Announcements for November 4th

□ Join us Monday for meeting and key updates! Save the date for campout!

WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR NOV 4TH, 2024 REMINDER! TROOP MEETING ON MONDAY AT 7:00 PM! Uniform is Class A with Class B Underneath! The Troop PLC voted to meet on Monday, November 4th despite CMS not having school as our UCPS and Charter School families do have school on Monday. We will not have a meeting on November 11th as that is a mandated state holiday. □□ SAVE THE DATE! NEXT CAMPOUT IS SET FOR NOVEMBER 22-24TH □□ As we have announced at our meetings, we are planning to make this campout a service trip to assist with recovery in Western North Carolina through organizing supplies or rebuilding in some of the impacted areas. We are still finalizing the logistics and hope to have a signup available by Tuesday. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS... SUBSCRIBE TO TROOP 65 CALENDAR HERE 2024 Mint Hill Veterans Breakfast | Nov 9th 2024 Thanksgiving Eve Parade | Nov 27th NEW Volunteer Opportunities November 9th & November 27th We have two volunteer opportunities in the coming weeks for Scouts to earn service hours.    First on Saturday, November 9th, we again are helping with the Mint Hill Veterans' Breakfast at Arlington Baptist. We need adults to assist with parking and Scouts to help greet and serve the breakfast.   Then on November 27th, we have a great opportunity to volunteer with the 78th Annual Novant Health Thanksgiving Eve Parade in Uptown Charlotte. We need at least 15 Scouts to act as ushers for the seating area for the parade and to help with the Cookies with Santa event prior to the parade   Click the button below for the signups with more details on both events.  Please see Mr. Krumbine & Mr. Hall if you have any questions. VOLUNTEER AT MINT HILL VETERANS' BREAKFAST VOLUNTEER AT NOVANT THANKSGIVING PARADE Reminder Haunted Woods 2025 Workday for Next Fall | November 9th As you know, we made the tough decision to postpone the Haunted Woods Fundraiser to 2025 in order to provide the best possible product.  With that said, we are still working to prepare for next year!     We plan to have another workday on 11/9 to work on building the haunted house facade.  With a full year to plan, we hope to have everything ready to go well in advance so that we can simply set it up when the time comes.  We appreciate everyone taking time to help us get this done!     Click the button below for the signup genius for both workdays.  Please see Mr. Krumbine & Mr. Cavalline if you have any questions. HAUNTED WOODS 2025 WORKDAY SIGNUP Reminder Summer Camp RSVP June 22-28th | Woodruff Scout Camp We are now nearing the first deadline for Summer Camp 2025! The initial deposit deadline has been extended by the Camp until November 15th. We now have a link below to sign up to attend! Note - this deposit is refundable until February 1st.   For our 2025 Summer Camp, we are headed to Woodruff Scout Camp in Blairsville, GA (near GA, NC and TN border)! We already have details about the camp ready for you to review - just click the button below! CLICK HERE FOR SUMMER CAMP INFO PAGE CLICK HERE FOR TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT! Reminder Philmont Trek 2026 July 19-31, 2026 | Cimarron, NM We have secured a spot for a 12-Day trek at Philmont Scout Reservation in Summer 2026! The expedition will arrive at Philmont on July 19, 2026 and will return home on July 31.  We have spots for 12 people: 4 adults and 8 scouts.    The 12-Day Reservation fee is $1,725.00/person with payment schedule as follows: Deposit of $150.00/person due 12/1/2024 Advance of $787.50/person due 10/1/2025 Balance of $787.50/person due 3/1/2026 Youth need to be 14 years old OR 13 years old and completed 8th grade by our departure date.   Please let us know if you are interested and committed to making the trip NO LATER THAN November 11.  We will collect the non-refundable deposit of $150 by Nov 18 so we can send a check to Philmont to hold the spot.   Click the buttons below to learn more about Philmont or reserve a spot. Mr. Strand was lucky enough to go on this trip in July 2022 and is happy to answer any questions. CLICK HERE TO LEARN ABOUT PHILMONT CLICK HERE TO RESERVE A SPOT ON OUR TREK Help Needed Hurricane Relief While Hurricane Helene hit over a month ago, the need for help in Western North Carolina still very much exists. There will be many more opportunities to help directly through the troop in the future that we are coordinating now. Until then, I have included links to both the Red Cross and Salvation Army donation portals for financial donations. I have also included a link to Daniel Boone Council, the Scouting Council in the Asheville area, which is taking donations to help scouts replace uniforms, patches, handbooks and more.   Please give as you are able! RED CROSS HELENE RELIEF SALVATION ARMY HELENE RELIEF DANIEL BOONE COUNCIL SCOUTING DONATIONS Need a Merit Badge Counselor? Counselor lists are now available! Scoutbook only gives registered leaders access to the Merit Badge Counselor lists. However, in an effort to make it easier for everyone, we created this website listing all merit badges with Eagle required highlighted in blue   Don't forget the proper procedure: Choose which merit badge you would like to earn Contact the counselor Speak to Mr. Hall about pursuing this merit badge and obtain a blue card!  Troop 65 Mint Hill 11501 Bain School Rd Mint Hill, NC 28227 704-456-9411 Scoutmaster: Matt Hall | [email protected] | 770-601-1044 Unsubscribe       Manage preferences   Scouts! In keeping with Youth Protection's no one-on-one contact rules, please remember to CC your parents/guardians or two adult leaders when replying to this message. Adults! In keeping with Youth Protection's no one-on-one contact rules, please remember to CC any Scout's parents/guardians or another adult leader if you include a Scout in a reply. Send free email today