Are you signed up for Summer Camp. Don't miss the best week of Scouting for the entire year!!

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.

In addition the Troop has a Facebook page. The Facebook page will have more pictures and most of the information about activities but will not be as complete a source of information as this website.

For further information about you can keep up with BSA Troop 204, please click here.

Hiking at Cloudland Canyons, October 2011

Summer Camp 2012

Trust me, you do not want to miss out on summer camp this year at Bert Adams. Summer camp is the high point of the Boy Scout year and is the very best time to work on your advancement while having worlds of fun. It is so much fun that four of your friends from 204 and the Scoutmaster are spending the entire summer at camp. Don't believe me, ask Perry M, Christian F or John E. Nick P will be gone a couple of weeks on staff for NYLT.

And what about the Patrol Competition? If your patrol is not 100% at summer camp you will have a very hard time being competitive. So, Zack M, Zach V, John E and Jacob F, you better get hustling to get your patrol in 100% attendance.

So, what will you be doing the week of June 17 - 23? Will you be camping, swimming, sailing, climbing, rifle shooting, archery shooting, orienteering, working on advancement and having FUN? Or will you be sitting in your room slowly turning into a vegetable.

See the Scoutmaster immediately, better yet, pick up the phone and call him. Tell him you know you are late but can you please come to Summer Camp.

Already signed up for camp? Know someone in your patrol who is not signed up? Talk to them, get 100% participation in your patrol.  I hear the prize for the best patrol is a new car (just kidding).

A Scout is Thrifty Coming this month, the new Atlanta Area Council Camp Card.

These cards will be issued to our Scouts for them to sell. These are such a good deal that they should almost sell themselves. For example, the card sells for $5.

Publix will take $5 off your grocery bill when you spend $50 at Publix.

You just broke even, the rest is FREE stuff!

Waffle House - Free beverage with meal purchase

Sports Authority - $10 off on $50 purchase, $25 off on $100 purchase

Meineke - 10% off on automotive services and 5% off on tires and batteries

White Water Express - $10 off on an activity or buy one get one free activity

Church's Chicken - free Southern Style Sandwich with purchase of medium fries and drink

Arby's -  free Classic Roast Beef Sandwich with purchase of small fries and drink

and don't forget,

Publix - $5 off on $50 purchase

Be sure to support you Scout in this activity. A portion of every Camp Card sold comes back to Troop 204.

Win, win, win!

I don't think it has sunk in yet. Time is running out and $2 of every camp card you sell comes back to YOU in an account to pay for all of your Scouting expenses. What a deal. How many cards have you sold?

Revised Annual Plans Available!

Annual Plans have been revised. Get your copy and be sure to update your calendars so you don't get left behind!

Did you go to Cloudland Canyon?

We have a lot of pictures from our 2009 trip to Cloudland on the Troop Facebook Page.

Troop 204 (Bert

 Adams Contingent)

Just back from a great week at Bert Adams Scout Reservation. Now it is time to get ready for another great week of fun, this time at Comer Scout Reservation!

Be sure to check out all of the great pictures from Bert Adams on Facebook. Thanks to ASM Tommy Morris for being a shutterbug and sharing.

2007 and 2009 Okefenokee Pictures on Facebook

Click here to view pictures of our last Okefenokee Swamp trip. Don't miss this great Scouting Outing!

Click here to view pictures of our 2007 Okefenokee Swamp trip.

You will have to have a Facebook account and be logged in to view these pictures.

Troop 204 Improves it's Communication Skills

We are continuing to improve our communication skills and we have come a long way from the Morse Code that used to be required for First Class Scout.   This web site will continue to provide information about the Troop and will continue to be the longest term source of information. Due to the limitations of web design and update, it will continue to be updated by the webmasters, Tim Shannon and Phil Douglas.   Our new 'official' Facebook page will be a source of immediate or timely information and be a venue for our Patrols to post and share information about and within their Patrol. All posts will be monitored for both content and Scouting values and appropriateness. We encourage posts about Scouting and Troop 204 by all members both youth and adult.   We will continue to issue email blasts for all persons who have provided a correct email address to the Troop. Make sure that Donna has your email address to be included in this.   The Bear Patrol Leader has initiated a new Yahoo group that all interested adults can join. This URL is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Troop204BearPatrol/ . If you do not have access contact Mike French or Tim Shannon.   If you have concerns about your younger Scout having access to Facebook or he is not yet 13 years old, no problem. Our first recommendation is that Mom or Dad have a Facebook account and be willing to relay information to your Scout. If you have questions, please contact Tim Shannon.   Communication is at the minimum a two way media. Please let us know your feelings and suggestions about this new addition to our Troop.   Tim Shannon Assistant Scoutmaster Troop Administration (Dirty Job)

Merit Badge Tip:

If you want to meet with a Merit Badge counselor at a Tuesday night Scout Meeting, do not just walk up to the counselor during the meeting. Meetings are Troop time and your Patrol probably needs your focus. Instead plan ahead and possibly arrange to meet the counselor before pre-opening. You can contact your Merit Badge Counselor in advance by phone, email, or seeing him/her at a prior Scouting activity. If your counselor is at the Troop meeting, that is a good time to arrange for other Merit Badge activities such as getting together to launch a rocket for Space Exploration Merit Badge.

Venturing Crew 204 is formed. If you are interested you can follow along on the new Crew website, http://crew.204bsa.com. From there you can easily find us on Facebook. If you are interested, contact ASM Mike French or Crew Advisor Mike Hawes.

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 Tracy Ellis 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!