This is our First Court of Honor of the Scouting year. Scouts will receive rank advancements and merit badges earned over the summer. All parents, families, and friends are invited to attend to help celebrate the Scouts' achievements!

For thew October outing, we will be canoeing a section of the Potomac River starting near Brunswick MD. The outing is on October 19-20. Please register for this outing no later than October 7 so that we can finalize numbers. Saturday evening will be spent at the Camp Manidokan 1600 Harpers Ferry Rd Knoxville Md 21758, a campsite adjacent to the outfitter's property.

For the 2024-2025 scouting program year, please pay your scout(s) fees through the "Online Payments" tab of the troop webpage.

Scouting America is moving to a system whereby individual membership and renewal fees are paid directly by the scouts and adult scouters for a 12-month period of time. BSA will be emailing individual scouts when the fees for BSA are due. GT8 fees to operate over the year are due now. GT8 annual dues are $100 for the first Scout in a family and $80 for each additional scout (covers the 2024 - 2025 program year).

The WCCC is unavailable on September 30 for our normal GT8 Troop meeting. Instead of meeting at the WCCC, we will be meeting at the North Chevy Chase Christian Church, located at 8814 Kensington Pkwy, Chevy Chase, MD 20815. Our meeting will be at its normal time at 6:30 pm.

As a reminder, we are going to The Adventure Park at Sandy Spring this weekend. The Outing will be Saturday, September 28 through Sunday, September 29. All scouts will meet at Sandy Spring Adventure Park at 12:30 pm Saturday - climbing starts at 1:00 pm. We will climb for about 3 hours, wrapping up around 4 pm. Then we’ll set up our tents before heading to Axe Throwing from 5:45-6:45. We will have a campfire at night and cook dinner in patrols as usual.

At the weekly Troop meeting this week, we will be hosting an Open House for people interested in learning about GT8. Please send the attached flyer to anyone who may be interested in learning more.