Trail Talk – 12/23/24

Some announcements, just to keep in mind while we are on break:

NO MEETINGS – Just a reminder that there will be NO MEETINGS over Winter Break. We will NOT meet tomorrow, Tuesday, December 24th, or Tuesday, December 31. We will resume meetings after Winter Break on January 7th.

REGISTRATION – If you have not paid your reregistration fee for the next calendar year yet, please make sure you do so. Scouts and adults who haven’t paid become unregistered as of Jan. 1.  Adult leaders must be up to date in YPT! Since we don’t have troop meetings right now, you can pay your registration online at  https://bit.ly/pay244

MACKINAC RENDEZOUVOUS CONTINGENT – August 9 – 16, 2025. The Southwest Michigan contingent is hosted by Troop 623 this year. At our troop meeting on January 14th, Mr. Carr will be giving our troop a 15-minute presentation on this wonderful opportunity, right after opening flags!

JANUARY CAMPOUT PIONEER SCOUT RESERVATION JANUARY 17 – 19TH. Our next campout will be in January! Permission slip is attached. The cost will be $40 per person. You can pay for this campout https://bit.ly/pay244  and you will need to fil out the permission slip and turn that in on January 7th.

PHYSICAL FORMS! – Every Scout and Leader that goes to summer camp, boundary waters or the mini-high adventure MUST have an up-to-date BSA PHYSICAL FORM filled out! No, this can’t be your athletic physical from school. It must be the BSA Form and must be all parts of the form, Part A, B1, B2 and C. We will not be doing physicals this year at the troop. You must get this done on your own. BSA Physical Form is attached to this email.

BOUNDARY WATERS – I have one more spot available for Boundary Waters 2025 if you are interested! For those of you going, payments need to start being made in January of $200/month. I will be holding a meeting sometime at one of the troop meetings with more detailed information about Boundary Waters. To be determined.

 SUMMER CAMP 2025 – We are going to start hitting this hard when we return from break! We will need YOU to signup, pay, get your medical form done and start thinking about merit badges! Be ready to start taking care of this soon!

“What Troop Does More!!” – 244