Just a reminder for any new Scouts that Monday's meeting on 3/25 is a Patrol Leader's Council (or PLC) meeting instead of a regular Troop meeting. Scouts holding Leadership positions in the Troop will be the only ones attending on 3/25 to plan the next month's activities and the next regular Troop meeting will be on 4/1. Yours in Scouting :)

Summer Camp 2019 will be at Camp Chawanakee on beautiful Shaver Lake 6/30 - 7/6/19. The camp offers about 50 merit badges including many Eagle required, a great assortment of water related activities on the lake, COPE high adventure program for older Scouts, plus much more. It is time to sign up for merit badges for Summer Camp. Please see the attached merit badge Class Catalog, Class Schedule and Pre-Requisites. Please either send an email or turn in a written list of your 1st choices for each of the 4 Periods and Open Session to Mr. Mouleart no later than 3/25. Also, please provide at least two second choices of merit badges just in case some of the classes are full. If you need assistance, please print out the Class Schedule and Pre-Requisites, bring them to the Troop meeting and we will assist you.

2019 Portola District Camporee is coming up 4/26 - 4/28 at Oak Canyon Park in Orange, CA. The theme for Camporee is "Rendezvous" which was an annual event in the 1800's held by fur trading companies where Trappers, Mountain Men and Native Americans would gather to sell their hides and furs, make trades, and replenish their supplies. These gatherings were the highlight of every mountain man's year. Camporee will feature fun competitions at tied in with the theme and Scouts and Adults are encouraged to dress like Mountain Men, Native Americans and Fur Traders during the Saturday competitions. Please make sure you turn in your camping fee of $25 and attacched activity consent form/permission slip into our Camping Coordinator, Mr. Mouleart no later than 4/8. Look forward to seeing you all there!!! 

Attached is the updated 2019 Troop Camping and Activities Calendar that has been distributed weekly in the Troop eblast since 2/8.  Some are referring to an old version of the calendar so please be sure to download this latest version to make sure you have the most current dates. You can also refer to the "Calendar" section of the Troop website to see the latest updates there as well. Thank you!    

Hello Troop 1613 Scouts,

Just a reminder that prior to every Troop meeting, the Scoutmaster team is available at 6:30pm to work with you on any requirement sign-offs. Yours in Scouting, The Scoutmaster Team       

Hello Troop 1613 - Please wear your class B uniform (Troop T-shirt, BSA shorts/pants) at Monday's meeting on 3/18 as we will be prepping/cleaning our Troop Trailer and Patrol Boxes for our upcoming Camporee. Also, please bring cleaning supplies (sponges, cleaning sprays like 409, dish soap, towels, etc.). If any current or new Scout families have some used kitchen/eating utensils, pots/pans, can openers, old oven mits, old dish towels, etc. that you no longer use or want, feel free to bring those to the meeting as we can use them to replenish any supplies for the Patrol Boxes. Thank you!!!