Register for another year of Scouting!  Good from 1/1/18 through 12/31/18, EVERY SCOUT and Adult Leader needs to complete the 2018 Recharter form and return it by OCTOBER 30, 2017.  Even Scouts and Adult Leaders NOT returning next year should submit a form indicating Withdrawal from Scouting.  Annual dues may be paid through the website under 'Online Payments' on the Menu bar, or checks made payable to 'Troop 830', or email:

Earn your Aviation Merit Badge at the EAA Museum next May 2018!  Besides the fun activities earning the MB on Saturday afternoon, you can fly a flight simulator.  We’ll tour the museum and actually spend the night sleeping in the museum!  The first 15 scouts to sign-up will have priority flying as a "Young Eagle" at Pioneer Airport Sunday morning (weather permitting).  Sign up by Sunday, October 29th.  Click on the registration for more information.

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:

Youth Protection training is required for all BSA registered volunteers, regardless of their position, and highly recommended for any non-registered parents or adults.  Leaders are required to take Youth Protection training before submitting an application for registration.  Scouts who turn 18 must complete Youth Protection training before rechartering as an adult. The certificate of completion for this training must be submitted at the time the application is made and before volunteer service with youth begins.  Youth Protection training must be taken every two years.  If a volunteer's Youth Protection training record is not current at the time of recharter, the volunteer will not be reregistered.  To read more, visit http://www.scouting.org/youthprotection.aspx.

Sea Scouting, sometimes called scouting's best kept secret, is open to young men and women ages 14 through 20.  Ship 5069's Scouts sail the 28-foot sailing sloop, Highlight, at least once a week on cruises out of Milwaukee's McKinley Marina.  This summer they've taken Highlight on several weekend sails to ports on Lake Michigan.  There's no sailing experience needed to join - it's a learn-as-you go program.  Beside sailing, Scouts learn about weather, using GPS, radio communications, and lake ecology.  A number of Sea Scouts are also active members of Troops.  To learn more about Sea Scouting email Ship5069@gmail.com.  They’ll send you details about their program and arrange a time to sail or to attend a meeting.  Like them on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Ship5069 to see what the Sea Scouts are doing.

Our new Class B shirts are in!  We've kept the logo, but put it on a bright hunter orange performance t-shirt.  Comfortable and quick drying, these shirts are perfect for active Scouts and adults.  Shirts are $10 and will be available for purchase at Troop meetings.  Sizes come in YL, XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL.