PLC 6:30 pm – Tenderfoot / First year skills workshop night
This weekend
4/11-13 Backbone Rock Climbing & Rappelling. Assemble @ CHPC 5:00 PM Friday with your gear properly packed with sack dinner or (eat with your vehicle in route). If you have not paid your food buyer, bring $15 cash. Returning 6:30 PM Sunday.
All backpackers were told to bring a bagged dinner or eat on their own Friday night. Backpackers will provide their own breakfast Saturday morning and plan to eat lunch and all remaining meals with their patrol food groups at the campground. Fox/Shark, Bear/ Wolf,Panther/Phoenix, Eagel/Flaming Arrows
4/13 CHPC Marsh Blood Drive
CHPC will partner with Marsh Regional Blood Center to sponsor a Blood Drive in the church parking lot on Sunday, April 13 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm!
Be sure to come out and donate for this much needed cause. Please be aware that you are not able to participate in this drive if you have given blood between February 16 and April 13.
April 15, 2025 Announcements
PLC 6:30 pm – Tenderfoot / First year skills workshop night
Congratulations:
Sutton – Most outings, Sam T – Most church events, Teddy Most service hours, Grant most meetings and Dylan – Most merit badges
Dylan Lawrence – 2024 Troop 48 Scout of the Year!!!!
Trip fees due now!!
Backbone Rock – trip this weekend, let Mr. Browning know if you want it taken from the scout account.
Cumberland Island 2nd payment – due 4/1
NASA 2nd payment – must make final payment to NASA by 4/19.
Summer Camp, must make final payment by 4/22 to get the early bird discount.
If you missed the Court Of Honor/Picture Day!! Please make arrangements to pick up your rank cards, merit badges and awards. Wear full Class A (merit badge/OA sashes) to get your photo taken with our media team David and Christopher W.
April 15: PLC Tenderfoot / First year skills Workshop night
April 22: Earth day something: Plant a tree or go pick up trash at WPSP
April 29: Tenderfoot advancement
April 29 MANDATORY Cumberland Island meeting at 6:00pm. Lots to plan AND a guest speaker.
All Super Trips require current health forms with physical.
Note: Scout Card Campaign – Cards – Sales End and All Money Due April 22nd
4/23 Daniel Boone 250th Anniversary Commemorative Hike
See boonetrace250.com about Boone Trace. 1775-2025. Relay Hike & Events April 23 – June 7.
4/26-27 Backpacking Introduction at Bays Mtn. Park Registration Open
4/25-27 Arrowmen, Conclave is coming up quicker than you think. It’s an event you won’t want to miss! Camp Buck Toms in Rockwood, TN. Online registration shuts down on April 15.
JOHNSON CITY MERIT BADGE SATURDAYS!!
April 26 | 9 am – 11 am Citizenship in the Community*
May 24 | 9 am – Noon Personal Fitness*
5/6 Troop 48 elections – Consider whether growing as a Patrol Leader is right for you at this time
5/9-11 Boone Trail Camporee at .Tipton Haynes State Historic Site. If you want to be on staff, contact Mr. Browning. Council registration is Open. This outing is not being coordinated through T48.org.
5/30-31 Church Yard Sale. Donations of good quality items may be dropped off at the church starting May 21. Please no clothes, shoes, or broken items. Money raised will support replacing kitchen equipment. Volunteers will be needed to set up sorting and at sale.
WounderWorks in Pigeon Forge is having scout apprectioan days on May 10th & 11th, and May 17th & 18th. Only $13.99 plus tax per person. Valid for registered scouts wearing vest or sash and up to 4 additional guests. No reservations are required.
2025 Super Trips – take action NOW to participate!
Cumberland Island Expedition, May 24-31. One opening remaining, register and make payment.
Summer Camp – June 15-21 (starting Fathers Day) at Camp Davy Crockett
Now that it is April, all scouts and adults attending should be registered and fully paid. Please bring payments to Mr. Browning ASAP. Register on T48.org to indicate preferences for housing and carpooling. Contact Julieann White with any questions.
NASA Space Camp July 17-20 Pathfinder program. Please pay Mr. Browning ASAP. We still have openings for this trip. Register on T48.org and let Mr. Browning know ASAP.
National Jamboree 2026, July 22-31, 2026. Ten fun days at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia with thousands of other scouts. $1,560 per person fee plus council costs. Look for registration on the Sequoyah Council website soon. First payment due in May 2025.
Julieann White
Scoutmaster Troop 48
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