Scoutmaster Minute: Last weekend of summer break, hope you have all had a chance to get out and enjoy it. Most of you missed a great hike Saturday on the First Manassas Trail... weather was perfect and several new scouts finished the 5 mile hike for 2nd Class. Today, I checked out a segment of the [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: The Scout Leadership had a successful planning session last week and prepared a series of activities that should help our Nova Corp advance and provide fun at the same time. In terms of advancing, we had an opportunity to use the Cub Run Rec Center pool on Sunday evening to run several Scout's through [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: Service to Others. We had some excellent teamwork this past week while performing service around the grounds of CUMC to clean up the sidewalks and parking areas from debris that had accumulated over the past year. Due to a generous donation of 6 tons of gravel from Luck Stone, we now have a great [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: The delayed New Scout Campout was a success. Lots of advancement, laughter, comrodiery, jokes, campfire songs, fire building, knots, axe yard, and good food. Oh and it rained...ALOT...a proper breaking in of the new scouts. While we have not been camping since January, the guys knocked the rust off pretty quickly. The new cooking [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: As we hurdle towards an insane amount of screen time and eye strain come Sept 8, I am very pleased that we are finally back to putting the Outing in Scouting. Yes I have been waiting a long time to say that. Really looking forward to this long over due campout to bring our [...]
MEETINGS 1. This Week July 28: Outdoor Clean Up @CUMC (All) Uniform: Class B We are going to use this meeting night to perform some service hours around the grounds of CUMC. This will count as a Troop activity and service hours, especially for Nova Corp scouts. All attending must have a face, wear work gloves, bring your [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: Great week. The hike on the Henry Hill Loop was beautiful, reminded me of walking in fields around my grandparents home. So nice to see everyone that attended, even if faces were hidden behind masks. The week was capped off with Bryan Hong's Eagle project, including seeing him enjoy his 1st pizza. Yes that's [...]
MEETINGS 1. This Week July 14: Hike Manassas Battlefield (LandSharks) Uniform: Class B The Land Sharks have planned a nice evening hike to get us together again in the outdoors which also allows for plenty of social distancing. Everyone must have a mask to participate. All should have a water bottle and a small snack is recommended. Proper [...]
