SWC 2010

The lake at Woodruff Scout Reservation

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Have you signed up for the Older Boy Ski Trip? Please note that payments are now due. See David J., Donna, Ted or Mike H. If you need a copy of the flyer, click here.

IS COMING!

What is ScoutFest? Where is ScoutFest? When is ScoutFest? Which ASM is responsible for BSA Troop 204's participation in ScoutFest?

Everything except the last question can be answered by clicking on the ScoutFest logo above.

When the last Scout Show (ScoutFest) was held in 2000, This member of the Troop was nine years old. Do you recognize him? He is an Eagle Scout and Assistant Scoutmaster now! Also in attendance that year was the U.S. Army Golden Knights Demonstration Parachute Team!

If you have questions or ideas, please contact ASM Tim Shannon.

Do you ever wonder what your adult leaders do at SWC? Check out the Bear Patrol site for a peek at what the Bears do in the winter!

Welcome to Troop 204!

The goal of the Troop 204 Website is to provide a central location for ALL information relating to Troop 204. All forms, event listings and dates, trip info, guidelines, photos and contact information will be posted here and updated as regularly as is humanly possible. We ask that you please bookmark this main page and check back often. Updates & notices will be posted here as soon as we get them

The Troop took thirty Scouts to Summer Camp this year. All had a great time. As we left camp we posed in front of our new Troop 204 sign at the entrance to Camp Comer. Special thanks go to Pete L, Tommy M and Alex W, Bears who did the actual hard work repairing, installing and persevering our sign.

 Missing from the picture are Perry M and Stephen A who had to leave camp early due to other commitments. Also missing from the Bears are Gene R and Richie C. Tim S took the picture and has not yet mastered teleportation to enable him to be in the picture.

National Jamboree - It is not too late for scouts and scouters to sign up for the 2010 Jamboree! 

Slots are still available at this time but will be gone soon.

Youth positions and Adult Staff positions are still available online and maybe accessed through www.MyScouting.org for non-BSA employees. They are no longer accepting applications for the Council Troop leaders with the exception of 3rd Assistant Scoutmasters who must be 18 but not reach their 21st birthday during the Jamboree. Applicants will need to use their BSA ID number or their Social Security number to access the application Web site. This application does not guarantee you a position for the jamboree, but does get you started on the process to be approved as a participant or staff member.

Please do not apply for any Scoutmaster positions unless you are under 21 and qualify for the third assistant position. All Adult troop positions have been filled.

For further information contact our Scoutmaster, Ted Vinson for more info.

View the 2010 National Jamboree Web Site

Pictures Wanted!!

Have you taken pictures of our Troop this year? If so have you made a CD and got it to Tim Shannon? If the answers to those questions are in order, yes and no, please get busy. Your pictures are what goes onto this web site, but even more important they are what make up the Eagle DVD's.

Troop 204, over the last several years, has made a tradition of giving each Eagle Scout a DVD with pictures of all of the Troop activities spanning his tenure with the Troop. These DVD's will provide your Eagle with many fond memories of his friends and time with 204. But they will be incomplete without your help.

Mom's, are you considering or already started on a scrapbook for you Scout? If so you can get many images of your Scout from this library of 204 Scouting, just contact Tim Shannon.  Again, if the images are not there, I cannot make them available.

We are particularly lacking in pictures from the last half of this year. I need your help. Please make a
CD-ROM at full resolution of your images and get it to ASM Tim Shannon.

Leader Training Opportunities

Be sure to take advantage of the on line leadership training opportunities. From the comfort of your home computer you can take Youth Protection Training, Boy Scout Leader Fast Start, Safety Afloat, Safe Swim Defense, Troop Committee Challenge and Hazardous Weather. Just go to http://olc.scouting.org .

Click on the course you want to take and log in to your account. After successfully completing the course, You can print out the completion card. Be sure to show this to James Olson so it can be entered in the Troop records.

If you do not already have an account, you will need to create one. For this you will need your account number from the front of your BSA membership card. If you don't have a membership card you need to get registered with the Troop. See Donna Vinson to get the forms, and pay your Scouter dues.

Remember every Scout deserves a trained leader!