Hello Troop,
Labor Day is coming up and we still need some more Scouts and Parents to make this another successful holiday! Please sign up below if you can help out.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4BA5AF2BA1FEC52-49049011-flag

Maureen Reiser
208-596-3115

Troop,

This week we will be having our Troop Elections. Make sure you prepare a 1-2 minute speech for the role you are running for and wear your uniform.

We will also be doing trip prep and meal planning for the Music Pass campout.

Nathan Turner will be giving a lesson to the Troop.

We need to make sure we have all the Merit Badges you have completed documented for the next COH. Please confirm with Mr. Petree so we can get any missing signatures figured out and pick up the correct patches from the scout shop.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE with SIGN UPS:

8/17: Mark Pharris’ Eagle Court of Honor
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4FACAD2DA1FCCF8-50505761-marks 

8/20: ICE CREAM Court of Honor:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4FACAD2DA1FCCF8-50498552-icecream 

8/23 – 8/25: Backpacking at Music Pass (South of Westcliffe, CO)

8/31 Miles Eagle Project
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E45A4AF2FAAFAC52-50459161-westside 

9/7-9/8: Austin’s Eagle Project (Rescheduled)
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050D4DA5AF2BA1FC1-50597858-austins#/  

9/8: John Reiser’s Eagle Project
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4BA5AF2BA1FEC52-50637024-johns

-Axel & Rudra

Hi, this is John.  I am building 3 information kiosk for 3 lakes on USAFA and working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The kiosk will be assembled before and transported to Ice Lake on USAFA the morning of September 8th. We will meet at Ice Lake at 9am for a safety briefing and install the first kiosk.  Your driver only needs a drivers license to get on base. The second will be at Deadman’s Lake and the third at Kettle Lake #1. We should be done by 1pm. We can help with transportation if needed. Please bring gloves. Safety glasses will be provided. Lunch, drinks and snacks will also be provided. If you have any more questions please call me at 719-757-8251. Thank you for signing up to help me with my Eagle Project.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4BA5AF2BA1FEC52-50637024-johns

Respectfully,

John Reiser

Troop,

We plan to meet in the church at the beginning of the meeting for fellowship and a slide show about Music Pass. Afterward, we can head outside to the barn and Jefferson will lead the troop in a lesson and game for his Communications Merit Badge.

Please return any borrowed items from the Wyoming trip. Things like harnesses, ice axes, helmets, belay devices, binoculars, poles, crampons, trax, or anything else.

Don’t forget to prepare for Troop Elections at our meeting on 8/13. Come prepared wearing your uniform and have a speech ready to go. Please let Mr. Petree know what position you are running for at this week’s meeting.

Finally, we have a lot of Scouts working on their Eagle Projects. Please be sure to sign up and support your fellow scouts.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE with SIGN UPS:

8/6: Axel’s Eagle Project (Morning 8-12)
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4FACAD2DA1FCCF8-50418412-axels

8/10 – 8/11: Austin’s Eagle Project
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C4BA8A828A4FD0-49884193-austins

8/13: Meerting & Troop Elections

8/17: Mark Pharris’ Eagle Court of Honor 
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4FACAD2DA1FCCF8-50505761-marks 

8/20: ICE CREAM Court of Honor:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4FACAD2DA1FCCF8-50498552-icecream 

8/23 – 8/25: Backpacking at Music Pass (South of West Cliffe, CO)

8/31 Miles Eagle Project
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E45A4AF2FAAFAC52-50459161-westside

-Axel & Rudra

Please sign up to attend. We are also looking for 4-6 scouts to participate in the Color Guard for this event. If you would like to help out with that please indicate that at on the sign up.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4FACAD2DA1FCCF8-50505761-marks

The upcoming Court of Honor will be on August 20th at 7:00 (set up at 6:30 for anyone that can). It will be an ice cream social. Below is a sign up to bring toppings. Please let me know if you have any questions.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4FACAD2DA1FCCF8-50498552-icecream

Troop,

We will be going to Air City 360 Adventure Park this week for game night!

Keep in mind that the meeting will start 1 hour early at 6:00, so we can have more time to play.

Make sure you bring $ for the tickets (2-hour session) or you can pay online. There is a $20 special for 2 hours and $20 of arcade which might only be an online promotion. 

