Update - Nov 18, 2008

Holiday Pie Sale: Pie pickup this Wed, Nov 19, at 5:30PM. These ready to bake pies are frozen and will thaw if not kept cold. Contact Mrs. Linda Spinetti if you have any questions.

Popcorn orders: Also pick up at troop meeting this Wednesday. Mrs. Cynthia Tracz is our Popcorn Kernel.

Nov 20 - Troop Committee meeting, 7PM at 2nd Cong Church

Dec 1 – Order of the Arrow Christmas Campfire.  Osbornedale enclosed pavilion at 7PM . All OA members expected to attend.

Dec 5-7 – Tierney Lean-tos Troop Campout  - Signup $5 with Mr. Raymond Oppel. Must be registered by Nov 26 to attend.  Survival themed campout. Scouts learn and lead by actively participating, so let's keep the Outing in Scouting.

Troop Meetings

nov 19 – Iron Chef theme

nov 26th- Iron Chef Cookoff Patrol leader and patrol quartermaster to come early at 6:30PM to light charcoal fires. Theme: pizza. Troop supplies dough, sauce, and cheese. Patrols need to provide other supplies like toppings . Patrols need charcoal and cleaning  supplies. Can prepare ingredients at home.

Eagle Scout candidates: Monday, 12/22, is the FINAL Advancement Committee Meeting of the year.   Scouts need to have their project review scheduled and Board of Review paperwork to the Council Office NO LATER THAN December 12th.

Are you contributing to your scout account in the thrift fund? $10 drawing each week added to the winner's scout account. Amazing interest rates are applied based on how much you save, so save today, because a Scout is Thrifty.

Mark your calendars now: Troop 3's 95th Anniversary Celebration will take place on June 7, 2009 beginning at Noon at Villa Bianca in Seymour. More details to come.

Troop update 11/11/08

Nov 12th troop meeting -   wear hiking gear instead of scout uniform.

Holiday Pie Sale: Orders and money due by Wed, Nov 12. See Pie Czar Linda Spinetti for more information. 

Nov 14 to 15: Troop camping overnighter at the Poppa's and day hike at Osbornedale State Park. This is our November troop camp out activity and it is open to ALL Troop 3 scouts. We will camp at the Poppa's at 5 Derby Neck Rd beginning at 6PM on Nov 14 and we will hike the trails of Osbornedale on Nov 15, finishing at 2PM. Breakfast will be provided, each scout to bring a bagged lunch , canteen of water  and the 10 essentials . Signup this Wed with Mr. Oppel – NO COST.

Nov 15 Scrap 'n Chat Fundraiser for Housatonic Council. First United Methodist Church, Shelton. $40 all day 9-5, $30 half day. For more information contact Scrapbooking Queen Sue Stankye, 736-9539.

Nov. 27 Commodore Hull 5k Road Race: In an effort to promote "A Scout is Physically Strong", Troop 3 Assistant Scoutmaster Edward Faulkner is offering to sponsor any Troop 3 Scout who registers and runs in the Thanksgiving morning 5K road race through Shelton and Derby. Registration is limited to first 600 runners. Information and on-line registration here: http://www.electronicvalley.org/derby/HullRace/index.htm  Troop 3 Eagles Ed Faulkner and Steven Ng are two of only 35 people to have run in all 5 races. Eagle Scout Stephen Poppa is already signed, will you join him?

Dec 5-7 – Tierney Lean-tos Troop Campout –  Survival theme weekend campout. Sign up $5 with Mr. Oppel. This is our monthly troop camp out activity for December.  Let's keep the Outing in Scouting!

Don't forget to Thank a Veteran today.

Update - Oct 28, 2008

  Oct 30 Troop Halloween Costume Party & Games night, bring a bag of individually wrapped candy. Prizes for best costumes. All-Game night, good time to bring a friend (worth 200 points each for up to 5 friends).

Care package for someone serving in the military abroad is due by each patrol on Nov 5. Also include a thank you letter from your patrol along with your mailing address. Please also provide the mailing addresses for any service men or women you may know by Nov 5.

Nov 1 Scouting for food flyer dropoff, Pack 3 can use help. Contact Cubmaster Dan Cyrul ( mcyrul@snet.net or 305-7024) if you can help. Worth 200 points for participating.

