WELCOME Everyone! Troop 119 Transition Year 2021-2022 is ramping up!

WELCOME All Scouts and Parent/Guardians to Troop 119 Transition Year 2021-2022!  The 2021-2022 Transition year is ramping up for a year filled with FUN activities, Leadership skills and advancement through the ranks towards Eagle Scout.  Youth empowerment and skill building for leadership are the cornerstones of Troop 119.  A Troop Run by Boys for Boys, where the Scouts are "in charge" and the adults provide support to the Scouts. 

POLL PARTICIPATION REQUEST DUE 05/18/21.  All Parents/Guardians AND Scouts - your valuable input is being requested as to preferences on dates/times for the upcoming return of LIVE IN-PERSON Troop Meetings!  We are all looking forward to putting away zoom-meetings, and returning to live in-person Troop Meetings.  The Troop Committee is exploring various options for dates/times for schedule the upcoming live, in-person Troop Meetings beginning as early as June, 2021. Your input is important - The Committee can not do this without YOUR INPUT.  Please take a few to complete the following short-question POLL, as to when and where would work best for you. https://forms.office.com/r/UqaM7LryD6

ALL PARENTS/GUARDIANS ARE NEEDED as volunteers during the upcoming Troop Meeting this Tuesday, May 18, 2021! Your Help is needed as the Final check-off for Rank Advancement that ONLY PARENTS CAN DO this last requirements as it can not be an Asst. Scoutmaster/Scoutmaster.  ALL PARENTS: Be available Parent at Troop Meetings for Scouts to meet with you and complete their Board of Review Rank requirement (Only Parents/Guardians can assist with Non-Related Scouts). Board of Reviews consist of 3 adult members including at least one committee member. Last Day to Record Advancement and Merit Badge Completions for Spring Court of Honor Recognition is Tuesday, May 18, 2021.   The May Court of Honor Ceremony will include recognition of advancements, Merit Badges and Rank Requirement items that are finalized by May 18, 2021.  Again, this is the very last Requirement in each section that must be signed off by Parents/Guardians (non-related).

FREE Adult Volunteer Positions Currently Available:  **If you are a Parent/Guardian with the ability to arrange donated desserts into a line-format for two Court of Honors per year, the Court of Honor Coordinator position is available to you for free! **If you are a Parent/Guardian with the ability to order/track a mini-popcorn sale session, then the Popcorn Mini-Kernerl position is the perfect position for you and it is currently available to you for free!  Various Adult Volunteer positions are currently available for immediate start up, all with limited time commitment requirements. 

Congratulations to Troop 119 Scouts for Trail's End Popcorn sales of 2020-2021! Through hail, sleet, snow and even a pandemic - Troop 119 Scouts sold over $1,000.00 of popcorn - WOW!!  

Troop 119 15+th Annual Christmas Tree PICK-UP Fundraiser is coming up Saturday 01/09/21.  Sign up to be a part of our 15+th Annual Tradition of  Collecting Christmas Trees -> Pack them into trailers--> Unload trees --> go get more trees.  In December, Scouts distributed 1900 Fundraiser Flyers - let's go get 1900 Trees!!  All hands on-deck. The total money raised in this Fundraiser is split up by the number of hours each Scout participated in. The more hours that you put into this fundraiser, the more money that YOU the Scout make in the end. This is YOUR fundraising money $$ for camping, summer camp, everything fun!