Latest News - Troop 854

May & June Coming Events

CCTroop854 — Sun, 06 May 2012 15:49:04 +0000

Greetings,

As we wrap up the end of the school year we have a lot going on before the Troop heads off to Camp Ottari in VA for Summer Camp!

Tuesday May 1st - Luke Morris Eagle Court of Honor

Tuesday May 8th - May Campout Closes

Weekend of May 18th - Fossil Hunting Campout - Peace River

Tuesday May 22nd - Annual Troop Bi-Law and Guidebook Review Closes

Monday May 28th - Memorial Day Flag Planting - Sanford American Legion - 7:30am

Tuesday May 29th - Troop Spring Court of Honor

Thursday May 31st - May Committee Meeting

Saturday June 2nd - PLC 2012-2013 Planning Conference - Holy Cross - 10am to Noon

Tuesday June 5th - Start of Troop Meeting Summer Schedule - 7:30pm to 8:30pm

YIS,

Jason Proodian

Committee Chairman

Troop 854

Annual Troop Bi-Law and Guidebook Review - 4/24 to 5/22

CCTroop854 — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:29:23 +0000

The Troop 854 Annual Bi-Law & Guidebook Review Period for 2012 opened on Tuesday 4/24 with the following email to the Troop.

The Change Proposal Document is: 2012-2013_change_proposals

Greetings,

With this email I am opening the annual 30 day review process of our Troop’s Bi-laws and Guidebook. These two documents contain the rules and regulations that govern our Troop, as well as a great deal of valuable information for our Scouting families.

To review the current versions of both documents please see the Troop web site at: www.troop854.com

Any registered member (youth or parent) may propose a change to either of these documents using the attached form. The deadline for submitting changes is the end of the Troop meeting on Tuesday May 22nd, 2012. Only changes submitted using this form will be considered by the Troop Committee.

As change proposals are received, they will be posted to the Troop web site for review. The Troop committee will discuss proposed changes and offer/make modifications to change proposals at the Thursday May 31st Committee Meeting. A vote on all change proposals will be conducted at the May Committee Meeting unless an extension is granted to further review any particular proposed item or there is not a quorum of eligible voting members of the Committee present at the meeting. If a quorum is not present the available ballots will be collected that evening with the remaining ballots collected electronically until a quorum is reached.

Only registered committee members may vote on changes, a two thirds majority is required to make any changes to either document.

Please call or email me with any questions regarding this process.

YIS,

Jason Proodian

Committee Chairman

Troop 854

Chartered Organizational Representative Erv Schreiber - Thank You!!!

CCTroop854 — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:35:31 +0000

Greetings,

Last night marked the final official Troop related activity for our Chartered Organizational Representative, Erv Scheiber. Former Committee Chairman, and Holy Cross member, Scott Larsen is taking over the position from here forward and will do a fantastic job for all of us.

The Troop has been celebrating Erv’s 60 years in Scouting and 26 years with Holy Cross & Troop 854 over the course of the year, below are a few of the pictures from these celebrations, the Eagle retirement gift from the Troop that was presented on Scout Sunday and the thank you card which was signed by over 150 members of Troop 854.

More pictures will later be posted on the Troop web site as well.

Erv has been an invaluable member of the Troop and Pack Scouting programs over all of these years and will of course continue to be a member of the congregation at Holy Cross. If you see him please wish him well in his retirement and thank him for his life time of service.

In recognition of Erv’s example of service the Troop has a new Ervin Schreiber Service Award which will be unveiled to the Troop shortly.

Thank you to all of the parents, leaders and especially Scouts that have participated in all of Erv’s various retirement events and gifts he has been very moved and is extremely appreciative and humble for all of the well wishes!

YIS,

Jason Proodian

Committee Chairman

Troop 854

New Scout Crossover 2012

CCTroop854 — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:15:49 +0000

Greetings,

The Cub Scouts will be holding their Blue & Gold Ceremonies this month and it looks like we will then have around 20 new Scouts crossing over to Troop 854 at the end of the month.

The Troop will hold its annual Cross Over Ceremonies at Camp La No Che on Saturday 2/25. Scouts and families should plan on arriving around 5pm, the ceremonies start once it gets dark and culminate with a great bonfire cross over!

The new Scouts will be at their first official Troop meeting on Tuesday 2/28 and while they hold their first Patrol Meeting we will also be holding a new parent meeting downstairs in the Fellowship Hall at 8pm.

