{"id":1038,"date":"2018-03-04T15:14:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T20:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boyscouttroop200.org\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2018-03-09T19:27:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T00:27:38","slug":"december-2017-january-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boyscouttroop200.org\/?p=1038","title":{"rendered":"December 2017 &#038; January 2018 &#8211; Caroling, Training &#038; Tagging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boyscouttroop200.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dec-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1041 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/boyscouttroop200.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dec-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boyscouttroop200.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dec-1.jpg 798w, https:\/\/boyscouttroop200.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dec-1-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/boyscouttroop200.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dec-1-768x709.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a>December is always a busy time of year, but the troop was able to get some things done before the holidays kicked into full-gear.\u00a0 We concluded one of our biggest fundraisers &#8211; <strong>the Troop 200 holiday wreath sale<\/strong> &#8211; and delivered wreaths, roping and grave blankets.\u00a0 A huge thank you to everyone who participated and who purchased greens from us.\u00a0 And, a special thank you to Mr. Martoccia for organizing and leading this event for us, it is much appreciated!<\/p>\n<p>In Late 2017, we also welcomed <strong>two new scouts<\/strong> into the troop.\u00a0 James comes to the troop from Oklahoma and Ryan joined from Florida.\u00a0 We&#8217;re excited to get to know each of them and learn more about them and they types of things they&#8217;ve done in their old troops.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boyscouttroop200.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dec2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1042 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/boyscouttroop200.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dec2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boyscouttroop200.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dec2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/boyscouttroop200.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dec2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/boyscouttroop200.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dec2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/boyscouttroop200.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dec2.jpg 1343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a>The first weekend of December, a few of our <strong>ASM&#8217;s attended outdoor training<\/strong>&#8230;just in time for the snow!\u00a0 We appreciate all of our volunteers who go through training during their free time and offer up their skills and time to help us.\u00a0 Thanks to Mr. Maslanka, Mr. Bozzi and Mr. Korson who took this training in December!<a href=\"https:\/\/boyscouttroop200.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dec-tag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1044 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/boyscouttroop200.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dec-tag-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boyscouttroop200.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dec-tag-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/boyscouttroop200.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dec-tag-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/boyscouttroop200.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dec-tag-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/boyscouttroop200.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dec-tag-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/boyscouttroop200.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dec-tag.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mid-month the Council of Ricks patrol hosted a <strong>night out at Branchburg Sports Arena<\/strong>.\u00a0 They invited other Troop 200 patrols, friends and Webelos.\u00a0 There was a great turnout, with about 20 kids joining in the fun.\u00a0 A reminder to other patrols that you can host patrol events, too!\u00a0 Right before the holiday break our troop made the annual trek up to Veteran&#8217;s Haven North to <strong>sing carols and spread cheer<\/strong> among the veterans.\u00a0 Afterwards, we headed back to Lebanon Borough for a <strong>pizza party<\/strong> and some more caroling throughout the village.<\/p>\n<p>Between weather and holidays, there weren&#8217;t many meetings in January but a group of us did get the chance to earn our <strong>Digital Technology badge<\/strong>.\u00a0 Mr. Lutz was able to arrange a trip to Cisco Systems in Woodbridge where we spent the day with Cisco volunteers.\u00a0 These volunteers showed us a lot and we got to play with Rasberry Pi.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t know what that is?\u00a0 Ask one of us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December is always a busy time of year, but the troop was able to get some things done 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