A couple past member showed up as guests

An Eagle and a committee chairman

This weekend

Hello Troop,

I would like to remind everybody going on the trip this weekend that they should have eaten supper at home or bring something to eat at the camp site. We will not be providing supper tonight. Please arrive at the church at 5:30pm.

I urge everybody to attend the troop meeting on Monday night. It will start at the usual 7:30pm. I am very excited that a very special person has volunteered to speak about his experiences. He is back in Framingham very infrequently, but he has agreed to give up some of his precious time to talk to the troop. I will not divulge too much, but I will say that he has a special job. He is an Eagle Scout from Troop 12. I am proud to say that he was my first SPL. I consider it a privilege to have been part of this young man's development. Scouts and parents, please attend the meeting on Monday night to hear this young man speak. Everybody is welcome to attend. You will be able to see the results of some of tax dollars at work.

Scoutmaster Clarke

First night with our crossed over Webelos

Colonial Knox era games

Matt's Eagle Project

Hello Troop 12,

Matt M. has been given the approval to start his Eagle Project. He will be building a number of "Duck Boxes" that will be located at various locations around town. Apparently ducks like to nest in boxes and it helps protect their young from predators.

He would like volunteers to meet at 10 am in the lobby of the library downtown to research some topics for his Eagle Scout Project. You will be researching local duck species, their preferred habitats, and suitable locations along the Sudbury River and in local ponds. If scouts could  help Matt's research for half an hour, an hour, or  any time, it would be greatly appreciated.

If we meet in the lobby at 10 am we can find a nice quiet place to base ourselves for the morning.

If scouts have any questions, Matt's email address is not in this blog due to spam. Contact Scoutmaster Clarke for his email!

Matt is the current Troop 12 Senior Patrol Leader. He has done a lot of work on behalf of the troop this year. Please help him on Friday morning if you have the time.

Thank you,

Dick Clarke

Scoutmaster, Troop 12

Scoutmasters Update 4/4/2012

Hello Troop 12,

It was great to see all of those new Scouts crossing over into Troop 12 last Monday night. The night was memorable because we are now starting to see the results of all of the hard work done by many people to help Pack 12 prosper. The growth of Pack 12 is beyond my wildest dreams. I still remember that first meeting night with the newly reformed Pack 12.

Pack 12 had disbanded a year or two earlier and had no members. That first meeting we had about seven boys. Five years later we have 75 boys. That is quite some growth. The pack grew because we offered excitement, fun and lots of opportunities to go camping. Success breeds success. Other packs in town complain about the growth of Pack 12, but who can deny that boys want to go where they can have fun?

Troop 12 has the same philosophy. We want all scouts to have fun, have adventures, go camping and learn useful skills. We have some good trips lined up for the upcoming months and don't forget that we have summer camp scheduled for July 1st to 7th.

New parents will probably notice that Troop 12 has some older scouts, some of whom are approaching 18, a bit too soon in some notable cases. We are proud that we can hold onto these young men. Two of these young men will earn their Eagle rank at the June 11th Court of Honor. This is the pinnacle of Scouting. Troop 12 is proud that we have nurtured over 110 Eagle Scouts over the last 88 years.

Troop 12 is a lot of things, but perfect is not one of them. We try to let the scout run the meetings as much as possible, so things do not always go according to plan. We learn from our mistakes and move on.

Thanks,

Dick Clarke

Scoutmaster, Troop 12

11 Webelos Cross Over

Congratulation to the 12 new Webelos

2012 Pancake Breakfast

            Troop 12’s annual Pancake Breakfast took place in Plymouth Church on Saturday, March 24. The Scouts arrived at the church at about seven in the morning, which had already been set up the previous evening by the dedicated adults (by some accounts Mr. Blue was in the kitchen by five thirty!). Customers started arriving at seven thirty, and the scouts got busy serving and bussing tables. Continuing until eleven, the breakfast was a huge success. Lots of people from around town came to the event. Our guests found it enjoyable talking with the Scouts about their activities, and they left happy and full. Enough people came that the troop made a profit from the food for the breakfast itself. Usually the real profit is made from the placemat advertisements sold to local businesses. A thanks to all of the people who helped make the 32^nd annual Pancake Breakfast such a success; especially Mr. Blue, who supervised the work in the kitchen, Mrs. Demali, who organized the advertisements and designed the placemats and table ads, and all the guests who came to support Troop 12.

Troop Scribe Tim