GT8 is going to work on the Chess Merit Badge. SM Tucker will be meeting with interested scouts for a brief time after the normal troop meeting on Monday, May 4.

If you are going to Summer camp, all medical forms are due to Lida Oum, the GT8 form coordinator (lida.oum@gmail.com) by May 1. BSA health forms parts A, B, and C are required and part C needs to be completed by a physician.

GT8 is going on its annual horse-riding camping trip in May on the weekend of May 16-17. More information & attendance + carpool signup here. The carpools sign-up was not visible to everyone last week.

A fitness test for the Tenderfoot requirement will be held on Saturday, April 25th at 9:00 AM at Silver Creek Middle School in Kensington. Please sign up for the fitness test here. The fitness test is a Tenderfoot requirement which requires a baseline test of push-ups, sit-ups, flexibility and a mile run and a retest after 30 days after planning a month-long fitness improvement plan and executing the plan.

All parents of GT8 scouts are invited to join Scoutmaster Tucker and Meg Grabb, the Committee Chair, for an All Hands meeting on Monday, April 20 during the normal troop meeting.

Join us for the Spring Merit Badge Day on April 18, 2026 from 10am-2:30pm at Holy Redeemer (basement classrooms). We will offer the opportunity to start working on 2 merit badges (4 to choose from).