Troop Calendar 2010

(Troop meets every Monday.  Meetings will be cancelled whenever schools are closed due to inclement weather.  Meetings will be held on Monday holidays unless they are specifically cancelled by the Troop Committee.)

• June 14 - Troop Meeting, summer camp orientation for Scouts and families, knots / lashings
• June 21 - Youth Protection Training, Boards of Review
• June 28 - Troop Meeting, Boxwell planning, rules for Water Carnival, review knots / lashings, poisonous plants
   
•  July 5 – Troop Meeting – (This meeting will be cancelled if everyone is prepared for summer camp by the end of the June 28 meeting)
• July 9 - Eagle Court of Honor for Jordan Gray (tentative)
• July 11-17 - Troop 521 at Boxwell Reservation for summer camp
• July 18-24 - NYLT Course at Boxwell Reservation
• July 19 - Troop Meeting, Boards of Review, Grimes 25-miler sign-up due
• July 22 - August 4 - Middle Tennessee Contingent at the National Scouting Jamboree
• July 26 - Troop Meeting, Guest Speaker for 1st  Class requirement #5.
   
• August 9 - Troop Meeting, Orientation to canoeing, planning for canoe trip, personal equipment lists available to Scouts and their families, transportation arrangements to be completed
• August 16 - Troop Meeting, Boards of Review, Safety Afloat training, First Aid (training and review prior to canoe trip), final briefing and meal planning for canoe trip, permission slips due for canoe trip
• August 20-22 - Grimes Canoe Base - 25-mile canoe trip (Scouts who have not canoed before will have the option of doing either a shorter segment or only one of the two days of the trip)
• August 23 - Troop Meeting, Boards of Review
• August 30 - Court of Honor
   
• September 11 - Popcorn "show and sell" pickup.  T521 participates in the Middle Tennessee Council popcorn sales to support the troop and Scouting in middle Tennessee.  T521 does the "show and sell" option which requires that we sell from tables set up in front of local stores rather than asking our Scouts to sell door-to-door.  Scouts are welcome to "pre-sell" to their families and friends in addition to doing the sales with the Troop
• September 12 - Clarksville Riverfest Regatta, cardboard boat race
   
• October 1-2 - Grimes Canoe Race (Scouts and adults race in the Junior 11-14, Senior 14-18, or adult divisions, course is 7 miles, T521 has won at least one award in every race held to date)
• October 7 - Middle Tennessee Council 100th Anniversary Jamboree at the Wilson County Fairgrounds
• [Merit Badge University is typically held in mid-October at Austin Peay State University.  No date for the event has been set at this time.]
• October 29 - "Show and Sell" Popcorn sales ends. 

All completed merit badge applications must be submitted to the Advancement Chair at least one week before a Court of Honor in order to be awarded and recognized at the Court.  All rank requirements must be completed, approved, and signed off in the Scout's handbook and the Patrol Advancement Book at least 1 week before a Scout can appear before a Board of Review.