Happy Thanksgiving Troop 81 and Families

Chicken BBQ Fundraiser a Great Success! Thanks to all who sold tickets and contributed time and items. We cleared $1600 on 190 tickets sold. Camden M won the $50 dollar Smoothie King gift certificate for most tickets sold. The Willis family won the $500 gift certificate raffle.

Congratulations to Troop 81 Scouts at Sweetwater Camporee. Our well prepared and well trained Scouts won 3 of the five competitions- Flag pole lashing, Desert preparation, and Fire Starting.

Final Outing of the Year Yule Log December 7-9, Scoutland on Lake Lanier. The next two meetings after Thanksgiving will focus on preparation for this big event. This is a big canned food drive for Atlanta area food banks. Scouts are asked to bring canned goods for donation to the next 2 meetings to help out others who are hungry around the holidays. Cub Scout packs are invited to attend for overnight or just for the day.

End of the Year Court of Honor. All Scouts, Leaders and Families are invited to our final event of the year. Badges and ranks of the year will be awarded. Monday December 10 at St Annas Parrish Hall. Scouts should arrive by 6:30pm, program to start 7:00Pm. Scouts in full uniform including sashes. All Pictures for the slide show should be turned into Dr Schorr by Monday November 26. Chicken will be provided by the troop. Sides, drinks and deserts are donated by families. At the next meeting the scouts will decide if they want to do a white elephant gift exchange at the gathering.

Troop 81 Fundraiser Final night for Chicken BBQ Raffle tickets turnin is Monday, October 8. Please bring money and stubs so we can get an accurate count of the number of chickens we need to purchase. Both Scouts and family are needed to help prepare and distribute the meals on Saturday, October 13. Please come to Mondays meeting with an idea of who can help. We usually have an early shift for cooking and a late shift for distribution.

Austin Schorr Eagle Court of Honor All Scouts and Families are welcome to celebrate Scouting's Highest Achievement. Sunday, October 14 at 4:00 PM at St Annas Catholic Church 1401 Alcovy Street. Dinner reception to follow. All Scouts should be in full Class A uniform with sash and bolo tie.

Big News Troop 81 is excited to announce two upcoming Eagle Scout Courts of Honor. All Scouts and their family are encouraged to join the community in recognizing this high achievement. These ceremonies are inspiring to young Scouts to continue their efforts toward this lofty goal. All Scouts should be in full Class A uniforms.

Ken Partain will hold his ceremony on Saturday, September 29, at 1:00pm at Good Hope Christian Church located at 176 High Shoals Rd, Good Hope, Ga 30641.

Austin Schorr will hold his ceremony on Sunday, October 14, 4:00pm at St Annas Catholic Church Parrish Hall. Dinner reception will follow ceremony. Fellowship around Austin's Eagle Project Fire Ring will conclude the festivities.

October 13 Troop 81 BBQ Fundraiser. All scouts need to sell tickets to help fund the troop for the upcoming year. We have added a raffle to the ticket, with the winning ticket receiving a $500 gift certificate toward purchase of a Black Powder Muzzleloader from CVA Muzzleloaders. This can be converted to an Academy Sports Certificate if winner chooses. Tickets will be available soon. Make sure your scout keeps the stub of the ticket sold to enter it into the raffle.

Congratulations to Camden Miley elected as Senior Patrol Leader at last meeting.  Congratulations to Reagan May elected to Assistant Senior Patrol Leader.