Scout 754 Schedules
Troop meeting at temple. 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm. All be present in class A uniform. Scouts need to take rapid COVID antigen test at the first floor of the temple upon entry. Group at 3rd floor.Patrol formation. Electing PL's. Patrol name, yell, and cheer. Orientation on Troop web site.
Yes
Sunday
09/18/2022
Grand Opening of temple scout units
Other
Meet at temple parking lot at 7:20 am. Class A uniform. All need to take COVID rapid test at home on Saturday night (9/17/2022), snap a photo of the test kit and send it as an attachment to a notification email that has been sent to each scout midnight Saturday.
Yes
Meet at temple, 8 pm - 10 pm. (1) For Scout: Group on the 4th floor. Class A uniform. Parol formation. Electing patrol leader, creating patrol name, flag, song, cheer and yell. If the time permits, there will be presentation on the advancement in boy scout. (2) For parents:. Parents meeting on the 3rd floor at 8:15 pm. Intro to the troop and the operation of the troop,(including but not limited to the troop web site, permission slip, scout advancements, parent do's and don't's, etc.) Scout essential equipment presentation (very important), fees collection, etc.
Yes
Friday
09/30/2022
(1) Advancement (2) Permission slip of 10/15~10/16/2022 due
Indoor Class
(1) All about advancement (2) Due date to submit the Permission slips of 10/15~10/16/2022 District Fall Camp-O-Ree. (Cancelled Making Stride Breast Cancer at Jones Beach on 10/16/2022)
Yes
Friday
10/07/2022
(1) Basic scouting skills (2) Prep for District Fall Camp-O-Ree
Indoor Class
***Meeting location: Temple dining hall (basement) (1) Basic scouting skills. (2) Patrol led by Patrol leader to plan for 10/15~10/16/2022 Camp-O-Ree, including but not limited to meal plans, scouting skills review/learning, .. etc. Please do the COVID rapid test at home before coming to the meeting. Write down the date of the test on the test strip and bring the test strip the temple to show parents on duty. You may request rapid test from temple if needed.
Yes
(**Permission slip of this event is due on 09/30/2022.) 10/15~10/16/2022 Over night camping event. District Fall CampORee. Upper Alley Pond Park, near Adventure Course. Class A uniform. Scouts to bring handbook, rope, compass, water, first aid kit. Grouping location and Time: 10/15/2022, 8:00 am at Upper Alley Pond Park parking area. For scouts arriving on 10/14/2022, please inform your patrol leader (PL) by Thursday of your arriving on 10/14/2022 and ask the PL the grouping time and special instructions on what additional stuff to bring. To discuss detailed meal plan at the meeting on 10/7/2022.
Yes
Sunday
10/16/2022
[CANCELLED] Making Stride against breast cancer
Day Outing
(Cancelled) Making stride against breast cancer at Jones Beach. Bring bag lunch, water, rain gear, dress in layers, windblocker, proper foot wear. Meet at Jone Beach Parking Lot #6 (coordinates 40°35'45.7"N 73°29'59.8"W or 40.596014, -73.499934) at 8:00 am. [Self arrangement of transportation]
Yes
Permission slip due on 10/21/2022. Day hiking - post foliage hike - Orange Heritage Trail. Group at (41.400035, -74.322925) at 8:30 am.
Yes
Patrol leaders will teach their patrol members various knots, and patrols will compete against each other in a knots competition.
Yes
Scouts will go for a midnight game of bowling. Bowling is at Whitestone Lanes: 3005 Whitestone Expy, Queens, NY 11354 from 10pm to 12pm. Scouts pay $10, non-scouts pay full fare ($25)
Yes
(1) MyPlate presentation by Annie Ayi. (2) Camping planning for 1/7 - 1/8 Deer Park trip.(The camping at Deere Park will be rescheduled. Scouts will still work on meal plan - 3 meals as a practice and for future camping need.)
Yes
Thursday
12/15/2022
1 permission slip due
Other
Due date to submit the permission slip for the rock climbing at Island Rock on 12/18/2022.
