for current
year's service
June
5th-11th: Send
in Excel Sheet
to Community
Service
Coordinator for
current year's
service
June
1: Start
recording on new
Excel sheet for
following year's
award
Example
of Excel
Spreadsheet:
Last Name
First Name
Age
Date of Service
Organization
Contact Name
Contact Phone
Time in Hours
Description of
Volunteer Work:
Please
note fund
raising of any
kind is not
considered
community
service.
Volunteering to
help a religious
organization may
be submitted but
not if you're
teaching or
preaching.
Youth Protection
Training
We are asking
all adults in
the troop to
complete Youth
Protection
Training. Follow
this link to
complete the
training:
http://www.scouting.org/Training/YouthProtection.aspx
First Aid
Training
Firefly Family
Yoga is offering
American Heart
Association CPR
Certification
Course for
anyone needing
to be certified
or re-certified.
The course will
be held on
Sunday January
28th from
3:30pm-6:00pm
and the cost is
$45. To learn
more information
please visit
www.fireflyfamilyyoga.com
or call
203-431-0140.
Class B Shirts
If you need a Class B shirt please
contact
Mr.
David Luhman, Troop Committee Chair. The cost of the shirt is $13.
Shop on line and donate to scouting.
It's free.
Our regional
BSA office, the Connecticut Yankee Council, benefits when you shop
at Amazon, eBay, Cabelas,
Eastern Mountain Sports, REI, and others. These retailers agreed to
split some of their income
with Council. It's easy and costs you nothing. Help scouting by
starting
here then choose your
store. And here's
a link on how to use Amazon Smile, the on-line retailer's
donation option.
Communications
Troop Texting
Stay informed
with troop text messages. We encourage
scouts, adults and leaders in the troop to sign up for this service.
It's free to sign up, but it does send text messages to your phone.
Please join one of the groups below by sending a text.
It's quick and easy.
Scouts Troop 76 Parents
Enter this number: (203) 403-2120 Enter this number: (203) 403-2120
Text this message: @t76scouts
Text this message: @t76parents
Troop 76 Uniformed Leaders
Troop 76 Committee Members
Enter this number: (203) 403-2120 Enter this number: (203) 403-2120
Text this message: @t76leaders Text this message: @t76comm
After you send your text message you'll receive a confirmation text
that you're signed up. That's it!