May 24: Final BoR for School year

May 28: Memorial Day Flag Placement

May 28th: Montara Day Hike

May 29th: Black Mountain conditioning hike for Philmont crews

June 7: Family Picnic

June 18: San Jose Spiders Ultimate Frisbee Pro team outing

Scoutmaster Update

Chris Webb christopherawebb@comcast

Saturday 23 First Year Scouts went to Bedwell Bayfront Park in Menlo Park to learn and complete their orienteering requirements to include using a map and compass to complete and orienteering course, measure the height of an object (such as a tree or telephone pole), and the width of a stream.  Thanks to Vivek Chavan for running down the forms and to Jun Kim for setting up the orienteering course.

Sunday, Brent Browning conducted a Shotgun Shooting merit badge course at Cutter Scout Reservation for six Troop 33 and two Troop 14 Scouts.  All Scouts completed the requirements and earned the badge.  Well done Scouts!

This Tuesday

After announcements will be a short presentation by an adult leader of the Sea Scouts for their upcoming cruise on June 4th.  Following that Scouts from the E-Prep merit badge class will be holding a Troop emergency evacuation and mobilization event.

Main Troop will be learning and practicing cooking skills that will prepare them for the “Chopped” competition next Tuesday, May 31st.

First Year Scouts will continue with their advancement skills and requirements with lots of Scoutmaster Conferences to be conducted.

Black Mountain Conditioning Hike for Philmont Crews on May 29

This hike is mandatory if you have not met the Philmont shakedown hike criteria, optional if you have met the criteria already.

6:30 am to 2:30pm, Saturday May 29th.

Details and sign up  here

New outing: Ultimate Frisbee San Jose Spiders Outing June 18, 7pm

Carl Gabrielson carl.gabrielson@gmail.com

Come watch the San Jose Spiders, our local professional ultimate frisbee team, at Foothill College, at 7:00 p.m.  

I have 150 free tickets, and parking is free.  Scouts and their families are welcome to participate.  The first 20 interested youth can come early at 5:15 p.m. for hands on ultimate frisbee instruction from the pros.  Everyone else should arrive at 6:30.  The games are a blast, and they have good food trucks for dinner.

Watch exciting highlights from San Jose vs. San Francisco game and sign up on the troop website here.

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Family Picnic is June 7!

Please join us Tuesday, June 7 for our annual Family Picnic! This year we'll celebrate at Cuesta Park in Mountain View from 5:30 pm til 9:00 pm. All scouts and their families are invited.Each family should plan on bringing a passing dish. T33 will provide the hamburgers, hot dogs, and veggie burgers. The cost to attend is free!

We also need a few volunteers for this event including:

• Shoppers

• Grillers

• Set-up

• Clean-up

If you'd like to sign up to volunteer, please email Amy Mendenhall  amylmendenhall@gmail.com

Click here to sign up!

Memorial Day Flag Placement, Saturday, May 28

Laurie Hartford lauriehartford@comcast.net.

Annually, Troop 33 Scouts, their families and friends join fellow Cub, Boy and Girl scouts from all over our area to honor the men and women who bravely served our country by placing an American flag at each of the 112,700 graves at the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno.

This activity will take place this Saturday, May 28th. We will meet at LAUMC at 7am and carpool up to San Bruno. There is no better way to start the Memorial Weekend than by participating in this solemn event while earning service hours for your next rank and a commemorative patch. Sign ups open from the Troop 33 Activity Page. There is no fee for this activity but Activity Consent forms are due this Tuesday, May 24th. Please turn in to Laurie at the beginning of the Troop Meeting.

Day Hike at Montara Following Memorial Day Flag Placement, Saturday, May 28th

Laurie Hartford lauriehartford@comcast.net

After the Flag Placement on Saturday May 28th, you might want to join Mr. Pauly on this beautiful, 8 mile medium-hard hike with beautiful views. See the Troop 33 Activity Page for all the details. Because the hike is medium-hard, some hiking experience is recommended. Sign ups are open on the Troop 33 Activity Page. The hike is free but you will need to bring a signed Activity Consent form to Mrs. Hartford at the beginning of this Tuesday's meeting, May 24th.

For questions on an activity or event, contact the activity owner listed. As an activity owner to have your items included in the T33 Weekly blast, please submit them to Sundeep Gupta sundeep.gupta@gmail.com by 5 pm Sunday for the following week’s edition.