Yes
(1) Permission slip of 4/21-4/23/2023 Shooting Sports weekend due. (2) Indoor rock climbing at Island Rock (Scout only. No family members). Group at 9:30 am. Location: 60 Skyline Dr.,Plainview, NY 11803. $10 per scout. $10 will be collected at the rock climbing site. Please submit the permission of this rock climbing event by Thursday, 12/15/2022, so that we may make reservation. Scout to make his own transportation arrangement. Each scout needs to bring his handbook and a 6-foot long rope.
Yes
Friday
12/30/2022
(1) Two Permission slip due (2)Holiday
Holiday / No Class
(1) Permission slip of 1/7/2023 temple cleanup due. Permission slip of 4/21~4/23/2023 Shooting Sports Weekend due. (2) Holiday. No class
No
Group by the cargo container at the temple parking lot. We will clean the garages and, if possible, the storage cargo container of the temple. Please dress in layers. Have warm gloves, hat. Have class A uniform under the jacket so that we can be easily identified as scouts by other volunteers at the temple. Bring water bottle. Start at 9:30 am with tentative end time of 4pm. Pizza lunch will be provided. Community service hours: 5 hours for scouts started at 9:30 am and 2 hours for scouts started at around lunch time.
Yes
Friday
01/13/2023
(1) All about Offering Ceremony (2)Finance 101 (3) SSW deposit collection
Indoor Class
(1) A intro to The Offering Ceremony by Ven You Lin (2)Finance 101 taught by Leader Henry. (3) Collect non-refundable $10 per participating scout of shoot sports weekend.
Yes
Scouts will group on the 2nd floor for the rehearsal of Offering ceremony at 8:00 pm. Class A uniform. Please report to Venerable You Lin. Participating scout will credited with 2 hours of community service.
Yes
Report to temple at 7:15 am for the official offering ceremony. Scouts to either dress in Class A uniform or white shirt/black long pants/white socks/black dress shoes. Participating scouts will be credited 5 hours of community service.
Yes
Sunday
02/05/2023
(1) Clean up -Temple dining hall (2) SSW fee collection
Community Service
Class A uniform. (1) Group at temple dining hall, 2:30 pm. Class A uniform. Dining hall (basement) clean up. Scouts to bring rags, long handle Bristol brushes, long handle squeegee, 5 gal water buckets, cleaning detergent. Estimate time of completion 4:30 pm. Estimated Community service hour credit: 2 hours. Due date to submit permission slip for this event: 1/27/2023. (2) Collect the final payment of shooting sports fee, $20.00 per participating scout.
Yes
Friday
02/10/2023
No meeting
Other
No meeting. As you might have already known, Master Venerable Hsing Yun passed away. Temple is suspending all public events and services from 2/6~2/12/2023. However, the temple will open for condolence at the Main Shrine from 9:00 am ~ 5:00 pm everyday. The troop will not have meeting this Friday. The troop is encouraging all boy scout families to come to the temple Main Shrine to express condolence and show respect to Master Venerable.
No
Friday
02/17/2023
Renew registration notification due
Other
Please "reply to all" in the email sent to all on 2/7/2023 about if to continue scouting with the troop.
Yes
Sunday
02/19/2023
(1) Totin’ Chip teaching, physical fitness (2) Permission slip Due (3) Collect blue cards
Day Outing
(1) Tot'n chip teaching-earn about how to use the knife, saw, and axe for the Totin’ Chip, tenderfoot physical fitness testing. Meet at Crocheron Park 9:00 am. Grouping location coordinates 40°46'24.9"N 73°46'05.5"W (40.773588, -73.768194). Estimate time of dismissal 10:30 am. (2) Permission slip for 3/5/3023 Deer Park community service is due. All, regardless going to Deer Park or not are required to submit the permission slip. (3) For scouts who have completed merit badges but have not submitted the merit badge blue cards, please bring the blue cards to this event. Mrs. Zhou will collect the blue cards.
Yes
Orienteering - field practice at Lower Alley Pond Group at 9:00 am. Estimate time of dismiss 10:30 am. Dress for the weather, bring a pen, handbook, compass. Grouping location Lower Alley Pong Park coordinates 40°44'27.3"N 73°44'50.4"W (40.740903, -73.747343)
Yes
Friday
03/10/2023
(1) Public Speaking and Backpacking Essentials (2) Parent meeting (3) 1 permission slip due
Indoor Class
(1) Public speaking and backpacking essentials by adult leader Henry at the basement (dining hall). (2) Meeting to discuss about Ten Mile River Scout Camp on the 4th floor. This meeting is for parents only. The troop has reserved a camp site at Camp Keowa on the week 1: 07/09-07/15/2023. All parents are encouraged to come to this meeting. (3) Permission slip for 3/19/2023 Deer Park trip is due today.
