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Troop Program for 2007 - 2008

Date Activity Game
Sept. 20 Why Eagle Scout Is Scouting Important? Step On It
Sept. 27 Court of Honor
Oct. 4 Camping: Collecting Wood, Starting a Fire, Putting it to Sleep, Cooking Fires
Start: Family Life, Personal Management, Personal Fitness, Communications Merit Badges
What Do I Feel
Oct. 11 Camping Safety Camping Safety Quiz
Oct. 12-14 Campout at MacQueen Forest Preserve, Kirkland IL
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Oct. 18 Pioneering: Square Knot, Sheetbend, Fisherman's Knot Patrol Circle Tie
Oct. 25 Pioneering: Half hitch, Double half hitch, Slippery half hitch, Timber hitch Hitching Race
Nov. 1 Pioneering: Taughtline, Bowline, Clove Hitch General Knot Tying Orgy
Nov. 8 Pioneering: Square Lashings
Progress Report on MBs started on Oct. 4
Crossing the River
Nov. 15 Emergency Prep: Water, Fire, Tornados, Ice & Other Situations Ethics in Action
Nov. 22 Thanksgiving Day - No Meeting - Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov. 29 First Aid: Shock & Fainting, Severe Bleeding, Burns & Scalds, Animal Bites & Stings Sleeping Indian I
Dec. 6 First Aid: Object in Eye, Frostbite, Hypothermia, Poisoning Sleeping Indian II
Dec. 13 First Aid: Heat Stroke, Heat Exhaustion, Dehydration
Progress report on MBs started on Oct. 4
Kim's Game
Dec. 20 First Aid: Artificial Respiration, CPR Long, Short & Round
Dec. 27 NO MEETING - Merry Christmas!
Jan. 3 The World Famous Caesar's Olympic Games presented by ALL the Asst. Scoutmasters
Selection of Parents' Night Chairman
Jan. 10 First Aid Baseball Chain Gang Race
Jan. 17 Morse Code: E - I - S - H - T - O - M - Y
Merit badges begun on Oct. 4 should be completed tonight
Sighal Touch
Jan. 24 Morse Code: R - P - G - W - F - L Smells I Love
Jan. 26 Our Annual Pot Luck Dinner - Hosted by the Mother's Club
Jan. 31 Morse Code: N - D - B - U - V - C - A - N - K Code-e-o
Feb. 7 Morse Code Review Famous Visitors
Feb. 8-10 Campout at McQueen
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Feb. 14 Map & Compass Kim's Game
Feb. 17 Scout Sunday and Eagle Court of Honor
Feb. 21 Map & Compass Compass Facing
Feb. 28 Map & Compass Review Boxing Compass Race
Feb. 29 Parents Night - Summer Camp Sign Up
All advancement should be completed by tonight with the possible exception of Second and First Class
Mar. 6 Pre-Auction Preparation (teaching the boys) Map & Compass Contest
Mar. 8 Prepare for Auction
Mar. 9 AUCTION DAY
Mar. 13 Winter & Spring Constellations Ships in the Fog
Mar. 20 Maundy Thursday - No meeting
Mar. 27 Map Sketching Sleeping Indian I
Apr. 3 Map Sketching COntest Sleeping Indian II
Apr. 10 Picking Merit Badges & Tent Partners for Camp Map Symbol Race
Apr. 17 Camping Merit Badge Review Camping Safety Quiz
Apr. 18-20 Campout to MacQueen
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Apr. 24 Spring Constellations Picture Gallery
May 1 The Flag Sprained Ankle Contest
May 8 Knife, Ax & Saw Pantomime Game
May 15 Leaf ID Lost
May 16-18 Welcome to Spring Campout - McQueen
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May 22 Water Safety Leaf ID Game
May 29 Las Vegas Night: Merits come and Merits go!
June 5 End of the Trail
Meeting only for boys who have problems
NOTE: There are several Boards of Review scheduled for the year - with the last one on May 29 - it is the cutoff date for Summer Camp advancement. No merit badges will be counseled or accepted after this date until badges are earned at Summer Camp.

Edition date: 09/18/07

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