Troop News

We had a good turnout for the meeting tonight...Hoover City Council President Jack Wright covered several areas of importance, including earning the Eagle rank...the presentation followed by a head count and meal planning for the rappelling trip this coming week.

The cost for the Trip is $50.00 per person...if you are not rappelling, the cost is just $25.00 for leaders....unless he has an injury, the Scouts are expected to rappel during the day. The course encourages self confidence.

Each patrol should bring meals for Saturday's breakfast, Saturday's supper, and Sunday's breakfast...Saturday's lunch and cobbler Saturday night will be provided by Troop.

For the new Scouts families: the Troop has a family plan for trip costs: two Scouts or one Scout and a leader pay the regular fee for for each... A parent with two Scouts is just a payment for two persons. We base this on most families having one son and a parent on the trip. Philmont and other high adventure trips don't apply.

All patrol leaders, ast patrol leaders, troop and patrol leaders meet at the Hut at 6:30 on Thursday, March 13, uniform not required, ..to gather and load gear..the process takes about an hour or so.


We will meet at the Hut at 5:00 PM Friday March 14 at the hut, dressed for cool weather, eat dinner before he gets there or bring it with him, and bring his flash light in his day pack or pocket since he will need it to set up his tent when we arrive. Uniform on the bus is the red Troop t shirt, Scout trousers/shorts, Scout socks, and Scout belt. Any hat is optional.

Mr. Estes announced that summer camp payments are still due as well as 2014 BSA medical forms. You can mail him a check or give it to him at a meeting...