BSA Troop 875

Hello Parents,
We are looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday at the Court of Honor/ Holiday Party. If you have not already RSVP’d, please do so as soon as possible. Also, we will need help after the COH to put the Church seating back together.

As you know the Troop is run by the Scouts, but we still need parent involvement in many different areas. With the New Year approaching we would like all parents to fill out the attached Parent Resource Survey, please manually enter your email address on the document. We would like the surveys to be returned to us on Saturday.  Our goal is to have every parent doing something within the Troop. The below is a list of positions that we hope you will consider. We will go over these positions on Saturday. Many of them will only require 1-2 hours a year of your time. We hope we do not have to beg, but we are desperately in need of your help. You will not be at this alone,  we’ll be there to help and many hands lighten the load for everyone.

Position and Brief description
1-     Health & Safety Chairman (Maintain Scout and & Adult Medical Forms)
2-      Adult Quartermaster (Assist Youth Quartermaster with maintaining Troop equipment)
3-      Membership Coordinator (help maintain scout records, Assist with recruiting efforts)
4-      Treasurer
5-      CO- Treasurer
6-      Events Coordinator (Help with events like COH, Holiday Party)
7-      Recharter Coordinator (Once a year obligation)
8-      Publicity Coordinator (Get Troop in the paper)
9-      Photo- Scrap booker (Assists the Youth Troop Historian)
10-   Summer Camp Coordinator (One a year- help book & organize Summer Camp)
11-   Merit Badge Coordinator (Manage Blue Cards, Counselors and ensure Scout is following the correct process)
12-   Merit Badge Counselors – We would like EVERY parent to pick one they will help the Troop with!
13-    Co- Fundraising Chairs– Help plan and run fundraisers
14-   Webmaster – Assist Youth Webmaster with keeping the Troop website up to date.
15-   Transportation Coordinator – once a month- ensure we have adequate transportation to events
16-   Board of Review participants
17-   CO- Good Works Coordinator – Help plan and run volunteer work
18-   Troop T-Shirt Coordinator – Order shirts as needed and maintain inventory
19-   Drivers – All Parents!
20- Troop Pack Liaison – Work with the Packs around town to ensure that both new members and opportunities for our Scouts to serve as Den Chiefs
21- New Scout Coordinator – Work with Parents of New Scouts to get them acquainted to the Troop
22- Resource Survey Coordinator – Once a year send out and maintain Parent Survey
23- Family Night Coordinator – This is new, but we are looking to have 1 or 2 year of a family event- but need a coordinator
24- Permission Slip Coordinator – ensure permission slips are received for camp outs- will work with Patrol Leaders
25- Troop Open House Coordinator – Once a year plan an event with the local schools (this will be like a Round Up for Cub Scouts)
26- Troop Photographer – Help take pictures (Will work with Youth Troop Historian)

We are always open for suggestions with things that we may have missed. Please share your ideas, frustrations, experience or whatever!

Thank you all in advance. Looking forward to a GREAT Year!!
Troop Committee Chair
Trish Toth