Camp Cards are a great bargain - selling for only $5 with over $100 in possible savings and being an entry ticket for the entire family to the Scout Show. Plus they support our Troops Outdoor Program and the Denver Area Council - and DAC is very generous with their commissions. By hosting a booth at this years’ Scout Show, our Troop will receive $2.50 per card! For those scouts that serve a shift at our Scout Show Booth $1.25 for every card you sell will be credited to your Scout Account. (Scouts that do not help in the booth will receive $0.75/card.) This is an easy sell which can add up quick, plus the Scout Show is always a lot of fun. See the attached flyer and then see Mrs. Fitzjarrell, Troop Treasurer for any questions, to check out cards, and turn in money collected.

Our March Camp Out will be the Advancement Cabin Camp Out and the event has been added to the calendar. Be sure to sign up on the website whether or not you are going. This year we will be staying in one of the cabins at Peaceful Valley. We will plan on meeting at the Church at 5:00 pm Friday, March 8th and leaving about 5:30 to head down. We should be back about noon Sunday morning. This is a great first camp out for our new cross-overs and I urge you to try to attend. It give the new scouts a head start on Scout and Tenderfoot requirements. Scouts should have their book, daypack w 10 essentials, sleeping bag and pillow and appropriate clothes to be outside most of the day. Older scouts will be needed to help instruct and to work on their own advancements and merit badges. If you have a specific merit badge or advancement requirement you want to work on be sure to let Mr Davis know ASAP.

Klondike is February 22 – 24. We will meet at the church at 4pm Friday and try to hit the road by 4:30. We should be back at the church by noon on Sunday, although a little earlier is possible depending upon how fast we can break down camp Sunday morning. Scouts should wear their class A uniforms for traveling. We will be at Reverend’s Ridge Campground in Golden Gate State Park and it’s about an hour away from the church. Some GPS / Map programs send you up Golden Gate Canyon and across the park on Mountain Base Rd, this is not open in the winter. In order to get to Reverend’s Ridge drivers will need to enter Golden Gate Canyon State Park from the Peak to Peak Highway. We will need some help driving and at least one person who can pull a trailer. Please contact Mr Davis ASAP if you can help with this.

Tickets are now available to attend the Troop 808/Crew 808 Spaghetti Dinner/Silent Auction. Forms to order tickets are available on the Troop website - click on Fundraising-Silent Auction Dinner in the Menu. Ticket prices are $20 per person, $35 for a couple, or $40 for a family. Submit orders to Mrs. Fitzjarrell. Checks should be made payable to Troop 808. (Tickets will also be available at regular meetings from Mrs. Fitzjarrell.)

The Auction Catalog is now on the Troop website. Some of the items we have are a couple of waterproof duffle bags, a solar charger, Bluetooth speaker, and certificates for a STEM/STEAM summer camp with Snapology and a behind-the-scenes tour of Flight For Life. We hope to get a lot more items including merchandise, gift certificates and services. As they come in, they will be added to the catalog. So the sooner a business submits their donation, the more exposure they will get. If you haven’t gotten donation forms, or need more, they are available at meetings and from the Troop website. The fundraising website page is public so you can refer people to it. The Spaghetti Dinner/Silent Auction Fundraiser is on March 30^th. Deadline for items to be included in the Auction catalog is March 10^th. That’s only five weeks away. So please help make this a fun and successful event by getting auction items from places you like going to and consider coming up with something you can do that others would be interested in and making it an auction item. If you have any questions: Aidan is the Scout-in-Charge for the Dinner. Brendan is the Scout-in-Charge of Entertainment. Mrs. Fitzjarrell is the Adult-in-Charge of the Auction.

Sorry to bug everyone with a mid week Eblast, but I need to know how many people will be going to the Snow Cave Campout (Troop-pik) and Klondike. Please get on the website and Register if you are gong to be able to attend or hit the Regrets button if you cannot. This will allow me to sign us up for Klondike sooner and consequently we'll get a better campsite.