The troop will be going on a high-adventure backpacking trip in the porcupines in the Upper Peninsula from Monday June 18th to Saturday June 23rd. You may want to start looking for a good pair of hiking boots and if you do not have a backpack you may want to start to look at internal or external backpacks.

The 19-May trip is cancelled for a number of reasons. We will reschedule for June. Explanation will be delivered at the next troop meeting.

The annual Flower Sale fundraiser is well underway. See one of the adult leaders if you need a package to begin selling. Fresh flower sale orders are due by April 17th.

Registration is now open for Summer Camp at Camp Tesomas. Start planning for your annual physical.

Please register for camp no later than April 15, 2012.

NYLT is a seven-day, six-night outdoor experience for youth leaders in support of the unit leader's responsibility for the training of youth leaders. The Bay Lakes Council, using nationally approved course syllabus and under the leadership of quality volunteers, conducts the Conference.

Eagle Scout rank requirement 5 has been reworded. To support that change, a new Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook has been created.

Through Dec. 31, 2011, Scouts have a choice to use either the new workbook or the one it is replacing. Scouts whose Eagle Scout service project has already been approved by the council or district under the former wording of requirement 5—and using the former workbook—should continue with the same workbook. If their project has not yet been approved by the council or district, they may elect to use the revised requirement 5 and the new workbook. Starting Jan. 1, 2012, Eagle Scout candidates—unless they have already submitted a plan for approval by the council or district under the former requirement—will be expected to fulfill the revised service project requirement 5 using the new workbook.