I have updated the information in the calendar entry for the March outing this weekend. I pasted the entirety below. Please ensure all scouts come with 2 liters of water, sneakers, lunch and snacks, a rain jacket, comfortable, non-restrictive clothing, and a day pack to carry your items. We are meeting at the Carderock Recreation Area at 8:15 AM on Saturday. Links to the dropoff and pickup locations are in the calendar entry.

Join GT8 and BT8 on Saturday, March 29 from 1:00-3:00 pm at Jessup-Blair Park (Silver Spring, MD) for a park clean up! This clean up can go towards conservation projects and scouts can also earn SSL hours.

Our second session of the First Aid Merit Badge will be this Monday, March 24, at 7:30 pm. We will be meeting in the community room in the North Chevy Chase Christian Church. This is the same information I sent before last week's cancelled meeting, so hopefully the scouts have their prep work done, but just to be sure, here is a schedule of what we are doing.

If you are attending summer camp this year (June 16-21), please ensure that you are signed up on the GT8 website ASAP. There are some critical deadlines and updates.

For the March Outing, GT8 is going Rock Climbing at Carderock MD. We will meet at the Carderock Recreation Area, North/Billy Goat Trail C Parking lot on Saturday, March 22 at 8:15 AM. The climbing will start at 8:30 am and will last until early afternoon. Scouts will have multiple opportunities to climb several routes and rappel down the rock face. East Outfitters will provide climbing instruction, gear, and monitoring for safety. Scouts will need to bring a bag lunch, water, and snacks with them on Saturday.

A Wider Circle will host Troop 8 for a volunteer event on March 8th, 2 - 4 pm. Scouts from BT8 and GT8 will help sort and display donated items (furniture, household goods, clothing, etc) at the Wider Circle showroom. Event is limited to 25 participants from BT8 and GT8.