Ventures,

Flight Simulator- Tuesday, April 3rd, meeting at the church at 3:45pm and start the tour at 4:00pm. If you are interested in attending, please email Mr. Bardwell or I to let us know if you are interested. Permission slip will be attached with this.

Maple Syrup Fest- The date for the event is March 3rd and it is going to be at Camp Lazarus. More information is on the permission slip, which will be attached to this.

If you have any questions, email Mr. Bardwell or I and we will answer your questions.

Thanks,

Chris

Permission Slip – Maple Syrup 2012

Permission Slip – Flight Simulator 2012

Ventures,

Here is a summary of what happened in tonight’s meeting:

Skyzone- different options for the amount of time there, there are multiple options (more information at http://columbus.skyzonesports.com/ABOUTUS/Pricinghours.aspx) and there was a lot of interest at the meeting.

Fencing- there is nothing currently offered, but there was a lot of interest at the meeting

Flight Simulator- Mr. Bardwell has contacted the host, they are interested in having us come again, and also we had a lot of interest at the meeting.

Glow Putt- weekend specials are available on Tuesday-Friday, every week and there was interest for it. (for more info., go to http://www.glowputtohio.com/home.html)

Dave and Busters- “eat and play combos” ($15.99 for a lunch/dinner and a $10 game card for games), “power hours” Monday-Friday 4:30-7 (60min of video game play for $10), and had interest.

Driving Range- Four Seasons Golf Center has an indoor/outdoor driving range and a mini-golf course, different sized buckets varying in price, and had some interest (more info. at http://fourseasonsgolfcenter.com/fsgc/default.htm)

Maple Syrup Fest- Dates are either 3/3 or 3/10, from 9am-4pm at Camp Lazarus, the cost is around $5-6, and had interest

Vertical Adventures- $29 for an one hour lesson and 2-3 hour free climb, just free climb is $10 ($12 for adults), and had a lot of interest.

SKIING- FEB. 11th, 50% off on rentals and skiing/snowboarding, and had some interest.

This event is highlighted because it is coming up and we need to know if we have enough people coming. I will be sending out a separate email asking for people to reply if they are interested or not and having a permission slip attached.

There will also be a venture meeting next Monday in the Parlor at 7:00pm.

If you have any questions, send me an email and I will, hopefully, have an answer.

Chris

Venturing Meeting Notes:

• Midnight bowing was a success
• Skiing/Snowboarding Trip: Snow-trails or Mad River Mountain (Sometime in February)
• Ice Skating: Chiller- offer for students on Saturdays for $4 (Chandler to look up information)
• Zip-Lining: May
• Vertical Adventures: Anytime (Chris to look up information)
• Sky-Zone: Anytime (Liz to look up information)
• Maple Syrup Fest: sometime in March or April (Peter to look up information)
• Dave and Busters: (Chris to look up information)
• Curling: somewhere in Ohio (Chris to look up info.)
• Fencing: (Mr. Bardwell to look up info.)
• Glow Putt: (Nick to look up info.)
• Driving Range: (Peter to look up info.)
• Flight Simulator: (Mr. Barwell)
• Segway Tour: Columbus, OH; in spring or summer time (Chris)

Sorry that this took so long.

Thanks,

Chris

If you have collected some information for potential trips, please leave a reply under this message.

Thanks,

Chris

Here is the updated, and correct, permission slip for this Friday’s outing.

http://venturecrew166.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Venturing-Permission-Slip-template.docx

Thanks,

Chris

Ventures,

Venture Meeting Notes:

Here is the link to Venture Crew Calender:

https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=venturecrew166%40gmail.com&ctz=America/New_York

Here you can look at upcoming meetings and events for Venture Crew 166.

If there are any problems with the link, leave me a reply.

Here are the notes to the Venture meeting on 11/28 :

Future Plans for Activities:

• Potential Ideas for activities or trips- mid-night bowling, skiing/snowboarding, Maple Syrup Fest, Glow Putt, Flight Simulator, Driving Range/Golfing, Zip-Lining, and Ice-skating
• Potential Mid-night Bowling Dates- Dec. 10th, Dec. 16th, and Jan. 6th (please check your schedules if you are interested in attending and come to the meetings)
• Skiing/Snowboarding- between January and February; most likely on a “Scout Day,” depending on locations and offers; no dates set yet

Other Topics

• Venture Website (something along the lines of http://www.venturecrew166.org/) and Face-book page are going to be created and please stand-by for further information.
• VENTURE MEETING NEXT WEEK!!! (12/5 at 7:00pm)
• Bring your calender with potential dates you can come to mid-night bowling and other events, bring ideas for activities, and for everyone that comes, he or she gets a special reward. 
• A Gmail account has been created for the Venture Crew as well (venturecrew166@gmail.com) and a calender.
• It is allowed to invite non-scouting friends to come to all venture activities, so bring your friends!!

If you have any questions, please feel free to email venture@troop166.com or myself (christopher.bruegge@gmail.com) or the gmail account previously posted.

Thanks,

Chris