Texas Fin-Fur-Con (TFFC) Merit Badge University is coming up and will be held at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (5550 FM2495 Athens, Texas 75752).

Saturday, March 28th 8:30 am to 5:00 pm (3-hour Morning and 3-hour afternoon sessions)  Cost $20 for Scouts, $10 for adult Scout leaders, No cost for Staff.

Sign up ASAP to claim a spot in the class you want - registration will fill quickly for these classes.  In addition to merit badges, there are also classes to work on specific Tenderfoot and Second Class requirments if you want to work towards rank advancement instead. Follow the link below for more details and to register your scout.  Then, keep an eye on our Troop Facebook page so that we can coordinate ride-sharing for the day of the event among the kids who are attending.    

https://scoutingevent.com/571-2020tffc

Just announced!  Circle Ten will be having 2 instances of a one-day Merit Badge University, one on March 7 and one on March 14, each day is 9:30-3 at Camp Wisdom.  Details are in the attached link, sign up directly with Circle Ten if you are interested, this is not a Troop event.  https://circleten.ihubapp.org/events/22778.

Weather expectations - Current long range weather forecast for St. Jo, TX - highs on Saturday around 55, lows are going to be right around 32. Currently there is no precipitation in the forecast but it will be cold in the evening/morning both days with only light cloud cover. Make sure you dress for the conditions, monitor the weather, and bring warm sleeping gear. If you do not have a proper sleeping pad I highly recommend you purchase one. Sleeping on the ground or just using an air pad with no insulation will wick your body heat away and make for a much colder night. If you want me to sign off on merit badge requirements, you need to bring a blue card as well.

Adults - if you are driving please indicate in the comments section of the RSVP page how many seats you have in your vehicle for passengers (do not include your scout, we need total available seatbelts). This tends to be a large, well attended event and we will need multiple vehicles for transportation. In addition - if you have a food allergy please let me know as I am handling the grubmaster duties.

Schedule - meet at the scout hut at 530 pm on Friday, 2/14 with an anticipated departure of 630. Eat your sack dinner on the way. Arrive at camp, set up tents, enjoy a cracker barrel and lights out. Shoot all day Saturday, clean the firearms in the evening. Prepare all meals at camp for Saturday and breakfast Sunday. Pack up for departure after breakfast on Sunday, stop for gas at Rumpys (kolaches/donuts for purchase there) and plan to be back at the hut by 1230 pm, if not earlier. 

We are having a 20-30 minute meeting for parents Monday, Feb.10 at 7:00 about some general info about camp (things need before camp) and helping with merit badge selection. Please take a look at what merit badges your scout has. Reminder, I need merit badge selection by March 1 please.