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 29This 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, 7pmCarl 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. <iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dRYI-iihAfE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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