Troop 68

Capitol March – We will meet Saturday, October 24^th at 7am at the Woodland Elk’s Lodge Parking lot and plan on departing no later than 7:30am. Scouts need to be in full uniform. Please go to the Troop web page and print off your permissions slip for the event. Scouts may want to bring spending money for the Trading Post! Please……for security reasons, leave your pocket knives at home! Be sure to eat breakfast!

Merit Badge Saturday – Some of you have not yet turned in your request for Merit Badge Saturday! The event will take place in Winters on Saturday, December 5^th. Registration closes on November 14^th. Classes fill up quickly! Be sure to turn in your requests ASAP! We still need a couple of adults to volunteer to help out with this event!

Popcorn Sales! Great job Troop! It looks like we sold over $4,000 worth of popcorn!

Wreath Sales – Don’t forget to get out there and sell your wreaths! Proceeds go to off set your summer camp expenses!

Boards of Review – We will be holding Boards of Review on October 20th, October 27^th with a back up date of November 2^nd. Please be in uniform with your Scout handbooks ready to go! If you still need a Scoutmasters Conference be sure to schedule that with one of the adult leaders!

Court of Honor – Our fall Court of Honor will be held on Tuesday, November 17^th at 7pm at the Scout Cabin. We are asking each family to bring one dozen cookies to share.

Summer Camp – Troop 68 will attend summer camp at Camp Kern’s in 2010. Camp Kern is located on beautiful Huntington Lake just east of Fresno. Our first deposit for summer camp will be due in January!

Trailblazer District Merit Badge Trail Drive – The dates for this event will be February 27^th, March 6^th and March 20^th. If you plan on attending you must attend all 3 days! More information will be announced when it becomes available.

NYLT – National Youth Leadership Training will be held May 14-16 and May 21-23 at Camp Pollock. If you are First Class or above and 13 years of age or older then you should seriously think about attending this incredible leadership course.