Boy Scouts of America - Troop 780 - News

Cliffs of the Neuse

Troop 780 spent the weekend camping at the Cliffs of the Neuse working on the historical "Tacking" merit badge

Check out the pictures !

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Congratulations

At last night’s meeting...

Nick R. earned the rank of Star Scout

Sean M. earned his 5th Eagle Palm

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Mr. Walter Honeycutt became the new Scoutmaster of Troop 780
Previously Mr. Honeycutt served 3 years as Cape Fears' District Commissioner

Mr. Mac McNamara became the new Troop Committee Chairman of Troop 780
Previously Mr. McNamara served 5 years as Troop 780's Scoutmaster

We like to thank all past and present Troop 780 Adult leaders for their service to the youth of our troop !

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Parents Meeting

August 30, 2010    7:00 - 8:30 pm


Parents meeting to cover troop information and plans moving forward.

This is to remind you that Monday night is our Kick Off night for our new scout year. We are excited about being at this point. We strongly believe we have a lot of good things ahead in this upcoming year.


Parents, it is vitally important that you are all in attendance for this meeting. We want to make sure that we start out on the same page and that we stay in contact in a face to face forum periodically. This is YOUR unit, and we want to ensure that your scout is getting the most out of the program as possible.

We will have information on upcoming events, fund raisers, etc.. Even if your scout is a "short timer" (working on his Eagle) - you should really be in attendance.

We look forward to working with each of you as we move forward in this scouting year!

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Troop Schedule Sent Out

The troop schedule was sent out via email, the calendar is up to date, if you did not receive a copy please let me know.

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Troop Roster now On-Line

Troop 780's Full troop Roster is now available at all times on-line.

You will need a user name and password to access it. Scouters, Committee Members and Leaders already have received this information.

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Fall Kick Off Meeting

This is to remind you that Monday night is our Kick Off night for our new scout year.  We are excited about being at this point. We strongly believe we have a lot of good things ahead in this upcoming year.


Parents, it is vitally important that you are all in attendance for this meeting.  We want to make sure that we start out on the same page and that we stay in contact in a face to face forum periodically.  This is YOUR unit, and we want to ensure that your scout is getting the most out of the program as possible.  

We will have information on upcoming events, fundraisers, etc.. Even if your scout is a "short timer" (working on his Eagle) - you should really be in attendance.  

We look forward to working with each of you as we move forward in this scouting year!

Thanks!

Walter Honeycutt
Scoutmaster

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Cody Currin has Eagle Court Of Honor

This past weekend May 29, 2010 at the Parker Grove United Methodist Church in Linden, NC,  BSA Troop 780 celebrated it's 10th Eagle Scout... Cody Currin

About 35 close friends, scouts and scouters attended to celebrate this young man's hard work and dedication.

Cody made Eagle Scout on September 17, 2009

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Sean M. has Eagle Court Of Honor

This weekend March 27, 2010 at the Howard House in Dunn, NC,  BSA Troop 780 celebrated it's 9th Eagle Scout... Sean M.

About 40 close friends, scouts and scouters attended to celebrate this young man's hard work and dedication.

Sean made Eagle Scout on May 19, 2009

Sean currently has 53 merit badges and was also awarded a bronze, gold and silver palm.

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Site Hacked

Our hosting facility was hacked and it affected BSA Troop 780 website for a short time. We apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced

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Congratulations Sharon Honeycutt

Sharon Honeycutt was awarded "Cubmaster of the Year" for Pack 780 at last nights District Recognition Dinner.  Sharon was the only "780" member to receive an award and we're all really proud of her.  Please say thank you for all the hard work she puts into the troop and pack.  Sharon is also a committee member and assistant Scoutmaster for troop 780 and we are privileged  to have her.

The kids are the ultimate benefactors of all the hard work the Adults put into scouting.

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2009 Merit Badge Changes !

The following Merit Badges have their requirement changed effective January 1,  2009

All Merit Badge Requirements


Architecture
Auto Mechanics became Automotive Maintenance
Cinematography
Coin Collecting
Collections
Drafting
Emergency Preparedness
Engineering
Farm Mechanics
Indian Lore
Insect Study
Landscape Architecture
Lifesaving
Motor boating
Painting
Pottery
Radio
Swimming

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Troop Schedule Reminders

There are no meetings scheduled to Troop 780  until January 5th, 2009

We'd like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Please take the time to enjoy your time off, be with family and friends.....and maybe work on a merit badge or two !

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Troop Pack Christmas Party !

