2022 - 2023 Goals for Troop 497

Membership Goals

• Minimum 85 active scouts in the troop

Attendance Goal

• 60 percent attendance overall for scouts going on camping trips
• 50 percent attendance on a patrol basis for each patrol camping

Communication Goal

• Weekly tracking to determine if at least 75% of the scouts received their weekly call.

2022-2023 Monthly Program

Month	Monthly Theme	Camping Trip	Camping Activity	Special Troop Meeting
September 2022	Reorg	Assateague Island State Park	Beach fun/New Boys	Parent Meeting
October	Advanced Cooking	Calvert Cliffs	Cooking Competition	Court of Honor
November	Backpacking	Appalachian Trail	Backpacking	Thanksgiving
December	Are you better than a senior	Dan Beard Broad Creek	Senior Surprise	Christmas Party
January 2023	Aviation	Rodney Scout Reservation	Geocaching	SPL & PL Elections
February	Advanced Knots & Lashings	Camp Horseshoe	Patrol Olympics	Open House
March	Hiking Biking	Gettysburg	Historic Hike/Bike
April	Camp Skills	Camporee	Camporee	Movie Night
May	Aquatics	Canoeing	Canoeing
June	Home Skills & Repair	Water Weekend	Water Sports
July	Summer Camp Preparation	Colorado - Ben Delatour	Summer Camp	Check-in Night
August
September 2023	Reorg	Assateague Island State Park	Beach fun/New Boys	Parent Meeting
October	Wild Survival / Bushcraft	Old Rag	Hiking?	Court of Honor
November	Backpacking	Appalachian Trail	Backpacking	Thanksgiving
December	Careers	Elk Neck Sate Park	Senior Surprise	Christmas Party
January		Running Bear
February		Conowego

Revised 16 December 2022. The program is preliminary until all reservations have been made. Check back for updates throughout the year. The events page will list confirmed reservations.