Sunday, December 2, 2018

Last Regular Meeting of the Year!  Bring Books! Ms Elaine will be present to catch up on achievements. Make sure all accomplishments are recorded for Court of Honor. Also we need to know who is going to Advanceorama on January 26- a great way to get extra merit badges needed for advancement. Early Registration ends Dec 15.

Bring Canned Goods too! Yule Log is a canned food drive for area food banks.

Friday Dec 7-9 Yule Log at Scoutland- our biggest combined outing of the year. Leave Scout Hut ~6:00-630pm,  return Sunday about noon. Adult are taking care of meals so scouts can focus on events. Cub Scouts are encouraged to visit.

End of Year Court of Honor Monday December 10 at St Annas Catholic Church, 1401 Alcovy St. Scouts should be in full uniform including sashes. Scouts arrive at 630, program starts at 7pm. Troop will provide chicken, families are asked to bring covered side dish, salad, or desert. Parents and families  are invited. Gift exchange will occur. Scouts interested in participating should bring wrapped gift of a scouting nature worth no more 10-15 dollars.

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

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.

Friday, October 5, 2018

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.