Scoutmaster Moment This weeks meeting had lashing activities and a last-minute added activity of building a troop recruitment board. It was great to see the scouts teaching one another skills to lash and tie sticks together to build something useful. Both recruitment tables went well, with enthusiastic scouts getting 14 names for the girls troop, 2 [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: Looking forward to sharing some fellowship with our Troop 893 family this Tuesday evening. We still need a few helping hands to flip burgers and dogs. I am sure with most everyone having started school this week, that a simple meal shared with friends will be fulfilling and less burdensome. Service to others is [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: This weekends outing coincided with the start of our regions seventh heat wave of the summer and "feel-like" temps forecasted to reach triple digits through Wednesday...glad we are back in AC. A big thankyou to Mr. John Organek from the Quantico Orienteering Club for setting up with a great course and a live training [...]
Scoutmaster Moment This weekend the troop campout held at Prince William Forest. The weather was yet another hot weekend in the DC area, but the campsite was well shaded and afforded a great opportunity to work on orienteering with the linked 893 boys troop. Mr. Morley arranged for a great guest speaker from the Quantico Orienteering [...]
Scoutmaster Moment This week we discussed plans and activities for the early Fall. Importantly we have two campouts on the calendar that will need a bit of planning for, and some activities that should be fun to participate in and even learn from. Elections and CoH dates were discussed, it is getting time to think about [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: The only way to succeed is take the first step and embrace the risk of failure. Since school is about to being in a few weeks --shudder-- and the Troop begin to prepare for new Scout leadership, I thought was point to make again. In our program we seek to provide an environment we [...]
Scoutmaster Moment This week the troop had an outing to Splashdown Water park. A day filled with sun and swimming, perhaps a bit too much sun for some and “too much” doesn’t apply to swimming fun. Another troop member (and a leader) made it to World Jamboree this week too - truly a phenomenal experience to [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: I recognize many are still in the process of enjoying summer vacations, but there are a few items that require some attention. We responses to Troop picnic on August 27...really important we have a decent headcount and support for several items that need adult participation. Scouts also need to review and work with patrol [...]
