We are pleased to offer this resource to all members of the Troop 100 Family. If you are looking for information about Troop 100 we invite you to read about our troop in the About Us page and use the Contact Us page if you have more questions.
Troop 100 has been guiding young men for 50 years and making an impact on their lives as they in turn make an impact on the community through their progress in the Scouting program. Today Troop 100 has had over 130 Eagle Scouts join the ranks of so many before them and we look forward to having you join them as you set your sights on your future growth.
Wednesday, February 24, 2021, Oregon trail Council Service Center, 2525 MLK, Jr. Blvd., Eugene
5:00 p.m. Troop Meeting virtual zoom option. Email link to be sent before the meeting.
7:00 p.m. Troop Meeting in-person option at the Scout Service Center Community Room. Theme: Mentoring - What Makes a Great Mentor! Distanced instruction, interactive exercises, and games on on What Makes a Great Mentor - Listening. Troop conversation on possibile coming activities like snowshoeing, cycling, and a Court of Honor. Boards of Review by RSVP to dsrags@gmail.com. (In person meetings require wearing masks, bringing your own camp chair, pen, and water bottle if desired. Oregon Health Authority questions will be asked and sign-in register will be kept. Temperatures are taken. Scouts must stay distanced in their assigned cohorts.)
Saturday, February 27, 2021, Oregon trail Council Service Center, 2525 MLK, Jr. Blvd., Eugene
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Annual Troop Pictures and Collections Merit Badge Clinic. Drop in anytime between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. for a few minutes in uniform with neckerchief and merit badge sash to have your picture taken for the annual troop picture. Plus get a quick advancement review based on troop records and a review of when your next annual scout medical form is due for camps longer than 72 hours this summer. Boards of Review by appointment; email Dave Ragsdale at dsrags@gmail.com. Email Rush Hoag at rushhoag@comcast.net to signup (class of up to six) for the Collections Merit Badge from 10 a.m. - until complete . If you have either of the traditional collections of Coins or Stamps, those separate merit badges can be done this day. Email for a special appointment before or after the Collections Merit Badge.
Link to Collections Merit Badge requirements:
https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/Merit_Badge_ReqandRes/Collectio...
Scout Sunday
Scouts attending Services online or in-person in uniform any Sunday during the February Scouting Anniversary Month will receive the Scout Sunday Patch. Please report your attendance to Dave Ragsdale at dsrags@gmail.com.
Spring Scout Product Sale
Scouts wanting to participate in the Oregon Trail Council Spring Product Sale for Troop 100 (candy bars - 60 to a box - and/or meat sticks - 24 to a bag - selling at $1.@) should ask a parent to email Tony Reyneke as soon as possible at treyneke@otcbsa.org
to order and schedule pickup of the product before the sale begins on March 13th. Your account must be settled with Tony not later than April 23rd. A Quarter from every Dollar candy bar or meat stick sold goes to the Scout's Activity Allowance.
The past few weeks I have been moving forward with my Eagle Project, and I am happy to announce that I have set the date for March 6th for it. The project will be a general restoration event for the culvert adjacent to the Troop garage, at Wesley United Methodist Church. It will start at 9am and go until 3-4pm, or until it's finished. The details of the project I will explain in further detail on site on the day of. The key details I'd like to inform any interested are the following.
This project will be highly "Bring Your Own" oriented. Due to Covid-19 guidelines, policies on food are highly restricted, so for this event you will be bringing your own lunch, to prevent cross contamination as much as possible.
As for tools, that will also be BYO. Tools to bring include Loppers and Rakes. It is also imperative that you bring your own GLOVES. This project will be dealing a lot with brush and yard debris, so gloves are required. Same with masks, as per usual due to Covid-19 guidelines.
Thank you all and I hope to see many of you in attendance.
Sincerely,
Dylan Hurlimann
Camp Staff Applications open for Camps Baker and Melakwa
Camps Baker and Melakwa are now taking staff applications for this summer. The application and information is online at otcbsa.org, under Camping, then click Camp Baker and Melakwa. Our troop is scheduled to attend both Camps Baker (July 11-17) and Melakwa (August 8-14) this summer and the summer camp program is very important to sustaining Scouting.
Congratulations to Eagle Scout Orion VanBuskirk who received the Eagle Medal with Bronze, Gold, and Silver Palms at the Oregon Trail Council Service Center on February 13th in a ceremony with close family and friends. For his Eagle Scout Service Project, Orion lead the construction of an outdoor deck with handicap ramp for educational instruction at Nearby Nature in Alton Baker Park.