Nov 8 Scouting for Food pickup - We will meet at St. Mary Church, Derby at 11AM to retrieve food donations from our assigned routes. Parents needed to help drive scouts on the pickup routes.

Nov 8 Macaroni & Meatball fundraiser at St. Mary's Church in Derby to benefit Housatonic Council. Registration form attached, RSVP and payment must be in by Nov 5. Troop 3 Scouts who work at the event will not have to pay for a meal. We are also asking for families to donate a dessert tray with 30 of the same item for the mixed dessert trays we will make (drop off tray at 11AM on Nov 8, or a gift basket valued at $50 for the raffle. See Raffle Diva Jacque Campoli for more information on the raffle.

Holiday Pie Sale: Have begun. Orders and money due by Nov 12. See Pie Czar Linda Spinetti for more information. 

NEW: Nov 14 to 15: Troop camping overnighter at the Poppa's and day hike at Osbornedale State Park. Open to ALL Troop 3 scouts. We will camp at the Poppa's on Derby Neck Rd beginning at 6PM on Nov 14 and we will hike the trails of Osbornedale on Nov 15, finishing at 2PM. Breakfast will be provided, each scout to bring a bagged lunch and canteen of water.

Nov 15 Scrap 'n Chat Fundraiser for Housatonic Council. First United Methodist Church, Shelton. $40 all day 9-5, $30 half day. For more information contact Scrapbooking Queen Sue Stankye, 736-9539.

Only 5 Tickets left for Brian Dennehy's Nov 15 performance of "Hughie" at Long Wharf Theater. Tickets are $50 and we will be meeting with Brian after the performance. See Randy.

Nov. 27 6th Annual Commodore Hull 5k Road Race: In an effort to promote "A Scout is Physically Strong", Troop 3 Assistant Scoutmaster Edward Faulkner is offering to sponsor any Troop 3 Scout who registers and runs in the Thanksgiving morning 5K road race through Shelton and Derby. Registration is limited to first 600 runners. Information and on-line registration here: http://www.electronicvalley.org/derby/HullRace/index.htm  Troop 3 Eagles Ed Faulkner and Steven Ng are two of only 35 people to have run in all 5 races.

Update - Oct 21, 2008

Please read completely as there are modifications to previous updates.

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This Wed. is the troop's quarterly Court of Honor. All parents are encouraged to attend. We will also have exchange scout, Seabase and Maine Adventure trip presentations. Please bring dessert items for the social following the COH.

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Popcorn Sales: Deadline for orders and money is next Wed, Oct 22. Pizza party to top selling patrol with orders and money in on Oct 22. See Popcorn "Kernel" Cyndi Tracz for more information. Oct 30 is the deadline for the Trails End popcorn photo contest to win an Ipod Nano.

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Holiday Pie Sale: Begins Oct 22. Ready to bake pies just in time for Thanksgiving.  Download 2008_annual_holiday_pie_sale.pdf Download 2008_annual_holiday_pie_instructions.pdf  See Pie Czar Linda Spinetti for more information. We are looking for a parent to assist Linda with the sale.

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Backpacking weekend is Oct 24-26. Appalachian Trail, Fantastic Fall Foilage hike for scouts 1st class & above.

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Oct 30 is our Troop Halloween Costume Party & Games night, bring a bag of individually wrapped candy. Prizes for best costumes. All-Game night, good time to bring a friend (worth 200 points each for up to 5 friends).

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Care package for someone serving in the military abroad is due by each patrol on Nov 5. Also include a thank you letter from your patrol along with your mailing address. Please also provide the mailing addresses for any service men or women you may know by Nov 5.

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Nov 8 Scouting for Food pickup - We will meet at St. Mary Church, Derby at 11AM to retrieve food donations from our assigned routes. Parents needed to help drive.

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Nov 8 will be our Macaroni & Meatball fundraiser at St. Mary's Church in Derby to benefit Housatonic Council. Download 2008_macaroni_supper_reservation_form_t3.pdf RSVP and payment must be in by Nov 5. We still have several ingredients that need sponsoring ($25 coffee supplies, $40 sauce containers and $100 sausage). Troop 3 Scouts who work at the event will not have to pay for a meal. We are also asking for families to donate a dessert tray with 30 of the same item for the mixed dessert trays we will make, or a gift basket valued at $50 for the raffle. See Raffle Diva Jacque Campoli for more information on the raffle.

