Current news for Troop 893 for Girls
Scoutmaster Moment This weekend the troop’s youth leadership camped out and met for a full day of leadership training and games - and visits by goats. We discussed having a vision of where the troop would be at then end of this leadership term in the Spring, the importance of delegation to others to spread the [...]
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 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 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 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 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 Moment This week our troop was scattered to various summer activities. Interestingly, all to Scout related activities!. Our meeting was a small group enjoying some fellowship with games. The girls at Philmont with the 893 Crew returned to base camp after their trek, and one scout attended World Scouting Jamboree (WSJ) in West Virginia [...]
Scoutmaster Moment This week marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon and the famous step made by Neil Armstrong (and Buzz Aldrin), a challenge issued by President John F. Kennedy in his famous “We Choose to go to the Moon” speech only 7 years before. The cost in time and treasure [...]
Scoutmaster Moment Summer, that time full of sun, pool, trips, and relaxing has come in full. We have members of 893GT hiking Philmont, many others traveling with family. This month our meetings will be a little smaller as we miss those who are elsewhere. With a troop our size, this can be an added challenge with [...]
