Ice Skating for Saturday (5 Dec) is CANCELLED.  When I slipped the date to Saturday I didn’t realize it would conflict with the Downtown Festival of Lights parade.  Since the outdoor rink is right next to the parade route Saturday night will be crazy!  We’ll look for another opportunity to schedule this event.  We still need Scouts for the WUMC tree lighting Friday evening beginning at 4:30 pm!

We will have a meeting next Tuesday to regroup and reschedule activities.  Still looking for a December “lock in” night at WUMC which will be fun for scouts of all ages!

The committee is working hard on our recharter for 2016, which is due to the council on 18 Dec.  We will assume all scouts will recharter unless you have provided alternate information.  The recharter scout fee can be paid with a check to Troop 287 or via your Scout Account.  We’ll be collecting this information at the Tuesday meeting.  Please contact both Lisa Woodard (lisalwo@gmail.com) and Jon Ullmann (jonu_1999@yahoo.com) if your scout does NOT want to recharter for 2016.  We have lots of fun activities planned, including lots of camping and backpacking next year, to help your scout continue to grow and develop a life committed to the 12 points of the scout law.  See you Friday for the tree lighting and Tuesday for the meeting at WUMC.

Troop 287 has a busy weekend of events and there have been some changes, so check out the schedule below!

Friday, 4 Dec:  WUMC Tree Lighting.  Needs Scouts to direct cars/people beginning at 4:30 pm.

Saturday, 5 Dec:  Dave Krzemien Memorial Service, need 5 Scouts for Flag Detail (11am-1pm)

Saturday, 5 Dec:  Game Night Ice Skating at Acacia Park, 6-7:30 pm

Since we didn’t have our traditional meeting/signups this week, I’ve sent out invites via signupgenius for these 3 events.  You’ll find additional details in the signupgenius invite…please review the information and RSVP via the site so I know who is participating/attending…thanks!

“Mr. K” had a huge impact at and beyond Troop 287.  He is largely responsible for the Troop’s great culture, and his values will live on through the future work of the many scouts that he mentored.  See below for information on Dave’s memorial service Saturday.

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December’s Game Night for Troop 287 is ice skating at Acacia Park! (Downtown CS at the corner of Platte and Tejon…see link below).  We’ll meet at the rink Friday 4 Dec at 6 pm for 1.5 hrs of ice skating (or more if you want to stay longer…the rink closes at 9 pm).  Adults can either skate with the kids or troll around the downtown shops.  Cost is $10, which includes admission and skate rental.  Military are $1 off with ID, and children 4 and under are free.  There will NOT be a Tuesday meeting this week.  See you Friday!

Map to Acacia Park:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Acacia+Park/@38.8376636,-104.8224795,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xa9df6c12d40108ee

More info on skating at Acacia Park:

http://www.downtowncs.com/experience-downtown/skate-at-the-park.html

All,

On Thursday, 19 Nov, 7 pm (tomorrow), we will have the first ever Troop 287 mini-Court of Honor at WUMC!  We have some important merit badges to award and Troop business to complete so we’d like to get as many families as possible to the meeting.  We will begin at 7 pm, and the formal meeting will be complete by 7:20, with planning  and business activities afterwards to accomplish the following:

-We’ll plan the campout on 20-22 Nov (Glen Aspen, near Woodland Park).  Cost will be $15.  Scouts need to come to the mini-COH to signup and plan.  Please make alternate arrangements with me prior to the mini-COH if you’d like to go on the campout but can’t make the meeting tomorrow.

-All popcorn money is due at the mini-COH!  We need to reconcile our popcorn account with the council this week.

-We will be collecting recharter fees, Troop Dues, and Summer Camp payments at the COH, so please bring your checkbook.  Mrs. Warner will have updates on Scout account funds for those wishing to use those funds for recharter/dues/summer camp.

-We will briefly discuss the upcoming events that were planned at the annual planning conference.  Come see the great stuff happening in the coming year!

Please e-mail me at jonu_1999@yahoo.com if you have any questions.

Due to the storm passing through Colorado Springs and the closure of D11 and D20, we are cancelling the Troop 287 COH on Tuesday, 17 November.

We will hold a short ceremony at an upcoming Troop meeting to award merit badges and pass out information to parents…probably after the Thanksgiving break; stay tuned for more information as we come up with a plan.

If you didn’t receive this message immediately (by 9 pm Monday night), it means you haven’t signed up for immediate e-mail updates via the Troop 287 website.  We have transitioned to a new e-mail subscription application that will send out immediate post updates.  Simply go to the website and “subscribe by e-mail” via the box in the right column.  If you don’t do this, you will not receive web updates beginning in December as we phase out the other e-mail subscription service (that sends out updates once daily at 3 pm).

