Please see the troop website or the weekly EBlast newsletters for details.

Troop Elections (Apr 28)
___* ASAP  ||  study the Scout Positions of Responsibilities (PORs) and Elections overview briefing   [ LINK ]
___* 4/27 Sun 12 PM  ||  complete POR survey (sign up for POR preferences)   [ LINK ]

Summer Camp 2025 - Actions + Preparations   [ LINK ]
___* ASAP  ||  schedule medical exam appointments
___* NOW  ||   work to complete merit badge pre-requirements
___* 4/27 Sun  ||  final payment due  [ LINK ]
___* TBD Sunrise-Sunset programs preferences
___* all other actions + preparations on website @ link above

Northern Tier 2025 - Actions + Preparations   [ LINK ]
___* NOW  ||  medical exams / fitness / knowledge training / passports
___* NOW  ||  personal gear + equipment assembling
___* 4/30 Wed  ||  airfare reimbursement due
___* all other actions + preparations on website @ link above

May 3 Service Project   [ LINK ]
___* 5/2 Fri  ||  registration / payment due

May16-18 Campout   [ LINK PENDING ]
___* 5/11 Sun  ||  registration / payment due

2025 Troop Fees   [ SEE 4/29 EBLAST ]
___* 5/20 Sun  ||   payment due

Annual Medical Forms / Physicals (Summer Camp, Northern Tier, NYLT, NAYLE)
___* ASAP  ||  schedule exam appointments  (FCPS school sports physicals need to be dated 5/1 or later)
___* 6/2 troop meeting or 6/11 Court of Honor  ||  medical forms due (plus summer camp Dietary Restriction forms)

Thank you to the parents and Scouts who volunteered their time and effort to help Troop1344's annual fundraiser, spreading mulch (March 16, 22, 23).

This is the 3rd straight year where the troop has earned around or over $4,000 per year.  Special congratulations goes to the hard working top earning Scouts in the troop.  50% of the earnings for each house goes directly to the Scout Account for those Scouts who volunteered.

Top Earning Scouts Congratulations ($100 or More):
- Ryder Brown
- Carter Davis ** (more than $160)
- Peyton Fu ** (more than $160)
- Thomas Hughes
- Mitch Mrskos ** (more than $160)
- Luke Nobles
- Paxton Powell
- Jamie Ridgway
- Jackson Warner

* Order of the Arrow (OA) Ordeal - Newly Inducted Arrowman Mitch Mrskos (3/29)

* Eagle Scout Ceremony - Grayson Gilliland (3/27)   [ PHOTOS LINK ]

* March Campout (Service @ Snyder  |  3/14-16)  [ PHOTOS LINK ]

* Scout Night at W. Springfield Police Station (2/26)   [ PHOTOS LINK ]

* Merit Badge Weekend (Cabining @ Snyder  |  2/14-16)  [ PHOTOS LINK ] 

* Hails and Farewells   [ PHOTOS LINK ]

___-- Hails:  5 New Scouts and Families:
_______** Gabriel Coleman.  |  Jayson Curran   |  Zac Fanick  |  Nate Jennings  |  Liam Poston

___-- Farewells:
_______** Scout Eric Boglarski (age out)
_______** ASM Josh Haynes (temp farewell - 6 months overseas work until October)

Pants:  youth 16  ||  66% cotton / 43% nylon
Class A Shirt (short sleeve button-up):  youth XLrge  ||  54% cotton  ||  43% polyester
Contact:  CC Ken Fu if interested

You can automatically sync the troop website's calendar with your personal electronic calendar (Google/Android, Apple, Yahoo, Windows/Hotmail, Outlook).  As events are added/deleted/changed on the troop website, your personal electronic calendar will be automatically updated.

Click on the [ CALENDAR SYNC ] link on the website's upper left corner.

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) officially changed its name to "Scouting America" (SA) on February 8, the organization's 115th anniversary.  The name change better reflects the current organization that consists of:

1.  Cub Scouts (K-5)   [ girls joined in 2018 with all-girl DENS under mixed-packs or all-girl PACKS ]

2.  Scouts BSA (11-17)   [ girls joined in in 2019 with all-girl TROOPS ]

___*  Troop 1344 is formally titled "Scouts BSA Troop 1344B" [B for boy troop]
___*  "Scouts BSA" was formerly known as "Boy Scouts" until 2018

3.  Venturing (14-20)   [ girls have always been welcome in mixed-gender CREWS ]

4.  Sea Scouts (14-20)   [ girls have always been welcome in mixed gender SHIPS ]

This year's 115th anniversary will lead into Troop 1344's 20th anniversary on Veterans Day, November 11, 2025.  We will announce details of our 20th commemoration efforts this summer.