Sunday, April 10th

Scuba Training!

Get ready for this weekend!

Troop 165 will be doing scuba training this Sunday. We will meet at 10:00 at the pool. The map will be in the e-mail with the other details. This should be a lot of fun for everyone! Don't forget to bring your waivers if you didn't turn them in yet. You will not be allowed in the water without one. If you cannot find the e-amil with the "waiver forms" let me know and I can send you another one to print up.

Mr. Zinda ~ Assistant Scoutmaster

Monday, March 21st

Webelos Bridging!

Please welcome the new members of Troop 165!

Troop 165 welcomes it's newest members. Congratulations to all of you for earning your "Arrow of Light". You are now on your path to "Eagle"

• Zak
• Nathaniel
• Gage
• Caden
• Alex
• Sam

Sat, March 5th

First-Aid meet at templeton Middle School - Sussex

Firt-Aid meet time again!

 You guys did very well! I was most impressed by the improvement you have made over the 2 meetings we covered it in.

Great job guys!
MrZ

February

Summer Camp ~ Decision made!

Tomahawk Scout Reservation!

After much discussion, the vote for summer camp this year goes to Tomawawk Scout Reservation in the north-western part of the state. Click on the image above to go to their website. They offer a lot of great activities for all ages of scouts.

It looks like you guys will have a lot of fun at this camp!
MrZ

Friday, Sat, Sun, January 21, 22, 23rd

Camp Whitcomb Cabin weekend

Camp Whitcomb time again

 Parents are welcome to stay for the Chile Supper on Friday night when dropping off. (see e-mail or calendar for details)

Thanks,
MrZ

Sunday, January 16th

Eagle Scout Ceremony!

Eagle Scout ceremony for Ian Ward and Adam Crosby.

 They have both received their Eagle Scout badge this year and will be honored at the Richfield Fire Department. Please join us for this special event and congratulate them on all of their hard work and accomplishments! (see e-mail or calendar for details)

Thanks,
MrZ

Thursday, December 30th

Stocky's Fast Track Go-carting!

We are going go-carting this Thursday, 6:30 pm at Stocky's Fast Track in West Bend WI.

You have been sent an e-mail with all of the details of this event and your patrol leaders should have called you to make sure you got the message or to remind you to check your e-mail. (or see calendar)

Thanks,
MrZ

New Web Gallery!

Troop 165 web gallery released!

This year Troop 165 went to Bear Paw Scout Camp in Mountain WI.

Here are some pictures from Bear Paw Scout Camp this year! Just follow the "gallery" link at the top of the page to view them.

Thanks,
MrZ

More Eagle Scouts!

Adam Crosby & Paul  Thorne achieve "Eagle Scout" honors!

Congratulations to Adam Crosby & Paul Thorne on becoming Troop 165's latest Eagle Scouts!

They join Ian Ward this year for achieving their Eagle Scout ranks. This is the second & third Eagle Scout Awards earned this year by the members of Troop 165~Colgate.

Less than 5 percent of all Boy Scouts earn the Eagle Scout Award, making Scouting’s highest rank a rare honor.

There is one more scout from our troop that is months away from earning his "Eagle".

Congratulations again guys!
Thanks,
MrZ

 Monday, November, 15 - 2010

Brisco County Wood Grill is helping Troop 165 with fundraising.

20% of every purchase accompanied with this flyer will be donated directly to support Boy Scout Troop 165. Present this flyer with your order and 20% of your total purchase will be donated on behalf of Brisco County Wood Grill to support the fundraising efforts of Troop 165. Thank you so much, I’m sure you’ll be glad you went. The food is delicious!

Thanks,
MrZ

 October , 2010

Wreath Sales/Lost & Found Box

Boy Scout Troop 165 has kicked off their annual wreath sales fundraiser which will end on November 4th. We are really trying to raise enough for a badly needed trailer for the troop. We are running out of room in our current trailer because of the growing troop and we also need to purchase some updated equipment.

We have also spent the last 2 troop Meetings working on a new Lost & Found box for Amy Belle School which should be completed soon.

Thanks,
MrZ

 September 10th-12th, 2010

Webelos Jam-O-Ree

Boy Scout Troop 165 taught Wilderness Survival to the Webelos scouts again this year and did a really nice job. The young scouts seemed to stay focused while our boys went over the outdoor skills necessary to survive in the wilderness. Some of the topics included: Shelter building, First-Aid, fire building, ground and distress signals

Good job boys,
Thanks,
MrZ

 August 29th, 2010

Court of Honor!

