In February of 2018 BSA issued a new and improved version of Youth Protection Training for Adults.  The attached letter covers some basic descriptions of the training and some requirements that go along with it.  The following is a list of who needs to complete the new Youth Protection Training:

To the Scouts who’ve signed up for the EAA Aviation Merit Badge Weekend - If your plans have changed and you are no longer able to go, please amend your Registration on the Troop Website.  This will allow other scouts, especially our newest scouts, to sign-up.  If you encounter challenges doing this task, please contact Mr Crow  johncrow.wi@gmail.com.  A Scout is helpful.

To complete the Robotics Merit Badge we have been working on, we are scheduling a day to come in and try out some of the design and programming ideas we talked about in the last meeting.  There will be six sessions of 45 minutes, with two programming stations. You will work in pairs, giving 24 scouts the opportunity to complete the requirement using the Mindstorm EV3 robots we looked at last week.  The date will be Saturday April 21st, at the Scout House. Here is the schedule:

Registration is now open on the website for Summer Camp. Summer camp this year will be held at Gardner Dam the week of July 15th - 21st.  $100 deposit to secure your spot is due by March 1st!  See the sign up on the website for more information.   

Join Kettle Country’s Spring Camporee and learn how to SURVIVE with WILDERNESS SURVIVAL and earn your Wilderness Survival Merit Badge. Learn wilderness survival techniques by playing Survival Feud pitting one patrol against another to see who has the most survival knowledge. Learn the essential items that make up a survival kit that every Scout should have. Become skilled at starting fires without matches, how to attract attention when lost, understand the proper ways to treat water to make it drinkable and finally build a natural shelter and spend the night in it to complete your training!!

Tens of thousands of Boy Scouts from around the U.S. and overseas are in West Virginia this week for the National Jamboree, a 10-day event held every four years at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia.  The News Graphic’s “hometown correspondent” at the Jamboree is Troop 830 Scout, Thomas Crow. He will be a freshman at Cedarburg High School next month. Here are his reports from the event: