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Scoutmaster Minute This week marked the formal installation of our first Troop Leadership team.  Scouts elected into positions earlier in March are now sworn in and off to a great start.  As we contemplate these new leaders and support their coming plans, contemplate a quote from Walt Disney, the man behind The Happiest Place on Earth, “Imagineers”, and more.  He was once asked what a person would need to be like him.  Disney named four steps: Think! Think about the values and principles that guide you in your business and personal life. Believe! Believe in yourself. Dream! Dream of something [...]

Scoutmaster Minute Saturday was our first Outdoor Skills Day where scouts entered the Ax Yard for the first time and learned to safely handle sharp tools.  They then used those skills to acquire a dead tree and turn it into a flagpole with some knots skills.  The scouts prepared lunch of tasty quesadillas and then used the 3-pot method to clean up after.  The day wrapped up with fire skills, dump cake they made and a campfire program after dinner.  That is what was on the agenda - what they really did was work as a team to achieve a [...]

Scoutmaster Minute This week we held the first elections for the troop and selected all positions. This is a step in the right direction as a Scout-led troop.  I am sure all our new leaders will serve with distinction in support of the troop, and should know that all members of the troop are involved to provide support. The patrol system leads each boy to see that he has some individual responsibility for the good of his patrol.     - Lord Baden-Powell Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.    - John F. Kennedy Photos of the Week [...]

Scoutmaster Minute This past Friday was International Women’s Day, a day where the achievement of women as leaders, inventors, pioneers and more are celebrated. As this new troop enters its second month I place all of you firmly under the category of pioneers and leaders not just among women but within our Community in general. Continue to stretch, grow, and be inspired. We do not need Magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. - J. K. Rowling, author   Photos of the Week Some pictures taken from yesterday’s Art Merit Badge participant field [...]

Scoutmaster Moment This has been quite the busy week!  Member of the troop participated in our first AoL Crossover ceremony. Our single patrol has chosen a name and patrol patch - all hail the Rascal Rabbit Patrol!  They have developed a patrol yell and have a design for a (super cool) patrol flag.  I cannot wait to see it go from paper to flag pole! Troopmaster calendar has been getting populated, we will have a session at an upcoming meeting (TBD) to go over various features that should be used.  I recommend subscribing to the calendar for automatic updates on [...]

Scoutmaster Minute This Friday was the 162nd birthday of Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scouting Movement. Today was the final day of Troop 893's 2019 Merit Badge University, the first in which girls as members of a US troop were able to participate in and now bring “BP’s” vision to everyone.  Every scout in the Girls Troop attended at least one badge offering this year.  Well done! This week - 2/26 - Troop Meeting (8-9pm) Uniform: Class A (tan shirt) Location: CUMC Knot Relay game, Cyberchip presentation together to the troop (by girls grades 6 and up), knife safety discussion, [...]

Scoutmaster Minute: This meeting marked the first time all the girls were together and in uniform, so pictures were taken.  We discussed meeting planning and walked through planning the next meeting together, more meeting planning to come. The Website has been getting some updates, be sure to look at it.  The calendar is also getting filled in and can be subscribed to, TroopMaster has the primary calendar (the website takes a day or so to sync with TM) This week - no meeting We would meet on Saturday according to our schedule, MBU is  wrapping up and a number of adults [...]

Scoutmaster Minute - A Scout is Reverent Today CUMC held their Scout Sunday and the 893 Scouting Family represented well with members of the Pack, Boys Troop, Crew and the announced debut of the Girls Troop.   Elena, Ms Kathy and Caitlin all came out be recognized by the church as representatives of the troop and thank the congregation for their support at the 9:30, 11:00 and 11:02 services.  Mr. Adere announced that the Girls Troop is now part of the CUMC Scouting Family and I was able to say a few words -and put in a recruitment plug. Meeting Recap: [...]

Scoutmaster Minute Our Troop is off to a fantastic start!  On Friday our launch event went great, with a full room and girls all in new uniforms.  It was wonderful to see family support from the brothers who did the opening flag ceremony and helped bring in their sisters into Scouts BSA.  Even better was watching the girls welcome each other into the troop.    Look with favour upon a bold beginning    -Virgil Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.    -Edward Everett Hale This Week Feb 9 - First Troop Meeting (1:30-3pm) [...]

Girls and Families of Girls Troop 893, I am so excited after having all the girls finally in the same room and hope you are too!  This point has been months in the making with many hands working to get here.  [drum roll] Welcome to Troop 893! Last night was the first of what I look forward to as many great meetings. We made our first decision as a troop, there will be more coming as we set our own traditions and make this unit a reflection of the BSA program and the girls’ preferences.  New Scouts in the Boys [...]