Troop 134 2012-2013 Calendar Updated June 9, 2013 Decided by the Scouts at the yearly planning meeting September 8, 2012 Presented to the Troop Committee October 25, 2012 Any changes will be posted on http://troop134.org in the Upcoming Events frame on the left. Troop members will receive e-mail notifications through the Yahoo group calendar if they have signed up. Troop events for Scouts are in black Troop events for adult or youth leaders are in green Cub Scout events are in blue District, Council & National Scouting events are in red Government dates, natural events, & holidays are in purple Tentative items are in Italics. * Troop Meetings are usually on the first, third and any fifth Tuesdays, in the Fellowship Hall of Journey Church, 450 Blue Ravine Road (near Folsom Middle School), from 7:00-8:30 p.m. (Youth leaders should arrive ten minutes early.) * Patrol Leaders Council meetings (PLCs) are usually held on the 4th Tuesdays of the month. They should be attended by boy leaders & ASMs, but all Scouts are welcome. Troop game nights are usually on the second Tuesdays. Time and location will be announced (the time is often 6:00 p.m.) Overnights which are listed to start on Saturday may start on Friday (or earlier) and usually end on Sunday. Troop Committee Meetings (T.C.M.s) start at 6:30 p.m. Adult leaders and all Troop parents are invited to attend. Troop overnights are in Button Fill Other outings are in 10% fill. School breaks are in 5% fill
BSA Theme: Nature Troop focus: Tenderfoot, Citizenship in the Community MB Game/Special Activity: Monster Golf Outings: Eternal Flame campout October 2012 1 2*Troop Meeting 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Game night - Monster Golf 10 11 12 E.D. Dist. Outdoor Leader Training, Shingle Springs 13 14 15 16*Troop Meeting 17 18 19 20 Oct. 20-21 - Folsom Renaissance Fair 21 22 Red Ribbon Week in schools Oct. 22-31 23 *P.L.C. 24 25 T.C.M. 26 Pioneer District Eternal Flame Campout, Gibson Ranch, Elverta 27 28 29 30*Troop Meeting 31
November 2012 BSA Theme: Business Troop focus: Second Class, Citizenship in the Nation MB Game/Special Activity: Cave Tour 1 2 3 4 Standard time 5 6*Troop Meeting - collect 2013 dues 7 Tree Recycling Meeting, 7:15 Aq. Center classroom 8 9 10 Cave Tour Calaveras County. National Parks free entrance thru 11/12. Marine Corps 1775 11 12 Veterans Day Parade, Folsom State Holiday 13*Troop Meeting 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 T.C.M. 21 22 23 24 FCUSD break Thanksgiving Day 25 26 27 *P.L.C. - plan December and January 28 29 30
December 2012 BSA Theme: First Aid Troop focus: Christmas tree recycling Game/Special Activity: TBA Outing: S.S. Jeremiah O Brien Special event: Holiday Party 1 State Capitol Tour, stay on Jeremiah O Brien Liberty Ship, S.F. 2 3 4 Troop Holiday Party 5 6 7 Pearl Harbor Day - flag at half staff 8 9 10 11*Troop Meetingstuff tree recycling flyers 12 13 14 15 Deliver tree recycling flyers 16 17 18 (No official Troop activity) 19 20 21 22 23 24 FCUSD break through Fri. Jan. 4 25 (No Troop Meeting or P.L.C.) 26 27 (No T.C.M.) 28 29 Christmas Day 30 31
January 2013 BSA Theme: Winter Camping Troop focus: First Class Special Events: Pick up Christmas trees, Eagle COH Outing: Rifle Shooting Merit Badge 1 (No Troop Meeting) 2 3 4 5 Pick up Christmas Trees New Year s Day 6 Pick up Christmas Trees 7 8*Troop Meeting 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Game night at Sky High Trampolines 17 18 19 Rifle Shooting 20 Eagle COH 21 22*Troop Meeting 23 24 T.C.M. 25 26 M.L. King Holiday 27 28 29*P.L.C. 30 31
February 2013 BSA Theme: Citizenship Troop focus: Elections, Cooking Merit Badge Game: Granite Arch Outing: Klondike Derby Special events Scout Sunday. Cub Scout Pack 386 Blue & Gold Dinner & bridging 1 2 Marmot Day 3 Scout Sunday 4 5 *Troop Meeting - Election prep 6 7 8 BSA founded 1910 9 10 11 FCUSD holiday for Lincoln s BD 12 *Troop Meeting - Elections; TLT 13 (P134 Blue & Gold 6 pm FMS) 14 15 16 17 18 Washington s BD observed 19 *Game Night - Basketball 20 21 Pack 386 Blue & Gold 22 Klondike Derby 23 (P735 Blue & Gold 5 pm Com Ctr) 24 25 26 *P.L.C. 27 28 T.C.M.
