For all new scouts or scouts who have not earned their Tenderfoot rank, a fitness test for the Tenderfoot requirement will be held on Saturday, May 10 at 9:30 AM at Silver Creek Middle School in Kensington. We will meet near the soccer field behind the school. If you took the initial fitness test earlier this spring, this will count as your follow-up test if you have been doing your 30-day fitness plan.

On May 17-18, we will canoe a section of the Potomac River starting near Brunswick MD with the River and Trail Outfitters. Scouts should wear water shoes and swimming gear/quick-drying clothing. Saturday evening will be spent at the Brunswick Family Campground, 40 Canal Rd, Brunswick, MD 21716, a campsite adjacent to the outfitter's property.

If you are attending summer camp this year (June 16-21), please complete your health forms as soon as possible. Attached are the BSA Health forms required for camp. Parts A, B, and C must be completed, with a doctor's signature on Part C. If you have not already scheduled a physical exam with your doctor's office, please do that. The physical must have been after June 22, 2024 (less than a year before the last day of camp). Health forms are required for all scouts. Also attached is a permission form for over-the-counter medicine that the camp requires. Please complete both forms and send them to Valeria Torterelli (valeriat.allen@gmail.com).

Unfortunately, we have to cancel the outing this weekend due to a lack of 2-Deep Leadership based on unexpected conflicts. Scouts should NOT be dropped off Saturday for the outing.

We hope everyone has had a great Spring Break. We will have our weekly troop meeting on Monday, April 21. We will focus on finishing the plans for our April outing, which is the weekend after Spring Break (April 26-27).

Please sign up ASAP to indicate whether or not you are able to attend the April outing on April 26-27. We are hoping to go to Camp Saffran, part of the Broad Creek Scout Reservation (1929 Susquehanna Hall Rd, Whiteford, MD 21160), and do an archery session, but there have been some complications with scheduling for that. We are working on some potential alternatives if we are unable to make the archery session work out. Please sign up if you can attend so that we can plan prior to Spring Break.