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Our new High Adventure Video for our

2011 Trek to Lonomea, Waimea Canyon, Kauai

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Important Schedule Changes:

• The Camp Erhorn Drive Up Camp has been moved back to Saturday, April 14.  The exact time that you can drop your son off will be announced at this Friday's Meeting (April 13).

• The Friday (April 13) Meeting / Instruction Night will be held at the Hut at the normal time, 7:30 pm

Sign Up for Troop Events Online!:

• You can now sign up for Troop events in the Hut (typically on one of our clip boards on the wall) or online!

• refer to the email sent to you for the sign up link

Camp Erhorn High Adventure Qualifier/Drive Up Camp:

• Please meet at the Hut at 9:00 am, we will leave the hut once all the HAQ participants have weighed their packs and have had HAQ roookies completed a pack check.

• Drive Up Camp Scouts will meet at the Hut at 2pm and carpool up to Camp Erhorn (go up Tantulus on the right side until you pass the Roundtop Park Entrance, the Camp Erhorn gate is overgrown so please take care in not driving past it.  After you pass the Roundtop Park Entrance on the left you will travel about 1/2 mile until you see an inlet turnaround on your left with a small concrete ring in the grass.

• All HAQ participants will bring their own food to be prepared typically on a High Adventure Trek and must purify their own water.

• Drive Up Camp participants can choose to prepare meals by patrol to fulfill cooking requirements.  Please have all interested individuals meet with their patrol leaders to arrange this at this Friday's meeting.

Friends of Scouting Program:

• The current Friends of Scouting Program has not been well supported by our Troop.  Please try to support this program as it is a key to the Troop earning the "Quality Unit" Patch for 2012.  Right now we are enrolled at about 20% and it will take at least 50% to qualify.

• Typically each family contributes $20 but even a $5 donation will help.  The form is available on this link at the Aloha Council Website:  http://www.alohacouncilbsa.org/Support%20Us/Friends%20of%20Scouting

• Please hand in your contribution to Mr. Louis at this Friday's meeting (4/13), all contributions are Tax Deductible.

 Makahiki 2012:

• The Makahiki is right around the corner on April 28th!  Last year we won first place in two of the three competitions held Council wide!  We didn't win the overall because no one told us we needed to bring cooking equipment so we didn't enter that competition.

• This year we'll be prepared.  Please take a look at Aloha Council's WebPage on this: http://alohacouncilbsa.org/Makahiki

• Event 1 – Balloon Obstacle Course Competition

Competition: Each Troop team navigates through the obstacle course with a balloon and the Troop team that gets to the finish line with an intact balloon wins. Each winner will continue to advance to the final competition to determine the overall winner.

Equalizer: Each Troop is limited to one team of 2 scouts with a Boy Scout rank limit of up to First Class.
Troop Equipment: None

• Event 2 – Knot Tying Sled Race

Competition: Each team must tie a series of ropes together with the approved knots and attach the ropes to a sled. A team member must ride in the sled and the other 2 team members will pull him to the finish line, if the rider falls out of the sled, the team must go back to the starting line to start pulling the sled, if the knots do not hold, the team must stop and retie the knots. The first team to correctly tie the knots and pull the sled with rider to the finish line without the rider falling out wins the competition.

Equalizer: Each Troop is limited to 3 Boy Scouts with a total weight limit of 400 lbs of Boy Scouts and must have the following Boy Scout ranks as part of each team;

1 Boy Scout with a rank up to 2nd Class

1 Boy Scout with a rank of 2nd Class or 1st Class

1 Boy Scout with a rank up to Life Scout

Total weight limit of the 3 Boy Scouts up to 400 lbs.

Troop Equipment: None Required

• Event 3 – Orienteering Course

Competition: This event will have each Troop team compete in an orienteering course over the entire park, looking for clues that they must bring back to the starting point in the fastest time possible.

Equalizer: Each Troop is limited to one team of 2 scouts with a Boy Scout rank limit of up to Life.

