I (Mr. Kolarich) have been working on
setting up the Rifle Shooting Merit Badge on December 9th for the
Scouts in our troop. Things look good to go and I would like to make
an announcement at Monday's meeting.
The merit badge would be offered on Saturday, 12/9. We would meet at
the Seminole County Gun and Archery Association training range in
Geneva at 8:30. The shooting would start around 9 AM. The range has
space for 13 boys. The boys would get around 2.5 hours of shooting
.22 rifles. If we had more than 13 boys sign up we would need to
split them up in morning and afternoon sessions. The cost per boy
would be $10.
I have a certified NRA instructor who has registered as a merit
badge counselor with the council. We would need around 1.5 - 2 hours
of classroom time before the day of the shoot to cover the required
merit badge class time. The instructor is open Tuesday, Wednesday,
or Thursday the 5th, 6th or 7th. I'd like to use the Scout Room or a
classroom at school. How would I go about locking up a time?
Tom, Once I get a room lined up I'll send you an email with
the message I would like to send to the boys.
Let me know.
Thanks,
Rory
11/16/2006 Update
And here's the letter from Mr. Kolarich confirming that he has completed the arrangements of the Merit Badge!
I have been talking to the Seminole County Gun and Archery Association about holding a Rifle Shooting Merit Badge for our Troop. I am happy to announce that we will be holding a merit badge class in Rifle Shooting for our Troop on Saturday, December 9th!
The SCGAA training range is in Geneva. We will be leaving from the St. Margaret Mary parking lot at 7:30 AM. There will be a practice session for about one hour with .22 rifles. There will be another 1.5 hours of shooting the .22 rifles to meet the marksmanship requirements called out to earn the merit badge.
The classroom session of the merit badge will be held at St. Margaret Mary on Tuesday, December 5th at 7 PM and last for around 90 minutes.
There will be a $10.00 fee to cover the cost of the ammunition, targets, mats, target stands, rifles, etc. The payment can be made in cash to me or in a check made out to BSA Troop 62.
There will be 12 openings in the morning session. Depending on the number of Scouts that are interested we could set up another round of shooting after lunch for an additional 13 Scouts. I would also need some parents to volunteer to help drive.
If you are interested send an email to: rkolarich@earthlink.net or sign up on the list I will have at this Monday night's meeting. The $10.00 fee would need to be paid by Monday, November 27th. I'll fill the first slot of openings on a first come basis.
The requirements for the merit badge are attached. If there are any questions please let me know via email or at the meeting. Many times our Scouts would like to take this merit badge at a summer camp but the slots are filled before we can register. Thanks to the support of the local SCGAA we can now offer this merit badge to our Scouts! If all goes well maybe we can offer this on a regular basis.
Yours in Scouting,
Mr. Kolarich*****
(Update from Mr. Kolarich, November 22)
I have the following Scouts signed up for the merit badge:
Andrew Ko
Matthew Do
Adrian Mo
Brendan Du
Mackey Za
Stephen Ti
David Se
Nathan La
Andrew Sh
There will be a $10.00 fee to cover the cost of the ammunition, targets, mats, target stands, rifles, etc. The payment can be made in cash to me or in a check made out to BSA Troop 62. Please bring the payment to Monday night's meeting (Mackey Zarn already paid). I need the payment before any Scout can shoot on the 9th.
Could I get a couple of parents from this list to help drive? I will need enough drivers for 10 Scouts.
FINALLY: (This is a test to see if everyone reads the entire email) THERE ARE THREE OPENINGS ON SATURDAY 12/9 FOR NON-MERIT BADGE SCOUTS INTERESTED IN DOING A ROUND OF TARGET SHOOTING WITH THE MERIT BADGE CLASS. I AM OPENING THESE SLOTS UP TO THE TROOP ON A FIRST COME BASIS. ANYONE INTERESTED EMAIL ME ASAP AT: rkolarich@earthlink.net
Rory Kolarich
(Update from Mr. Kolarich, Friday November 24th)
It looks like a lot of people did read to the bottom.
I have the following Scouts signed up for the merit badge and target shooting:
Andrew Ko
Matthew Do
Adrian Mo (Target shooting only)
Brendan Du
Mackey Za
Stephen Ti
David Serrao
Nathan La
Andrew Sh
Mike McD (Target shooting only)
Lance Le
Mark Le (Target shooting only)
There will be a $10.00 fee to cover the cost of the ammunition, targets, mats, target stands, rifles, etc. The payment can be made in cash to me or in a check made out to BSA Troop 62. Please bring the payment to Monday night's meeting (Mackey Za already paid). I need the payment before any Scout can shoot on the 9th.
Could I get a couple of parents from this list to help drive? I will need enough drivers for 10 Scouts.*****
Update from Mr. Kolarich, December 4th
Just a quick reminder that for everyone taking the merit badge the classroom portion will be held tomorrow (Tuesday, 12/5) at 7PM at St. Margaret Mary. We will meet in the hallway outside the Scout room. The classroom portion will be finished by 8:30 PM.
The target shooting session for all Scouts taking the badge and those joining us for target shooting only will be Saturday, 12/9 at the SCGAA Training Range in Geneva. We will be leaving the St. Margaret Mary parking lot at 7:30 AM. I will have information on the location of the training range at Tuesday's meeting.
If you did not pick up an envelope with the merit badge book and blue card at tonight's meeting I will have it for you at the classroom session tomorrow.
Regards,
Mr. Kolarich
Scouts, Please follow this link to the Merit Badge Requirements.
