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Scout Troop 599 Newsletter
 Week of September 21st
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Andre Brugo is doing his Eagle Scout Service Project

When This Saturday (9/26/15). From 8:00am to 4pm, come as long as you like.

Where: The Brookwood Community is located at 1752 Farm to Market 1489 Brookshire, Texas 77423 (about 1,000 feet South of The Café at Brookwood). If you need a ride there, show up at the scout hut by 8:00 for driver assignments, and we will be leaving the hut by 8:15.

What: The plan is to go out to The Brookwood Community and restore around 80+ bicycles. The bikes must be cleaned, tires need to be replaced, inner tubes patched or replaced, brake lines fixed, chains cleaned then lubricated.

Who: This is for the Brookwood Community which is a community built for adults with mental and/or physical disabilities.

Why:You can get up to 8 service hours, breakfast and lunch will be provided, lots of help is needed, also it's a great cause, because riding bikes is most of the physical activity these people get and need.
 
Map for Service Project
 

New Troop Communications Tool Available! 

Troop 599 is trying a new service from Remind to send text messages to alert Scouts and Families on upcoming events and activities.  Please follow the instructions to the right to sign up.  You do not require any app to receive the messages and they service is confidential.  Many children are already using the Remind service for their School communications.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact Henry Goodrow via henry.goodrow@outlook.com.
 
Thank You
 
Henry Goodrow

Troop 599 Training Programs:

Adult Training - YPT for Adult Registration and Safety Afloat & Safe Swim Defense to Support October Water Outing

To renew your registration as a Troop adult leader you will need to renew your Youth Protection Training if your YPT certification was before January 1, 2014.   Approximately 20 adults still need to re-new this 2 year training for registration this Fall.  Please assist out our Troop by taking the on-line Safety Afloat and Safe Swim Defense training to support our October outing.  Safety Afloat and Safe Swim Defense are short on-line sessions which covers the 8-9 principals that the BSA has set up for outings of this type.  

To get the training (new instructions as of 9/20/15):    

Training can be done on-line as follows: 
Go to   https://my.scouting.org     You do not have to be a registered leader but you have to set up an account in the system if this is your first time.  
Click on "New to Scouting?/ Click here to Take Training" - and then find YPT or Training Center for Safety Afloat/Safe Swim Defense. 

Review the material and answer the questions.  Once you have completed please let us know your completion date and send a copy of the certificates to -  jp.harris@comcast.net and walt.bozeman@outlook.com .

Personal Fitness Merit Badge
The next physical fitness measurement test is Sunday, September 27 at 5:00 at Westchester's High School Track.  All Scouts working on the merit badge or wanting to start are invited to attend. Be on time!
High Adventure and Outings 
 
 
33rd Annual Spring Break Ski Trip
 
Sign up for the 33rd annual Troop 599 Ski Trip is ONLINE on the Outings page on the Troop website.
 
The Troop will be going to Keystone, Colorado again in March 2016 (11th-19th) for our annual Ski Trip.  We have 17 people signed up and need a few more Scouts to sign up for this exciting trip.  Currently the total cost of the trip is estimated to be $1,000 per participant which includes transportation, condo, food, Ski equipment and Lift tickets. If you have any questions please see Mr. Beebe. 

Patrol Advisers
As a reminder, each patrol has an adult mentor who has volunteered to advise the scouts of that patrol in various matters such as preparation for camp outs and rank advancement, and execution of their duties in their POR in some circumstances. The currents assignments for these Patrol Advisers is as follows:

 
Badgers - Keith Moriarty
Bobcats - David Ladyga
Dragons - Yash Sbar
Lightning  - Lynn Christiansen
Rams - Chip Saegert
Raptors (FCE) - Tim Napp
Rattlesnakes - Juan Carlos Brugo
Scorpion (FCE) - Tim Napp
Thunderbirds (Staff) - Adam White
Wolves -Bill McPhillips