Troop 780 will hold a combined Troop/Pack Christmas Party on Thursday December 18th, 2008

This is an open invitation even for anyone associated with Troop or Pack 780

Parents, family, everyone is invited.  This is a covered dish event, please bring heavy appetizers & h'orderves.

Merry Christmas Everyone !

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Congratulations

To the following scouts for making the rank of Star Scout !

Jake C.
Bill B.
Ian M.
Patrick D.

We are very proud of the hard work these boys have put into making rank!

See you at the Christmas Party on December 18th !

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Backpacker to Raven Rock State Park

November 7-9 Troop 780 will be doing a mini backpacker to Raven Rock State Park.  Stay tuned for backpacking meal suggestions and make sure you check out the link to get backpacking ideas and tips.

Checklists and Guidelines

If you have any questions contact your Senior Patrol Leader.

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Troop 780 Goes Shooting....Again

Troop 780 will be out in the woods shooting Skeet and .22's.  We going to have a great time, our NRA certified Range officer will be keeping us in line. And probably showing off her new pink .22

In addition, we will be hitting the fishing and survival aspect pretty hard.


34 fish were caught on the last fishing outing, 300 clay pigeons met their fate.


Want to be a part of an exiting and adventurous group?


Click on the link to find out how.  We have a backpacker coming up in 3 weeks!

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Computer Merit Badge Section is Finished

The computer merit badge section is now complete.

It should allow almost anyone to teach or learn the majority of the Computer Merit Badge Requirements.

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Training Session Agenda

Training this weekend. September 13th, 2008. 8am - 4pm
Cost:  $0.00

Activity Uniform (Class "B") at DSUMC

Lunch will be served. Hot dogs etc.

- TLT (Required for all new leaders, everyone else should participate as well) 8am - 10am

- MB Training (Citizenship In The Community, Personal Fitness, any partial requirements you have open)
10am - 11:30am

-Lunch 11:30am 12:30 pm

- MB Training (Continued)
12:30 pm - end (About 4pm)

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Training This Weekend

Troop 780 will hold Troop Leadership Training at Divine Street Methodist Church on Saturday, September 13, 2008

In addition to TLT, we will continue the day teaching:
Citizenship In The Community
Personal Fitness

And working on any outstanding MB requirements the scouts may have.

Lunch will be served.

8:00 am until 4:00 pm

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Troop 780 Elections Results

The Election Results are in.

SPL - Cody C.
ASPL - Patrick D.

Hawk PL - Bill B.
Hawk APL - Jake C.

Bat PL - Alan A.
Bat APL - Kris C.

Troop Instructor - Sean M.
Historian - Jake C.
Chaplain Aid - Gordon P.
Quartermaster - Rhett S.
Scribe - Ian M.
OA Rep. - Kris C.

Please congratulate these scouts on their success, we know they'll do a great job for Troop 780.

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Troop 780 Implements RSS Feeds

Get your news delivered to you instead of having to come to the website!

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Anthony Agosto Passes Eagle BOR

Anthony Agosto has taken and passed his Eagle Board Of Review (BOR). Everything will be official when his records come back from National.

We congratulate Anthony on this accomplishment!

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Computer Skills Page Under Development

Our latest addition to the "Skills" Section is to fully support the requirement for the Computer Merit Badge.

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Meeting Canceled

The PLC of Troop 780 has decided to cancel Monday nights meeting and let everyone enjoy the Labor day Holiday.

The SPL started off the troop mobilization plan tonight, if anyone was skipped, please contact him so that the process can be tuned.

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New Counter

I requested a smaller scout counter from Amazing Counters (We were also the ones that requested the original one) and they were very kind in delivering a new one to us today.

Please check out their service by clicking on the counter link.

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The Summer Merit Badge Competition is Over!

While almost everyone completed 6-9 merit badges over the last 2 months we had one scout that went above and beyond!

Kristopher C. wins the contest with 12 completed Merit Badges in two short months!

Kris earned a limited edition Boy Scout Knife for his accomplishments.

We are all very proud of his achievement and would like to encourage everyone to keep going!

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We passed 4,000,000 hits today !!!

Pretty amazing for a website designed for a troop.

Added new knots to complement the new fishing section I'm putting together

Personal Management Merit Badge Power Point has been updated and loaded.

Find out what your district (Cape Fear District) is supposed to be doing for you. New!

Merit badge statistics from 1911-2007 are now on-line.

Online Songs, Skits, Cheers and Scoutmaster Minutes has been added. Got a favorite? Send it to us and we'll post it giving you credit!

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Summer Camp Pictures are Posted

See them Here

Current Gallery is at 32,000+ files and just over 3 GB

I have made the Summer camp slide shows but, I ran out of DVD's so I only made about 6-7 copies.

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