Please help us welcome all of these new Scouts into the Troop 854 family!

YIS,

Jason Proodian

Committee Chairman

Troop 854

Troop Spring Elections - 2/14

CCTroop854 — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:11:16 +0000

Greetings,

All position of responsibility applications have been submitted to the Scoutmaster and the Troop will hold its bi-annual Spring Elections next Tuesday 2/14 during the regular Troop meeting. The Troop will elect a new Senior Patrol Leader and individual Patrol Leaders and then the new SPL will work with the Scoutmaster to fill the remaining PLC positions.

All elected leaders will then attend Junior Leader Training over the weekend of 2/24 and assume their new roles after being sworn in on Tuesday 2/28.

YIS,

Jason Proodian

Committee Chairman

Troop 854

Summer Camp 2012

CCTroop854 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:26:04 +0000

Greetings,

Summer Camp 2012 planning is under way!

The boys selected Camp Ottari in VA during the annual planning conference in June. This will be our 4th trip up to Camp Ottari and it is by far one of the very best summer camps on the East Coast!

The boys have all selected their preliminary camp program with the first year Scouts doing the Brownsea Island program, the second year Scouts doing merit badges and the third year and older Scouts doing a variety of high adventure programs and/or merit badges.

There will be several parent summer camp meetings held across the Spring and those will be announced as they are scheduled.

Summer Camp has a monthly payment plan from January to May, please make sure to see the Troop Treasurer to make your monthly payments.

YIS,

Jason Proodian

Committee Chairman

Troop 854

Winter Court of Honor - Tues 1/24 - 6:30pm

CCTroop854 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:11:37 +0000

Greetings,

The Troop Winter Court of Honor is coming up quickly and will be held on Tuesday January 24th at 6:30pm.

Please note that this date changed from it’s origional date of 1/31 due to the change in the Florida Primary schedule.

As usual we will have a pot luck dinner starting at 6:30pm in the Fellowship Hall followed by the Awards Ceremonies in the Church Sanctuary.

All Patrols please be sure to let the Court of Honor Coordinator know how many people will be attending and what food they are bringing.

YIS,

Jason Proodian

Committee Chairman

Troop 854

Troop Holiday Schedule

CCTroop854 — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:47:41 +0000

Greetings,

With Thanksgiving behind us and the other holidays fast approaching please take note of the upcoming Troop schedule…

Tues Dec 6th - Troop Meeting & PLC, Crew Meeting

Tues Dec 13th - Regular Troop Meeting

Tues Dec 20th - Troop Christmas Party - Games and Holiday Baking Contest - Last day to sign up for the January Florida Keys Campout.

No Troop Meetings - Tues Dec 27th and Tues Jan 3rd - School Break

No Committee Meeting in December.

Weekend of Jan 14th - 16th - January Campout in the Florida Keys.

Tues January 24th - 6:30pm - 9pm - Winter Court of Honor

Hope everyone has a fantastic and safe holidays!

YIS,

Jason Proodian

Committee Chairman

Troop 854

Troop Halloween Fun!

CCTroop854 — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:16:06 +0000

Greetings,

The 2011 Halloween Party was a huge hit! The Scouts came up with some great costumes, played lots of games, won prizes and ate a lot of scary looking food! Excellent job by the Phoenix Patrol in setting up a great program! Look for pictures from the party to be added to the Troop website shortly!

YIS,

Jason Proodian

Committee Chairman

Troop 854

Trail to Eagle (9/20) and Merit Badge Counselor (9/27) Meetings

CCTroop854 — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:29:28 +0000

Greetings,

We will be holding meetings the next two weeks during Patrol Time at the regular Troop Meetings.

Tuesday 9/20 at 8pm in the AA room upstairs we will be holding the Path to Eagle Meeting with all Troop Life and Star Scouts. This meeting is just for the Scouts, not parents.

Tuesday 9/27 at 8pm in the Fellowship Hall downstairs we will be holding a Merit Badge Counselor seminar for all current Troop Merit Badge Counselors as well as any leaders or parents that are interested in volunteering to support the boys as MBC. Please RSVP for this meeting with Susan Sleboda either via email or at the Troop meeting on 9/20.

YIS,

Jason Proodian

Committee Chairman

Troop 854