Yes
Friday
03/17/2023
TMR orientation
Other
TMR merit badge classes.
Only scouts sign up to go to TMR, 7/9-7/15/2023 are required to attend.
No
Saturday
03/18/2023
Tot'n chip test. Tenderfoot physical fitness part 2 (Camping at Deer Park)
Day Outing
Tot'n chip testing and first Tenderfoot fitness test. Tenderfoot physical fitness test part 2 (Scouts will go camping at Deer Park. They will do their Totin’ Chip test, 2nd Tenderfoot test, and learn fire starting. We will also work on a service project led by Leader Henry.)
Yes
Tot'n chip testing and Tenderfoot physical fitness test part 2. They will do their Totin’ Chip test, 2nd Tenderfoot test. Meet at Crocheron Park 9:00 am. Grouping location coordinates 40°46'24.9"N 73°46'05.5"W (40.773588, -73.768194). Estimate time of dismissal 10:30 am.
Yes
(1) First aid, knowing what to do just in case. (2) Meeting of Parents of scouts going to TMR on the 4th floor. Please do come to this meeting. Parents supervision schedule at TMR will be arranged and Q&A.
Yes
Scouts attending TMR to select TMR badges. Other scouts to have discussion on current event. (Scouts are encourage to bring cell phone with access to internet to this meeting.
Yes
Friday
04/07/2023
(1) Parents meeting (2) Cyberchip (3) Firearm safety instruction (4)Prepare SSW (5) Collecting completed Merit badge blue cards
Indoor Class
(1) Parents meeting in the basement (2) Cyber Chip. Scouts will be assigned to age appropriate groups. Each group to work on Cyber
Safety group project in advance and present the group project. Meet on he 4th floor (3) Firearm safety instruction. (4) Meal plan for SSW (5) Ms. Zhou will collect completed Merit badge blue cards
Yes
Saturday
04/08/2023
Firearm safety instruction scouting skills
Overnight Camping Trip
(1) Firearm safety instruction. (2) Over night camping at Deer Park 4/8-4/9/2023
Yes
Shooting Sports weekend, 4/21-4/23/2023 at TMR Scout Camp. Depart on Friday night (4/21/2023) Return to Queens on 4/23/2023, Around noon time. $30 per scout.
No
Sunday
04/30/2023
BLIA Day tent check
Community Service
Voluntary. 9 ~ 11 am. To group at temple parking lot at 9:00 am. To check the integrity of the 10x20 garage tents and 10x10 tents. No uniform. Bring work gloves. Dress for the weather. Reply to Mr. Cheng's email or use "Contact" at the troop web site to indicate if you will volunteer. 2 hours community service credit will be granted.
Yes
Indicate if you will be backpacker or day hiker in the permission slip. (1) 5/6~5/7/2023 Backpacking at Harriman State park. Meet at Elk Pen Parking Lot (41.264718, -74.154475) Saturday, 05/06/2023, morning 8:00 am. Expect to return to Elk Pen Parking Lot on Sunday noon time. Backpacking route will be shared on Saturday morning (2) Day hiking for younger scouts. Meet at Trail head on county route 106 coordinates (41.230456871965174, -74.13986876708536) at 7:30 am. Will end the hike at Elk Pen Parking lot. Please be on time. We need to split the cars to park at the beginning and the end points immediately upon arrival at 7:30 am. Will end the hike at Elk Pen Parking lot. Bring Harriman State Park map # 119.
