Has your Scout gone to Summer or Winter Camp yet? It's a great experience! Troop 511 is heading to Camp Karankawa, down near Corpus Christi, for Winter Camp, for a few days during winter break. We will arrive midday on Dec 27 and leave midday on Dec 30. If your Scout has not yet attended camp, this is a great chance to start. Scouts can earn up to 4 merit badges, and we expect it to be shorts-and-t-shirt weather down on the coast. Get started today: 

Scout Sunday will be Feb. 8. We'll ask that as many people as possible attend. It's our annual formal "thank you" to the lovely people of St Matt's, without whose support the troop would not be here. Scouts, please wear your Class A! Scouts will participate by conducting a flag ceremony at the start and being readers (there are 3 short passages to read). They can also act as ushers. 

All hands on deck! Scouts, please be sure to come to our next meeting on Oct 14! We will build fires, eat smores and likely play a game with visitors from Pack 49. If there's a fellow Scout from Troop 511 you haven't seen in a while, give them a call and ask them to come help us welcome the Arrow of Light/Webelos of Pack 49! Parents, we will have a Parents Committee Meeting that night, so please plan to stay! 

Scouting Adventure Weekend is coming up Oct 17-19! While we are not sending the whole troop, we would love to have a few 511 Scouts participate. At Scouting Adventure Weekend, BSA Scouts will work with Cub Scouts on an activity and can participate in shooting skills work themselves. Cubs will be working on adventures for their rank, meeting older scouts and improving their shooting range skills. This is an opportunity to meet scouts in other units. OA callout is planned for Saturday evening. Bring your favorite recipe for the dutch oven cooking contest. Registration for Armadillo Scouting Adventure Weekend closes Sunday Oct 12 at 11:59 PM. 

Sign up to do a good turn that's also going to be a lot of fun! Sign up to help cook hot dogs at First Presbyterian (just down the road from St Matt's) on Sunday Oct 26!

Do you need one of these merit badges (starred are Eagle-required):

• Citizenship in the Nation *
• Citizenship in the World *
• Environmental Science *
• Radio
• Signs, Signals, and Codes
• Soil and Water Conservation
• Sustainability *

If yes, you may want to participate in JOTA-JOTI at Fickett Center on Sat Oct 18. If you are interested in earning the JOTA-JOTI Award, there are additional activities you can do virtually.