March 2013 BSA Theme: Physical Fitness Troop focus: Tenderfoot Game: Climbing at Granite Arch Outing: First Class Trail Campout Special events Easter Egg Stuffing & Hunt 1 2 3 4 5 *Troop Meeting 6 7 8 Game night at Granite Arch, 6:45 p.m. 9 Trinity Church Service Project, 8:00 a.m. 10 ILST Training, 12:00 noon, Livermore Park Daylight time 11 12 *Troop Meeting - T#10 tests 13 14 15 First Class Trail Campout Riverbend Park 16 17 18 19 *Troop Meeting 20 21 T.C.M. 22 23 24 25 31 Spring Break thru Monday April 1 26 *P.L.C. 27 City Easter Egg Stuffing, 6:00 p.m., Community Center 28 29 30 City Easter Egg Hunt, 6:45 a.m., Lembi Park Easter Sunday
April 2013 BSA Theme: Forestry Troop focus: Game/Special activity: Academy of Sciences, S.F. Outing: Campout at Sugarloaf Ridge S.P., Sonoma County Special events 1 State Holiday 2 *Troop Meeting 3 4 5 Campout at Sugarloaf Ridge, Sonoma County 6 7 8 9 *Troop Meeting 10 11 12 13 Creek Week cleanup 14 15 16 *Troop Meeting - T #10 tests 17 18 Dinner 19 20 Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, S.F. UCD Picnic Day Cal Day 21 22 23 *P.L.C. - 2014 Troop budget input 24 25 T.C.M. 26 Camporee 27 28 29 30 *Troop Meeting - Intro. to Merit Badges + Rank deadline for COH $300 due for camp
May 2013 BSA Theme: Leadership Troop focus: First Class Trail Outing: Campout at Mt. Diablo Special events Court of Honor 1 2 3 Campout at Mt. Diablo State Park, Buckeye Group camp 4 5 6 7 *Troop Meeting Merit Badge deadline for COH 8 8 a.m. Colors at Assoc. of Cal. Water Agencies Conf. breakfast 9 10 11 12 13 14 *Troop Meeting 15 16 17 18 Mother s Day Peace Officer s Memorial Day - flag at half staff Armed Forces Day 19 20 21 6:30 p.m., JC FH, Court of Honor 22 23 T.C.M. 24 25 26 27 Memorial Day - flag at half staff until noon 28 *P.L.C. 29 30 FCUSD Last Day of School 31
June 2013 BSA Theme: Special Cooking Troop focus: Game/activity: Kayaking on Lk. Natoma Outings: Extended Campout on Mendocino coast Campout at South Lake Tahoe 1 ACS Relay for Life, 9 a.m. to 9. a.m. Sunday 2 3 4 *Troop Meeting 5 6 Extended campout, Van Damme S.P. 7 8 9 10 11*Troop Meeting 12 13 14 15 Flag Day 16 Father s Day 17 18 Kayaking, canoeing on Lake Natoma 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 *P.L.C. 26 27 T.C.M. 28 Campout at Camp Shelly, South Lake Tahoe 29 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Kayaking on Emerald Bay 30
BSA Theme: Backpacking Troop focus: First Class Trail, Summer Camp prep. Game: Night Slides Outings: Backpack Trek Lassen Park campout; Scout Camp July 2013 1 2 *Troop Meeting 3 Folsom Rodeo thru 7/5 4 Independence Day 5 6 7 8 9 10 Night Slides at Sunsplash, Roseville Cub Scout Day Camp thru Sunday 11 12 Backpack Trek through Sunday 13 14 15 16 *Troop Meeting 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 *PLC - budget input if not done in April [can t use FH] 24 25 T.C.M. - discuss 2014 calendar 26 Campout at Lassen Park through 7/28 27 Korean War Armistice Day 28 Scout camp at Camp Fleishmann, Chester, Calif., through 8/3 29 30 31