Troop Equipment: Compass.
Scoring: The 1st team to the finish line and presents the correct clues wins the completion and receives 1 point, each subsequent team will obtain the corresponding points in order of their finish.

Competition Tiebreaker

If Troop teams are tied for 1st place at the end of the 3 competition events, there will be a tie- breaker event to determine the 2011 Makahiki Competition Champ
Equalizer Note: You do not need to have the same Boy Scouts do all 3 competitions, you can vary the team members for the competitions.

• Reminder: turn in Makahiki Ticket Money to Mr. Kitamura (Chris' Dad)

Medical Forms:

• There are MANY scouts without current Medical Forms, please update your Medical Forms (download from our website).

• Please submit 2 copies (make sure to include your medical insurance card) to Lorna Fukushima (Garin's Mom)

• No Scout can participate in ANY activity without a current Medical Form!

Visitor Industry Charity Walk:

• May 19, 2012 - You can participate as a walker ($25 youth / $35 adults) and enjoy all the wonderful food along the course.  This is our major annual fundraiser for the Troop.

• You can also volunteer as a course marshall and get a nice breakfast and t-shirt (no you don't have to pay!)

• Forms will be available at the Hut, see Mr. Tom.

Waioli Lions Breakfast:

• The Waioli Lions Club Breakfast will be held on the morning of May 20, 2012. Please sign up for this as they have been very generous to us by contributing a good number of our new chairs.

• The breakfast will be held at the cafeteria across from the scout hut and the scouts will be distributing the food to the drive thru line and managing traffic.

Troop 33 Scouts getting ready to help the Waioli Lions Club

Good Turn:

• Good Turn will be held on May 27, 2012.  We meet at Stevenson Middle School and have snacks there afterwards.

• Please refer to this link for information:  http://www.alohacouncilbsa.org/News/Upcoming%20Events/2012%20Memorial%20Day%2...

Troop Committee Meeting:

Our next Troop Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 14 at 7:00 p.m. at the Scout Hut. Meetings are held on the second Monday of each month and are open to all interested parents.

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(see our YouTube videos from our 2010 Trek: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SelvgAShfR0)

A $250 fee to cover Travel Expenses and Permits is required.  These checks must be made out to "Troop 33".

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Thanks to the Scouts, Leaders and Parents of Troop 33 this past weekend's Spring Drive Up Camp at Ho'omaluhia was a great success!

The weather and the grounds were perfect for camping!

The Scouts did a great flag ceremony

Our guest Cubscouts learned a few new skills

The ASM's displayed their proweress with pasta!

Ahh! The genius of using landscaping sticks for s'mores!

The Scouts made some great pasta sauces!

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Scouts in Patrols shall bring a brown bag dinner on Friday and will be preparing their own meals for the weekend.  PLC and Scoutmasters will be having a prepared dinner on Friday evening during their planning session.  On Saturday we will have Cub Scout guests with their families joining us and the Patrols will be preparing their own creation of Pasta Sauces.  The Scoutmasters will be preparing the Pasta for everyone.  The cost for meals for the weekend for all campers will be $20 payable to "Troop 33"; this will collected by Mrs. Lau (Darren's Mom).

The PLC will be preparing activities for everyone and will give scouts the opportunity to fulfill requirements so please bring your book to get them signed if you plan to participate.  Catch & Release fishing will be between 10 am and 2 pm on Saturday.  Please bring your own simple bamboo poles (no reels) and barbless hooks (you can smash down the barbs on you hooks with a pliers).  Fresh white bread is a good bait to bring!

Please take time to welcome the new Cub Scouts and their families on Saturday Evening!  Please contribute to Saturday Evening's Dinner as requested by the Troop 33 Food Committee:

Happy New Year Scout Families!  Since we are hosting the drive-up camp for Pack 33 Weblos this weekend we are asking the attending Scouts and their familes to add to the spaghetti dinner by contributing Garlic Bread which was a big hit in past years!  The dinner is on Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 6:30 pm (you need to enter before then so don't be late!).  We are also looking for other contributions as listed below.  Please email me, Joanne E. (Shalev's Mom) and let me know if you can bring any of these items at majosish@hawaiiantel.net   Also, please remember to bring your own seating because we won't have the pavilion this year.

3 loaves of Garlic Bread (prepared, baked and sliced)

1.  David H.

2.  Brendan & Bryson W.

3.  Darren L.

4.  Jasper F.

5.  ______________

6.  ______________

7.  ______________

8.  ______________

9.  ______________

10.  _____________

Salad / Veggies

1.  Jasper F.

2.  _____________

3.  _____________

Dessert

1.  Andrew O.

2.  Rico R.

3.  DJ A.

4.  _____________

See you all on Saturday!

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We will have a Scoutmaster's Meeting at 6:30 pm before our Troop meeting to go over lots of items including the upcoming 2012 High Adventure.  Please try to attend this if at all possible.

Our regular Troop Committee Meeting will be held on January 9, 2012 (usually the 2nd Monday of every month) at 7:00 pm.  Interested parents are always welcome to attend!

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Please wear your Dress Uniforms (w/ Merit Badge Sash & Neckerchief)

The following food items are open for your donations!

Christmas Party Food / Snacks

Main Dishes:                 Side Dishes:                 Dessert:   

David H. - Chicken         Andrew O. - Noodles     DJ A.

Dylan T. - Chili                Hunter N.                       Will T.

Aaron N.                         Zak K. - Noodles           Cody F.

Skyler K.                         Landon M.                    Sam H.

Paul G.                           Darren L.

Devin D.                         __________ (open)

Evan U.

Shalev E.

Drinks (1 case in Cooler):        Salad/Veggies/Fruits:

Aaron O.                                   Christopher K.

Garin F.                                     Rico R.

___________(open)                 Jasper F. - Fruit

                                                 _____________(open)

                                                 _____________(open)

We will also be having our Troop 33 Gift Exchange Game:

Scouts that want to participate in this are to bring a wrapped

gift.  You will be given a number after you deposit your gift.

Once all the gifts have been deposited you will exchange

your number for a drawing number which will determine the

order in which you get to play.  When it is your turn you are

free to either choose an unopened gift from the pile or take

the opened gift from anyone that has opened a gift before

you.  Anyone that has had 3 gifts taken from them can no

longer be taken from a fourth time.  All gifts are to cost no

more than $10.  Gifts from the pile cannot be handled before

choosing!

Adults / Leaders that want to participate will follow the same

rules as the Scouts.  The Adults game will be played first and

serve as a demonstration in good and fair play!!

The 20 Mile Hike is rescheduled to January 21, 2012. 

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For the bounty and good fortune every day that we live,

To our family and friends in which lies our true wealth,

We also give thanks for our happiness and health,

And pray that we live our lives to bring honor there,

So today as good scouts please hear our thanks sincere,

We will continue to offer thanks throughout the coming year.

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Please remember that there is no meeting this coming Friday.  Our next meeting will be on December 2nd at 7:30 pm where we will have a "Guest Instruction" done by our own ASM, Ben Chan of the many different ways to use primitive firemaking skills.  There is also a Board of Review that evening for those who are scheduled to do this, remember to wear a complete uniform and bring your scout book and SM Conference/BOR worksheet.

Our Troop Elections is right around the corner so please get ready to make your pitch for the position that you are interested in.  This is a "Boy Led" troop so get ready to pick the Leaders that YOU WANT.

Our next Troop Committee Meeting is scheduled for 7 pm, December 12, 2011 at the Scout Hut. All interested parents are invited to attend!  Another reminder is that Troop 33 has a Facebook page that you are all welcome to join.  Look for "Troop 33 Manoa - Aloha Council" on Facebook and enjoy our activities!

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Thank you for helping us Celebrate with Troop 33's All Star Volunteers, Kathy Sokugawa and Lyle Fong!

This was our Troop Gift to ASM Lyle Fong for all of his dedication as the High Adventure Chair for the Troop and his Treks to Haleakala, Waimanu Valley, Kalalau Valley and Lonomea in Waimea Canyon.

