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).

Unfortunately , the archery program is not going to work out for the April outing, so instead we are going to the Five Forks property for overnight camping and probably some hiking and camp skills.

If you are attending summer camp this year (June 16-21), please note that we need to get the health forms completed soon. 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).

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.

The next session of the First Aid Merit Badge is next week, Monday, April 7, at 7:30 pm, for session 4 of the First Aid Merit Badge. We will be meeting again in the community room in the North Chevy Chase Christian Church.

Since the troop had such a great time climbing this weekend, we were considering signing up for the NCAC Climboree in October 2025. The signup is in late April, so we need to decide now if there is enough interest in GT8 attending. The event runs from Friday, October 10 through Monday, October 13. Please be ready to talk about your interest in attending at the meeting on Monday, March 31.