Summer Camp 2025 is around the corner and this year will be better than ever!! We have decided to trek a little further this year than the last few years for some great new experiences and cooler weather.  The Camp will be held from June 21 to June 28, 2025 at Kia Kima in Hardy, Arkansas. This is approximately 8 hours from Southlake. This camp has amazing reviews a world class organization and the location has everything!  White water rafting, ATV's, cooler weather, a River and and a Lake.  They have more than 70 Merit badges to choose from as well as a fantastic new scout program to fast track you way to early rank advancement. The most by far of any Camp around.  It also has adventures for older Scouts (over 14) including an Ozark Venture Base that includes - Project C.O.P.E, Mountain man, A.T.V. Adventure program.  It is like a mini Philmont. 

We are excited to have you join us as a Scout, Parent or Scout leader!

Upcoming 

Troop, in addition to the Tarleton MB campout there is another opportunity to work on merit badges this semester. Our very own Michael O'connor is going to be teaching Personal Management. Here is the link to register: https://scoutingevent.com/662-PathfinderMBC

The Patrol Leaders Council has developed the activity Calendar for our monthly campouts.  Please save the dates.  Details for each will be provided once confirmed, 

February 14-16 Tarleton State Merit Badge Seminar
March 7-9 Target Sports Campout
April 11-13 Rock Climbing or Fishing Campout
May 2-4 Caving Campout and earn Geology Merit Badge
June 21-28 Summer Camp at Kia Kima

Scouts and their parents are invited to visit the DEA's Dallas Field Office on the evening of February 3 for a presentation by actual DEA agents and a tour of their Air Wing!!! In addition to hearing about the DEA's mission, they will show us their airplanes and helicopters that they use to keep harmful drugs off of the streets and pursue major drug-related criminals. Details are as follows:

WHERE: Meet at White Chapel Methodist Church at 6pm. Address and Driving Directions will be provided to the drivers.
WHEN: 3 February 2025 6-8:30pm.
IMPORTANT DETAILS: We will meet in the White Chapel parking lot by the Scout shed and will depart at 6pm!!! Please try and arrive a few minutes early. We plan to finish by 8pm and will drive back to White Chapel, arriving around 8:30pm. We will likely need adult drivers who can allow other scouts to carpool in their vehicles, so please let Mr. Spooner know if you or your adult parents are able to serve as carpool drivers.
WHY: Both younger and older Scouts have an opportunity to meet requirements for advancement.

The troop has submitted its 2025 recharter paperwork and payment to Longhorn Council (LHC).

LHC has a large backlog of recharters to process in early January.

If you receive a renewal email reminder from Scouting America, you can ignore it as the troop is handling member renewals.  

We expect that our renewals should be processed by the end of January by LHC.

Thank You!

Troop 928,

Registration for Tarleton State Merit Badge College is underway, the deadline for merit badge selection is QUICKLY approaching (January 10).
This is my favorite Merit Badge College and is held at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, and most of the merit badge classes will be taught by college professors in college classrooms. It’s an awesome chance for probably your scout's first visit to a University. We will be camping on their intramural fields and eating in the college cafeteria - it is a great opportunity to see a university up close. And as an added bonus, the University is throwing in free tickets to their home basketball game.
A Scout may work on up to three (3) different merit badges from a list of approximately 75 merit badges offered. There are several sessions for some required Eagle merit badges to keep the classes smaller. All classes meet for three hours each on Saturday and Sunday with periodic breaks. Please review the attached list and select the top eight merit badges you would like to take - note you will only be able to take three courses, but they fill up fast. The Scout Fee for the College is $75.00 (which includes a 5 meals in the University Food Hall ).  Note: Additional fees may apply depending on certain merit badges.

Please return your merit badge choices to me AND sign up and pay on the website.

Merit Badge Selections 

Jim Etheridge  jletheridge@troop928.org 

WHAT: Tarleton State MB College
WHEN: Feb 14-16, 2025
WHERE: Tarleton State University @ Stephenville, TX
COST: $75/Scouts, $65/adults