You can be part of the most exciting Scouting event ever—the 2013 National Scout Jamboree! It’s so big it only happens once every four years. Check out mountain biking, paddleboarding, zip lines, canopy tours, rafting, kayaking, and much, much more. The jamboree will be July 15–24, 2013, and it’s the very first event at the BSA’s new jamboree home, the Summit, in the mountains of West Virginia.

It’s going to be big, it’s going to be wild, and we want you and your friends to join us!

Don’t miss out—sign up today before registration ends!

If you have already applied to attend the jamboree, make sure your friends have signed up, too! You will definitely want to share this experience with them.

Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

See you at the Summit!

NYLT will be held at Warren A. Hood Scout Reservation from Sunday, July 15th to Friday, 20th, 2012.

This training is available to youth in Scouting’s Troop, Varsity and Venturing Programs.

Participants should arrive at Warren Hood Scout Reservation on Sunday morning from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 a.m. in Class A Uniform. Eat lunch before you arrive.

The course opening ceremony will commence at 1 p.m. on Sunday, July 15th and continue through Friday, July 20th at 8:30 p.m.

Parents/guardians are invited to attend the course closing ceremony which will be held on Friday, July 20th at 8:00 p.m.

The cost of the NYLT course is $195.00. A $50 deposit is required with registration. Full payment is due at the Andrew Jackson Council Office by Friday, June 15th, 2012.

In order to conduct the course a minimum of 30 youth must be registered and the course fee fully paid by June 15th, 2012.

Sign up has begun for this awesome camping experience. This year, the theme will be the “Civil War”. The campout will be held on November 4-6 at “Camp McPherson”. Please sign up by the next Troop meeting and pay all dues if you are planning on attending this campout. Let us know if you have any questions

BSA Troop 88 is having their annual firewood fundraiser!! The Scouts have split several logs of seasoned firewood and have piled them into 1/2 cords, estimated. Each 1/2 cord, estimated, only cost $100.00! All money raised goes directly to help the Scouts with financial needs associated with camping and community projects. Please inbox me if your are interested in purchasing some firewood for the upcoming winter season

Reminder: The regularly scheduled Committee Meeting, parents meeting, will be held tomorrow night, Sept. 27, at 7:00 in the Scout House. Please make every effort to attend. This is a great way for parents to be active in the Troops planning process and gain insite into our Troop

Reminder: The PLC will hold its manditory regularly schuduled meeting tomorrow, Sept. 27 at 6:30. Please make every effort to attend

All Grub Fees must be paid when you and/or your Scout sign up to attend a campout. The grub fees will always be $10.00 each for the Scout and adult attending the campout. This fee is used to purchase all the food needed for each patrol during the campout.

The Grub Master, an appointed Scout in each Patrol, is required to use the grub fee to purchase all groceries needed for the campout. Each Patrol will make a menu for the entire weekend and give the list to the Grub Master to use when purchasing groceries. The Grub Master will know how many Scouts from his Troop will be participating in the campout which will help ensure enough groceries are purchased for the entire weekend and for each Scout.

When purchasing the food, please purchase all grocery items chosen by the patrol and purchase enough to feed every Scout participating in the campout from your Scout’s Patrol. This is the only food the Patrol will have during the campout. Each patrol is responsible for their own grub and the Grub Master must provided the food needed for the entire weekend.

Adults going on campouts will follow the same procedures as listed above. Usually, one adult volunteers to purchase the food while another volunteers to cook. The adults will be camping and eating separately from the Scouts.

With so many groceries being purchased by one family, it is important to pay your grub fees on time (at sign up).

The Mountain Biking campout will be held Sept. 30-Oct. 1. We will have sign up this coming Monday, September 26 during our Troop Meeting. Please remember that your $10.00 grub fee (pays for all the food needed for this campout) must be paid during sign up. No exceptions will be made unless approved by either Mr. R, or another ASM. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Items needed:
1. All participants must bring their own bike or borrow one. Please remember to bring a bike helment (no one can ride without a helment) and air pump for your bike tires if needed. If you have an extra bike tire, it may come in handy.

2. Please visit our website page listed camping. This page list several items a scout should bring on campouts. Tents, cooking supplies and ground cover cloths are provided by the Troop.

It’s that time of year again, time to get back into the woods and continue Scouting!!! We hope everyone has had a great summer and is ready to begin earning merit badges again. Please attend our 1st meeting of this school year tomorrow night, August 15, from 7-8:30 at the Scout House.

Mr. Rundlett will be facilitating the Annual Scout Planning Meeting on Friday, August 5th at Cascades from 2:00p.m. until 6:00p.m. This is mandatory for all members of the current PLC including SPL, ASPL, patrol leaders, and assistant patrol leaders. All others are encouraged to attend as well. We will be planning all monthly themes and campouts/activities for the year. We will also discuss high adventure activities and summer camp. Snacks will be served. Once we have completed the calendar, we will swim and play tennis. I will be the required, second adult but others are encouraged to attend.