The dedication and generosity shown by these two volunteers is what has made Troop 33 so successful.  Please congratulate and thank them again when you see them next!

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Thank You to all the Scouts & Families that attended DJ's Eagle Project!!

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Before we leave the month of September where we discussed the meaning of "Thrifty" and we head into October to think about the meaning of being "Brave" we should take a moment to remember once again the events of 9/11 where ordinary people discovered what being brave really meant.

This is a video of the "Boatlift" from 9/11.  We need to realize that all of us can make a difference when the opportunity arises.  A quote from a New York Boat Captain: "I have one theory in life, I never want to say the words I SHOULD HAVE, if I do it and I fail, I tried..if I do it and I succeed, better for me, and I tell my children the same thing, never go through life saying YOU SHOULD HAVE, if you want to do something, you do it."

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The Scouts and Families of Troop 33 turned out in great numbers this past weekend for Aric Leong's Eagle Leadership Project!   The work involved cutting down dense undergrowth on the "Island" in Kaaawa Valley, repairing two access bridges, cutting the existing Hau Brush Canopy and repairing an existing stairway.

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Join our Facebook page and share in the social networking fun Troop 33 Style!

Create a Facebook account and join our Group "Troop 33 Manoa - Aloha Council"

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Other Reminders:

Sales Dates & Locations:

October 8, 2011  Longs Drugs / Manoa  12 noon - 4 pm

October 9, 2011  Longs Drugs / Manoa  8 am - 12 noon

October 16, 2011 Safeway / Kapahulu  12 noon - 4 pm

CPR Class:

September 2, 2011  Scout Hut  6:15pm

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by Tim Leong / Scoutmaster - Troop 33

Every so often you will have a chance encounter that truly reinforces your core beliefs as a Scouter.  This real life "tale" of trustworthiness is what I witnessed today and would like to share with all of you.

After leaving my wife at the check out stand at Marukai I took my son Aaron outside to browse the bargain bins.  There were quite a few interesting things out there and it seemed like a nice way to spend a few minutes on a warm Sunday afternoon.  On our last go around at the final set of display bins we were walking to the sidewalk's edge when an elderly gentleman rushed to pick up something on the sidewalk in front of us.  The man muttered something under his breath that sounded like, "someone must have lost this!" and when he stood up he was holding a crisp $100 bill in his hand, nicely folded in thirds.

He rushed off to the entry where a security guard was stationed and I could hear the guard direct him to the customer service window where you renew your Marukai memberships every year.  On his way to the customer service window he motioned to his wife, who was sitting in a white sedan parked in front of us, that he was going to return what he found and to wait for him. 

His wife got out of the car, being that it was getting warm, and we greeted each other.  I started the conversation by saying, "It is really a nice thing that he's doing, showing true honesty by returning that $100 bill!".  She replied, "I remember finding money at Times Supermarket once and returned it, although it was only $7, but eventually they called me saying that no one claimed it and told me to come get it!"  I told her, "Well, just the same, it's very nice to meet good and honest people,  I'm going to tell my Boy Scout Troop all about this when I see them next". 

She looked at me and said, "How nice, my grandsons are Boy Scouts too!  They just came back from a week long summer camp on the North Shore!"  I said, "Really?, our Troop was just there too!"  She looked at me and asked me what Troop I was with to which I proudly replied, "Troop 33, from Manoa..I'm the Scoutmaster".  The Lady brightened up and said, "That's my grandsons' Troop!..my grandsons are Wil and Ben Tottori!"

When the man came back from returning the $100 we all had a chance to introduce ourselves and then we went on our way.  A brief visit to Marukai turned a chance enounter into a true demonstration of Good Citizenship made all the sweeter by having the Good Samaritans being linked to our Troop.   I drove off with a smile on my face thinking that Hawaii is a really small place but at times like today, it is a really GOOD place!

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Troop 33's "Penguin Company" rendition while waiting in the Lunch Line.

