Scoutmaster Minute: While you may all still be in a turkey and stuffing coma, it is my sincere hope you were all able to enjoy Thanksgivng this past week. I am looking forward to a successful Patrol Leaders Council (PLC) this week as we makw plans for the coming weeks, including the beginning of 2021...yep its [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: In 1620, a group of men, women and children braved the North Atlantic in search of freedom. They landed at Plymouth Rock and signed the Mayflower Compact, which was "the foundation of liberty based on law and order" for what would become the United States of America over a 150 years later. As a desendent [...]
DFall Eagle Project FlyerScoutmaster Minute: It was great to see the teamwork at this last meeting to make sure your campout cook gear is in good shape and ideally not a public helath risk. We will take a look Tuesday evening to see what it looks like after a week of storage to calibrate your effectiveness. [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: Awesome weekend...another sucessful Mission Impossible in the books for Troop 893. Simply the Best. We had a great turnout from multiple Packs and the Scouts, Boys & Girls Troop, did a really nice job with all the stations we set up to introduce them to our 893 family. The weather was exceptional and the [...]
Troop 893 Permission Slip 2020 Mission Impossible Scoutmaster Minute: Welcome to November, its opening has been pretty blustery, but I think we are looking good for Mission Impossible this weekend. This week also happens to make a direct connection to the Scout Oath...Duty to Country. While none of out Scouts are able to vote, this is [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: Over the weekend we collaborated with Pack 2011 on Scouting for Food. The response from the community was reasonable given limited notice and communication. Most importantly, our Scouts worked great as a team sorting and crating up the food items collected. Much appreciation to all the efforts of Michael Adere for organizing this annual [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: Another busy Scouting week..one more Eagle project completed, which includeded a photo bomb by Teddy the pony. LOL. Over 30 Scouts stopped by the activitity field to participate in Jamborree on the Air. They made contact with Scouts on the air in Canada, Ohio, New York, Michigan, Arlington, and Camp Snyder. Last week was [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: Sounds like we may have some converts to the joys of fishing. I am not aware that any state records were broken, but Silver Lake gave up a bounty of Blue Gill on Saturday evening as Scouts worked on the Fishing MB. I am told that the Scouts would like to go again, so [...]
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 [...]
