Troop 14 Midweek Update - Early Edition

Next Meeting - Tuesday, May 10th @ 7pm @ Spring Lake Library


Please plan on attending a May 10th Parents' meeting. At this meeting, Scout parents will be provided with a suggested "4-5 year plan" for scouting, similar to the 4-year high school plan. This plan will contain suggestions for what badges are developmentally appropriate for each year in scouting, what badges are actually covered in school curriculum, and which badges should be or should not be done at camp.


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MISSING TENTS FOR MAY HIKE - PLEASE HELP!


Troop 14 is missing more than a dozen tents.


May Hike is in less than two weeks and we simply do not have enough tents for the boys who are signed up.


Quartermasters  would like to ask you to check your homes to see if a tent inadvertently came back to you. To return a tent, please see the emailed newsletter to make other arrangements.

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WYLD/Haunted Hall Meeting


All Troop 14 parents are invited to attend our next Haunted Hall planning meeting.

When: May 4th at 6:30 pm

Where: Spring Lake Library

Come and see what we’re up to.

Current committee members and regulars: see the email newsletter if you are unable to make it.


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Flower Basket Set up (Thursday) and Pick up (Friday)


Thank you to everyone who signed up to unload trucks on Thursday May 5th!  Please be at Lakeshore Electric by 4:50pm.  We should be all done by 8:30.  Be sure to grab something quick for dinner.  We won't be grilling hot dogs this year.


When you arrive to pick your order you must check-in.  Do not start to fill your order yourself.  We will do it for you.  We have had problems with this in the past.  Thank you for your cooperation with this.



Anyone picking up their flowers on Thursday night has already been notified.  We should have your orders ready to go by 8:15-ish.  If you arrive earlier, please be patient until we are ready : )


Friday evening pick-up time is 5-7 pm at Lakeshore Electric.  To find a map please enter the address:  5200 Short St., Muskegon, MI.  Do not search for a map to Lakeshore Electric.  Directions:  US-31 N to Sternberg Rd.  Go east (turn right) on Sternberg, to Airline Rd.  Turn left (NW)onto Airline.  Go 1/2 mile to Short St. and turn left.  Lakeshore Electric is on the right.


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Upcoming Eagle Ceremonies


We hope you can plan on attending. This is a great way to show new scouts how all their hard work will eventually pay off.


Eagle Ceremony

When: Saturday, May 7th at 1 pm

Where: St. Mary's Church in SL.


Join us for an exciting event as our Eagles are saluted by a Marine honor guard and speaker Mike Sulgrove, scout executive of the Gerald R. Ford Council.



Eagle Ceremony

When: Saturday, May 28th at 3 pm

Where: 15745 Vine St. Spring Lake.  


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May Hike – May 13-15th


If you have not signed up for the May Hike and are planning on attending, contact the Scoutmasters before May 3rd by phone or e-mail with T-shirt size, phone number and which hike you will be doing.


The older scouts are invited do an overnight 20-mile hike beginning on Friday evening and ending Saturday afternoon.


Younger scouts will participate in a shorter 10-mile hike along the Manistee River. This will be just a day hike so Scouts will only need a day pack with at least a Nalgene water bottle and mess kit.


All Scouts will camp out Saturday night and canoe down the Manistee River on Sunday. The canoe trip is about four hours putting the Scouts return time at about 5:00p.m. that Sunday evening.


Cost: $60


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Order of the Arrow: Spring Conclave: May 20-22th


Order of the Arrow scouts are invited to a Spring Conclave. We will be doing service project and having loads of fun.



More details to be announced at this Tuesday’s meeting.


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Flag’s on the Graves of the Veteran



We will be placing Memorial flags on the graves of veterans


When: May 24th 6pm

Where: Spring Lake Cemetery


There will be hotdogs afterwards at Central Park.