Congratulations to the boys for receiving XX merit badges and XX rank advancements! I think we finished up all but two partial Merit badges.
More info to come this week






Congratulations again boys
Thanks,
MrZ

 July 18th-24th, 2010

Summer Camp at Bear Paw

We had a great turnout at Bear Paw this year. Boy Scout Troop 165 attendees included Cal, Ginger, Hunter, Wyatt, Nathan, Tommy, Josh, Emmett, Alex, Matthew, Joel, Mr. Ward, Mr. Zinda and Mr. Nelson. Thanks to all of you for making it another memorable year at Summer Camp!

There were a lot of Merit Badges earned this year and some of the boys built a shelter and stayed overnight in it to finish earning their Wilderness Survival Merit Badge.

I am going to have the boys write something up to add to this, so stay posted.

Thanks,
MrZ

 June 13th-18th, 2010

NYLT Training

Congratulations to Cal and Hunter for completing the "National Youth Leadership Training at Camp Long Lake.

The National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) course simulates a month in the life of a troop. It is a six-day course, held in an outdoor setting that reinforces and expands upon Be-Know-Do leadership ideals learned in the Scoutmaster ran Troop Leadership Training (TLT). Scouts learn a number of leadership skills and concepts, the youth learn about the stages of team development and how to match the most appropriate leadership style with the developmental stage of the individual or team. The course has many challenges for the youths, including its culmination where they undergo a quest for the meaning of leadership, which they then present to the entire NYLT troop.

The NYLT course has Eight Key Elements:

• 1. A month in the life of a Troop
• 2. The Four Stages of Team Development
• 3. Leadership Requires Vision, Goals, and Planning
• 4. Toolbox of Leadership Skills
• 5. Consistent Leadership Modeling
• 6. Scout Oat and Law
• 7. It’s Fun
• 8. The Traditions

The Scouts come away from their NYLT experience with exposure to the best of the best of leadership techniques. They have learned so many invaluable skills about how to create a vision of success, how to set goals and make plans, how to listen and solve problems, and how to teach and lead. Most of all, they learn the bigger of how to put needs of others first in order to be a truly great leader. They learn to use the Scout Oath and Law to make hard decisions and to remain true to Scouting’s values.

Good job guys!
Thanks,
MrZ

 July 28th, 2010

Ian Ward achieves "Eagle Scout" honor!

Congratulations to Ian Ward on becoming Troop 165's latest Eagle Scout!

This is our first Eagle Scout Award earned this year by a member of Troop 165~Colgate.

Less than 5 percent of all Boy Scouts earn the Eagle Scout Award, making Scouting’s highest rank a rare honor.

There are also 2 more scouts from our troop that are months away from earning their "Eagle".

Congratulations again Ian!
Thanks,
MrZ

 June through December 31st, 2010

2010 Historical Merit Badges from 1910

As the Boy Scouts of America celebrates 100 years of Scouting in the United States, today’s youths will have the opportunity to experience a piece of the past.

Four vintage merit badges that will count toward rank advancement are being re-released for the centennial year only, giving Boy Scouts a hands-on opportunity to experience the exciting past of the BSA.

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the BSA, it will include the reintroduction, for 2010 only, four Historical Merit Badges -  Tracking, Pathfinding, Carpentry,  and Signaling.

These Historic Merit Badges can be earned only during calendar year 2010, They were first offered in 1910 and discontinued in 1952.

Please click on a patch to the right to view the requirements and download the Merit Badge pamphlet for each one.

Thanks,
MrZ

 June 11th-12th-13th

Daniel Boone Campout (With Pack 165)

2010 Pack 165 Family Campout
Daniel Boone Conservation League
Come and join us for a fun filled activity for parents and scouts.

Troop 165 will be hosting this event this year again and help out with cooking breakfast and lunch on Saturday as well as run some activities with the cub scouts throughout the day. This is a nice opportunity to stay involved with the Pack. Let's show these Cubs how Boy Scouts can run a camp.

Here's a link to theagenda for the weekend. (The form to fill out is for the Cub Scouts only. (I will have the Troop Permission Slip out shortly)

When: June 11th to June 13th (Friday afternoon to Sunday Morning)
Where: Daniel Boone Conservation League Scout Camp
4694 Hwy 167, Hubertus WI, 53033

Here's a link to the map for Daniel Boone.

