Join us for Whirlyball in our last meeting for 2024.

Come ride the bumper cars while shooting hoops with TrackBalls.

Date: 12/16/2024

Time: 7:00 - 8:45 PM

Cost: $20 Bring the money with you to pay at check-in.

Location: WhirlyBall LaserWhirld of HEB

Address: 147 E Harwood Rd, Hurst, TX 76054

Whirlyball Phone: (682) 235-1030

To all scouts and parents of Troop 928, 

If you have not already renewed for 2025, please make your payment as soon as possible to the troop for your son and yourself for recharter by Monday, Dec 23rd through the Troop 928 website.

Scout dues are $250 for returning Scouts in 2025 (January-December). This includes $85 for national dues, $12 for district/council fees, $15 for Boys Life subscription, plus $153 for troop funds to cover awards, gear and other troop expenses.

Adult dues are $102 (January-December). This includes $65 for national dues and $12 for district/council fees and $25 for troop funds.

The payment method is through the troop website using PayPal or Zelle. 

Scouts = $250

Adults = $102

PayPal account: t928treasurer@yahoo.com

Zelle account: t928treasurer@yahoo.com

If you would like to pay using a check, please reach out to Kevin O’Donnell (Troop Treasurer) odonnellkevina@outlook.com

Longhorn Council is changing adult youth protection training (YPT) expiration dates and re-aligning it to recharter dates. Please make sure your YPT training has an expiration date sometime in 2026.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.

Jeff Lee

membership@troop928.org 

The Patrol Leaders Council has developed the activity Calendar for our monthly campouts.  Please save the dates.  Details for each will be provided once confirmed, 

January 18-19 Lexington Campout
February 14-16 Tarleton State Merit Badge Seminar
March 7-9 Target Sports Campout
April 11-13 Rock Climbing or Fishing Campout
May 2-4 Caving Campout and earn Geology Merit Badge

Please sign up by Dec 18th.
Attention all Scouts who are interested in earning the Electronics merit badge! Mr. Charron and Mr. Spooner will be leading three sessions teaching all requirements to earn the merit badge. If interested, please sign up on the troop website and see the instructions below. We look forward to seeing you there!
Electronics Merit Badge
Print out and bring to all session:
http://usscouts.org/mb/worksheets/Electronics.pdf

All classes are in room 3204 (2nd floor) in the adult education building at Whites Chapel Methodist Church
Class One: Requirements 1, 2, 5 - Duration 2 hours: January 4th 2pm to 4pm
Topics: Safety, Schematics, test equipment and Ohms Law

Class Two: Requirements 3, 4 - Duration 2 hours: January 11th 2pm to 4pm
Digital Circuits, Binary and Soldering

Class Three: Requirement 4, 6 - Duration 2 hours: February 1st 2pm to 4pm
Project soldering / assembly and Career Opportunities
Each scout must purchase on their own an electronics DIY kit of their choice.
Do not get one that is too complicated. Plenty of choices under $20. Must require soldering to qualify.

Do it yourself electronics kits on Amazon:
Bluetooth Speaker - Science Experiment Electronics Kit $16.99 search B0CNPGL3TT
Mini Tesla Coil Kit 15W $9.95 search B0CYM7PL4D
Game Kit Retro Classic $19.99 search B094QRRHC2
DIY Digital Clock Kit $13.59 search B09MN6JCMC
Kits also on https://electronicsmb.com/

Start: Jan 18, 2024 - 9:00am
End: Jan 20, 2024 - 4:00pm

Event Details:

The Alamo, