National Youth Leadershipo Training (NYLT) is now availbale to scouts in our council. This course requires 6 days (5 nights) of clasess/camping. It is for the whole Council area so there is a lot of demand. If you want to do this training I would encourage you to register early. Winter Registration Opens Sunday, October 6th @ Noon. Summer registration will open around Christmas. The price for the course is $345.00 and they will be held at Snyder´s Scout Camp. 

Dear Scouts and parents, last weekend we had a very successful canoeing outing paddling 12 miles down the Shenandoa river and doing one hard portage at the end, to bring the canoes back to our camp. The scouts perform admirably and will be awarded 12 miles paddling, 2 nights camping (or one), and several 1st class requirements related to watercrafts. 

Scouts and parents registration for our first campout of the season is open.

Join the troop in a canoe adventure. We will depart Friday evening and camp at the outfitter campout by the river. Saturday morning we will be picked up and driven to the put out up the river. We will canoe back to camp and sleep a second night there. Sunday morning we will canoe a little further down the river and, driven back to the campsite so we can clean up camp and depart.

This is not a scouting activity but because it is local and hosted by Friends of Mount Vernon Trail (the group we served with last week), I am passing it along in case anyone is interested.

The fund raiser runs from 4-8PM. This is a great opportunity to spread word about the troop. Heather and I are looking forward to seeing everyone there.