Safeguarding Youth Training (replaces Youth Protection Training)
MUST BE COMPLETED BY ALL ADULT LEADERS, DO IT NOW!
Updated 28 September 2025
This training is required to register you as an adult leader with the
troop which will occur near the end of November.
Safeguarding Youth Training, which replaces Youth Protection Training,
is an updated Scouts America youth protection training available for
leaders, parents, and all adults who interact with Scouts. The training
includes a Certification Test. All Adult Leaders are required
to complete this training annually (even though it says online
that the training is good for two years). Login to your BSA
account at my.scouting.org
to take the course. The course and test will take about 90 minutes
to complete but can be completed a module at a time. Email a copy
of your completed certificate to Ken Krach and Adam Spence.
First Thursday Path to First Class, 4 December, 6-7 PM, Joe's Cafe
The First Thursday meeting will be held from 6-7 PM in Joe's Cafe
which is located in the basement of the Parish Center. Enter through the
side door to the parking lot. The First Thursday meeting will be
followed by a pizza dinner at 7 PM for active meeting participants.
These classes are available to scouts that are working on the ranks of
Scout, Tenderfoot, 2nd Class, and 1st Class and will be offered on the
first Thursdays of the month. Scouts do not need to sign up in
advance. For more information about the First Thursday Path to
First Class program, call Mr. Chris Mulhall (610-350-8419).
We will need lots of help from the seniors, patrol leaders, older
scouts and adults
Senior Surprise, Dan Beard, Broad Creek, 5-7 December
Please register to participate using the Online Event Registration
Form and pay the Treasurer at a Troop meeting
before 26 November.
Our next camping trip is to Dan Beard Site in Camp Saffran, Broad Creek MSR.
Actions required by participants before the trip:
- Complete
the Event Registration Form and pay the
Troop Treasurer at a Troop Meeting.
- The registration form should be completed by all Scouts and
Adults participating during any part of the weekend including just
driving.
- Only Adults, who are registered with the BSA and Troop 497, are
permitted to camp overnight with Troop 497 Scouts.
- Re-register if you need to make updates or cancel your participation
after you submit your initial registration.
- The
cost for the trip is $20 for Scouts and $10 for Adults. Pay the
troop treasurer at a Troop meeting.
General Information
- The main activities for the
weekend is the Senior Surprise Competition
- Check this
link for a Weekend Personal Clothing and Gear List.
- Read these Cold Weather Tips
before going camping and you may discover a tip or two to make your
weekend more enjoyable.
- Carry a flashlight in your pocket for when you arrive.
- We will return to the shed on Sunday at approximately 1:30PM and
take care of the gear used on the trip. Parents should arrive by
1:45pm to pick up their sons who had carpooled with another
adult.
Shelter
- We will be tenting this weekend. Scouts must sleep in troop tents
and adhere to normal BSA guidelines for tenting with other scouts as
we do on any other camping trip. Adults may tent in their personal
tents or a troop tent.
Food
- This is a Patrol cooking trip. Menus should be sent to Mr.
Michels, with a copy to Mr Boutilier, by 26 November
- If you need to complete a meal for PASS this is the LAST trip to
it on until March 2026!
- Special dietary restrictions: Special dietary restrictions:
If your son has special dietary restrictions you would like the patrol
to attempt to accommodate contact the Patrol Leader. PLEASE BRING
SPECIAL FOOD AS NEEDED.
- Bring money for lunch on Sunday
Adult Menu (Check back
closer to the trip)
Transportation
- Please register to drive using the Online Event Registration
Form.
- Use these driving directions to Dan Beard.The
route is 32 miles and will take about 52 minutes to drive.
- You should still complete the online registration process
if you are a Virtus approved driver and you are volunteering to drive
but don't plan to camp.
- The Troop's transportation coordinator may actively recruit parents
to drive to/from the camping location if we don't have sufficient
adult volunteers to drive. You may be asked to drive one or both ways.