Tay

Tay Hyde is our newest deacon and scout! He was ordained today into our quorum and troop. Sorry if there's no picture. I don't have one of him yet.

The 2010 Planning Meeting Part 2

Today we had some more planning for the year. We thought of different themes for different activities in the year. Some of the themes were an urban theme for a hike to Downtown Danville or a camp out in Brother Jackson's backyard. We had a snow theme were we could go sledding or go to the snow in Yosemite. Another theme was the Survivor theme where we would camp on an island, try to survive ourselves, and vote people off to go home. That was a pretty successful theme!

We were then separated into our patrols and we were assigned our different jobs (Senior Patrol Leader, Chaplain Aide, Scribe, etc.) In case if you didn't know, our troop was separated into small patrols to manage with all the scouts!

Patrol 1: Patrol 2:

Dallin Jeremy

Teddy Travis

Rick Ryan

Alec Brandon

Jeff Dewlin

Jaren Kyle W.

Kyle M.

We then played a few rounds of Mafia, a murder mystery game. Click here to learn how to play! And that was pretty much our Scout Meeting tonight!

The 2010 Planning Meeting

Today, we had a planning meeting at the church to plan all of the upcoming events in 2010!

We started off planning goals for the year (certain activities, parties, etc.). Boy, did we think of a lot!

We then took a break and played a game called "Buzz" in the Gym. It's kind of like the game, Covety, that we played in Sunol. The only difference is that you have to keep saying "Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" instead of saying "Covety" over and over.

The rules of the game is that you have two teams in a square divided by two. Each time, one person from one team runs into the other teams' boundary and tries to tag someone and run back while saying "Bzzzz" the whole time. If the other team tackles the person before he gets to the other side, he's out. Whatever team loses all their players, loses the game.

After some good rounds of Buzz, we started planning some more. We planned some of the locations we could have camp outs in.

We know for sure we'll go to Camp Oljato this summer (a camp near the Sierra Nevadas). I thought of Angel Island. Ryan thought of Yosemite. Kyle Makaiwi thought of going to Point Bonita again. Brother Spencer thought of renting a cabin near Stinson Beach. Ryan thought of camping near an army base in Nevada. Ryan and Kyle Worley debated a little bit and literally laid out on top of the table with the map!

The next thing to plan was the different merit badges to work on. We though of a bunch, including: Cooking, Music, Reading, and several other badges.

Then, we took another break and played a game called "Steal the Bacon" in the Gym (click here to learn how to play). Only, we used a chalkboard eraser, not bacon. After playing Steal the Bacon, we went into the kitchen and had an ice cream sundae bar.

We all brought different toppings, and boy were they good!

We then hung around a while, and then went home.

3 New Scouts

Today we got three new scouts and deacons! We got Jeff Reed, who moved here from Arizona two weeks ago. And then we had Dewlin Rosdahl and Ryan Hales, who were ordained into the Deacon's quorum today.

Jeff

Dewlin

Ryan

We're glad to have these new additions to our troop and quorum!

The Bike Ride Adventure

Today, Dallin had an idea to invite Jeff Reed, the new scout that moved here from Mesa, Arizona, on a bike ride. He invited us all to come along too. We all first met at Dallin's house. I came, then Jaren, then Jeremy, Alec, and Rick. Then Dallin went to pick up Jeff.

Jaren had to go to Santa Rosa in a little while, so he told us to go without him. So, sadly, we did. We rode onto the Iron Horse Trail straight into Downtown Danville.

We first ate at Panda Express for lunch.

You can't go wrong with Panda Express!

Rick kept stealing everyone's fortune cookies. Oh well.

After stuffing ourselves with Panda Express, we biked farther down the Iron Horse Trail until we got to the Museum of the San Ramon Valley. From there, we biked on down to At the Candy Shop on Hartz Ave. Apparently, next to At the Candy Shop is the Clock Tower.

We got a bunch of jelly beans and stuff. I found these gummy penguins called "Peachy Penguins". They looked like they would taste like black licorice, but no. Out of all the flavors in the world, it tastes like a peach!

We also got chocolate sodas and root beer.

I dropped a penguin in my bottle of root beer to see if I could drink it out. I eventually did. And I spilled a little bit of root beer too.

Since Rick has a New Year's resolution to never eat candy the whole year, he went to Baskin Robbins (just on the other side of the Clock Tower) to get some ice cream. Jeff got some ice cream as well, and we came too.

Then we heard the ambulance come. Apparently, a lady got some glass stuck in her eye in At the Candy Shop. We walked past to see if we could see anything. We did see the lady and some of the blood.

We rode back to Dallin's house afterwards.

We hung out there for a while. Jeff had to go home, and Dallin had to do his homework and then go to a basketball game. So, Alec, Jeremy, Rick, and I biked to Alec's house, and then we came to my house to watch The Dark Knight. And that's basically, our biking adventure!

Happy New Year!

Well, it's 2010, and tis year marks the 100th Anniversary of Boy Scouts of America! Let me tell you the history of Boy Scouts.

Scouting really started in London, England with Robert Baden-Powell, a British general.

In 1909, a Chicago publisher named W.D. Boyce was lost in London. An unknown Boy Scout helped him by showing him the right direction. A monument now stands for the Unknown Scout in Gilwell Park in London, England.

When W.D. Boyce returned to the United States, he incorporated the Boy Souts of America on February 8, 1910. James E. West became the first Chief Scout Executive and expanded Scouting across the United States.

In 1911, 57 merit badges were made for scouts to learn life skills. Now, only 11 of those are still around: Architecture, Art, Athletics, Chemistry, First Aid, Lifesaving, Music, Plumbing, Public Health, Scholarship, and Surveying. Here's one of the very first merit badges:

In 1913, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (that's our church!) became one of the first sponsoring organizations of Scouting. Now they have the most scouts than any other organization.

Also in 1913, Norman Rockwell started illustrating covers for Boys' Life, the magazine for Boy Scouts.

In World War I, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts were encouraged to sell war saving stamps.

From 1934 to 1961, merit badges changed in several ways.

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The very first Scout Jamboree was held in 1937 at the Washington Monument in Washington D.C.

In 1952, the Scouting Program wanted to focus "Civics" merit badges, so they made Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, Citizenship in the World, and Family Life.

The 50th Anniversary of Scouting was held in 1960.

In 1981, the Boy Scouts bought Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia for a place to hold Scout Jamborees.

Scouting for Food started in 1986 to help support the local food banks. In 2000, the Service to America was formed to commit the scouts to provide 200,000,000 hours of service! The scouts provided service projects to the National Park Service.

This year, the National Scout Jamboree will be held at Fort A.P. Hill. In 2013, the National Scout Jamboree will be held near Beckley in West Virginia.