White Buffalo Meeting

A friendly reminder that TOMORROW, Wednesday August 29 is the White Buffalo Meeting at the Scout House at 7pm.

Troop Meeting Tonight

Reminder that there is a troop meeting tonight. See you at the Family Life Center at 7pm.

Troop Meeting Tonight

Reminder that there is a troop meeting tonight. See you at the Family Life Center at 7pm.

Troop Meeting Tonight

Reminder that there is a troop meeting tonight. See you at the Family Life Center at 7pm.

Back To Full Field Uniforms

A reminder to Troop members, wow that the Labor Day holiday has passed, we are back to full Field Uniforms for our weekly Troop meetings.  See you Monday looking sharp!

Den Chief Training

All Scouts who will definitely, probably, or even possibly be serving as den chiefs this coming school year need to complete Den Chief Training.

Besides learning themselves how to be quality den chiefs, they also receive information to bring to their den leaders on how they are to work with a den chief.

The Mustang District is conducting a Den Chief training class on Saturday, September 8 from 8:30 am - 11:30 am at Heritage Church of Christ and is being facilitated by GW Bell. You won't find a more qualified instructor with lots of ideas on how the boys can engage, inspire and lead these Cub Scouts right into Boy Scouts. That bridge to the program is an essential link in the Pack/Troop continuum.

Please register by clicking THIS LINK

There's no cost for the training.  Be sure to come in your full field uniform with your Scout handbook. If you have interest in being a Den Chief, please contact our DC Coordinator, Bill Nesbit

Reminder -- YPT Rewals are due in 30 days!

The BSA has announced bold, wide-ranging updates to its Youth Protection program as part of an ongoing effort to protect young people from child abuse. This starts with an enhanced online Youth Protection training course ("YPT2") that all volunteers must complete.

Even those Scout leaders who took the previous version of Youth Protection training must log into My.Scouting.org and complete the updated Youth Protection course.

Who needs to take YPT2? 

• Anyone registered in any volunteer capacity with the BSA
• All Assistant Scoutmasters
• All Committee Members
• Plus, anyone who plans to attend a troop function or drive Scouts to and from Scout events. 

You do NOT have to be a registered leader to take Youth Protection Training.  In fact, the more of our Troop families that take it, the more protected ALL of our Scouts are!

The updated course debuted in February 2018; if you took Youth Protection training prior to that, you’ll need to complete the updated course by Oct. 1. (Unfortunately, our in-person YPT training in March was the old YPT course, so even if you took the March training you need to take it again.)

If you are a registered leader, be sure to use your BSA member number when you log into your my.scouting account so that your updated training shows up in the Council records. It should automatically be updated in Scoutbook as well.

Not sure what your BSA member number is? You can find it in your profile in Scoutbook.

DEADLINE FOR COMPLIANCE:  OCTOBER 1, 2018

Don't let your YPT certification expire!!

Besides being unable to participate in troop events, if you are a Merit Badge Counselor, your Merit Badge Counselor record will expire when your YPT expires and you must resubmit the paperwork to become a counselor again.

And a word to the wise – don’t wait until the end of September to take the new course. There are nearly a million adult volunteers and thousands of Scouting professionals who have to take the new online course.

And many of them will wait until the last minute to take it. You don’t want to be in a situation where the website is terribly slow, making the experience excruciating, or perhaps even crashes, leaving you without a valid YPT certification.

Take it early and avoid potential hassles!

Take it now!