Kingsport, Tennessee - Troop 48 BSAHello, Troop 48! We hope everyone is staying safe while getting some exercise in your own neighborhoods. Look for opportunities to do Good Turns, such as picking up trash (and aluminum cans for recycling). This message is to provide another update regarding our troop calendar and activities. While businesses, parks, and venues begin to reopen […]
2020 Summer Camp Class Reservations are Open! Troop 48 is now registering for summer camp classes. The council created sign-up form can be downloaded below – and paper copies are also available at troop meetings. Let Mr. Hasler know of your choices either at a troop meeting or by email. Remember to select early to […]
Troop 48 can be active during this time of social distancing. This post will be updated as new information is gathered. First action for online interaction and use of the internet is to have a current Cyber Chip (new or refreshed in past year). Use this link (https://www.scouting.org/training/youth-protection/cyber-chip/) to Scouting BSA website to select the […]
TROOP 48 BSA – RE-REGISTRATION PROGRESS, AS OF MARCH 25, 2020 THANK YOU to those Troop 48 members (listed below) who have already re-registered with us for the period May 1, to Oct 31, 2020. Final cutoff will be Tuesday, April 14. Afterwards, a new application will be required to rejoin. NOTE! If you do NOT […]
Scouts, Scouters and Parents During these unchartered times, Sequouyah Council Volunteers are preparing some virtual Scouting opportunities so you and your child can continue Scouting. We will share these opportunities via the Council Facebook Page, https://www.facebook.com/SequoyahCouncilBSA/, and the Council Website, https://sequoyahcouncil.org/. Please stay tuned, while waiting for the opportunities, please start Cyber Chip with your child. Here is […]
2020 Expo Sales Paused Greetings…The present situation will put all expo sales efforts on hold. Scouts are not be selling them at Food City (even if you were signed up) or any of the other partner vendors or in the public in general at this time going forward until normal Scouting operations restart.What I know as […]
Dear Scouting Family, As situations continue to change regarding the health concerns around COVID-19 (coronavirus) and the impact on our community, we needed to update our Scouting family with the latest developments. Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee followed the actions by Virginia Governor Ralph Northam in closing all schools for several weeks. As we follow the school schedule […]
As you no doubt know from the current news, schools for most of our troop families will be closed for the next two weeks (until March 27). Per directions from the Sequoyah Council, Troop 48 will follow the school policies; we will suspend troop meetings at least through the school closures. We have preemptively canceled the April 4 […]
Please do not direct swap Expo Cards with other scouters Contact Tom Gould if you think you have taken too many The District and Council are officially out of Expo Scout Cards – Please sell what you have, get as many scouts as you can in the weekly prize drawing for this Friday. The weekly […]
As expo coupon sales are just around the corner, just a reminder that if you sell Expo coupons, there is a special arrangement again whereby most of the summer camp fees are free or no net cost to you if you sell $750 worth!! View all summer camp information and news at the Summer Camp […]