It's time to recharter. If you plan on returning next year, we need you to renew your troop membership by going to the Troop Store and paying your membership fees and dues via PayPal. As a reminder, each scouting family is required to have at least one registered adult. If you are the registered adult and need to renew your Youth Protection Training, please take care of this ASAP, as we won't be able to submit the recharter with expired YPTs. 

Parents, we could use some additional merit badge counselors for the scouts in our troop. You don't need any special expertise, just an interest and basic knowledge of the merit badge. You'll also need to fill out some paperwork and take some online training, but that only helps you know what you're doing! Attached is a list of merit badges that have no counselor in our troop. If any of these appeal to you, and you'd like to help us out, please contact Nancy Souza at nancysuesouza@gmail.com. 

1) Youth Protection training is required for all BSA registered volunteers, regardless of their position.

2) New leaders are required to take Youth Protection training before submitting an application for registration. Also all Merit Badge counselors must be YPT certified.

3) Youth Protection Training must be taken every two years. If a volunteer’s Youth Protection training record is not current at the time of recharter, the volunteer will not be re-registered.

Scouts, as a service to the Mission Viejo Elk's Lodge for allowing us to use their patio for our meetings, we need 2-4 scouts each Friday at 4:00-5:00 p.m. to clean up the patio area before their Friday night dinner meeting. Cleaning entails using an electric leaf blower to blow leaves and debris off the patio, wiping down the tables and chairs, and setting up placecards at the tables. All scouts are expected to take a turn at least once a quarter, ff not more. Please click on the Sign-up Genius link below to sign up for your shift. 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0945A4A62DA7FE3-elks

Scouts- if you are interested in completing any of the merit badges listed on this link while you are at home please email me with your name, the badge name and  the date you started so I can log it for the blue card issuance. I will give out blue cards the next time we meet next. As of 3-28 i have 3 scouts how have emailed me to add to my list.