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UPCOMING EVENTS

Posted on Mar 2 2026 - 1:51pm

3/1 - PLC 
3/2 - Troop Meeting, Sumer Camp MB selections and OA Elections (Full attendance requested, please)
3/2 - *UPDATE* - Meeting for Saltpetre Cave attendees tonight after the OA election. Check your email!
3/3 - Committee Meeting

4/12 - T635 Pinewood Derby (new date)

*Parents - Please join us for the first 10 mins of each Troop Meeting for important announcements.
*Scouts - Remember to bring your Scout Handbook.

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Summer Camp Merit Badge Selections

Posted on Mar 1 2026 - 4:18pm
Merit badge registration opens next weekend, so we want everything in place to give us the best chance of getting everyone's first choice.
Please review the merit badge schedule and prerequisites and help your scout come up with a plan before the meeting tomorrow 3/2. 
Please print and fill out the scout activity planner ahead of tomorrow's meeting (refer to email and attachments sent 3/1). 
If they have any questions we can work through those and suggest any changes during the meeting tomorrow.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Mr. Gummow - T635 Summer Camp Advisor.
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Scouting America and the Department of War

Posted on Mar 1 2026 - 8:16am
(Announcement from Scouting America February 27, 2026)
Scouting Family,
 
Today, Scouting America and the Department of War finalized a commitment to strengthen our longstanding partnership with the U.S. military. Over several months, we engaged in dialogue with Department leadership to align on how we could deepen our service to military families, while making programmatic updates to comply with Executive Order 14173. 
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Citizenship in Society Merit Badge Discontinuance

Posted on Mar 1 2026 - 8:15am

The Citizenship in Society Merit Badge will be discontinued effective Friday, February 27, 2026.

Beginning on February 27, 2026, Scouts will no longer be able to start requirements on the Citizenship in Society Merit Badge. Those Scouts who had already started and completed any requirements for the merit badge will be allowed the rest of 2026 to complete the full merit badge and still utilize it for attaining the rank of Eagle Scout. This has been standard practice for Eagle requirements and other advancement changes in the past.

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2026 NYLT Registration is Now Open!

Posted on Mar 1 2026 - 8:13am

DBC National Youth Training Course (NYLT) overnight camp week at Camp Michaels this summer!
Max capacity (48 pp) for each course is expected to fill! 

Course 1: June 7-12, 2026 (Co-ed; linked-troop model)
Course 2: June 14-19, 2026 (Co-ed; linked-troop model)
For more information on NYLT <Click Here>. To register for Course 1 or Course 2 at Camp Michaels visit https://scoutingevent.com/438-NYLT
Note: No Fall Offering in 2026!  See below for Second Week Discount and a T635  scholarship opportunity!

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Merit Badge updates

Posted on Feb 17 2026 - 11:50am

(Scouting America Announcement)
Merit badge pamphlets are getting a modern upgrade. Instead of printed requirement lists inside each pamphlet, Scouts and counselors will now find a QR code and URL that link directly to the latest requirements and information in the Merit Badge Hub on scouting.org. Visit the Merit Badge Hub here. Additionally, 80 merit badges have been updated for 2026. Read more here.

BSA Troop # 635