With the new year comes a couple of financial deadlines:

1 National Boy Scout Dues: $60.00 annual dues for Scouts; $30.00 for Adult Leaders- These funds go to meet organizational costs and offset the cost of T- Shirts and local troop expenses.

2 Camp Rainey Mountain Summer: $250.00 June 28-July 4. One of the South's premier summer camps offering the most merit badges of any camp around. Summer camp is fun and adventuresome and helps the Scouts earn many merit badges that assists in their quest for Eagle Rank. Summer camp dues are split into three installments.

Installment 1: $85.00    due February 2
Installment 2: $85.00    due April 6
Installment 3: $80.00    due June 1

Their may be additional fees for certain merit badges such as shot gun or rifle

The sooner you register and pay the more likely the Scout is to receive their first choices in merit badge courses. Some classes fill up early and become unavailable to later registrants.

These can be paid by check made out to Troop 81. Mr and Mrs Yeater are collecting funds. If a scout and his family has financial hardship issues, talk to the scoutmaster Mr Jourdan about assistance available through the scouting program. The cost of Summer camp can be earned by the scout selling Camp Cards that come out in April/May $4 for each $10 savings card sold.


As for this weekend, rather than spend $12-$15 dollars and attend the advanceorama, Troop 81 is having their own Advanceorama with two-three Eagle Merit Badges being taught. Family Life, Personal Management, and Personal Fitness. As the emphasis is on learning, the adults are preparing all the meals.

Location for dropoff and pickup : Schorr Farm, 2490 HD Atha Road, Monroe
Time Saturday January 31, 9:00 am, Pickup 10:00am February 1
The Scouts are sleeping in the upstairs room at the Barn. The Barn is unheated so Scouts should come with warm clothes, sleeping bag and mat, paper, pencil and their scout handbook, flashlight, camp chair for the camp fire, any footballs or Frisbees, personal toiletries.

Scout is responsible for his own lunch, Mr T is Smoking BBQ for dinner, Adults are providing Oatmeal and grits for breakfast.

Lost Camera Lens

Thank You for a great end of the year program. Someone left a camera lens in the church hall. If this is yours, please contact Donna Ruark. She will attending Wednesday night church service at the hall this Wednesday. If you need further info, please contact Ron Yeater who is a member at the church.

Court of Honor

Year End Court of Honor

For those that missed the last meeting,

Our year end Court of Honor will be held:

Monday,  December 8, 2014 from 6:30-9:00pm

Location: Good Hope Christian Church, 176 High Shoals Road, Good Hope, 30641

To cover costs of the chicken, Adults and guests are $5.00, Scouts and children under 5 are free, maximum per family is $20.00

Each family is requested to bring either a covered dish, salad, desert or drinks. Please RSVP numbers attending and what type of dish you're bringing to ljourdan@mindspring.com

If a Scout wants to participate in the gift exchange, he should bring a small camp worthy gift in a bag($5-7 value suggested)


Yule Log Camporee

Dates Dec 12-14, Departing scout hut Friday at 630 pm

Scout Registration fee is $5.00 plus as many food cans as possible as this is a charity collection for local food banks for the holiday season