If you have any questions, please contact me at jonu_1999@yahoo.com

Folks,

Since additional help is not needed at the Eagle Scout Project on Sunday, I will he available to pass out the popcorn from my home on Sunday anytime after 11am. Please email me at seanmwarner@gmail.com if you would like to stop by and get your popcorn, I will not be at the eagle scout project.

Sean Warner

Thanks for showing up to my project today! We got most of the work done so there is no need for people to show up tomorrow.

Thanks,

Nick

Folks,

I arrived 30 min late at the Eagle Scout Project this morning with the popcorn. It took a little longer to pick up than I thought.  I will be at the Eagle Scout Project Sunday from about 11-12ish with the Popcorn for those that did not get it today. You can email me at seanmwarner@gmail.com if you need to make special arrangements to pick it up at another time.

Sean

Troop 287,

I am picking up the popcorn you ordered on Saturday morning.  It will be available for you to pick up at Nick Ullman’s Eagle Scout Project at Glen Eyrie at 10am.  Please come get it. I don’t want to hold onto it for you.  Glen Eyrie is located at 3820 N. 30th Street  Colorado Springs, CO 80904.

The next and last opportunity for you to pick it up will be at the Court of Honor on Tuesday the 17th.  This is also the date that you need to turn in your popcorn money to Andrea so we can pay the council.  So I recommend you get it on Saturday, deliver it over the weekend or Monday, then you can turn in Money on Tuesday and be done with it!

Feel free to email me with any questions.

Sean Warner

seanmwarner@gmail.com

Please come help me with my eagle scout project.

Where: Glen Eyrie Conference Center- Camp Creek Picnic Area (see map for directions to project area)

Directions: Glen Eyrie is located at 3820 N. 30^th Street  Colorado Springs, CO 80904; turn left at the entry and follow the road all the way down to the gatehouse at the entrance of Glen Eyrie.  At the gatehouse, tell them you are here for Nick Ullmann’s Eagle Scout Project at Camp Creek Picnic Area.  Follow the road to the “Y”, veer right, and Camp Creek Picnic Area will be on the left side of the road a couple hundred feet down from the “Y” (the location is marked on the map above.

When: Saturday Nov 14th and Sunday Nov 15th (10am-3pm for both days).

We’ll be painting so bring appropriate clothes.  Lunch will be provided.

Important:  Please fill out the waiver on the following link and bring it to the project (this is required by Glen Eyrie).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_3eDCDOh0VIZ043NXJUR200dkk/view?usp=sharing

Thanks for helping me on my project!

The November COH will be Tuesday, November 17th, 5:30-7:30 pm, at WUMC.  The COH will feature a Thanksgiving Dinner potluck for attendees.  Please visit the signupgenius site at the link below to RSVP and sign up to bring items.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f094baeac22a5f85-thanksgiving

Here is a list of important information for the COH:

-Please bring canned goods (recommended 1 per attendee) to support the WUMC food bank

-Scouts should bring a creative dessert for the “Troop 287 Thanksgiving Dinner Scout Dessert Competition”

-We will be collecting recharter fees, Troop Dues, and Summer Camp payments at the COH, so please bring your checkbook.  Mrs. Warner will have updates on Scout account funds for those wishing to use those funds for recharter/dues/summer camp.

-We’ll have a signup for the campout on 20-22 Nov (Glen Aspen, near Woodland Park).  We’ll give you an exact cost for the camp at the COH, but estimating it will be about $15-20.  Scouts need to signup and pay for the campout at the COH.  We’ll be working on cooking requirements, the geocaching merit badge, and just generally having a good time in the mountains!

See you Tuesday!

Boy Scout Troop 287

Meeting:                     Troop 287 Committee Meeting

Date & Time:            November 10, 2015, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Location:                   Wilson United Methodist Church

In attendance:

Jon Ullman, Sandy Johnston, Mary Cuccaro, Tom Sharp, Andrea Warner, and Lisa Woodard.

Jon Ullman – Scout Master

• Game Night at Trampoline World was a recruiting success. Jim Brinkman’s Cub Scouts are psyched about joining Troop 287!
• Planning Calendar has been made & will be put in our Google Doc Drive
• Mark your calendars:
• November 14^th Saturday – Nick Ullman’s Eagle Project day at Glen Eyrie
• November 17^th Tuesday – Thanksgiving Court of Honor, 5:30 pm arrival
• November 20-22^nd – Glen Aspen camping trip; Geocaching Merit Badge
• November 28^th Saturday – 1:00 – 3:00, Ben Swanson’s Eagle Court of Honor

Andrea Warner – Treasurer

• Treasurer report was passed around; reconciliation report TBA next month
• Boys must turn in all popcorn money November 17^th at the Court of Honor
• Popcorn sales were successful; 10 Scouts participated in selling Popcorn

Sandy Johnston – Committee Chair

• Court of Honor – Thanksgiving theme – boys will bring the dessert and participate in a Dessert Contest!
• Sign Up Genius will be used to sign up to bring food to the Thanksgiving COH
• Parents should bring their checkbooks to the COH. Money due: Summer Camp payment and re-chartering fee.
• Discussed the need to buy Troop 287 t-shirts. Committee agreed that an order should be placed for 10 small t-shirts to prepare for 2016’s incoming Scouts.