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Nov 15 Scrap 'n Chat Fundraiser for Housatonic Council. First United Methodist Church, Shelton. $40 all day 9-5, $30 half day. For more information contact Scrapbooking Queen Sue Stankye, 736-9539.

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Tickets are available for Brian Dennehy's Nov 15 performance of "Hughie" at Long Wharf Theater. Tickets are $50 and we will be meeting with Brian after the performance.

T3 update 10/14/08

Greenraising sale: Ends this Wednesday. Orders & money due this Wed. You can have friends and family order online at www.greenraising.com/index.aspx?AFID=549

Popcorn Sales: Deadline for orders and money is next Wed, Oct 22. Pizza party to top selling patrol.

  Holiday Pie Sale: Begins Oct 22. Ready to bake pies just in time for Thanksgiving.

This weekend, Oct 17-19 is the Fall Camporee at Strang Scout Reservation

Arrive as close to 6PM as possible on Oct 17 (some daylight remains for setting up tents). Depart at 10AM on Oct 19 (all scouts expected to stay and do their share of takedown & cleanup). Patrols are responsible for meals & cleanup supplies. This event is rain or shine, so BE PREPARED. Brief PLC following Camporee closing ceremony, no PLC Sunday night.

Oct 22 is the troop's quarterly Court of Honor. All parents are encouraged to attend. We will also have exchange scout, Seabase and Maine Adventure trip presentations.

Backpacking weekend is Oct 24-26. Appalachian Trail, Fantastic Fall Foilage hike for scouts 1st class & above.

Nov 8 Scouting for Food pickup - We will meet at the 2nd Congregational Church at 11AM to retrieve food donations from our assigned routes. Parents needed to help drive.

Nov 8 will be our Macaroni & Meatball fundraiser at St. Mary's Church in Derby to benefit Housatonic Council. Flyer attached, please print and post. Thanks to the following families who have already agreed to sponsor ingredients again this year: Grassos, Campolis, Poppas, Jimmos, Altamiranos, Liddels, Laskos' and Andersons. We still have several ingredients that need sponsoring. ($50 bread, $25 coffee supplies, $40 sauce containers).

Nov 15 Scrap 'n Chat Fundraiser for Housatonic Council. First United Methodist Church, Shelton. $40 all day 9-5, $30 half day. For more information contact Sue Stankye, 736-9539.

Tickets are available for Brian Dennehy's Nov 15 performance of "Hughie" at Long Wharf Theater. Tickets are $50 and we will be meeting Brian after the performance. See Randy.

Oct 30 is our Troop Halloween Costume Party & Games night, bring a bag of individually wrapped candy. Prizes for best costumes. All-Game night, good time to bring a friend (worth 200 points each for up to 5 friends).

All profits generated from these fundraisers go into each scout's troop account for camp and trips.

Troop 3 Info & Reminders

Ed Strang Day on the Derby Green – Thanks to all who participated. Full attendance earns 200 points. Several scouts earned points for inviting friends to the event. We had 2 Cubs, 2 Scouts and a Venture Scout join.

Popcorn Sales: How is each patrol doing? Patrol Leaders to announce patrol sales to date tonight. Deadline for orders is Oct 22.

Greenraising sale: ends Oct 15. You can have friends and family order online at www.greenraising.com/index.aspx?AFID=549   We earn 40% profit from online sales through Oct 15.

Advancement: Reminder, Scouts must attend a minimum of 75% of troop meetings and campouts to be considered active for rank advancement. This applies all the way to Eagle Rank.

Backpacking weekend to move from Nov 14-16 to Oct 24-26. For 1st Class Rank scouts and above. Signup begins tonight. We will hike approx 10 miles over the weekend.

Oct 17-19 – Fall Camporee at Strang Scout Reservation – Earlybird registration ($5), after tonight is $9. Everyone is expected to participate in the camporee. 

Nov 8 will be our Macaroni & Meatball fundraiser at St. Mary's Church in Derby to benefit Housatonic Council.

