Parents, we are looking to have all of us get trained on the new Safeguarding Youth Training (SYT) by Sunday, May 31! Several of you have already taken the updated training -- thank you! If you have not, please log on to My.Scouting and click the Safeguarding Youth logo (see below) to get started. If you are a new parent working to get set up as an adult member, you will need to complete this course to become a member. The new course takes 90 minutes. 

Want to catch up? Here is the agenda for this week's parents' meeting! In case you ever want to find agendas and notes from old parent meetings, here is where to look on the website: Home » Files » Parents/Mentors - Start Here » Parents Meeting Notes

A little later than planned, but as promised, here are the slides from the May 5 session for new parents! If you have any questions, please reach out to ASM John Curry, Scoutmaster Mike Dolan or Committee Chair Jennifer Juday. You can find almost any of us at any meeting, and you can find all or emails and phone numbers on this Troop Roster - Adults page. That's one of the pages you for sure want to find and bookmark on the troop website! If you have not done so, we also recommend the online courses on Scouting.org. They aren't glamorous, but they are packed with great information about Scouting. Go to Scouting.org > My Training > Scouts BSA and start with the “Troop Committee” courses ("Troop Committee" = parents). 

Fun, exploration, and merit badges await rising 6th-9th Grade Scouts and their friends at TechLab this June/July. The theme this year is "Space." This is a great chance for younger Scouts to earn merit badges, and the TechLab meets at Anderson High School, just across the street. Click here to learn more about camp. Click here to sign up for TechLab!

Please join us the weekend of May 15-17 for the Shooting Sports campout! We will be travelling to Lost Pines Scout Ranch, in Bastrop. Please RSVP here on the troop website to let us know if you can come for all, part , or none of this event.  We will be doing additional planning for the campout at this Tuesday's meeting. 

If your Scout participated in either of both of the Popcorn and Greenery fundraisers, they earned Troop 511 "ScoutBux." Congratulations! The troop kept track of costs and will allow Scouts to use that work as credit against thier share of troop costs -- annual troop dues, and also summer camp registration, winter camp registration and high adventure registration fees. Check this report to see if your Scout participated, and if so, what that number is. Let our incoming Treasurer, Katherine Gross, know if you are using Scout Bux when submitting payment for a troop expense where you are using this, so that we can keep track.