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This is Patrick Lum Swimming the Aquatic Leg of the Golden Outrigger Challenge.  This was the third leg following Archery (Zack Kim) and Knots (Tyler Nishikawa).  The baton, an empty water bottle contained the certificates from the previous legs and a book of matches for the final firemaking segment.  Patrick had to swim with the bottle the entire way!

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5 of the 7 total Awards given at Camp went to Troop 33!

Summer Camp 2011 @ Camp Pupukea was a great experience for our Scouts!  The Troop earned a record number of merit badges and rank advancements, 5 mile swim awards, 1 Kayaking certification, 5 Basic Leader Training Certifications, 4 Outdoor Leader Training Certifications and that was all before Thursday's Golden Outrigger Competition.

The boys were led by acting Senior Patrol Leader, Zak Kim and Asst. Senior Patrol Leader, Jarrett Okita.  Because of their capable and creative leadership skills the boys surpassed the expectations of the Scoutmasters given that the majority of these boys were attending their very first summer camp!

Troop 33's scouts earned the Honor Troop Award, one of only two given out at Camp this Session!   The boys and leaders had to maintain a high standard of achievement and service throughout the week to earn this.  Typical of Troop 33 all catagories were met or exceeded and the boys worked as a cohesive unit.  Beginning on Monday evening the youngest of the boys won the Hokiu "Knot Off" event by coming from behind to win big by tying over 30 sheep shanks (more than 10 more than the closest competitor).

The excitement really began on Wednesday night with the Cobbler Cook Off where Troop 33 presented their entry complete with Candlelabra and matching Hawaiian Print napkins and table cloth!  This is only one of two events in which Troop 33 did not win first place but the results were still as yummy as ever!

Scoutmaster Tim Leong also entered the Scoutmaster Dance-Off and rendered a fiddle variation of "The Orange Blossom Special" reworked as "The Kahuku Cannonball Express".  Participation in this event insured that the Troop had at least one scoutmaster that earned the "Scoutmaster Merit Badge", a requirement for the "Honor Troop Award".  The competition was a Jitterbugging Couple from San Diego but Scoutmaster Tim ended up taking the competition by implementing a timely insertion of the "Curly Shuffle" on the concrete floor.  Needless to say that the competition for this event was "intense"!

The cornerstone event was Thursday's "Golden Outrigger Challenge" where every Troop competed directly against each other by demonstrating mastery of many scout skills against the clock.  Senior Patrol Leader Zak Kim orchestrated the event brilliantly and utilized both senior and younger scouts to full advantage!  The events were staffed as follows:

• Archery - Zak Kim (runner Aric Leong)
• Knots - Tyler Nishikawa
• Swimming - Patrick Lum
• Sandwich Making & Eating - Aaron Nonaka (runner Daniel Kim)
• Plant Identification - Josh Terakubo
• Art - Evan Uyeno
• Firemaking - TROOP 33

Each event was masterfully executed and the runners were as swift as the Manoa breeze!  The big finale was the firemaking event where the object was to completely burn a string set at 2 feet off the ground with available (but wet) wood in the surrounding area.  The entire troop created the fire that sent a giant smoke cloud into the air followed by a cheer that resonated all the way to Manoa Valley!  It was later revealed that our troop barely lost to the time established by the Staff that had already done this event 4 previous times; the difference was only 3 minutes!!  The boys celebrated well into the night with soft drinks and doughnut holes.

The Scouts of Troop 33 at the Closing Fire Bowl Ceremonies

The Scouts of Troop 33 learned and demonstrated teamwork that is the cornerstone of scouting.  The excellence of our Troop's program springs from the dedication and hard work by the Troop Committee, Troop Leaders and the Scouts.  With your direct and active participation we can continue our Troop's legacy for generations to come.  Please Kokua by volunteering for our many activities (Popcorn Fundraising, Makahiki Ticket Sales, Activity Shirts & Neckerchiefs, Troop Committee and Scoutmaster Team).  It is through your participation that our Troop can continue on a path of excellence!

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