New Scout Campout April 2018 Scoutmaster Minute: The weather gods blessed us with an awesome weekend for the New Scout Campout. Lots of new experiences, lessons learned, and challenges. The Nova Corp grub masters feed their patrols well, even an impressive set of dutch oven pizzas. Many tried their luck catching frogs, salamander and [...]
Happy Earth Day. As an American, I will do my best to – Be clean in my outdoor manners. Be careful with fire. Be considerate in the outdoors. Be conservation minded. 1. NSC Station Demo/Final Shakedown: April 24 @ CUMC (ALL) Uniform – Class A A. Each Patrol will demonstrate plan for applying the EDGE [...]
1. Cyber Chip/NSC Station Prep: April 17 @ CUMC (ALL) Uniform – Class A A. All Scouts will attend Cyber Chip program to satisfy requirement for Scout or Star and general reminder of good cyber habits, including Troop/Patrol related communications a described in the electronic policy. B. Each Patrol will assign a grubmaster and develop their Duty Roster/Meal Plan for the New Scout [...]
JLT 2018 campfire Scoutmaster Minute: After being installed at last weeks Court of Honor, the new leadership team completed their training today. It is amazing how motivating doughnuts and bagels can be early in the morning. Their first challenge, in the spirit of teamwork, was to build a fire...never seen it get done so quickly. [...]
1. Spring Court of Honor: April 3 @ CUMC (All Patrols) Uniform – Class A (MB or OA Sash) A. The Troop 893 Spring Court of Honor will be held at Centreville United Methodist Church in the Sanctuary. The ceremony begins at 7:00 pm, so please plan accordingly. All Troop 893 scouts, families, and friends are invited and encouraged to attend. Scouts will be receiving Merit Badges, Rank Cards, [...]
Scoutmaster Minute I am very proud to report that we had over 30 Scouts, siblings and Adults participate in the CUMC cleanup yesterday, and few last Saturday. We booked over 75 hours in sprucing up the grounds prior to Easter services next week, which included removing of several dead or damage trees. Special thanks to [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: Just going on record that we have a hearty set of Scouts in Troop 893. Several have hit the trifecta - three consecutive campouts with below freezing temps (Mission Impossible, Klondike and Elizabeth Furnace). This weekend the best part was watching them work together to make some great/interesting meals, encourage each other on [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: As a young boy, Scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life. - Bear Grylls Rank Advancements & Recognitions Owen Pschigoda - 1st Class (3/6) The following Scouts were elected by their peers to become members of the Order of the Arrow, [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: "A Scout is Brave" is the 10th point of the Scout Law. A scout has the courage to stand up for what he thinks is right even if others ridicule him or threaten him. It has been said that "Courage is doing the right thing when the wrong thing is the easy thing." Do [...]
