Since the boys enjoyed it so much they voted to once again this year attend the Josey Merit Badge Campout that will be held April 10-12 this year. Since that decision our Arrowmoon District has decided to hold a one-day merit badge event at Texas A&M on April 11. The Sam Houston merit badge day, which our troop attended last year, will be held on April 25 this year. Our troop has decided to offer ALL of these to our scouts and will coordinate these events. Obviously your scout will need to choose between the Josey and Texas A&M merit badge events. The Josey event will be the only campout offered in April. I will need to know what Scoutmasters are available for the Josey Campout ASAP! We will need at least one adult leader at the Texas A&M MBU. IOLS training, which several scoutmasters in our troop still need in order to be considered fully trained, is PLANNED to be offered that day. We will need PARENT volunteers to drive scouts to/from Huntsville for the Sam Houston merit badge day - let me know if you can drive. Here are details on all of these events: Josey - April 10-12 in Huntsville: Cost - $35/scout & $20/adult, includes merit badge classes (1 or 2 depending on badges chosen, plus up to 6 drop-off badges), t-shirt, patch and ALL meals for the weekend Website - for MB list and more info: https://sites.google.com/site/joseyjamboree/ Deposit - $10 deposit due February 3 Fee due - Remaining $25 due by March 10 Transportation - coordinated by the troop Texas A&M MBU - April 11: Cost - $30/scout & $15/adult, fee includes T-shirt, lunch, patch, and merit badge classes (2-4 depending on badges chosen) Website - for MB list and more info: http://apo.tamu.edu/node/151 Deposit - None Fee due - by March 31 Transportation - on your own, scouts dropped off and picked up by parents Scouts@SAM - April 25 at Sam Houston State Univ in Huntsville: Cost - $35 per Scout and includes continental breakfast, merit badge classes (1 or 2 depending on badges chosen, & possibly drop-off badges), lunch, commemorative patch Website - for MB list and more info: http://www.shsu.edu/dept/scouts/boyscoutprograms.html Deposit - None Fee due - by March 3 Transportation - coordinated by the troop - PARENT DRIVERS WILL BE NEEDED |
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