We have many Scouts who have requested the opportunity to cook on an upcoming campout in order to complete requirements for the Camping and/or Cooking Merit Badges.  In order to maximize everyone’s opportunities, we have decided to host a Cooking-focused campout at Hickory Creek (Lake Lewisville) the weekend of March 25-27.  For this campout, we will divide into numerous small “patrols” to maximize the number of Scouts who have the opportunity to cook.  All Scouts are welcome to this campout, so if you do not need to cook and simply wish to be fed, please register. (We will also need quite a few adults to join us this weekend as BSA guidelines for cooking during the COVID pandemic require us to keep close supervision on the cooking process.) 

The weekend of Feb 5-7, we will be camping at Camp Wisdom for the District-wide Show 'n' Do event.  This is our opportunity to show the incoming Webelos and other troops in the area how we do Scouting.  This is often a fun event with the construction of a monkey bridge, camp-wide activities, campfires, etc. Please register here ASAP so that we can get an accurate headcount for the event organizers. 

On January 16th, we will be kicking work on the Family Life merit badge and on January 17th, we will be starting formal work on the Camping merit badge. These are both Eagle required merit badges and being made available to a limited number of Scouts who are ranked First Class and above.  Registration is open through the troop calendar.  If you are a Scout ranked First Class or above and you have not yet completed these merit badges, please be sure to register right away.

Troop 842 has a few spots available for a crew to paddling the Great Northwoods wilderness along the US-Canadian border this coming Summer from June 24 to July 1, 2021. This is an incredible adventure available to Scouts who are 14+ (or 13 and have completed the 8^th grade) at the time of the event. If you might be interested, please contact Bryan Smith (bryan.c.smith@live.com) to discuss. 

This coming Saturday, December 12, we will be reserving time at the Coppell YMCA (146 Town Center Blvd, Coppell, TX 75019) to work on the following requirements:

BSA IT reset some of the security infrastructure surrounding Scoutbook last week.  As a result, some individuals are experiencing problems logging into the Scoutbook website.