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Troop 800
July 2008 News Letter


Last Update:  06/29/2008 06:51 AM

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
TROOP 800
July, 2008

MONTHLY EVENTS

DAY  DATE EVENT LOCATION TIME

July is a vacation month for our program. We have a week of Summer Camp at Fiesta Island the week of July 13th. Other than that, we invite all our Scouts and families to enjoy the time off from school and scouting activities. Our 2008-09 calendar is in the final stages and should be available in July. This newsletter is more of what's coming up.

TROOP MEETING

There will be no Troop Meetings in July.

AUGUST

We begin our monthly meetings on Tuesday August 5th. Our theme will be Shooting. We will be camping at Matuguay Scout Ranch the weekend of August 22-24th. We have arranged for Rifle and Archery Shooting and have made arrangements for the Pool to be open. We are going to bring back Service Projects for each weekend camp we do. Each Scout and Adult is expected to participate in whatever Service Project we arrange with the local ranger.

SEPTEMBER

Septembers' theme is Sports. Our camp will be at Lake Oso. This is an Orange County Council Camp. We have made arrangements for a number of activities. The dates are September 12-14th. More information will be available at the August meetings.

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

SAN DIEGO CHARGER FOOTBALL GAMES

We have been a part of the Charger's program for a number of years. Based on Rank, our Scouts pass out a game day newspaper in exchange for free, but restricted view seats for selected home games. We have more demand than available seats. We have chosen a pre-game this year. The date is Saturday, August 9th against the Dallas Cowboys. We need to be there at 2:30pm in full Class "A" uniforms. Game time is 7:00 PM. We should finish up around 10:00 PM and be back before 11:00 PM. For those first timers, this is a long day. We have openings for 2 adults and 6 scouts. If you are interested, or have questions, call John Johnson.

BACKPACKING TRAINING WEEKEND

We have reserved the weekend of Oct. 11-12th for a Boy Scout council backpack training at Matuguay. We go up on a Saturday morning, hike on the upper side of Matuguay, camp overnight and finish up Sunday with an equipment demo It is a full weekend of info and hiking. If you have an interest in backpacking, plan on joining us. If you do not have any equipment, we have backpacks and the needed cooking equipment.

COLORADO RIVER TRIP

We have set aside the Veteran's weekend in November for a great canoe experience on the Colorado River. This year, we will be launching from the base of Hoover Dam and canoeing approximately 35 miles. We finish up at Willow Beach. Time permitting, we are planning on spending one night and the next day exploring Mitchell Caverns near Amboy, CA. These are limestone caves that are great for exploring. We will set up a training schedule. Due to the water temp's and rapid currents' this event is for experienced canoers only.

GRAND CANYON BACKPACK TRIP
OR
CHANNEL ISLANDS OCEAN KAYAKING

We have a later Easter in 2009. Depending on interest, we will schedule either a backpack trip into the Grand Canyon or an ocean kayaking/camping trip to the Channel Island National Parks. More information will be available as we get into the next calendar year.

Troop Leader,
John Johnson

 

 

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