Yes
Saturday
05/13/2023
(1) Trees (2) 5/27/23 Canoe trip Permission slip due (3) Meal plan for the Canoe Trip
Day Outing
(1) Get to know domestic trees. View the Power Point file sent to all scouts via email before coming to this meeting. Meet at 8:30 am. Grouping location: Kissena Park, coordinates 40.749819, -73.807326 (40°44'59.4"N 73°48'26.4"W) (2) 5/27-5/29/2023 Canoeing permission slip due. NO EX,TENSION of the permission submission. (3) Work on the Meal Plan for the Canoeing trip to cover: Personal bag lunch on 5/27, Group meals: 5/27-Supper, 5/28-Breakfast, lunch-supper, 5/29-Breakfast and simple no cooking snacks for lunch.
Yes
(1) Report to the temple parking lot at 4:00 pm. Class A uniform without neckerchief. Setting up tents for BLIA Day on 5/21/2023. Work gloves, bottle water. Work ended at 7:00 pm. 3 hours of community service hours will be credited. (2) Amy ayes will collect merit badge blue cards between 3:45 - 4:30 pm. Bring your completed merit badge blue cards to the temple.
Yes
(1) Report to the temple parking at 7:00 am. Class A uniform and wear class B under the Class A for exchange.. Tasks: Continue to set up the tents, collect garbage during the event (organized by Wesley Chang). After the BLIA day event, all scouts to regroup by the garbage collection tent at 3:00 pm to start working on taking down tents, finishing garbage management, etc. Estimate time of dismissal 5:30 pm. Scouts participate from the beginning to the end will be credited 8 hr of community service. (2) Prep for Canoe trip: meal plan, sharing what to bring. Upon completion the tents set up in the early morning, scouts to work on meal plan for the Canoe trip tentatively at 8:30 am.
Yes
Canoeing on Delaware River, 3 days 2 nights (5/27~5/29). Group time: 7:20 am at Delaware Water Gap (Address: 1 I-80, Columbia, NJ 07832, Google map link:
https://goo.gl/maps/9R7g18CgumiYygKJ7
All participants need to be on time so that we can be on the water early to be able to find good camp sites. Scouts 8th grade and younger require to be accompanied by a parent. Fee: $100 per scout/ $103 per adult. Fee due on 5/13/2023.
Scouts assigned to purchase shared stuff, e.g. food, propaner cylinder, etc are required to send SPL the receipts by 06/03/2023. Failure to submit the receipts by 6/3/2023 will not be reimbursed.
Yes
Friday
06/02/2023
(1) Reflection of canoeing trip (2) Scouting skills (3) Prepare for the utensil less cooking on 6/11/2023
Indoor Class
Meet at the dining hall of the temple. (1) Reflection of Canoeing trip (2) Scouting skills. (3) Prepare for the utensil less cooking on 6/11/2023.
Yes
Saturday
06/03/2023
Due date to submit the canoe trip expenses receipts
Other
Due date to submit the canoe trip expenses receipts to SPL
Yes
(1) Iron Chef, utensil less style, at Hemsptead Lake State Park. Group at the park coordinates 40°40'52.2"N 73°38'44.4"W (40.681153, -73.645654) at 7:45 am. Class A uniform. Each patrol to use utensil less cooking skills to create 2 dishes, with enough quantity for every member in the patriot plus 5 additional small portions for a 5-people judge team. The wining patrol will earn the title of Iron Chef's. The troop will provide charcoal grill for cooking. Each patrol is to prepare a bucket of 5 gal water and cooking materials for their dishes. Parents are encouraged to participate in this program to serve as judges and/or take pleasure walk around lake while the scouts are cooking. (2) Families are welcome to do the BBQ on the same charcoal grill after the scout did the Iron Chef. All scout families are invited.
Yes
Meet on the 3rd floor. (1) Annual reflection (2) Return troop property. All troop stoves need to be cleaned up and return to the troop.
Yes
Class A uniform (1) All scouts to group on the 3rd floor at 6:30 pm. Setting the 3rd floor for the COH. (2) COH rehearsal COVID Rapid test optional. Mask covering mouth and nose required.
Yes
COH of all scout troops. Class A uniform. Group on the 3rd floor at 1:00pm. Estimate time of dismissal 4:00 pm. COVID Rapid test optional. Mask covering mouth and nose required.
Yes
Sunday
07/09/2023
Summer camp at TMR
Overnight Camping Trip
Week long summer camp at Ten Mile River Scout camp. Arrive at the camp on 7/9/2023 and depart the camp on 7/15/2023.
No