Month: June 2016

One of the requirements for First Class rank was met this morning when the scouts met with Senator LaRose [R]. Frank LaRose, representing our 27th District, is an Eagle Scout as well as a member of the executive board for the Great Trail Council.   The Senator spoke with the

I won’t say yesterday was uneventful, but unfortunately HIPAA laws prevent me from saying more. But this morning, the scouts won the retreat banner.  This means at dinner tonight at 5:30, the scouts will be lowering the flag at retreat as well as marching. What a treat for the parents

My day started at 5:30 AM when the scouts in the text next door started chatting. I didn’t know I could whisper so loud, or so Mr. Wagner told me. I’m not sure why they were up, I can only guess it was the excitement to go eat breakfast.  The

Happy Fathers Day to my fellow dads everywhere. Check in is going well with no issues. The camp leadership has done a great job streamlining the process. The swim tests are over and we have free time now. The trading post is open today, so expect that they will be

We are now accepting sign up for volunteers to clean up on Friday August 19th. We will be cleaning up from 6:30 until after midnight. The money will be split evenly between the participants and will go into your scout account. We need 8 scouts and 4 adults. Please sign

Reagan, Jesse, and James volunteered at the Akron Food Bank. They worked with other volunteers to sort pallets of frozen beef, chicken, and pork. The workers sorted 23,000 pounds of meat that will serve 19,000 meals! The boys learned about food safety and took a tour of their facility. 

Jonathan Touma spent 10 hours creating an M. C. Escher tessellation floor puzzle for the Woodbridge Library Escher Art Exhibit. He contributed to the Escher Exhibit with hours of voluntary work. The work included tracing, cutting, and painting a three-foot diameter floor tessellation. 

Service hours are available at the Akron Food Bank on Saturday, June 11th from 8:30-11:30 am. There are only 9 slots available. Please only sign up your scout if he can participate for all three hours to make it fair for everyone. If you can’t attend, they have opportunities on

A successful day of hiking concludes in Boston Mills. We made it into Boston Township a little early and the scouts relaxed in rocking chairs on the Boston Store porch and by playing checkers. We caught the southbound train and rode back the 15 miles to Big Bend station.  With

We hit the 10.5 mile point of our 15 mi hike today at 1:00 pm, exactly on schedule. Having the “carrot” of eating lunch at the Winking Lizard certainly helped keep the mood up.  We had an educational discussion of the difference between credit and debit cards and how tipping