Here is the address:
225 Spectrum Loop, Colorado Springs, CO 80921

Here is the link to the site:
https://aircity360.com/

If you went to Wyoming and borrowed any gear please return it. Mrs. Anderson will be at Air City and can collect it from you.  Thank you. 

UPCOMING SCHEDULE:

8/6: Axel’s Eagle Project (Morning 8-12)
8/6: Meeting
8/10 – 8/11: Austin’s Eagle Project
8/13: Troop Elections
8/20: Court of Honor

-Axel and Rudra

Good afternoon scouts,

As you may know, I am working on my Eagle Project, which requires volunteers. My project will be at Westside Cares in Old Colorado City, which recently had a water leak in the basement, so some drywall under the stairs was damaged. We will cut out the damaged drywall, install new drywall there and on an additional wall, and build shelves where there were none before.

I need four scout volunteers to help me out. It will be great community service hours, which you will need for ranking up, and it will be a great experience to see what an Eagle Project looks like in action. If you are going, please bring work gloves, close-toed shoes, a water bottle, and safety glasses. I will provide masks, pizza for lunch, snacks, and some Gatorade. We will be starting a debrief at 8 am at Westside Cares, and finishing around 4 pm. If you can only show up for a half day, that is fine, just let me know at mileskunkle2@gmail.com.

If you have any questions, just email me or ask at a meeting.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E45A4AF2FAAFAC52-50459161-westside

Thank you,
Miles Kunkle

Hi Troop 287,

This is Axel and I’m still in Wyoming but I wanted to invite you to help me with my Eagle Project. I’m planning to build 4 benches, 3 picnic tables and 2 planters for my high school during a school service day the first week of school. I need to have everything ready to go for the build day so I need help cutting and staining all the wood. There is A LOT OF WOOD!

Please join us on Tuesday, August 6 from 8:00am to 12:00pm , at my house: 

1175 Crown Haven Cir

Colorado Springs, CO 80919

– You do NOT need to stay the entire time, just come when you can and leave when you need to.

– We will have FOOD for breakfast, snacks, and lunch.

– Please sign up to RSVP by Sunday night August 4 so I can buy food.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4FACAD2DA1FCCF8-50418412-axels

– If you need help with a ride, please let me know and my mom can help.  

– I will send a reminder next week.

Please let me know if you have any questions and thanks for your help.

Thanks,

Axel

Troop, 

A shout-out to the Longs Peak crew! It was an awesome day in the mountains and pretty cool to summit a big mountain together.

This week we will meet at the barn on Tuesday and help prepare for Wyoming. We have bags and gear to pack and food to sort.  We could use your help even if you are not going on the trip because we have scouts who are out of town and unable to attend.

July 9 – Meeting Wyoming Prep
July  16 & 23 No Meetings Summer Break & Wyoming Trip
July 30 – Game Night (TBD)
August 6 – Meeting 
August 10 & 11 – Austin’s Eagle Project
August 13 Troop Elections
August 20 Court of Honor

-Axel

Long’s Peak climbers,

This trip is a BYOFSaOT (Bring Your Own Food, Snacks, and Other Things) day outing. We will be leaving later Friday night just to head up and take a little nap before starting a 3am trek.

We will be meeting at the church/barn and plan to depart Friday evening at 6pm

Mr. Anderson did a reconnaissance in Rocky Mountain National Park last weekend. There is still a lot of snow in that area, but according to recent reports, it is still possible to climb Long’s Peak. We will need to be prepared, which means having the right gear, and the right mindset. 

First, mindset – we will attempt Long’s, but we need to be ready to change our plan if the conditions are unsuitable. We will be trying the Loft Route, and if we reach the technical climbing and the snow/ice look unreasonable, our plan B option will be to attempt Mt Meeker instead. It is a 13er that connects to Long’s, and is an easy, non-technical hike from the Loft (the saddle between Long’s and Meeker). https://www.14ers.com/peaks/10136/13er-mount-meeker?t=routes

Second, Gear – with current conditions, traction devices are mandatory, so that means yak trax, micro spikes, etc., and a hiking pole at a minimum. Crampons and ice axe and would be better, but are not mandatory for everyone. I will be bringing micro spikes and my lightweight crampons and ice axe. Everyone will be on belay in any situation that a person could slip and fall. If there are long stretches of hard ice climbing, we will turn around.  To summarize, please bring:

Helmet
Harness
Gaiters
Micro Spikes and/or crampons
Hiking pole and/or ice axe
Everything else you would bring to climb a 14er in the summer (sunglasses, sunscreen, rain gear, food, water, etc.)

