We will have a special visitor at this week's scout meeting.  Michael Roytek, Scouting America Photographer, will teach the scouts how to take better pictures with their phones and answer questions about his career as a professional photographer.  Scouts will also have an opportunity to talk with Mr. Roytek's daughter Sarah, who worked for four summers as a ranger at Philmont and play a photography game with their patrols to practice the skills that Mr. Roytek taught.  With extra time, scouts will have the opportunity to learn more about the scholarship merit badge. Scouts who are attending winter camp should bring their merit badge selections (form on the winter camp registration link) to talk over with Mrs. Stephens before the meeting or following our discussion with Mr. Roytek.  The registration deadline for Winter Camp is November 13th and the December 5-7 campout at Mission Tejas is due November 20th.  PLC members should meet at 6:45 pm.  See you then!

FLEECE ZIP JACKET ORDER

We are placing an order for the green, fleece zip jackets on November 21.

Price is $39 per jacket.

Adult sizes only and measurements can be found here: https://flare.fullsource.com/images/item-media/f217productmeasurement.pd...

Scouts should come packed and ready for this weekend's campout on Thursday.  The scouts will play a game to check the contents of their packs and load into the trailers in preparation for the campout.  They will also learn climbing knots and other information about ropes and climbing gear to prepare for this weekend's campout.  Scouts in the Patrol Leader's Council should arrive by 6:45 for their pre-meeting meeting.  Please note, registration, payment, and merit badge course selection for Winter Camp is due on November 13th (please see emails sent on 11/2 and 11/4 with more information) and on November 20th for our Mission Tejas campout.  I'd like to extend a BIG thank you to all of our scouts and families who came out to help with the tent rehab and trailer organization for the campout.  I LOVE seeing you invest your time to help our Troop run well!

Due to weather, the trailer organization and tent report will be moved to 2:00 PM today. It was previously supposed to start at 12:00.

      This week is our PLC's hour-long planning session beginning at 6 p.m.  During the meeting, the scouts plan to do their meal planning for the upcoming TRJ campout, work on advancements, and play a game.  
       Our Quartermasters would like to put out a special invitation for our Tent Rehab day that we'll have on Saturday, November 1st beginning at 12 p.m.  On our last campout, many of our scouts experienced the unpleasant experience of a leaky tent and want to do something about it!  We want to give the tents some TLC and have purchased Nikwax Tent & Gear Solarwash and Solarproof and some seam repair glue as our products of choice to tackle the problem.  This will be a learning opportunity for your scouts, as well as a way to give back to our Troop and help protect their future camping experiences.  Have experience with waterproofing tents and would be willing to help teach?  We need you! I have not done this process before, but have watched the Nikwax how to video.  I'd love some backup from an experienced adult or scout!  Please sign up on the Troop website!

The Committee meeting scheduled for this coming Sunday is being cancelled. We will reconvene the first Sunday in December.