Please be on the lookout for the photo album folders. We are looking for pictures for the various summer camp activities. Several have been loaded but more are being reviewed for submission.

Changes to the scheduled April campouts were announced at the Troop meeting last night, as follows. Venue for the April 9-11 campout will be Pedernales Falls SP located in the Hill Country area NW of Austin.

Scouts & Scouts,

One of the 12 points of the Scout Law is...A Scouts is Reverent.

Tom Swisher, our Troop Chartered Organization Representative, is offering the "God & Church" religious course to Scouts and adults beginning in February. The "God & Church" program is a 12-segment course developed specifically for the Boy Scout program by the United Methodist Church. Upon completion, participants are awarded a medal and religious knot to be worn on their uniform. Participants of another faith may still attend this course and earn the awards, then work within their own to church to complete additional requirements for their own faith's religious Scouting award.

Summer Camp in Colorado!

The Troop will be attending Camp Alexander, which is located in the Rocky Mountains near Colorado Springs. Online sign up at our website has been opened and is limited to the first 12 Scouts. This is a great opportunities to earn numerous merit badges in the most beautiful surroundings. Did I mention that it's cool and there's no mosquitoes, too!

An updated Merit Badge Counselor list has been uploaded to our Troop website. The document can be found in the "Files" folder in the Main Menu.

This list was generated from the recharter forms turned in Oct/Nov 2009. Apologies if anyone was missed (please let Paula Khalaf know).

All,

Registration for the January campout has been extended. If you plan to go, please register online at our troop website (www.troop479.us) before tomorrow's meeting. The theme for this month's campout is Orienteering.