Troop Calendar - July - December 2023

 7.3.23 – Holiday, no meeting (Maverik Camp at Trevor Rees Jones)

7.10.23 – Leadership meeting, all newly elected leaders

7.17.23 – Inventing MB

7.24.23 – Inventing MB

7.31.23 – Inventing MB

8.7.23 – Court of Honor

8.14.23 – Canoeing MB, Decide which Caving tour you want for September

8.21.23 – Canoeing MB, Last day to turn in money for Caving

8.25-27.23 – Canoeing Campout – Camp James Ray, Cedar Site

8.28.23 – Exploration MB

9.4.23 – Holiday, no meeting

9.11.23 – Exploration MB

9.18.23 – Exploration MB

9.22-24.23 – Caving Campout, Exploration MB – Camping at Inks Lake, Caving at Longhorn State Cavern

9.25.23 – Woodwork MB         

10.2.23 – Woodwork MB

10.9.23 – Holiday, no meeting

10.16.23 – Woodwork MB

10.20-22.23 – Woodwork Campout – Location TBD

10.23.23 – Webelos Recruiting night, activity TBD

10.30.23 – Webelos Recruiting night, Halloween fun

11.6.23 – Genealogy MB

11.13.23 – Court of Honor

11.23.23 – Thanksgiving, no meeting

11.27.23 – Genealogy MB

12.4.23 – Troop Elections, Genealogy MB

12.11.23 – Winter Camp Prep

12.18.23 – Winter Camp Prep

12.25.23 – Holiday, no meeting

12.27 -30.23 – Tentative Winter Camp

1.1.24 – Holiday, no meeting

Swimming Campout - 6.2.23 - 6.4.23

Our June Campout will be the swimming merit badge! This is a great chance to get this eagle-required badge. Scouts will be camping at Ms. Smeltzer's house and completing the requirements in the backyard and community pools. 

Scouts should be confident swimmers and be familiar with strokes including: front crawl, back crawl, elementary back stroke, sidestroke, and breaststroke.

This campout is so unique that it has a special packing list. Please note it. Also, anyone who has finished the swimming merit badge already is welcome to come hang out by the pool! 

Of special note for summer campers: at summer camp, scouts will need the swimming merit badge as well as the kayaking merit badge in order to completely earn the whitewater merit badge. The kayaking merit badge will be offered before camp. Scouts can still go on the whitewater trip, but without swimming and kayaking, they can't complete the merit badge.

Permission Form

Packing List

Medical Forms A, B, and C

Medication Form 

May Campout - 5.5.23-5.7.23

Our May campout will be movie making! Scouts will be filming the movie they have been working on during troop meetings. We will be at Lake Whitney State Park. 

Special packing item: each movie crew must bring a recording device (phones are okay). Devices will be locked up at night, but are the scouts' responsibility during the day.

Permission Form

Packing List

Medical Forms A, B, and C

Medication Form 

Medication Note: Medications are sorted by time of day administered. Each medication that a scout takes at a different time of day needs to be in it's own pill sorter in it's own plastic bag. The style shown below is preferred because it is easy to manage. Do not send prescription bottles. Do not send more medication than should be taken during a campout. 

April Campout 4.14.23 - 4.16.23

Our April campout will be troop olympics! Since we haven't trained for summer or winter events, this will be scout skills-based. There will be teams. There will be competitions. There will be prizes. We will be at Daingerfield State Park, and some competitions (weather permitting) will involve paddling on a lake. Scouts and adults must be a BSA classified swimmer to do the paddling competitions. If you have a swim test from the 2022 summer camp, that will be sufficient (Check with Ms. Smeltzer to verify). If not, please arrange to get that finished before the campout. Plano Parks and Rec offers the swim test. Please register at a time most convenient for you. 

Special packing item: water shoes and extra clothing that can get wet/muddy.

Permission Form

Packing List

Medical Forms A, B, and C

Medication Form 

Medication Note: Medications are sorted by time of day administered. Each medication that a scout takes at a different time of day needs to be in it's own pill sorter in it's own plastic bag. The style shown below is preferred because it is easy to manage. Do not send prescription bottles. Do not send more medication than should be taken during a campout. 

Troop Calendar - January -June 2023

1.2 - Holiday, no meeting

1.9 - Animal Science MB

1.14 (Saturday) - Fort Worth Stock Show (Animal Science MB)

1.16 - Holiday, no meeting

1.23 - Animal Science MB

1.30 - Oceanography MB  Cancelled for weather

2.6 - Oceanography MB

2.13 - Court of Honor SignUp Genius

2.20 - 9:00am, Citizenship in Society Merit Badge @ Ms. Peikari's Home. RSVP Here.

2.20 - Troop Birthday Party

2.25 (Saturday) - Dallas Aquarium Visit - Oceanography MB SignUp

2.27 - Oceanography MB

3.6 - Shooting Sports MB

3.13 - Holiday, no meeting

3.20 - Shooting Sports MB

3.27 - Shooting Sport MB

3.31-4.2 - Campout - Shooting Sports, Camp James Ray

4.3 - Troop Olympics

4.10 - Holiday, no meeting

4.14-4.15 - Troop Campout - Daingerfield State Park - Troop Olympics

4.17 - Movie Making MB

4.24 - Movie Making MB

5.1 - Movie Making MB

5.5-5.7 -  Campout - Lake Whitney State Park - Movie Making

5.8 - Sculpture Merit Badge

5.15 - Sculpture Merit Badge

5.22 - Entrepreneurship MB, troop elections

5.29 - Holiday

6.2-6.4 - Swimming Merit Badge Campout

6.5 - Summer Camp Prep

6.12 - Summer Camp Prep

6.19 - Summer Camp Prep

6.25-6.30 - Summer Camp!

Summer Camp 2023!

We are ready to go ahead with Summer Camp 2023 registration. We will be in Taos, New Mexico, leaving Plano on June 25, returning June 30. 

For summer camp, we will need the permission form filled by March 15. 

Medical forms, parts A, B, and C will be due by June 1. 

Swim test should be completed as soon as possible.

Permission Form

Medical Forms A, B, and C

Swim Test Form

Swim Test Link - use search "Scout Swim Test"

Medication Form (due at check in with medications)

March Campout

 Our troop campout for March will be a triple twist! Scouts will have the opportunity to complete 2 merit badges: the Rifle Shooting Merit Badge, the Shotgun Merit Badge,  or the Orienteering Merit Badge. Those working on trail to first class can also complete the orienteering requirement for first class. We'll be close by at Camp James Ray, from March 31-April 2. 

Permission Form

Packing List

Medical Forms A, B, and C

Medication Form  

Medication Note: Medications are sorted by time of day administered. Each medication that a scout takes at a different time of day needs to be in it's own pill sorter in it's own plastic bag. The style shown below is preferred because it is easy to manage. Do not send prescription bottles. Do not send more medication than should be taken during a campout.