The 777 Scouts braved the elements and brought home some great memories and great cold weather experience.

• #Anonymous and Barbarian Patrols placed 2nd and 3rd in Sled Race.
• Guest Webelos won 1st in joke contest
• Most Scouts and leaders earned the Polar Bear Friday night (awarded at Feb 11th Court of Honor).

All regular Troop activities have been rescheduled for next week.

The PLC will use this time to plan the 2nd half of the year.  PLC members are asked to arrive at 7pm. We should be wrapped up by 8:20pm

Agenda:

-Webelos Open House plan

-Court of Honor agenda

-1st half of year review

-2nd half program plan review / goals

Digital Technology replaced Computers merit badge following the 2013 Jamboree.  

Scouts interested in taking this merit badge should see the Scoutmaster for more information about upcoming opportunities in our area.

Effective January 1, 2014, Cooking Merit Badge will be required to obtain the Eagle Scout rank. Regardless of when a Scout earned the Life rank or began working toward Eagle, unless he fulfills all the rank requirements -- with the exception of his Board of Review -- before January 1, he must earn the Cooking merit badge to become an Eagle Scout.

CPR-AED Certification THIS SATURDAY - several seats are available for adults and Scouts 12 and over.  Cost is $40/person.  Sign-up online while seats last.  This class has now been opened up to all area Troops.  Contact scoutmaster@troop777northville.org with any questions.

Some exciting news for Troop 777.  Adam Helner was asked to be Senator Colbeck's guest at the Michigan State of the State Address this upcoming Thursday, January 16th at the State Capital.   The entire Troop is invited to attend.