Expectations
As members of Troop 985 - both scouts and parents - we have certain expectations for each other. These expectations have to do with information, scout participation, and parent participation.
No. 1. Keep Yourself Informed
For the scouts and parents, we expect you to keep yourself informed about troop meetings, activities, signup deadlines, and other matters. For this purpose, we use:
No. 2. Scouts need to participate
Youth today have so many demands on your time. It is hard to fit it all in, isn't it? While school and family always come first, you have to make hard choices about other priorities. With that said, Scouting requires a certain level of commitment in order for you to have a meaningful scout experience and to advance in rank. Here are our expectations as we grow:
No. 3. Parent Participation
With our scout Troop growing, it is not unreasonable to ask one or both parents to participate in the troop. It is the parents, after all, that keep this troop running. We are all busy, but we make time for what is important in our lives. There are many ways to volunteer your time and energies, some are critical positions that we need have filled, such as:
Thank you,
Scoutmaster Troop 985
Michael Warren
No. 1. Keep Yourself Informed
For the scouts and parents, we expect you to keep yourself informed about troop meetings, activities, signup deadlines, and other matters. For this purpose, we use:
- Our great website with calendars, announcements, and so much more
- Weekly postings as announcements to the website with a reminder by email
- Emails sent to the entire troop
- Announcements during Circle at the end of every troop meeting
- The Patrol Messages Every Sunday by 6pm.
- Patrol Leaders Council (PLC) for top down dissemination of information using the patrol structure
- Printed Yearly event Calendars
No. 2. Scouts need to participate
Youth today have so many demands on your time. It is hard to fit it all in, isn't it? While school and family always come first, you have to make hard choices about other priorities. With that said, Scouting requires a certain level of commitment in order for you to have a meaningful scout experience and to advance in rank. Here are our expectations as we grow:
- 5 troop camping trips/outings each year to be active
- 1 summer camp every year or 3 in your scouting career
- Attend at least one meeting every month to be Active .
- At least 1 Local Merit Badge day a year or our Troop provides Merit badge classes almost every month.
- Half of all community service projects (including Eagle Projects)
- All Regular and Eagle Courts of Honor.
No. 3. Parent Participation
With our scout Troop growing, it is not unreasonable to ask one or both parents to participate in the troop. It is the parents, after all, that keep this troop running. We are all busy, but we make time for what is important in our lives. There are many ways to volunteer your time and energies, some are critical positions that we need have filled, such as:
- Scoutmaster
- Assistant Scoutmasters, we always need more
- Patrol Advisors / Quartermaster Advisor
- Committee Members
- HALO (Head Adult Leader Organizer)
- Fundraiser organizers
Thank you,
Scoutmaster Troop 985
Michael Warren