Scouts,

Great job last night! Our open house was well run, welcoming, and a true reflection of Troop 75. I received a lot of positive feedback.  Your leadership, teamwork, and spirit were very good.

We have two important campouts coming up, and I’d like to see as many of you there as possible. Please sign up as soon as possible.  Also, if you need to be a grubmaster, these are perfect opportunities to get those requirements.

1.  AOL Campout / Wilderness Survival Merit Badge Campout (September 11-13) - We’ll be camping at Manland and hosting local AOL Scouts, helping them experience the fun and adventure of Troop 75. Friday night and Saturday morning will focus on basic camping skills. After lunch, the AOL Scouts will depart, and we’ll shift to Wilderness Survival requirements.

2.  Intro to Backpacking (October 2-4) - We’ll be camping at Pine Mountain and learning backpacking basics—trail cooking, gear management, and on‑the‑trail skills. This is an excellent opportunity to prepare for our more challenging backpacking trek next spring.

Please sign up, these are campouts that you do not want to miss.  Thanks!

The Flint River Council is hosting one of the nation's premier youth leadership training programs (NYLT).  The training will be held at Camp Thunder over the weekends of September 11-13th and 18-20th.  Those eligible to attend are scouts that are at least 13 years old and have achieved the rank of First Class. Those scouts that are eligible should have received an email from the Council with information how to register.

Troop 75 would like to encourage eligible scouts to participate, if possible. Unfortunately, this event conflicts with the AOL/Wilderness Survival campout. The same training program will be made available by the Atlanta Council at a different time, which might work better for your schedule. 

If you would like to participate in the Flint River Council program, you will need to register by the end of Saturday, August 8. 

National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) is an exciting, action-packed program designed to provide youth with leadership skills and experience that they can apply within their troops and in other situations requiring leadership of self and others.

NYLT is a six-day course that emphasizes hands-on learning in a fun, engaging environment. Through a blend of activities, presentations, challenges, discussions, and games, participants will develop confidence and leadership abilities while working together as a team.

The course content is designed to build leadership concepts progressively, using practical exercises to reinforce learning. Participants embark on a Quest for the Meaning of Leadership, which brings the leadership lessons to life as they apply their skills throughout the course.

Welcome Back!  I hope everyone enjoyed the summer break.  Now that school is back in session, we will return to regular troop meetings every Tuesday evening at 6:45pm.  We look forward to seeing you all there.

We have a lot of exciting activities coming up, below are some of the key activities over the next month:

1.  Court of Honor - August 11, 6:30pm
I am very impressed with all the merit badges and rank advancements that were earned during the summer.  Please join us for the court of honor as we celebrate those achievements.  Be on the lookout for food assignments, dinner will be served.

2.  Camping Skills Campout - August 21-23
This campout is going to be a lot of fun.  Please register ASAP on the troop website if you plan to attend.  There will be a lot of opportunity for rank advancement work.  

3.  Troop 75 Open House - September 1
Please reach out to your friends and neighbors and invite them to join us for a fun night learning more about what Troop 75 has to offer.  The open house will be a great opportunity to showcase all the fun things we do in scouting.

And finally, during the month of August we plan to conduct Senior Patrol Leader and Patrol Leader elections.  This is a great opportunity to step up and help lead the Troop.  If you are interested in running for SPL, please write a short essay on how you plan to lead the Troop and why you are the best person for the position.  Elections will be held August 18.

Hello Troop 75 Scouts.

It is never too early to start thinking about your Eagle project. Although you have to wait until you are a Life Scout to officially start developing, planning, organizing and demonstrating leadership for your Eagle Project, you can start thinking about it today!

Last week at one of our Summer Meetings we had a Trail to Eagle Session

Below are the Troop 75 material that we went through

Troop 75 Eagle Resources: Boy Scout Troop 75, Peachtree City GA |

An additional reminder of the Troop 75 steps when you are ready to undertake your project

Leadership is important - for that you need folks to lead, hence we ask that all workdays and back up workdays get put on the Troop Calendar so that everyone can participate. Furthermore, to give you the chance to develop the plan for your project, we ask that you the Life Scout write the Calendar Entry, detailing Where / When / Why for your project.

Preparation is important - we ask that you provide at least 2 - 3 weeks notice of your project workdays and come along to Troop Meetings to announce and explain what your project is about.

Hi

The two Crews on our 2027 Adventure are full

We can look to add another Crew if we had 2 or 3 more participants

If you are interested then SIGN UP ON THE RESERVE LIST

T	May     Friday 28 End of School Saturday 29 Depart PTC - early Sunday 30 Arrive SB / check in Monday 31 Dive Tuesday 1 Dive Wednesday 2 Dive Thursday 3 Dive Friday 4 Dive Saturday 5 Depart SB - very early Sunday 6     We intend to arrange dates such that participants will be able to attend Woodruff if they wish

The minimum age is 13 at the time of the adventure
Please consider the maturity of your scout

Scuba Adventure - our traditional option, 11 dives incl night dive, accommodation on land, requires Open Water Certification in advance (an additional cost), 2 adults / 6 scouts, $1500 per person + Travel Costs