Troop News

Our turnout at Scout Sunday, on Feb 8, represented the Troop in the best light as usual. Thanks to all the leaders and Scouts who attended.

Thanks to Mr. Madison, Mr. Gunn, and Mr. Eggers and the other leaders who worked in the rear storage room on cleaning up the utility kits for the Chuck boxes and to Mrs Eggers for annoucing the Globetrotter night coming up for interested Scouts, as well as Mrs. Kidds distribution of cold weather prep for the outdoors.

Thanks to all the Troop for working with Mr. Lepianka in all the necessary prearations for summer camp, including fees and medical forms.

Don't forget that if your son says he is bored from summer camp and he doesn't need the merit badges they offer, he can still attend camp as a counselor in training or as a camp counselor for room and board and a weekly stipend..It would do well for his leadership potential and learn new skills with the Council...Several of our older Scouts have been there and done it or are planning on going there this summer.

If he doesn't want to be a counselor, he can attend the National Youth Leadership Training course (NYLT0 at Camp Westmoreland May 31-June 6 or at Camp Sequoyah July 12-18. The cost is $205.00 Excellent training and adventure which many of sour Scouts have attended.
We need a leader(s) to work with a couple of our Scouts (historian and librarian) to win the GAC Scout Unit Award for Excellence each year. What we have to do is keep a scrap book whatever newspaper articles the troop is involved in for service/assistance to the community including Eagle Scout Courts of Honor with the main purpose of selling Scouting to the community. This includes our Trop web site and Troop Blog for newsletters. Questions can be emailed to Tom Swain at tswainbsamail.org or jeff brashser at jbrasher@1bsa.org of both at 970-0251. This should be easily accomplished by the Troop each year based on all we normally do on trips and service year round.

Don't for get X Quo's Eagle project this coming weekend.. He doesn't have to spend the entire day at the Church but can help out as much as he can. The more he has there the quicker it goes for him.

And finally..those coming on the Camporee, including visiting WEBELOS should be at the meeting this coming Monday Feb 16 for final details and planning.

Don't forget..it's not too late to sign up for the University of Scouting at Gadsden State Community College in Gadsden on March 7 2009....."The boys deserve trained leaders" Aplications are available at GAC on line or hard copy at the Hut.

Thanks for all your support....

YiS Dan s "Delivering the Promise"