Meet at the hall at 8am on Saturday. The boys will spend the night on the World War II Liberty Ship the John W. Brown.
We'll return to the hall at 10:30 on Sunday.

$75 Summer Camp Deposit Due
$10 & Permission slip for Liberty Ship Due.

This meeting is a "must-attend" for any scouts attending week camp this year. One parent and the scout must attend to get important information about this year's camp.

No meeting, enjoy your holiday and the birthday of our country.

Dear Troop 354 Families,
I would like to begin with “THANK YOU” for all the prayers, encouragement, cards & fruit baskets sent to me during my hospital stay. As many of you know after seeing my knee problems for the past years, I finally had surgery to replace them this past May. What I didn’t expect was being in the hospital for 19 days due to some small complications. I’m on the mend now and physical therapy is my next goal on the way.

During my hospital stay I received an email which really made my sprits high; this email was for our brother unit in Dundalk, Ireland (St. Patrick’s). During our stay in 2004 we were privileged and honored to personally meet with the outgoing & incoming Chief Scouts of Ireland. Both were so impressed with our efforts to support International Scouting the current Chief Scout extended and invitation to Troop 354 to attend the Centennial Celebration Jamboree for the 100th year of Scouting in Ireland in August 2008! This is a dream come true for our Troop, another opportunity for our Troop members to make new friendships and to experience Scouting at a Jamboree level! I already committed the Troop to attending; it’s an achievable goal if we begin to work on the plans now. I have so much more to say at the end of this summer when more details are worked out, but let’s make this a goal for our 2008 long term camp. We’ll set up fundraisers to offset the costs and give everyone chartered with the Troop an opportunity to see international scouting first hand.

This weekend is our annual “New Patrol” camp over at Eastcrest pool; attached is the permission slip; please return it when you come to OLH Hall on June 16th.

In Troop 354,
Al Linke Jr.
Scoutmaster

Place: Eastcrest Pool
Cost: None
Bring: Camp Gear / Bag Lunch for June 16th

Our annual new patrol overnighter will be our last chance to polish up our camp
skills before Summer Camp this year. This is a short trip and everyone attending should
remember to pack his swimming trunks as well as his class “B” uniform for the return trip.
All troop members are invited to attend and must return a permission slip on or before our
June 16th assembly at O.L.H. hall.
Please remember we’ll be out in the sun all day and SUN SCREEN will be necessary

Dear Troop 354 Families,
We just celebrated Andrew's Eagle Award ceremony last Sunday. Andrew is Troop 354’s 40th Eagle Scout since 1962! Congratulations are in order to Andrew and I know we all share our pride with his parents Mike & Donna! Thanks to them we had a wonderful dinner to enjoy after the ceremony! My Thanks also goes out to all the Scouts & Scouters whom I consistently have as dependable help with everything, day in & day out! To each and everyone of you, thanks thousands of times over & over again!

TIMES: ASSEMBLE AT O.L.H. HALL 6:30 PM, ON 5/4
RETURN TO HALL BETWEEN 11:30 – 12:30 AM ON 5/6.
COST: $15 PER PERSON, INCLUDES INSURANCE'S, REGISTRATION FEES,PATCH, AND FOOD.

THIS WILL BE OUR 45TH YEAR ATTENDING THE RETREATS AT BROAD CREEK, AND WE'VE BEEN TO THEM ALL! TRADITIONALLY, THE RETREATS HAVE BEEN A LOW PRESSURE TYPE OF CAMPING TRIP, WHERE THE BOYS CAN HAVE TIME TO ENJOY THE CAMP AND SPEND SOME TIME EXPLORING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
PLEASE RETURN THE PERMISSION SLIP AND THE CAMP FEE OF $15 PER PERSON BEFORE OR ON OUR MAY 2nd. MEETING.

Dear Troop 354 Families,

As all of you know the month of February 2007 wasn’t very good for our Troop activities. We had planned to hold an Arrow of Light Ceremony for our 2nd year Webelos on March 21st, but due to snow cancellations of 3 Wednesday meeting nights, this activity too has been postponed. The new date for the Arrow of Light Ceremony is April 4th.
Please disregard the March activities calendar and we’ll be meeting on March 21 at our normal meeting time of 7:30 PM (if it doesn’t snow).
Also, final commitments for summer camp 2007 will be needed on March 21st also!

In Troop 354
Al Linke Jr.

Here’s an equipment list & a map to Camp Rodney.