Summer Camp Payment Due

The first payment of $75 for Summer Camp is due at the next Troop meeting.  Those who have paid by this date will be able to begin selecting electives.  Please make checks payable to Troop 81 and give to Mrs. Elaine.

Update on Backpacking

Troop 81 will meet at the Scout Hut at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, February 24 to leave for the backpacking trip to Camp Rainey Mountain.  As usual, Scouts will travel in uniform.  Menus, duty rosters and transportation plans were made at the meeting Monday night.  All Scouts should bring $7 to reimburse the assigned grubmasters.

There will be a conservation project during the trip.  This will provide an opportunity for Scouts to earn service hours, a conservation project and/or the 5-mile hike to meet requirements for advancement. Scouts are requested to bring work clothes and work gloves. All other equipment and tools will be provided.

Weather is expected to be in the 50's during the day and 30's overnight.  Scouts need to plan accordingly for layered clothing, jackets, and sleeping gear.  A metal-framed backpack is recommended and comfortable, well-broken shoes or boots will be needed.  Scouts are reminded to bring Scout Handbooks so that requirements can be signed off.

Backpacking Outing 2/25

The Troop is making plans to go backpacking at Camp Rainey Mountain on the weekend of the 25th.  Preparations will be made during the next two Monday night Troop meetings.  The Troop will meet on February 13 and 20 (even though school is out for Walton).  Please attend these important meetings to make preparations for the trip.

Scouts are advised that a metal-frame backpack (as opposed to a school-style backpack) will be better for this trip.  There may be a backpack that can be loaned from the Scout Hut, so let the Asst. Scoutmaster assigned to your patrol know if you do not have a backpack.

Menus, duty rosters and transportation arrangements will be made at the next two meetings.