February 2010 - Funapalooza!
The last weekend of February, Troop 412 had it's
annual Funapalooza.
What
is a Funapalooza? It is the Troop's yearly event that
allows scouts that have advanced in rank or have
earned a merit badge to aparticipate in a weekend
of electronic gaming. It is the only "campout"
that the Scouts can have electronic devices with
them. So consequenctly, the Troop look forward
to this cabin camping all year. Some Scouts (and even
some adults) worked on their Totin' Chip card.
This year the Funapalooza was held in a caben at
Camp Wakanda in Bellevue Nebraska.
Pictures of the Funapalooza feed can be found
here in the Photo Gallery.
January 2010 - Pancake Feed
One
Sunday this January Troop 412 held a pancake
fundraiser at it's charter member church Zion
Lutheran Church. The Scouts sought donated food
items from local businesses and coordinated the
event. The Troop would like to thank Village
Inn (138th & Maple), Burger King (144th & Center)
and those individuals that generously supplied the
Troop with items for the Pancake Feed.
Pictures of the pancake feed can be found
here in the Photo Gallery.
October 2009 - Fall Camporee
The Soaring Eagle Fall Camporee at Little Sioux Scout
Ranch theme was "The Revenge of the Pumpkins". There
were six events and competitions at the Fall
Camporee on Saturday morning. In the afternoon the
Troop spent time on a
service project. Troop 412
takes 1st place overall in the weekend's
competition. The Troop finished the canoe race in 1
minute 15
seconds and the fire starting in 1 minute.
There were
many fun events. There was
fishing, Dodge ball, Fire starting without matches,
Save the Pumpkins (canoes), Pumpkin Carving, and
Pumpkin Piñata (Lashing). There was even a
trebuchet and catapult launching demonstration. Pictures of the campout can be found
here in the Troop
Photo Gallery.
Farewell Scoutmaster Auch
The September 2009 Campout at Camp Eagle was a
Webelos invitational campout. Webelos Scouts that
were interested in joining the Troop in the future
camped with the Scouts and participated in some
camping activities. The Troop also used this
time to reorganize their patrol boxes and camp gear
before the cold weather sets in later this year.
This
was also our beloved Scoutmaster Auch's last campout
before he took his new job in Louisiana. We
wish him well. He will be missed. Mr. Auch
told his legendary campfire stories to the Troop one
last time.
Pictures of the campout can be found
here.
(Sorry no 360 panoramas of the
campsite. I simply forgot this time)
July 2009 Summer Camp
This July, Troop 412 spent
a week at Camp
Cedars. This was the Troop's 4th summer camp
at Camp Cedars and we received Honor Unit for a
third year in a row. The Troop spent the week
at camp and earned many merit badges and
participated in many events like climbing, COPE,
shotgun, and of course Lunastix juggling. We
had 15 Scouts from the Troop this year which is the
most that we've ever had. This is nice
progress when you compare that to our first year's
summer camp (4
years ago) when we had 6 Scouts.
Pictures from the July summer camp at Camp Cedars
can be found
here. You can find a "zoomable" panorama photo of our
campsite
here.
Scouting for Food
On two different weekends in March & April the Cubs and
Scouts of Pack 412 and Troop 412 collected food
items for the Omaha Food Bank. The drive kicked off
Saturday, March 28, when area Cubs & Scouts
distributed door hangers throughout the
neighborhoods around Zion Lutheran Church with
instructions on how the public can participate in
this food drive. The following Saturday, April 4,
they returned to collect non-perishable food
donations.
Scouts participate in Scouting for Food to
fulfill their oath to "Help other people at all
times. "Scouting promotes community involvement and
emphasizes youth helping other youth.
Pack 412 and Troop 412 collected over 2000 items
of food during the food drive! Thank you to all the
volunteers and to our community that rallied to
donate food.
The
Troop camped at Camp Cedars for their March camp
out. The Troop welcomed the warm weather that the
weekend offered.
Newer Scouts were shown basic Scouting skills
from the older Scouts. They were taught fire
building and axe skills to help them earn their
Toten' Chip and Fireman 'Chit awards. Saturday
afternoon the new Scouts went on a five mile hike
for one of their 2nd class requirements. Meanwhile,
the older Scouts worked on a service project,
dismantling an old wooden structure. Mr. Moran
brought his video gear so that the Scouts could work
on their Cinematography Merit Badge.
Photos from the campout can be found
here in the Troop
Photo Gallery.
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