Wednesday, February 17, 2021, Oregon trail Council Service Center, 2525 MLK, Jr. Blvd., Eugene
(5:00 p.m. Troop Meeting virtual option. Email link to be sent before the meeting. The in-person and virtual meeting options at the same time did not work well, so this week we are trying a virtual option at 5 p.m. and the in-person option at 7:00 p.m.)
7:00 p.m. Troop Meeting in-person option at the Scout Service Center Community Room. Theme: Mentoring - Scouts guiding Scouts along the Scouting Trail. Distanced instruction, interactive exercises, and games. Departure Meeting for Hoo Doo Scout Family Ski Day on Saturday.
Saturday, February 20, 2021, Hoo Doo Ski Area
Troop 100 Scout Family Ski Day per the email information previously sent. Contact Rush Hoag at rushhoag@comcast.net if you want to add to the signup.
Saturday, February 20, 2021, Junction City Pond and Archery Park, 92910 Highway 99 North, Junction City
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Greenwood District Outdoor Adventure Day - Free Family Fun for Scouts of all ages: Archery, Fishing (license required age 12 and up), Crafts, Obstacle Course, and more! Facemasks Required; Observe Social Distancing. (Due to our previously planned and announced Troop 100 Ski Day, Troop 100 will not be attending this as a troop, but parents are welcome to take and stay with Scouts who are not on our Hoo Doo Ski Trip.)
Saturday, February 27, 2021, Oregon trail Council Service Center, 2525 MLK, Jr. Blvd., Eugene
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Annual Troop Pictures and Collections Merit Badge Clinic. Drop in anytime between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. for a few minutes in uniform with neckerchief and merit badge sash to have your picture taken for the annual troop picture. Email Rush Hoag at rushhoag@comcast.net to signup for the Collections Merit Badge from 10 a.m. - until complete not later than 2:00 p.m. If you have either of the traditional collections of Coins or Stamps, those separate merit badges can be done this day. Email for a special appointment before or after the Coillections Merit Badge.
Scouts attending Services online or in-person in uniform any Sunday during the February Scouting Anniversary Month will receive the Scout Sunday Patch. Please report your attendance to Dave Ragsdale at dsrags@gmail.com.
The past few weeks I have been moving forward with my Eagle Project, and I am happy to announce that I have set the date for March 6th for it. The project will be a general restoration event for the culvert adjacent to the Troop garage, at Wesley United Methodist Church. It will start at 9am and go until 3-4pm, or until it's finished. The details of the project I will explain in further detail on site on the day of. The key details I'd like to inform any interested are the following.
This project will be highly "Bring Your Own" oriented. Due to Covid-19 guidelines, policies on food are highly restricted, so for this event you will be bringing your own lunch, to prevent cross contamination as much as possible.
As for tools, that will also be BYO. Tools to bring include Loppers and Rakes. It is also imperative that you bring your own GLOVES. This project will be dealing a lot with brush and yard debris, so gloves are required. Same with masks, as per usual due to Covid-19 guidelines.
Thank you all and I hope to see many of you in attendance.
Sincerely,
Dylan Hurlimann
Camp Staff Applications open for Camps Baker and Melakwa
Camps Baker and Melakwa are now taking staff applications for this summer. The application and information is online at otcbsa.org, under Camping, then click Camp Baker and Melakwa. Our troop is scheduled to attend both Camps Baker (July 11-17) and Melakwa (August 8-14) this summer and the summer camp program is very important to sustaining Scouting.
Signup this week for the Troop 100 Scout Family Ski Day at the Hoodoo Ski Area on Saturday, February 20, 2021. Travel to Hoodoo with family in your family vehicle and meet up (distanced) at the outdoor ski rental area by 8:30 a.m. to secure parking in the lot and ski rentals. (See road conditions at skihoodoo.com, click on The Mountain) If you plan to arrive late (9 - 10 a.m.) you should be prepared with an Oregon Snow Park Permit allowing you to park on the road in (west side only) or out on the highway (and hike in) as Hoodoo has been extremely popular as a day event destination this winter. Everything is outdoors this year, except some restrooms, so be prepared with pocket sanitizer. Sack lunches are recommended, although hot food is being provided through cart windows outdoors.
Troop 100 will organize so that troop funding and group rates can be used, but supervision on the hill is for the parent(s) of the Scout participating. This year, for Troop 100 Scouts, the troop will pay for the Scout's lesson if requested by the parent for the Scout in advance (highly recommended for Scouts with no prior skiing experience), and half the cost of the group lift ticket ($48.) and rental of ski or snowboard gear ($20.). Family can be part of the troop group and pay the troop at the group rate. A lower priced lift ticket at $25. limited to the beginner's hill (Easy Rider) can be substituted. (One family/household members limited to a lift ride at a time.)
