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Advance Camp

Update 08/01: Price drop from $37 to $27!!!  Added FAQ.

Update 07/28: Please bring Permission slips to tomorrow’s PLC along with payment. We are suppose to sign up as a troop. The faster I can get what MB classes your scouts want, the sooner I can register our entire troop.
IMPORTANT: Deadline is August 5th… Please ignore the permission slip deadline… I am moving the deadline to August 5th so that we can get into the courses… I apologize for the rush…

Advance CampDate: September 27, 2014 (Saturday)
Time: 6:30am – 6:00pm
Meet at: Sycamore Park and Ride, depart promptly at 6:45am
Location: Contra Costa County Fairgrounds, 1201 W 10th St, Antioch-Pittsburg, CA 94509 (map)
Cost: $27 includes breakfast, lunch and patch (Some merit badges may have additional fees)
Attire: Class A
Bring: Daypack, water bottles, sunscreen, merit badge worksheets
Required: Permission slip due August 5th

Advance Camp is a one day activity focused on Merit Badges. Scouts will have a full day of fun and learning. There are over 50 Merit Badges to select from. Each scout can select TWO Merit Badges to work on. In addition, if scouts have partials (these are Merit Badges that were started but not completed) they can bring them to Advance Camp and work on them.

Refer to the following for more info:

Big Basin Camping

Update 07/25: Event postponed.

BigBasinDate: August 1-3, 2014 (Fri – Sun)
Location: Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Boulder Creek, CA
Cost: $20 per scout or adult
Attire: Class A for traveling, Class B at camp
Bring: Sack dinner and drink for Friday evening
Required: Permission slip

Timeline:
07/29 (Tu) 7pm – MANDATORY planning meeting
07/29 (Tu) 7pm – Permission slip due
08/01 (Fr) 5pm – Meet at Sycamore Park and Ride, depart promptly at 5:30pm
08/03 (Su) 12pm – Return to Sycamore Park and Ride (approx)

July Court of Honor

COHDate: July 1, 2014 (Tue)
Time: 7pm
Location: North end of Sycamore Valley Park, Danville
Attire: Class A
RSVP: evite

Hello Scouts & Families,

Come join Troop 805 for some ice cream at our July Court of Honor! It’s going to be a fun awesome time with fellow scouts.

We need your RSVP to know how much ice cream to buy, so please respond to this evite ASAP with the number of people coming!

The best place to park is at the north end of Sycamore Park behind the Easy Bay Fellowship Church (Sycamore Park at Pond – park off of Sherburne Hills Road behind church).

Thanks,
Emmett
Webmaster, Troop 805

Can You Canoe?

image016Date: August 15-18, 2014 (Fri – Mon)
Location: Klamath River, CA
Cost: $245 per paddler (scout or adult)
Attire: Class A for travel, Class B for fun
Required: Permission slip, Canoe West waiver form, BSA Part C medical form, BSA swim test

Bring these:
– Sack lunch for Friday
– $10 lunch money for Monday

Timeline:
07/08 (Tu) 7pm – Permission slip due
08/15 (Fr) 830am – Meet at Sycamore Park and Ride, depart promptly at 9am
08/18 (Mo) 5pm – Return to Sycamore Park and Ride (approx.)  Will call 1.5 hour prior to arrival

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