Please join us on Monday, August 5th at 7:00 p.m. for our annual Welcome Back to Scouts cookout at Leinbach Park! Pizza and drinks will be provided by the Troop, and we will hold SPL elections. Wear your Class A, but bring a t-shirt for volleyball.
See you there!
Welcome our new unit: Venturing Crew 934!
We are excited to announce the creation of a new BSA unit at Mount Tabor United Methodist Church this fall. Venturing Crew provides older youths with an opportunity for further development and follows the ALPS model, emphasizing Adventure, Leadership, Personal Growth, and Service. Crew 934 will be co-ed and open to youths age 16 to 20 years old. Existing scouts must have achieved Life rank through their BSA troop. The Crew will meet Monday nights at 7:00 pm, the same time as Troop 934. Venturing is designed to be a more flexible, youth-led experience focused on high adventure. For registered members of Troop 934, there is no additional cost to join Crew 934. Please contact Bryan Scott or Lee Danhauer for more information.
What is Venturing?
The Venturing program emphasizes four main areas known as the A-L-P-S model:
Adventure – Mentoring, leading, and participating in crew-led adventures.
Leadership – Ongoing leadership development through training, mentoring, and hands-on leadership.
Personal Growth – Goal-setting in support of personal growth.
Service – Leading and participating in community service.
Scouting America aims to build character, develop citizenship and foster personal fitness. The Venturing program uses the components listed below to meet those aims:
Leadership and Mentoring – Venturers are given opportunities to learn and apply proven leadership skills. A Venturing crew is led by youth officers. Training courses, such as the Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews, uses experiential learning to teach Venturers how to lead effectively. Once Venturers have led several activities, they are asked to then mentor the other leaders in their crew.
Group Activities and Adventure – Venturers work within teams on everything they do. Their success is dependent on the interaction and cooperation of all, preparing Venturers for their future careers and paths.
Recognition – Venturing includes an optional awards program that acknowledges and recognizes our youth for their progress through Venturing’s four main areas of emphasis (ALPS).
Adult Association – Adults serve to advise the youth as they plan events and make decisions, while ensuring the program remains youth-inspired and youth-led. This partnership provides our youth with essential connections and lessons that will prove useful in their future paths.
Ideals – Venturers are expected to know and live by the Scout Oath and Law, ideals of Scouting created to inspire a culture of servant leadership, both inside and outside of Venturing.
Group Identity – Venturers are not asked to conform to a set uniform. Instead, they have the opportunity to create their own standards for attire at their events and meetings, as they see fit.
Service – Venturers serve their local and distant communities through personal and group service as the crew plans activities and individuals make progress through the Venturing awards program
The Venturing Motto: Lead the Adventure
Eagle Scout Project
Luke Mistor’s Eagle Scout Project Workdays on August 8th and 9th start at 9:00 AM. Please meet at Ken Carlson Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club, 2100 Reynolds Park Road. You will be building a shelter on the soccer field. Food and drinks will be provided.
Jackson Hartsough’s Eagle Scout Project is taking place Friday, August 16th from 4pm to 6pm and Saturday, August 17th, from 10am to 2:30pm. His project is repairing and refurbishing a brick labyrinth behind Mt. Tabor UMC. Please bring work clothes to dig in, closed toed shoes, gloves, and water. The project will take place behind the equipment shed (map location below – red pin). Jackson requests that interested participants fill out this Google Form.
Tonight at 7pm we have the following merit badge programs:
Chess, First Aid, Law, and Physical Fitness for 2nd year scouts and older
There will be NO coin collecting tonight because Mr. Danhauer is unable to be there this evening.
Summer Camp merit badge completions and partials will take a little while to compile. Once we get them sorted out, Mary will work with each boy to finish all partials.
Welcome Back to Scouts Cook-Out
Parents and Scouts:
Please join us on Monday, August 5th at 7:00 p.m. for our annual Welcome Back to Scouts cookout at Leinbach Park! Food will be provided by the Troop!
See you there!
Eagle Scout Project
Jackson Hartsough’s Eagle Scout Project is taking place Friday, August 16th from 4pm to 6pm and Saturday, August 17th, from 10am to 2:30pm. His project is repairing and refurbishing a brick labyrinth behind Mt. Tabor UMC. Please bring work clothes to dig in, closed toed shoes, gloves, and water. The project will take place behind the equipment shed (map location below – red pin). Jackson requests that interested participants fill out this Google Form.
Tonight at 7pm we have the following merit badge programs:
First Aid and Physical Fitness for 2nd year scouts and older
Coin collecting and Law for ALL Scouts
Summer Camp merit badge completions and partials will take a little while to compile. Once we get them sorted out, Mary will work with each boy to finish all partials.
Eagle Scout Project
Jackson Hartsough’s Eagle Scout Project is taking place Friday, August 16th from 4pm to 6pm and Saturday, August 17th, from 10am to 2:30pm. His project is repairing and refurbishing a brick labyrinth behind Mt. Tabor UMC. Please bring work clothes to dig in, closed toed shoes, gloves, and water. The project will take place behind the equipment shed (map location below – red pin). Jackson requests that interested participants fill out this Google Form.
UPDATE: There will be a law merit badge for all scouts tonight in addition to the others.
Tonight at 7pm we have the following merit badge programs:
Chess for all scouts, including Ravens
First Aid and Physical Fitness for 2nd year scouts and older
Mr. Danhauer will be in the Scout Room if any new scout parents have any questions about summer camp. The admin team will be there accepting health and camp forms.
The Coin Collecting merit badge will start next Monday, July 8.
Swim Test CANCELED
As a reminder, the swim test at Clemmons YMCA scheduled for today has been canceled.
In order to have Merit Badge Mondays this summer, we will need commitments from adult leaders on which Merit Badges they would like to teach and what Mondays they can commit to. As of now, we have no one signed up to teach any classes. Please contact Lee at scouterlmd@gmail.com with Merit Badges and which Mondays you can commit to.
Outdoor Committee Meeting is tonight at 6pm. It will primarily be for planning the Memorial Day Cherokee trip. All adults planning on going to the Cherokee/GSMNP tubing trip are encouraged to attend this evening.
Eagle Scout Fundraisers & Workdays
Luke Mistor will host his Eagle Scout Car Wash from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM on May 25 at Mt. Tabor UMC. Food and Drinks will be provided and all scouts should wear athletic shorts and t-shirt.
CRK Registration Due
CRK registration is due by Memorial Day. May 13 (tonight) is the last day to submit/request changes to MB/activity choices.
Sign-Ups
May 24 – 27: Memorial Day Tubing/Backpacking Trip at Deep Creek Watershed, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Please signup here.
Philmont 2025 participants will have a required 2-night backpacking trip; all other scouts will attend Unto These Hills and go tubing.
