The place and date for the October campout has been updated in the Troop calendar. We are now camping the weekend of Oct 29-31. Scouts will be spending the weekend on Galveston Island with two nights planned at Galveston Beach State Park. The main activity will be biking. Other activities to include swimming, fishing, and sight-seeing. Scouts should make sure they have passed the BSA Swimmer Test this year and make sure their bike (or a borrowed bike) is tuned up and ready for a road ride.

Welcome back all. School is about to begin.

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!