Should a family group want to arrive later in the afternoon as the parking lot thins out and stay for the night skiing, please advise. Rental helmets are not available this year due to Covid, but required by Troop 100 and BSA for downhill skiing. If you don't yet have your own, they can be purchased in Eugene at Berg's, Dick's or similar. A reimbursement policy for Scouts from the Activity Allowance will be settled at the parent Meeting Thursday evening. A family group may also reserve for Nordic Skiing (cross-country) lesson and equipment and the troop will pay for half the Scout's lesson and equipment with the balance from the Scout's Activity Allowance. The Autobahn (tubing hill) has not been opened at this time, but if opened later is typically included with the lift ticket.
Wednesday, February 10, 2021, Scout Service Center, 2525 MLK, Jr. Blvd., Eugene or virtual option
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. In-person Troop Meeting at the Scout Service Center Community Room* or by virtual Zoom option with a link to be emailed prior to the meeting. (You may host an optional pre-meeting 111th Scout Anniversary Dinner at home using your cookbook from the holidays: What's Cookin' at Troop 100.)
Our theme as we arrive at Scouting's 111th Anniversary Week is the Scouting Heritage Merit Badge. The links for the merit badge book with requirements and the workbook are:
Meeting Program: Troop 100 Annual Report Slide Show, Distribution of the Scouting Heritage Workbooks with the background information filled (or sent as printable pdf), Kim's Game from Brownsea Island with Scout Memorabilia Collection, The American Scouting Collection - a video tour of Norman Rockwell and other famous works by Scouting Artists, and Scouting through the years - a group interview of three veteran Scouters for the Scouting Heritage Merit Badge.
Announcement at the Closing Circle: Scout Sunday may be observed at your House of Worship any Sunday during the anniversary month of February on the 7th, 14th, 21st, or 28th. Please report to Dave Ragsdale that you attended Services or virtual Services at least once in February while in uniform and you will receive the Scout Sunday patch at our next Court of Honor.
* PLEASE NOTE
As explained in the January 30th detailed email to the parents, the in-person meeting will be offered under the Oregon Health Authority Reopening Guidance - Youth Programs using the Oregon State University Communicable Disease Management Plan. An adult will sign in the youth and other adults using the form, asking the health questions and recording the findings only as pass or fail. The troop has the hand sanitizer, disposable towels, medical gloves, extra masks, and temporal artery thermometer. Temperatures will be taken on arrival.
Participants are asked to distance the six feet under the covered walkway on arrival at the Service Center and enter in turn. Please bring your own folding camp chair and personal items such as a pen and water bottle, if desired. Use the restroom at home before coming to the meeting, as use of the restrooms at the Service Center will be limited to one person at a time. The Service Center Community Room will be set up for two stable cohort groups of up to ten in distanced formation and a cohort of leaders. Once you have chosen to sit with a cohort, you may not change cohorts for a period of one week. The meeting will begin with Covid-19 safety training for all.
Thursday, February 11, 2021, Zoom Parent Meeting
7:00 p.m. Zoom link to be emailed before the meeting.
Brief review of in-person meetings of February 3rd and 10th under the Oregon Health Authority Statewide Reopening Guidance for Youth Programs.
Troop 100 Scout Ski Day at Hoodoo, February 20, 2021. Policy for reimbursement of Scout ski helmet purchases from Scout Activity Allowance.
Coming day events and summer camp. Troop 100 is holding summer camp reservations for Camp Baker the week of July 11-17 and Camp Melakwa the week of August 8-14 as place holders. This year each Scout Activity Allowance will receive an additional $400. per Scout from troop reserves that can be used toward the Scout cost of summer camp, future troop activities, and uniforming.
This month the Cascade and Greenwood Districts of the Central Service Area join in a celebration of the Scouting's Annual Re-Charter with unit reports and an observation of the 111th Anniversary of Scouting with a curator lead tour of the American Scouting Collection, an exhibition of the Norman Rockwell and other works now on exhibition at the Medici Museum in Ohio.
