HOT OFF THE PRESSES: the 2013 Emerald Bay Summer Camp Merit Badge Guide. Just released to all troops, this handy dandy colorful book details each merit badge offered during the this year's summer camp. Glance over it and make sure you are 100% satisfied with the merit badge choices you made. Scouts, if you desire to change your choices you must email the changes to Mrs. Goldsworth by May 29th (listing both the merit badges being dropped and the merit badges being picked up). Keep in mind: any prerequisites must be completed before leaving for summer camp, and each Scout is required to bring to Emerald Bay the corresponding merit badge book for each merit badge class they signed up for.

REGISTRATION FOR the 2013 NATIONAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP TRAINING COURSE (NYLT) IS NOW OPEN! REGISTRATION IS LIMITED AND TIME SENSITIVE! NYLT is an BSA National youth focused leadership course conducted by the Orange County Council that prepares youth to become superior leaders in their troop, their district and other organizations they belong to now and in the future. Participants learn to use current corporate leadership skills within the framework of the Scout Oath and Scout Law. BSA National carefully developed the NYLT curriculum with input from current corporate trainers, the United States Air Force Academy and others in the training community. Read more to learn about the course and how it will build your leadership skills...

If you have a great idea for the troop, whether it is for an activity, fundraiser or charitable holiday project, please be sure and have it approved by the boy leadership. Troop 1602 is a boy run troop, and your great ideas need to go through the proper approval process. All requests to add events, community service requests etc.must be submitted to the senior patrol leader and Scoutmaster via email prior to the monthly patrol leaders' council meeting, otherwise they will be addressed and voted on by the Scouts the following month.

If you need to add or change your address, phone numbers, email addresses, etc. Please contact Marquita Serio at marquita.serio@gmail.com. I will make these changes in our TroopMaster software. If you make changes in MyTroop (website) they will be reset to what is in TroopMaster when the two are synced. Let me know if you have any questions! YIS Marquita

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