PLC and Committee Meetings will be held on July 20

At summer camp we talked a lot with the Scouts about advancement, merit badges and merit badge universities.  One of the things that we are lucky to have in our Troop are a number of adults that are registered as merit badge counselors.  The Troop works on merit badges throughout the year, but if there is a merit badge that your Scout needs to finish up, or if there are ones that they are interested in working on, you can look at the linked list and see what adults in our Troop can assist.

The Troop will be working on the Communications Merit Badge starting tomorrow at the Troop Meeting.  This is an Eagle required merit badge so if you don't have it yet, this is a great time to start working on it.

The Troop 188 MBU is scheduled for Saturday, August 2nd.  We talked to all of your Scouts about ways to get merit badges beyond what we do as a Troop and at Summer Camp.  This is an excellent example of one of those options.  The MBU is here in town, with several options of merit badges that are Eagle required and non-Eagle and many are ones that we typically don't do as a Troop.  Check out the sign up link and we encourage you to talk with your Scout about signing up.  There are 2 sessions so your Scout has the ability to earn 2 merit badges in 1 day.  Info is on the sign up page, but it is $35 for the MBU and there are plenty of spots still open.

We were all gone for a week, so enjoy some time with your family and have a good Fourth of July!