01/31/10 - Calendar updates - Especially the fact that there will be a meeting on 02/02/2010

01/25/10 - Calendar updates, plus:

Added Personal Gear Checklist for a 2 Night Winter Campout

12/20/09 - Calendar updates, plus updates to:

General Information - Dues

General Information - Advancement Activity Requirement

Plus the addition of the Troop 101 Activity Worksheet

12/12/09 - Calendar updates

Meetings:

Troop 101 is active all year, not just during the school year.  We meet on Tuesdays from 7:00 PM  to 8:30 PM.  We wear the Class A uniform on the first meeting of each month and the Troop Class B uniform for all other meetings.   Parent Committee Meetings are held during the first meeting of each month.   Druing the school year we meet at Van Hoosen Middle School cafeteria and during the summer we meet outdoors (weather permitting) at the Auburn Hills Civic Park.

Dues:

Dues are $90 per year paid according to the following 2010 schedule:

• $25 due by February 16
• $25 due by May 18
• $40 due by November 16

Dues must be current to camp or advance.

Advancement Activity Requirement:

Second Class requirement #2A and First Class requirement #3 specify that a Scout must participate in Troop campouts and activities. The Troop 101 Activity Worksheet is for recording this participation. The worksheet should be completed for each of these rank advancements (Second Class and First Class) and turned in to Mr. Shelton.

Scout Master Conferences and Boards of Review:

When you have completed all requirements for you next rank (they must be initialed and dated in you Scout Handbook), then ask the Scoutmaster to schedule a Scoutmaster Conference.   Be sure to bring your Scout Handbook.   After you have completed your Scoutmaster Conference, as the Troop Committee Chairperson to schedule a Board of Review with members of the Troop Parent Committee.  Wear full Class A uniform and bring your Scout Handbook.  After you pass the Board of Review, give your Scout Handbook to Mr. Shelton so he can enter your new rank into the Troop Advancement records.

Lieutenant Baden-Powell in 1888

Our cheer was originally the "anthem" of a Zulu army that was allied with the British during a war between Zululand and Britain in the late 1800's. This army, or "impi" in Zulu, impressed Baden-Powell, Scouting's founder, with their singing and their appearance. Baden-Powell said that he would never forget his first meeting with the impi. We adopted the anthem as our troop cheer because Baden-Powell really liked it.

The words of the Zulu anthem sounded like this:

"Een-gonyama Gonyama! Invooboo! Yah-bo! Yah-bo! Invooboo!"

And it translates like this:

"He is a lion. Yes, he is better that a lion--he is a hippopotamus."

I found this information on www.PineTreeWeb.com/B-P.htm

Luging
Rock climbing (indoor and outdoor)
Canoeing
White water rafting
Hiking across Isle Royale
Spelunking (caving)
Sleeping in a snow cave

If these are the kinds of things you'd like to do, then contact us. Troop 101 may be the Troop for you.