Title: TROOP 243
Author: Jerry Zimmerer
Last saved by: Frank Hulsman
Company: Zimmerer & Associates, PSC

TROOP 243	May ^2nd, 2007
Boy Scouts of America
Chartered by St. Barnabas Catholic Church
3044 Hikes Lane           Louisville, Ky  40220
Dear parents and friends of Troop 243, 

Troop Outings.  In the month of May we will travel to do some Canoeing on the White Water River in Indiana.  The troop will leave Friday night May 11^th and return Saturday evening May 12^th.  The cost will be approximately $28 to Canoe and $38 to Kayak.  Please bring extra money for dinner Saturday evening on the way home.

1.	Memorial Day Flag Placement – This would normally be scheduled for Saturday morning May at the National Cemetery.  Plans are not definite and more details will follow.  Please hold this open if you can.  Normally we meet at 9:00 at the big flag.

2.	Troop Meetings.  Wednesdays.  
May 3, 7 PM – 	Meeting at Creasy Mahan Nature Preserve to work on Reptile/Amphibian Merit Badge
May 9, 7 PM – 	Meet at the NE YMCA for swim testing and merit badge work.
May 16, 7 PM – 	Meeting at Creasy Mahan Nature Preserve to work on Reptile/Amphibian Merit Badge
May 23rd, 7 PM – 	Quarterly Court of Honor
May 30^th, 7PM – Troop Meeting at St. Barnabas

3.	Flower Sale – First, we want to thank all those who participated.  We had the best sale yet.  Secondly, we are canceling the adult leader meetings on May 21.   Instead, there will be a follow-up meeting for leaders, parents, scouts, etc to review what worked and what didn’t.  The meeting will start at 7:00 p.m.  We plan to send out a survey in advance of this meeting.  If adults or scouts forgot to sign in/sign out at the flower sale or you worked hours outside of the flower sale weekend, please send your times to Jerry Zimmerer.  Jerry will have the sign in sheets completed this weekend and will send an email to those who did sign in so they can validate their hours.

4.	Troop Leadership.  There are openings for Merit Badge Counselors.  If you are interested in being a merit badge Counselor please contact Amy Gartner.  Scouts need counselors to get them through the merit badge process.  The Patrol Advisors can not do it all!

5.	Friends of Troop 243 – Please do not forget to pickup your Kroger and Thornton cards in support of Friends of Troop 243 by contacting Frank Hulsman.  Spread them around to friends and relatives.  Soon you will be able to ask Wild Oats to contribute the Friends.  Watch for more on that coming up.

Yours in Scouting,
 Bruce Bohn
Bruce Bohn
Troop Committee Secretary

The mission of Boy Scout Troop 243 is to prepare young men to make ethical choices based on the values in the Scout Oath and Law and to develop skilled leaders who encourage others to do the same.

Visit our website at http://www.troop243.us