Thanks,
MrZ

 June 4th-5th-6th (cancelled)

Camp Valenta (Will re-schedule later)

Camp Valenta is scheduled to help the boys out with skill training. The new scouts will be covering the requirements for Tenderfoot, Second and First Class that they will not cover at summer camp. The other scout's activities are still in the planning stage but will probably be something boring like jousting, sword fighting or an introduction to battle axes and other assorted medieval weapons training! Maybe we could even throw in some sweet ninja skills.
Thanks,
MrZ

 May 15th

Jackson Rummage Brat Fry Fundraiser

WoW! You guys are getting good at this! Thanks to all that could help out on Saturday, it was another success. It was nice to see all of you working as a team and actually enjoying yourselves while working. We had many compliments including "You have the best brats in town!" We actually at least DOUBLED what we made on our past Brat Fry's and I think with a good analysis of the sale, we could come up with even better results next time with minimal extra effort. Excellent!
Thanks,
MrZ

 May 8th-9th

Camp Silverbrook Tent Set-up

I hope everyone enjoyed the Camp Silverbrook campout even though we were forced to stay in a cabin instead of tents due to the weather. (Everyone seemed pretty upset that we couldn't stay outside in the cold wet weather ;) They said the tents looked great, everyone did an outstanding job keeping busy during set-up. I think we put them up in a record time this year! Thanks to Tommy and Josh for their tasty meals and everyone else for helping out with clean-up. We'd also like to thank Joel for coming out and checking out the troop, I think you may have even had some fun. Good job guys!
Thanks,
MrZ

 April 22nd

Troop trailer cleanout

Meeting was at Valenta's to clean out the trailer and replenish exhausted supplies and have a cookout. The trailer is now back in order.
Thanks,
MrZ

 April 15th

Fundraiser Ends

Thanks for making our spring bulb fundraiser a success, we sold 325 packages which totaled $975 profit for the troop and the scouts! I think now that you have a better idea how to do this, next time will be even more of a success. Good job guys!
Thanks,
MrZ

 March 27th-April 15th

Fundraiser Kick-off

I hope everyone is having some luck out there with the bulb/plant sale. If you need additional info on the products click here. If you need additional sales forms click here. Let's try and get all of our neighborhoods looking great by supplying them with as many bulbs and plants we can! Remember to collect the money for your products at the time of the sale, we need that money to place the orders. All order forms and money needs to be collected by Thursday evening, April 15th so we can order on the 16th or else we may not have them delivered on time.
Boy Scout Troop 165 serves the Germantown, Menomonee Falls, Jackson and Richfield areas.
Thanks,
MrZ

Saturday, March 27th

Scouting for food at St. Boniface

The pack collected over 2300 items.
Thanks to the Troop for volunteering at the pantry!! All of your efforts are appreciated by the food pantry and all of those in need that you helped out!
I will add more info as I receive it.

Boy Scout Troop 165 serves the Germantown, Menomonee Falls, Jackson and Richfield areas.
MrZ

Current Troop Merit Badge:

Almost everyone has finished up the Family Life Merit Badge soon. Please bring along the worksheet so we can check on your current progress.

Next, we will be working on either the "Pioneering"  or "Camping" merit badge. Click on a merit badge emblem to the right to go the requirements and worksheets for it. Click the last image to find requirements for all merit badges offered.

2010~"Year at a glance"

~Adam's Eagle project
~Paul's Eagle project
~Scuba Diving Training
~Highway Clean-up
~Spring Fundraiser for Camp
~Camp Silverbrook outing
~Boy's Night Out Fundraiser
~Camp Valenta
~Jackson Rummage Fundraiser
~Daniel Boone outing (Troop/Pack)
~Summer Camp at Bear Paw
~Court of Honor (August)
~Climbing at Devil's Lake State Park
   (or "Copes Course" at Camp Whitcomb)
~Webelos Jamboree
~Camp Valenta"II"
~Camp Whitcomb with Webelos
~Christmas Party at Stocky's
~Electronics Weekend

Monday, March 22nd

Blue and Gold Dinner at Amy Bell Elementary

Troop 165 welcomes it's newest members. Congratulations to all of you for earning your "Arrow of Light". You are now on your path to "Eagle"
Emmett
Matthew H
Alex
Matthew J
Keenan
Dionisios
There are currently 4 scouts in our troop that will be receiving their "Eagle" rank this year! Great job guys!

SeeCalendar for details of future events.