Wednesday, February 3, 2021, 2525 MLK, Jr. Blvd., Eugene or by Zoom
7:00 p.m. Troop Meeting in-person at the Scout Service Center Community Room or by virtual option. The link to the virtual Zoom option will be emailed prior to the meeting. As explained in the January 30th detailed email to the parents, the in-person meeting will be offered under the Oregon Health Authority Reopening Guidance - Youth Programs using the Oregon State University Communicable Disease Management Plan. An adult will sign in the youth and other adults using the form, asking the health questions and recording the findings only as pass or fail. The troop has the hand sanitizer, disposable towels, medical gloves, extra masks, and temporal artery thermometer. Temperatures will be taken on arrival. Participants are asked to distance the six feet under the covered walkway on arrival at the Service Center and enter in turn. Please bring your own folding camp chair and personal items such as a pen and water bottle, if desired. Use the restroom at home before coming to the meeting, as use of the restrooms at the Service Center will be limited to one person at a time. The Service Center Community Room will be set up for two stable cohort groups of up to ten in distanced formation and a cohort of leaders. Once you have chosen to sit with a cohort, you may not change cohorts for a period of one week. The meeting will begin with Covid-19 safety training for all.
This week we continue Scouting Heritage Merit Badge with Scouts receiving the workbooks with the printed information on requirements 1-3. This week and next requirements 4 - 8 will be explored including the tour of the American Scout Art Collection; a slide show on the history of Troop 100, interviewing of troop leaders, and eventually reporting on the troop's history; how to make your Scouting Memorabilia Collection; old time Scouting games, and group interviewing adults over 40 who were once Scouts.
We are planning to have a distanced no contact Game of the Night each week such as Scout Pictionary on the white board, Night of the Museum, Trivia, and creative Scavenger Hunts.
We will also be introducing a new theme this month on "Mentoring" as the journey continues.
Attend Scout Sunday Services at your Church or House of Worship on February 7, 14, 21, or 28th in uniform and participate in Services virtually on any of those dates in February during the 111th Scout Anniversary Month and receive the Scout Sunday Patch at our next Court of Honor. Timely report your attendance this month to Dave Ragsdale to insure you receive the Scout Sunday patch as supplies may be limited.
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Troop Meeting virtually by Zoom with a link to be emailed prior to the meeting. Our theme as we approach Scouting's 111th Anniversary is the Scouting Heritage Merit Badge. The links for the merit badge book with requirements and the workbook are:
Tomorrow evening we will be working through requirements 1, 2, and 3 with review of requirement 6 to make a collection of personal patches and Scouting memorabilia. Other requirements as time allows.
End of the meeting time for individual advancement or completions of Sports Merit Badge.
Thursday, January 28, 2021, Zoom Parent Meeting
7:00 p.m. Zoom link to be emailed before the meeting. Brief mid-month meeting to review the status of in-person meeting plans under Oregon Health Authority Statewide Reopening Guidance for Youth Programs and FAQ of December 3, 2020. (After prior review with the Committee, Troop 100 is holding summer camp reservations for Camp Baker the week of July 11-17 and Camp Melakwa the week of August 8-14. This year each Scout Activity Allowance will receive an additional $400. per Scout from troop reserves that can be used toward the Scout cost of summer camp, future troop activities, and uniforming.)
I need help building bat boxes for my Eagle project. I’ve put together kits and an instructional video for any scout who wants to help build one. Please use this Google Doc (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s1Q-Dcu-wI3QUB9HRV6XjFTHZkW4G7L8TOaS...) to sign up, there’s 11 boxes that need to be built. I’m available all of this week to drop off the kit, and I need the boxes built by January 31st. Feel free to fill out multiple slots if your family has multiple scouts who would all like to build one. Construction should take about an hour.
Thank you,
Henry Schramm
Wednesday, January 20, 2021, Zoom Meeting
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Troop Meeting virtually by Zoom with a link to be emailed prior to the meeting. (The time from 8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. is reserved for Scouts needing to complete advancement work or to complete the Sports Merit Badge from our prior meetings this month.) Our theme beginning this week - as we approach Scouting's 111th Anniversary - is the Scouting Heritage Merit Badge. The links for the merit badge book with requirements and the workbook are:
NOTE:
The Oregon Health Authority and Lane County Public Health have advised that Scouting comes under the Statewide Reopening Guidance for Youth Programs of November 18, 2020, which is an exception to Oregon's various activity guidance under a county's level of risk. In making this decision, the Oregon Health Authority made the following findings: "Youth programs and enrichment programs play an important role in supporting Comprehensive Distance Learning for school aged children (K-12) and are also important as a source of developmental support for youth and to meet the needs of many working parents."
Considering the support of the Parent Committee, and in consultation with the Unit Commissioner and the Oregon Trail Council; the troop is planning to offer a choice of an in-person meeting under the OHA Youth Program exception at the Scout Service Center Community Room or virtual Zoom participation in the near future, subject to moving the meetings outdoors as weather improves. No overnight youth program activities are permitted under the guidelines at this time. (In the meantime, we are planning for the required safety protocols and technological arrangements necessary to make in-person meetings possible with a virtual option.)