August 2013 BSA Theme: Aquatics Troop focus: Game/activity: Boating at CSUS Outing: Campout at South Lake Tahoe Special events Yearly Planning, Troop Leader Training 1 2 3 4 5 6 *Troop Meeting - election prep. 7 8 9 10 11 12 FCUSD Schools start Peak of Perseid Meteor Shower 13 *Troop Meeting - Elections; schedule TLT; patrol ideas for 2013-2014 14 15 16 Backpack Trek - 5 miles a day 17 18 Troop Leader Training (ILST) 19 20 Boating at CSUS Aquatic Center 21 Boating at CSUS Aquatic Center 22 T.C.M. - approve 2014 Troop budget 23 Popcorn Show & Sells 24 25 Yearly Planning 26 27 *P.L.C. 28 29 30 31
September 2013 BSA Theme: Fishing Troop focus: Game: Sports Day Outing: Webelos Campout Special events 1 2 Labor Day V-J Day 3 *Troop Meeting 4 5 New Moon 6 Webelos Campout Cyclebration thu 8th 7 8 9 10 Game Night - Sports Day 11 Patriot Day - flag at half staff 12 13 14 15 16 17 Court of Honor - present calendar Constitution Day 18 19 20 POW/MIA Day 21 22 23 24 *P.L.C. 25 26 T.C.M. 27 Pioneer District Eternal Flame Campout 28 29 30
October 2013 BSA Theme: Aquatics Troop focus: Game: Trampolines Outing: Campout and mountain biking at Rockville Hills Turn in Troop Merit Badge Counselor applications for 2014 Troop Dues for 2014. 1 *Troop Meeting 2 3 4 5 New Moon 6 7 8 Game night - Sky High 9 10 11 Campout & mountain biking at Rockville Hills Park near Fairfield 12 13 14 Columbus Day Ob 15 *Troop Meeting 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 *P.L.C. 23 24 T.C.M. 25 26 Red Ribbon Week in Schools 27 28 29 *Troop Meeting 30 31 Navy Day
November 2013 BSA Theme: Science Troop focus: Game/activity: Air & Space Museum,, Travis A.F.B. Outing: Rain or Shine Campout Special events Turn in 2014 Recharter by 14th 1 2 3 Standard time New Moon 4 5 *Troop Meeting 6 7 8 9 Air & Space Museum, Travis A.F.B., Fairfield 10 Marine Corps 1775 11 Veteran s Day City Parade 12 13 14 15 16 Rain or Shine Campout 17 18 19 *Troop Meeting 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 *P.L.C. - plan December and January 27 28 Thanksgiving Day 29 State Holiday 30
December 2013 BSA Theme: Cooking Troop focus: Game night: Arcade Nighr Special events Volunteer Day 1 2 New Moon 3 Troop Holiday Party 4 5 T.C.M. 6 7 Pearl Harbor Day - flag at half staff 8 9 10 *Troop Meeting - stuff tree pickup flyers 11 12 13 14 Deliver tree recycling flyers 15 16 17 Game night - Arcade Night 18 19 20 21 Volunteer Day 22 23 FCUSD break 24 (No Troop Meeting) 25 Christmas Day 26 (No TCM) 27 28 29 30 31 (No Troop Meeting)
January 2014 BSA Theme: TBA Troop focus: Game: Outing: Special events 1 New Year s Day New Moon 2 3 4 Christmas Tree Pickup 5 Christmas Tree Pickup 6 7 *Troop Meeting 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Game night 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 *Troop Meeting 22 23 T.C.M. 24 25 M.L.K. Holiday 26 27 28 *P.L.C. 29 30 31 New Moon