Welcome new Scouts and parents to Troop 182 !!!Here is the link to Troop 182 calendar
This month of March has been memorable with the arrival of new 17 scouts and their families to our troop. We had been planning with our older Scouts and Scouters to handle the new wave and I am glad to see that we have had a good fast-paced start for our new scouts during their first two meetings.
As I told new parents during my presentation about how our troop operates, we were a large troop with 36 scouts and now we are a larger troop with more than 50 scouts!
This number requires a lot of organization, management and leadership, specific planning, excellent coordination, and active participation of experienced Scouts, trained Scouters, and committed parents. I like this kind of challenges. We have been weathering many storms since I joined this troop in 2005 and together we have found the sun after the storms. The most important point about our volunteer "job" is to do it with fun for the best of our boy scouts. We all learn from our mistakes to bring the best Scouting program.
Now that we have a larger group of scouts and parents I will use more emails and this blog to post important events, tips, and needs to help your transition from the Pack culture to the Troop methods. Get familiar with this blog, see previous events and pictures, print your calendar, sign up in the meeting board for upcoming events, and keep track upcoming activities.
As a large and successful troop, we are proud of our active scouts, including a large number of active Eagle Scouts, our campouts and trips, our rank centered programs (New Scouts, First Class to Life, Trail to Eagle, Beyond Eagle), our trained adults, our Brownsea trained SPL and youth leaders who do their best to use the Patrol Method, and our multi-tasking parents. As a new scout, you are already experiencing the benefits of our structured program. As a parent, you are welcome to find your spot as committee member, driver, merit badge counselor, assistant scoutmaster, or just as a committed parent willing to support meetings, activities, campouts, and fundraisers.
I am convinced that we are the best troop and I need you to believe it and to be an active part of our success!
Welcome aboard and God bless you and your family.
Jose G. Lepervanche
Scoutmaster Troop 182
www.troop182jax.org
