For any Scouts interested in STEM, the Council is offering a pair of Merit Badges in the next few weeks.

• Nov 5 - Model Design and Build MB - Building Momentum, Alexandria, VA

Congratulations to our newly elected SPL (Charles Tuesca) and ASPL (Oliver Pruessner).

Scout Leadership: https://bt8md.net/roster/yleader

All prior positions of responsibility (POR) have now ended, and Scouts wishing to assume a POR going forward will need to fill out an application and speak with Charles. For more information on PORs, please visit the Youth Leadership (https://bsatroop8.net/youth-leadership) section of the Troop website.

After a two-year hiatus Troop 8 is heading back to West Virginia for two days of skiing/snowboarding on Friday, February 7, 2025, through Sunday, February 9, 2025. This event is open to families.

Volunteers needed for three jobs: (1) fire watch, (2) managing entry lines, and (3) managing exit lines.
Fire watch volunteers should be 14 or older; any age for the other roles.

Volunteers needed to collect food donations from their neighbors (11/2-11/9) and help load the truck (11/9).

Door-to-Door Campaign (11/2-11/9): Interested scouts should distribute post-it notes to their neighbors' doors by Nov 2nd. Post-it notes invite neighbors to put their donations in a bag outside on a certain date, when the scout will retrieve the donated food. Scouts should write the collection date on the post-it note before distributing. Scouts decide which date to collect but all donations need to be delivered to a food truck on Saturday, Nov 9th. Scouts going on the camping trip should make arrangements for someone else to deliver their collection to the food truck at Holy Redeemer (11/9, 10 am to 1 pm).

A Court of Honor celebrating the achievements of Brooks Rand, and Ian Griffiths will be held on Saturday, November 16 from 11am - 1:30pm at Silver Creek Middle School.