Our Woodruff Summer Camp Crew will be heading out Sunday morning (meeting at Ollie's at 8:00am) and our MOHAB Crew heads out on Saturday the 19th.

Great adventures await all of these participants so please keep everyone in your thoughts and prayers.

If you weren't able to make one of these trips then keep your backpack loaded and ready to go.  We've got plenty more great opportunities ahead.

Kind

What is the kindest thing someone has ever done for you?  How did it make you feel?  Did you say thank you?  How about this, did you then do something kind for that person or someone else?

Each Monday over the summer scouts will have the opportunity to work on Merit Badges.  Some classes will be over multiple weeks and some will be a single Monday.

Mr. Deveau will be offering Engineering Merit Badge covering several Mondays. Mr. Smith is going to offer Fishing Merit Badge on a single Monday.  Along with these, we have a few others in the works.

Some, like engineering, will take several weeks to complete.  Others, like Fishing, are a great way to start the merit badge and learn some fun skills.

Keep an eye on the calendar for the full offering.

You've heard of Citizenship in the Community.  How about Citizenship in the South?  This is a "spoof" or not real Merit Badge.  Mr. Smith and Mr. Reeves will be hosting this on the last Monday or summer, 7/26.  You'll have a blast learning the finer points of the South.  Spoof Merit Badges are a highlight of the calendar and scouts have earned Citizenship in the Medieval World, Citizenship in the Galaxy, Citizenship in the Jurassic World, and How to Speak Wookie as just a few examples from past years.

This is a great opportunity for any adult wishing to be an Eagle Scout mentor or for the family of a star or life scout.

Thursday 5-6-21 7-9:00

...Friendly.

When you think about being friendly, is your first thought "I'm friendly, I smile and say hello to people"?

That is one great example of what it means to be friendly.  As scouts, we promise to go farther.  We promise to live friendly.  How about showing a new person at school to their class.  How about going out of your way to make a new neighbor feel welcome when they move in.  Do you know that walking away from the wrong kind of friends is also demonstrating friendship?

Our scout book reminds us to Demonstrate Scout Spirit and being friendly is one of the best ways that we can live out our promise to the Scout Law, Scout Oath, and Outdoor Code.

...Helpful.

What a great thing to be known as.  The iconic picture of a Boy Scout helping an elderly person cross a street quickly comes to mind when we think of "Helpful."