There will be a PLC meeting this Monday night, 1/30 at 7:00 PM. You only need to be there if you are a member of the PLC. This includes SPL, ASPL, patrol leaders, assistant patrol leaders, scribe, and webmaster. Other youth leaders are welcomed to attend.

Come out on Saturday, 1/28 to help pack 701 with their annual Pinewood Derby. We will be helping with car check-in and the starting of the races. Wear full class A, and we need to be there at 9AM. We should be done by 11:30 AM. Bring an old derby car that you built, and we can have a special troop race at the end of the morning. It will be a fun morning to help out our neighborhood Cub pack. Register today, so we'll know who can help. Service hours!

This will be an opportunity for our troop to meet and talk with potential Webelos recruits and their parents as the boys begin the process of transitioning to Boy Scouts. For Webelos trying to figure out where to transition, it will be a great opportunity to meet and talk to leaders of several potential troops as they begin the process of moving to a Boy Scout troop.

JLT (Junior Leadership Training) is coming up on Friday night, February 10th at 6PM. We will be talking about your roles as youth leaders and how you can better work together to make our troop the best it can be. BUT, Mr. Oliver needs your ideas. What do you think is most important to cover for JLT? Enter your thoughts as comments to this announcement. Your comments count! Thank you for your help.

PATRICK HENRY PROGRAM:
Coming up in late January is an opportunity to take part in the Patrick Henry Public Speaking Program. The district is offering the Public Speaking and Communications merit badges through this program. The first year you attend you do the Public Speaking Badge, and then the second year you do the Communications Badge. (You can sign up for the Communications MB this year if you already have Public Speaking). The fee is $10.00 and it will take place at Short Pump Middle School. Please see the attached flyer for more information. The troop will not be doing this as a group activity, but boys are encouraged to sign up and attend!

VIRIGINIA WAR MEMORIAL PROGRAM:
Four merit badges will be offered on Saturday, March 3rd . The merit badges offered will be American Heritage, Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, and Citizenship in the World. The session will be held at the Virginia War Memorial, which is located at 621 S. Belvidere Street in Richmond. The session will start at 8:30 AM and go until noon. Scouts may only register for one merit badge. Registration begins on January 1st and will run through February 28th. Register early at the following link: www.doubleknot.com/registration/calendardetail.asp?ActivityKey=1064650.

SPRING BREAK SCOUT CAMP:
Here's something new! Spring Break Boy Scout Camp. It's being held April 9-13 at Camp Brady Saunders. This is an opportunity to earn Eagle-required and other merit badges that may not normally be available at summer camp or merit badge weekend. Spring Break Camp is open to troops and also to provisional campers. The cost is $180.00 per scout, which covers meals, patch, and activities. We will discuss this further in upcoming PLC and troop meetings. If this sounds interesting to you, please contact Mr. Blackmore. You can find more information about Spring Break Camp and a list of the merit badges being offered at http://bradysaunders.net/camp/springbreak.html.

Thanks to those that signed up for Summer Camp 2012, we have 10 Scouts and 4 adults signed up for Daniel Boone in North Carolina, this will be a great trip! The first payment is due this Monday in the amount of $100, please bring your check to me, Mr. Barnes. Also, if you are NOT going to Summer Camp, please register online under "regret" so we can get a more accurate count in place. Thanks!