Troop Election tonight

Thanks again to Mr. Dale Brownbridge for getting all the wood in front of the Hut we gathered over the past few months, and split this weekend, with Mr. Nelms and Mr. Presley, and the nearly thirty people who showed up Saturday morning to get it done....A lot of work quickly and impressively stacked. Thanks to all for the potential it serves for us this year.

We need a good attendance for the meeting tonight for Troop Elections. The boys will be electing the Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol leaders, and all the other positions we vote for each six months. Those not elected are appointed or volunteered.

Again, there will be no meeting on September 5th due to the Labor Day holiday..

We have lined up some great programs for the month's meeting dates and the trip to Clanton will be a first for the Troop, following the Bluff Park Art Show on October 1. With the Cahaba Canoe Trip coming up in October, and Shiloh in November, we have an exiting Fall season coming up. In between all of this are the Order of the Arrow weekends for the Ordeal and Fall Fellowship.

Mr. Simon will be posting the updated Troop roster (dated August 17) on the Troop web site in the next day or so..please take a look at it and make sure your contact information is correct and the Scout's personal data is in sync where he is supposed to be. The roster is attached to this memo if you would like to open it now.

If your son is an Eagle or Croc and has been active since he joined in March...he should be nearing getting his ten activities required for 1st Class....If that is the case or he is getting closer, he needs to contact the Scoutmaster for a Scoutmaster's Conference and Board of Review..The campout coming in September will provide the time at that location to get a good number of these done. If he is working on higher ranks the same applies for his earning merit badges and performing required activities/responsibilities for that rank. If he is Life Scout ( Shark through Venture) ..he needs to have Eagle Project in mind and to begin planning on getting it behind him.

The Scouts and leaders attending the Sea Base Trip this year are asked to bring in their first $100.00 to Ms. Kidd for their required downpayment.

Uniform for meetings are a Scout T shirt or red Troop T shirt, Scout shorts, Scout socks, and Scout belt.