If you need to borrow a piece of equipment please let me know.

-Mr. Anderson

Troop,

This week we will meet at Blodgett open space for a hike.
Please wear your class B’s and bring a day pack with water and a headlamp!

LOOK AHEAD
July 4 – Flags WE STILL NEED HELP
July 9 – Meeting
July  16 & 23 No Meetings – Expedition Wyoming
July 30 – Game Night
August 6 – Meeting 
August 10 & 11 – Austin’s Eagle Project
August 13 Troop Elections
August 20 Court of Honor

-Axel

We are just a few days away from our 3rd flag posting of the season. We will be posting on July 4th. We are still in need of a 2 scouts and a 2 navigators. If you are in town, please consider signing up for flag duty.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4BA5AF2BA1FEC52-49049011-flag
Thank you,
Maureen Reiser
208-596-3115

Troop,

Following the fire ban at summer camp we figured its time for a good ‘ol campfire and game night. We will have stuff for S’mores as well as Cornhole, Spike Ball, and other fun games.

The meeting will be held at Mr. Petree’s house. Normal Time 7-8:30PM
2460 Silent Rain Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Extreme Adventurers!!!!

We have had a lot of one off questions. We thought it might be good to take this time to have a meeting on our upcoming adventure and answer a lot of these in person for the whole group. If you are attending or a parent of someone who is attending then please make an effort to attend tonight.
We will also have some mountaineering gear available for checkout tonight so you can pack it with your gear, so if you need something just ask…

Adventurers,

Saturday July 6th 2024we will be holding a training exercise for those attending the Expedition Wyoming adventure.

The details are still being ironed out, but we would really like to see everyone attending this trip be involved to make sure we are all ready for what we will encounter.

Please click on the link below and indicate if you will be there or not. I would like a response from all folks signed up for Wyoming.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C4BA8A828A4FD0-50139495-wyoming

Scouts & Parents,

We have an opportunity this Friday to get your annual swim test taken care of. The test will be needed for both scout camp and the Wyoming High Adventure trip. If you are available to join us this Friday please RSVP by sending a text to Janelle Anderson at (801) 518-9659. She can also help with transportation if you need a ride. 

Date: Friday, June 14

Time: 1-2pm

Where: Downtown YMCA located at 207 N Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Parking: Please use the parking garage next door (just East of the entrance to the YMCA)

Cost: $3.50 for non-members

Bring: Come dressed in your swim gear with a change of clothes, water bottle, goggles and towel.

BSA Swim Test Requirements:

• Jump feet first into water over the head in depth, level off, and begin swimming.
• Swim 75 yards (3 lengths of the pool) in a strong manner using one or more of the following strokes: sidestroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl (no dog-paddle).
• Swim 25 yards (1 length of the pool) using an easy, resting backstroke.
• The 100 yards must be completed without stops and must include at least one sharp turn.
• After completing the swim, rest by floating (Typically, for up to one minute).

Please contact me with your RSVP and any questions or concerns you might have.

Thanks,

Janelle

With the Troop being at Camp Chris Dobbins for summer camp next week, we will forego our normal weekly meeting.

See you all again Tuesday 6/25/2024 as scheduled.

Troop,

Class B Uniforms tonight!!!! We are going for a hike!!!

While the Troop Committee has their meeting we will go for a hike down around Ute Valley Park.

When we return we will discuss packing list for summer camp as well as upcoming adventures.

-Axel

We are less than a week away from Flag Day! We are still in need of drivers, navigators and Scouts. If you are in town please consider signing up for this holiday. You are responsible for signing up for 2 holidays and this one would be very helpful. We all love our great equipment and high adventurous troop with a low cost!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4BA5AF2BA1FEC52-49049011-flag

Maureen Reiser
208-596-3115

Troop,

Tonight we will be meeting up at the barn around the campfire

Our next outing is summer camp and tonight we will be getting the troop trailer and gear all ready to go.

In addition we will work on some First Aid Scenarios being we didn’t get to do that at Ute Valley Park last week when I was sick.

Cant wait to see you all tonight!

Mr. Petree