Date: October 12th 2008

POPCORN

Only a few more days remain on the annual Boy Scout Popcorn sale.

How many sheets have you filled?

Brookstown Days - Brookstown Days is this Saturday at Brookwstown United Methodist Church in Pfafftown-Vienna and our Troop will be helping our Chartered Organization partner at this community event.

The following Scouts have signed up to help: Evan L., Ian B., Logan E. (?), Andy N., Alexander Z., Ben G., Corey E., Josh J. (?), Lyle G., Devlin B., Andrew C., and Raymond F.

If you would like to help with this event (and earn some community service hours towards your ran advancement), be sure to sign-up at Tuesday's Troop meeting.

Patrol Leader's Council - The Troop PLC will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday at the Scout Hut to plan our Troop activities for the next month, including our participation in the Council Camporee at the Wilkes County airport on the weekend of October 24-26.

Board of Review - The Troop Committee will be available on Thursday for any Scout who needs at Board of Review for rank advancement. The committee will be available at 6 p.m. (during the PLC) on a first come first served basis.

Troop Committee - The PLC and Board of Review meetings will be followed by the Troop Cpmmittee meeting at 7 p.m.  If you are on the Troop Commmitee and have not been able to attend a Committee meeting in a while, mark your calendar for Thursday!

Council Camporee - We will be camping at The Old Hickory Council Camporee the weekend of Oct. 24-26 at the Wilkes County Airport.

The following Scouts have signed up so far for the Camporee: Chris W., Andy N., Alexander Z., Devlin B., Evan L., Josh J., Gabriel H., Ben G., Jacob C., Raymond F. (?), Lyle G. and Noa B.

The theme for the camporee is aviation and there will be lots of aviation related activites at the camporee.

Troop JLT - Our Troop is planning a camping experience for its Junior Leader Training the weekend of Oct 18-19 and Tripp H. and Danner W. will be sharing many of the techniques and principles they learned at the National Youth Leader Training program they attended in September at this event.

Tripp and Danner will be calling members of the Patrol Leaders Council to discuss this event with you individually and encourage all members if the PLC to make every effort to attend this event.

The camping experience will be held near Winston-Salem.

Featherfest - Wahissa Lodge is hosting the second annual Josh Davis Memorial Featherfest at Camp Raven Knob the weekend of October 21 - November 2

If you think you might be interested in Indian Affairs or would like to learn more, then you should consider attending this event. This event is open to anyone who would like to learn more about Indian affairs, including drumming, singing, dancing, making regalia, Order of the Arrow ceremonies and more.

The cost for the event is $35, which includes the event patch, your meals,cracker barrels and more.  Your registration and payment should be submitted to the Scout Office by Oct. 27. You do not have to be a member of the Order of the Arrow or a registered Scout to particiapte in this event, which will include a Pow Wow on Saturday evening.

The Featherfest registration form can be downloaded from the Washissa Lodge website.