Current news for Troop 893 for Girls
Scoutmaster Moment Between Winter Break and the recent snow it will have been almost a month since our last meeting together. Winter snows have always been a time I enjoy watching the flakes fall, the snow pile up on the ground and cover the trees in a quiet blanket. The falling snow muffles sounds and brightens [...]
Scoutmaster Moment Winter Break has wound down and tomorrow is the return to normal routines in the new year with school (and work for the rest of us). Over the holidays I was able to spend time with family see a play, caught the flu (things don’t always go according to plan), caught up on some [...]
Scoutmaster Moment Winter break is here, closing out a very busy first year for 893GT. I am extremely proud of all the troop has done since we started up and hope each of you is as proud. It is fitting that we celebrated our final meeting of the year with the rank advancement of three scouts [...]
Scoutmaster Moment The theme for meetings for the next month is Klondike Prep. The Sully District Klondike campout and competition is next month. Stations are likely to include standard scout skill activities, so we prep by working on knots (last week) and first aid (this week), later we have fire building and more. These are key [...]
Scoutmaster Moment After some planning sessions for the lock-in, the overnight happened and was a smash hit. I’m still a bit slow and recovering, but happy to have some sleep that night… The grins on scouts’ faces makes the tiredness worth it! There was hot cocoa, gingerbread houses made (and oh so much royal icing and [...]
Scoutmaster Moment Today marks the first day of the last month of the year based on the Gregorian calendar, and beginning of the busy holiday season between Thanksgiving and New Year's. 2019 is drawing to an end. As the first Sunday in December it marks the start of the Advent waiting period for Christmas for Christians. [...]
Scoutmaster Moment The day before the 4th Thursday in November is the highest volume of road and air traffic as people migrate around the country and gather for a single dinner together. This seems like a great deal of hassle to travel, fight traffic, all the preparation of cleaning and cooking for just one meal. Except [...]
Scoutmaster Moment I can’t say enough about the fabulous Mission Impossible weekend we just had. We had some very promising visits from prospective scouts for both troops. We had 6 girls come visit and were taken around our camp and the 6 activity stations. The visitors were from local scouting units, and some have not been [...]
Scoutmaster Moment Tomorrow, 11 Nov, is Veteran’s Day as celebrated in the US as a day to recognize and thank all those who have served in our Armed Forces. Other countries also celebrate this day, some call it Remembrance Day, once upon a time all called it Armistice Day in celebration of ending what was then [...]
Scoutmaster Moment On Tuesday any US Citizen over 18 is eligible to do their civic duty and vote. Election day is the day we put our Democracy in action by choosing those that will represent us. This year is a relatively small election, but important nonetheless. Presidential election years get lots of press (and ads!), [...]
