March Scouting for Food & Swimming Pre-Test Outing
March 15-17, 2019

We’re backyard camping for March -- the first tent outing of the year! It’s also the Scouting for Food bag pick up weekend and we’ll be doing the summer camp swimming pre-test.

Cost: $30 / person (After February 26: $35 / person)
Swim Test ONLY: $8

Swim Test will be Saturday, March 16 @ 12:30 pm at Waukesha West High School.

We will need DRIVERS for the Scouting for Food Pick Up and to get to the swim test. Watch your email for the Sign Up Genius.

April Troop Shoot
April 12-14, 2019

Enjoy a weekend of Shooting Sports fun!

Cost: $65 / scout 12 & older (+ $10 late fee after March 19)
$20 / adult & scouts under 12 (+ $5 late fee after March 19)

The Council is limiting shooting participants to 150. Get your permission slips in sooner rather than later!

May Camp Quad Outing
May 17-19, 2019

We’re camping at Camp Quad in Hartford. Spend a fun weekend outdoors! We’re lining up some fun activities as well... Keep watch!

Cost: $25 / person

Permission slips are now available!

Summer Camp 2019
June 23-29, 2019

It’s sign up time for Summer Camp for the summer. It’s a fun week for all.

Crossovers: Your price is $305
Other Scouts: Your price is $315 until April 23.
NYLT Participants: You get to take advantage of the 2nd week price: $255 until April 23.

Permission slips are out! Merit Badge sign up is out also -- remember some have pre-requisites and additional fees associated with them. Some merit badges have limited space so sign up as soon as you know what you want to do.

Troop Spring Elections
March 26, 2019

It’s time to elect new troop leadership! Troop elections will be held at the March 26, 2019 troop meeting with “campaign speeches” the week before. Be sure you come to vote on your SPL, APSL and patrol leadership.

At this time, we also assign people to the various other positions, such as historian, librarian, scribe, and quarter master. We’ll get your interests the same night as the elections and the new SPL with work with the Scoutmaster to assign these other positions.

FOS

For those who missed the Court of Honor, there is still time to support the Troop in the Friends of Scouting campaign for 2019. We’re VERY CLOSE to goal.

Friends of Scouting goes to support the Potowatomi Area Council and the program support that they give to the troop -- such as professional assistance, Camp Long Lake, council-run fundraisers, activities like NovaCon and much more.

NYLT 2019

Want to learn more about leadership? Want to spend a week putting those skills into practice? NYLT is for you! Participants MUST be First Class AND 13. For 2019 only, female Scouts BSA members will be exempt from the First Class requirement.

Registration is now open!

Got Advancement?

Looking to have requirements signed off? Remember, it’s up to you to seek out a scout First Class or Above to test and sign off on your requirements. Once they’ve dated and initialed your advancement sheet, drop it in the box and it will get recorded in Scoutbook. Not in the box or without the initials of whoever signed it off? It doesn’t get recorded.

What about Merit Badges? Once you decide you want to work on a badge, fill out a Blue Card and take it to Mr. Landquist to sign off. He’ll also help you find merit badge counselors. Having issues contacting a counselor? Let Mr. Landquist know so he can help find another counselor.