Tickets are available for Brian Dennehy's Nov 15 performance of "Hughie" at Long Wharf Theater. Tickets are $50 and we will be meeting with Brian after the performance.

Ed Strang Day on Sunday rain or shine

Our 15th Annual Ed Strang Community Day will take place on Sunday, Sept 28, rain or shine.
In the case of wet weather the event will take place inside of the Derby 2nd Congregational Church.

Please be sure to arrive in Class A uniform at 10AM for setup. The public is invited from noon to 4PM.  Scouts are encouraged to bring their friends and will earn 200 points for each scout age friend to attend.

Renown raptor expert Jonathon Wood will be bringing his 15 to 20 birds of prey, including a bald eagle. More info can be found here: http://www.raptorproject.com/johnbio.htm

Info on Ed Strang Day can be found here: http://www.electronicvalley.org/derby/2008/StrangDay.htm

Brian Dennehy tickets for sale at Ed Strang Day

Scouts to offer tickets at Ed Strang Day for Brian Dennehy performance

DERBY - In honor of the 15th anniversary of stage and screen star Brian Dennehy's visit to Derby to honor his former Cubmaster, the late Edmund D. Strang, Boy Scout Troop 3 has arranged to offer a limited number of tickets to Dennehy's November 15, 7PM closing night performance of Hughie, by Eugene O'Neill at The Long Wharf Theater in New Haven.  One of the last works O'Neill ever wrote, Hughie premiered at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, and is directed by Tony Award winner Robert Falls.

The premium seating tickets, which do not include transportation to Long Wharf Theater, are being offered at a reduced rate of $50 each and will be available for sale beginning at noon on September 28 at Ed Strang Community Day on the Derby Green. The event has been held annually since Dennehy's visit in 1994, as a way to showcase the adventures of Scouting to the community.

The event features food, music and hands-on outdoor skills stations run by the scouts for children, such as dutch oven cooking, model campsite, monkey bridge, obstacle course and first aid. In addition, the Derby Fire Department will participate with a fire truck and renown raptor expert Jonathon Woods, who will present his birds of prey, including a bald eagle.

The event is free to the public and free Scouting registration will be offered to youths who join Cub Scout Pack 3, Boy Scout Troop 3 or Venture Crew 33. Ed Strang Day is being sponsored by Ducibella Venter and Santore, Derby 2nd Congregational Church and Derby Elks Lodge 571.

T3 update 9/10/08

Our troop campout for September is Beaver Work Weekend at Strang Scout Reservation on Sept 19 & 20. We will all camp as a troop in the Camporee field (including all T3 OA members except OA officers).  Arrive after 6PM on 9/19 and depart after 8PM if you are staying for dinner on 9/20.  There will be a half day of service projects and a half day of coveted "free time".

If you register with Mr. Oppel by 9/17 the cost is only $5 (the troop will pay the other $10 being charged by the OA for Saturday breakfast, lunch and dinner meals). Signups begin tonight.

We are updating our troop roster contact information (phone numbers and email addresses) tonight.  See Matt if you are interested in filling several of our open troop positions.

$25 annual troop dues ($20 each if multiple scouts in troop) is due by Sept 17.

All scouts who contribute at least $1 to their account in the summer camp thrift fund savings program tonight will be eligible for the special $10 thrift fund drawing.

There will be a special Life Scout meeting from 7:30 to 7:45PM on Sept 17 during the troop meeting. Items to be discussed are definition of "active membership" and "leadership requirements" required for Eagle Rank, Eagle projects and special Eagle Court of Honor on May 31 at the troop's 95th anniversary celebration. Parents of Life Scouts are encouraged to attend.

Deposits and Sept. monthly payments for the Summer '09 Canyonland Adventure supertrip are now due. All people interested in this trip must have deposits in by Sept 24. Don't miss out on this once in a lifetime trip to America' s Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Zion Nat. Park, Canyonland, Bryce Canyon and Las Vegas.

Ed Strang Community Day on the Derby Green is Sunday, Sept 28. Setup is 10AM to Noon, event is Noon to 4PM, takedown is 4 to 5PM. Each patrol has selected a station to run during the day for the community and they must have at least one patrol adult present during this event. Everyone is needed to help make this a Scouting showcase event for the public.

Raptor Project at Sept 28 Ed Strang Community Day