Latest News:

Taylor Epperson is our latest Eagle Scout - Congratulations Taylor.

Jay Lattimore has entered the Marines and has left for this latest adventure.  Look for opportunties in the near future to send Jay letters and care packages.

Summer camp is almost here.  Watch the website for more info.

August is our 1 day family trip.  Please plan to attend and bring the family.  Cost will be announced along with details very soon.

May 29th, Tuesday @ 7:00pm

Troop Court of Honor

Bring your entire family

(this will replace any plans for canoing on this date due to the pre-planned court of honor)

Service Project

As many scouts and parents as possible need to attend this service project.

This is our opportunity to show our support for the United Methodist Men, our sponsoring group.

• Scouts should be in Class A (no neckerchief)
• Be at the Church by 6:00 on Friday, February 9th
• We will be responsible for serving and cleaning up
• Eat a snack before you get to the church
• Scouts will be fed by the UMM

This Sunday is Scout Sunday and our Spaghetti Lunch.

Scouts should use the outdoor registration form to let us know what service they plan to attend

• Enter Scout Sunday as the trip
• Enter the scouts name
• Enter under comments your plans on attending church with the scout and family and for helping at the lunch
• Don't forget to bring in your tickets or money from sold tickets

February trip registrations are being accepted on the Outdoor Programming page Click HERE

Lots of new information has been added to the website.

1. Troop bucks page
2. Event Page
3. Committee Page

There is a new message from the Scout Master, don't miss it.

Finally, we have a couple of pressing needs.  Please consider volunteering for one of the following.

Spaghetti Dinner Chairperson

• Most of the work is in progress.  We need someone to oversee everything
• Parents to volunteer to help at the Spaghetti Dinner  and help cook and prepare the night before (Feb 4th)

Recharter coordinator

• It's a paperwork job but we need help
• Organize and inform the troop
• Collect troop dues
• interact with the district to ensure all info is up to date

Contact Tim Otten timotten@nc.slr.com or Shawn Coffman Coffman@earthlink.net to volunteer for either position.

We need to get registrations for the January trip.  If  you have not registered please register on line today.

The trip will be January 20-21.  We will leave early Saturday and return Late Sunday night. 

We will Ski late on Sunday.  Saturday and Sunday we will be involved in snow competitions at the campground.

We have a reservation for a building, we will not be camping outside.  Scouts interested in camping can contact the Scout Master.

Its that time of year again!

Let's plan for December Scouting events.

December 16th includes two events:

Inner Peaks with a lunch

Service Project @ Sharon Memorial Park

• This has become a tradition for our troop to be involved with this very special project.
• We make and then sell for donations luminaries and hot chocolate at Sharon Memorial

Go to the Outdoor program page to register for Inner Peaks and to email confirm the hours you can work @ Sharon Memorial.

We hope to have 100% attendence this year!

Also in December

Look for December 19th as a Service Project Night (Tuesday Night) @ the Police Explorers Christmas Project.

• Lets make this a family event.  It's a great way to get ready for the season by helping others at this very special time. 
• Scouts and Scout family members are all welcome.
• PS.  After helping in this project for almost 18 years I have found that my boys get a new meaning each year by helping others in need at Christmas. KEN

Join Alan Gaines in supporting Helping Hands

How: Play Laser Quest !

• On November 16th from 6-9 pm play laser quest
• Laser Quest is located on Independence Blvd between Idlewild and Sharon Amity Roads.
• Its in the Promenade Shopping center beside Town and Country Ford.
• Games cost $7.50 with 2.50 of each game going to charity

Troop Committee Meeting night has been changed!

The troop committee to better facilitate attendence of the SM and adults has changed the committee meeting to Wednesday night of the same week.

Please come join Tim Otten (committee chair) for dinner at Mid-week mana and then the troop meeting.

This is a great opportunity to support the church at the mid week dinner and to fellowship with our scouting unit.

Reservations are required so let Tim know or make a reservation from the church website.

Eagle Ceremony

Please be sure to join the troop in the Eagle Court of Honor for Andrew Worthy.

The Court of Honor will be at Camp Clear Creek on Sunday, October 29th, Starting at 2pm.

Please plan to attend and bring a chair.

Eagle Project Results

Chase and his work crews have almost completed his project.  Stop by the church and check out the flag pole to see the results of this fantastic project.  Pictures will soon be available.

The November Bike and Backpack trip dates have changed from the 10-12 to 17-19.

Please Register for this trip ASAP if you intend to go.

All Registrations for the September backpacking trip are due Tuesday September 19th.

Next Committee Meeting is October 10th.  Please make every effort to attend.

New Eagle Scout!

Jay L. had his Eagle board of review on August 29th, 2006 and passed with flying colors.  He is Troop 144's newest Eagle Scout.

Congratulations, Jay! Way to go!

Order of the Arrow News!

This past weekend Alan G. and Kyle B. passed their Ordeal and are now Ordeal members of the Order of the Arrow. 

Allen P. and Brian P. rededicated themselves to the Order of the Arrow and after passing a test on the traditions of the OA are now Brotherhood members of the Order of the Arrow. Congratulations!

Sunday, Feb 4, 2007: Our date is set for our Troop to host a Spaghetti luncheon at Blair Road UMC, this is another important fundraiser that we need everyone to support.  We will be serving lunch after the 11:00 service.  Again, we are needing someone to chair this function.  Those Serving on this committee are Hannah Chang, Becky Werts, Jung Kling and Leslie Coore.  We will especially need lots of parent involvement to make this a success.