Tom Sharp – Charter Organization Representative

• The Troop open-bed trailer is currently missing; it is believed that Dave Krezbian was the last to use the trailer.
• The larger ‘closed’ Troop Trailer should be locked for safety.

This is a picture of scouts at Trampoline World for game night last Friday…fun was had by all!

Thanks to everyone who rallied to make Veteran’s Day Flags a success on Saturday.

Tuesday (11/10) we will meet at our normal time of 7 pm at WUMC.  There will also be a committee meeting starting at 7:30 pm in preparation for the COH on Tuesday, 17 Nov.  We’ll also be preparing for our next campout which will be 20-22 Nov (Fri-Sun) at the council’s Glen Aspen site; just outside of Woodland Park on the road to Rampart Reservoir.

See you Tuesday!

NO MEETING ON TUESDAY, 11/3!

This week game night will be on Friday, Nov 6th 6:00pm at Trampoline World. We will meet inside

for 2 hrs of trampoline fun. Cost is $5/hr for a total of $10. Parents please fill out on-line waiver or sign

one when dropping off your Scout. For more information about Trampoline World please click on link below.

Trampoline World

780 Vondelpark Drive

http://trampolineworld.co

See you there,

SPL Noah & ASPL Josh

We need drivers/navigators and scouts for Veteran’s Day Flags on Saturday, November 7th.  This is an important outreach for Troop 287, as well as a way for scouts to earn money to fill up their scout accounts.  Several activities are coming up, to include planning for Summer Camp 2016, so Veteran’s Day Flags is a great way to get started on saving for outdoor fun!

AM Flags:  Meet at WUMC at 6:30 am

PM Flags:  Pick up flags beginning at 3:45 pm

You can track the status of signups on signupgenius.com (you should have received an invite; if you didn’t please let me know at jonu_1999@yahoo.com and I’ll add you to our address group).  I know this is a busy weekend!  We need everyone to help as best they can to get this done.  Please look at what you can do and signup on the site…thanks!

Troop 287,

We are in the process of updating the Troop 287 update.  Currently it shoots emails out at set times like 9pm or 3pm.  The updates will allow us to send them immediately so you get the information sooner. In the meantime, you may receive double emails from the website as we transition. We are going to manually re-enter your email address so you will receive an email from the site asking you to “Confirm your subscription.” If you would like to keep receiving emails from the Troop then please click on the link to confirm.  If you have moved on and no longer are associated with the Troop then ignore the email and you will stop receiving notifications.  Thank you for your patience as we work to make the improvements.

Thank You,

Sean

Troop 287,

We have received the popcorn order forms and Andrea is going to submit your orders tonight.  We will pick up the popcorn and get it to you to deliver on November 14th.  Then please bing in all your popcorn money to turn into Andrea at the November 17th Court of Honor so we can hand it over to Council.  Remember, checks are made out to Troop 287.

For any questions, please email me (seanmwarner@gmail.com) or Andrea (warnerand@gmail.com)

Thank You,

Sean

At Tuesday’s meeting we’ll start the Personal Management Merit Badge!  This is an Eagle required merit badge that requires extensive record keeping by the Scout.  Scouts will track their actual income, expenses, and savings for 13 consecutive weeks.  Also, they will  come up with a prioritized “to do” list for 7 days (homework, chores, extracurricular activities, etc.), keep track of what they accomplish in a 7 day log, and then critique how they did…should be interesting!

We’ll also come up with a plan for next week’s game night and discuss our busy month of November.  In November we have the following activities:

1 Nov (this Sunday):  Yearly planning meeting, WUMC, 1-3 pm.  Need SPL, ASPL, patrol leaders, and Asst. Scoutmasters to attend.  Pizza provided!!

7 Nov:  Veteran’s Day Flags (look for the signup soon to be posted on signupgenius.com)

14-15 Nov:  Nick U. Eagle Project, Glen Eyrie (10am – 3 pm each day)

17 Nov:  Court of Honor (Thanksgiving dinner)

20-23 Nov:  Possible “Secret” Campout……..

28 Nov:  Ben S. Eagle Court of Honor (1-3 pm)

See you Tuesday!

The WUMC Harvest Festival is Sunday, October 25th, from 2-6 pm!  We need Scout volunteers to park cars, provide directions, and help with activities.  You can come for the full time, or any portion of the time that you are available.  This is a fun day and also counts as volunteer hours for advancement.  Please come out and support the church and have some fun…see you Sunday!  (e-mail jonu_1999@yahoo.com if you have any questions).