This week we are back on our regular schedule. We will be holding scoutmaster conferences for those ready to advance.

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December 17th (in two weeks) will be our annual Troop Christmas party. This will take the place of our regular meeting. The Patrol Leaders Council  has decided to support the Toys for Tots program again this year. We are asking Scouts (families) to bring in an unwrapped, new toy to our Christmas party. They will then be donated to the Marine Corp for distribution to local families. This toy drive counts towards the Troop's service commitment.

At the party, we will also hold a gift exchange among the scouts. We are asking that each scout, that wants to participate, bring in a wrapped gift worth approximately $15. Gifts should have some tie to scouting or camping. Each scout that brings in a gift will receive a gift. Note that this is a change from what we published last week. The PLC changed things.

Our Scouting anniversary Court of Honor has been scheduled for Sunday, February 23rd, for 2:30pm in the church sanctuary.

This Tuesday we will be holding a Patrol Leaders Council at 5:30. Then during our regular meeting continuing scoutmaster conferences and holding Boards of review for those scouts ready to advance.

December 17th will be our annual Christmas party. this will take the place of our regular meeting. Scouts in attendance will receive a special gift from Santa. The Patrol Leaders Council  has decided to support the Toys for Tots program again this year. We are asking Scouts (families) to bring in an unwrapped, new toy to our Christmas party. They will then be donated to the Marine Corp for distribution to local families. This toy drive counts towards the Troop's service commitment.

Our next big adventure is Winter Camp, held January 17 / 20 over the Martin Luther King, Jr holiday weekend. I know this seems a long way away but it really isn't. Don't wait too long to make up your mind. We currently have 17 scouts and 5 adults registered to attend.  This camp takes the form of a miniature (shortened) summer camp. It is merit badge focused where scouts can earn 2 to 5 merit badges. Have you signed up ?????  Please let Mr Call know if you are interested ASAP and get on that list. We will be cooking in camp with several scouts working on cooking merit badge. Total cost for the camp is $80. This includes all program fees and food cost. Again, if you want to be part of this adventure, contact Mr Call right away.

This Tuesday we will be holding Scoutmaster Conferences and Boards of Review for those scouts ready to advance.

Our next big adventure is Winter Camp, held January 17 / 20 over the Martin Luther King, Jr holiday weekend. I know this seems a long way away but it really isn't. Don't wait too long to make up your mind.

This camp takes the form of a miniature (shortened) summer camp. It is merit badge focused where scouts can earn 2 to 5 merit badges. Have you signed up ????? Mr Call reports that 13 scouts are registered. Please let him know if you are interested ASAP and get on that list. We will be cooking in camp with several scouts working on cooking merit badge. Total cost for the camp is $80. This includes all program fees and food cost. Again, if you want to be part of this adventure, contact Mr Call right away.

Thanks to all that came out to help with the trash pickup this past Saturday morning.  We will have a wrap up on Tuesday.

This coming weekend is a camping weekend, November 15 thru 17. The current plan is to camp at the Hanover Courthouse Ruritan property on the Pamunkey River. The AOL scouts from Pack 521 have been invited to attend as we did last year. For those who are not familiar with the property, it gives us a great deal of things we can do, both working with the AOL's and helping with our Scouts advancement. We have a lot of covered space, some indoor space, flush toilets, a stage area, etc.There is also a pond for fishing for those that want to fish.

This event is a "normal" outing for us, leaving Cool Spring Friday evening and returning on Sunday about 12:30p. The property is only 10 minutes beyond Hanover Courthouse so we can accommodate almost anyone's schedule. We will be finalizing menus and what to bring notes on Tuesday.

This Tuesday we will have our normal Tuesday night meeting.

This would normally be holding our Troop committee meeting but with what Mr. Hurd has going on, we don't think he will be able to be there.

This Saturday, November 9th, we will conduct a trash pick up on our 2.9 mile section of Sliding Hill Road. More details will be out at the meeting. As always we will meet behind the Grand Prix Auto Wash in the Atlee Commerce Center. After we pick up trash, we will head to Cool Spring for a quick breakfast and we will hold a merit badge workshop. A list of merit badges will be circulated Tuesday. Scouts should let the Senior Patrol Leader know if there is a badge they may be "itching' to work on and we will see if we can find a counselor for that badge. The stop time will depend on the badge and the counselor.

The Patrols Leaders Council (PLC) will meet at 5:30 this Tuesday. During our regular meeting, we will complete our Troop elections. Congratulations to our new Senior Patrol Leader, Andrew C. We will now look at minor Patrol realignment, as well as Patrol Leader elections. Andrew will be selecting his staff so if you have a desire to be on staff, let him know.

Saturday, November 9th, we will be conducting a roadside trash pick up and a merit badge workshop at Cool Spring. There will be more info coming out after the PLC on these events.