Looking for a few Adults who are not Scoutmaster or Assistant Scoutmasters to help Scouts with sewing skills on Aug 8th. Please email us@pfile.net if you are willing to help guide the Scouts as we work on getting our uniforms with the proper patches placed correctly for each Scout.

Upcoming Merit Badge classes open to those that have completed the First Year program: Personal Fittness with Mr. Krause (starting 8/1and ending by 10/3). This class would be first priority for Scouts that need Personal Fitness and Communication. Communication with Mrs. Dawes starting 8/15 (4 weeks 8/15, 8/22, 9/12, 9/19). American Heritage with Mrs. McLaughlin starting 8/15 (2 weeks 8/15 & 8/22). This class would be for Scouts that have both Personal Fitness & Communication. Citizenship in the Community with Mrs. Dawes starting 9/26 (4 weeks 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17). Personal Management starting 10/24 and ending 12/5 with Mrs. Pfile.

See Kelly Clark or email Kelly at kelly.troop558@gmail.com to get your Scouts/yourself signed up for MAC on Ropes which is our August Campout ASAP. We will be camping there Fri and Sat Night. Please sign up right away, the council expects this event will fill up. More details to come at the meeting. https://scoutingevent.com/326-Ropes

Tomorrow night, July 25 at Holy Cross, please note there will be some construction in the fellowship hall. We will need to enter through the front door and using the sanctuary.

Patrol Leader elections will be on July 25th voted on and decided amongst the patrols. Other Positions of Responsibility (QuarterMaster, Scribe, Chaplin, Troop Guide for 1st years, Instructor, and Den Chiefs for P395 (up to 5) and P558)  will be chosen on 8/1 by our SPL/ASPL. Please make sure your Scout is prepared, aware, and knows the responsibilities and duties for the role they may be going for. See your SPL, Nicolai or in his Absence, Mr. Pfile for more info or to speak with him about being considered for a position. For those who want to Den Chief, also see Mrs. Pfile, Committee Chair of P395 and Mrs. Murphy or Mrs. Dawes with P558. Gemini Dragons will also be teaching Orienteering, and please also be sure to turn in your updated medical forms by this meeting.

Camp Cedars Advancement Reports have been imported into Scoutbook. Please login to Scoutbook to review your Scouts record and verify all information and update as necessary since there was a tech issue with pre-requirements. Please let the Pfiles know if you have any questions or need an invite resent for Scoutbook. It would be helpful if you ensured your info such as email and phone numbers were up to date for both you and your Scout as we as leaders will be using this more going forward. You can also invite your Scout to create a Scoutbook Acct and manage their own progress as well as get info. With Court of Honor coming up in August, a good review of incomplete items may help you to guide your Scout on the right path to managing their rank requirements.