Plan to get signed up in your patrols and pay for the trip this Tuesday for the March outing to Appalachian Caverns.  Mr. Fleming has lined up a great looking outing, that includes doing the "Wild Tour" in the cave.  Scouts will be camping at Camp Powhattan, which is part of the Blue Ridge Mountains Council in Virginia.  Cost is $35 for the regular tour, and $50 for the wild tour. See the calendar entry for March 19th for more info.

A Scout is reverent. He is reverent toward God. He is faithful in his religious duties and respects the convictions of others in matters of custom and religion.

To encourage Scouts to grow stronger in their faith, religious groups have developed a religious emblem program for the BSA.
And the Boy Scouts of America has approved these programs and allows the emblems to be worn on the official uniform.

Starting next Tuesday, March 16th, we will introduce the "Duty to God" program in Troop 101.
Mr. Mike Usey, Sr. Pastor of College Park Baptist Church, will provide more information on the program, and will lead regular classes for scouts who share one of the Protestant faiths.
If your Scout is of another faith, Mr. Usey and the Scoutmaster will provide the information needed to get him started in his place of worship.  For a preview, please click on the attachment to get more info about the program.

Click on the attachment, and print out the weekly schedule for our Tuesday Troop Meetings for your reference.  Includes details on PLC meetings, Troop Meeting events, guest speakers, etc.

This announcement about the Outdoor program is for all families.  We have had a busy 2010 so far, with two campouts, Raven Knob and Guilrock (with three activities), a ski trip, and two very successful activities, the Merit Badge Event and Scouting for Food.  The Patrol Leaders Council has planned a great program until the end of the year, including the Caving trip this month, the District Camporee in April, the Cherry Point Air Show in May and Hanging Rock State Park in June (with four possible concurrent high adventure programs).

Parents who would like to become a merit badge counselor should see the Scoutmaster during Tuesday's meeting. Merit Badge Counselor signup sheets and Applications will be available on the table.

All Scouts who received a blue merit badge card from your merit badge counselor at the Merit Badge Event on February 13 should turn the card in as soon as possible to Mr. Dorman or Mr. Butler.  Cards from several of the classes have already been collected and turned-in, especially First Aid Merit Badge.