For our next meeting, Scouts planning to attend this month's Backpacking campout should bring thier backpack, if they have one, with the gear they plan to bring. Mr Dolan has a couple of packs he is ready to give away, so bring your gear and see if one. of those will work for you. Even is a Scout is not going on this campout, this is a chance, if a Scout brings their gear and their Scout book, to earn requirement Tenderfoot 1a: "Present yourself to your leader, prepared for an overnight camping trip. Show the personal and camping gear you will use. Show the right way to pack and carry it." Scouts will also be working with stoves (no need to bring one). Want to earn more than one signoff next wek? The majority of Scouts in the Troop need to earn the Hiking requirements for Tenderfoot. Two that Scouts could earn at this meeting are 5b and 5c:

Our troop has reserved three spots this Saturday at a Torchy’s Tacos on 51st street if anyone would like to sign up for a 2-hour shift.  This location has a high ranking for sales according to the app!  If you/your Scout go to the Trail's End app and click on “sign up for storefronts,” you'll see storefront opportunities our troop has reserved. Please sign up if you can and then let us know you have signed up by texting Katherine Gross (216-224-3943) so we can coordinate getting the product to you. Sales are easy and can just be done through the app on parents’ phones, and customers can simply tap a credit card to the parents’ phone for sales.

Troop 511 Scouts are invited to earn service hours and have fun at two upcoming fall carnivals. The Davis Elementary Fall BOO Fest is happening Mon, Oct. 26: here's the signup sheet: Youth Volunteers for the Davis Elementary Fall BOO Fest. The Brentwood Halloween Carnival is happening on Sat, Oct 17, 3-6PM, and here's the signup sheet: Student Volunteers for Brentwood Halloween Carnival (for Brentwood, after you sign up, let the organizers know you are from the Scouts troop by sending an email to Mrs. Browder: courtneymbrowder@gmail.com). 

  Scouting America is sending out reminders about the expiration of Safeguarding Youth training 90 days ahead of time. Be sure to complete the refresher course before your Safeguarding Youth Training expires! If you wait until after your expiration date, the option to take the 20-minute refresher goes away, and you will have to take the entire Safeguarding Youth course (90 minutes). 

  Our troop is a great troop because so many adults pitch in. One important way you cxan help us do this program well is to take the training for adults! Trained parents are the foundation of a great troop. If you are not an ASM, please log on to My.Scouting.org today to take at least one course in the "Troop Committee" (aka Parents) curriculum. They are broken up into a series of small courses, each about 11 minutes long. By the time you finish the series, you will know a lot more about this wonderful Scouts program and how it works!