Scoutmaster Moment This week we chose new Senior Patrol Leader and Patrol Leader, decisions for remaining troop positions will be announced soon. Our first Leadership Skills training will be this weekend, and I’m greatly looking forward to spending time with all the troop leadership on this. Leadership is not a trait that individuals are born with [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: Since the school year is well underway...a few thoughts for consideration and perspective. Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. -- John Quincy Adams Let hope inspire [...]
Scoutmaster Moment This past week all of our scouts returned to their classrooms in their schools and we had our annual back to school picnic. I’m sure that in preparation for this there were new clothes purchased, school supplies obtained and more. The first week of school is often filled with some consternation with finding the [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: Nature is all powerful and requires us to BE PREPARED. This week's meeting will include a timely emergency drill, and we are hopeful that our family, friends and neighbors in the path Hurricane Dorian will be spared. While impacts to our region are not current expected until Thursday...Now is the Time to Prepare. Here are some [...]
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 [...]
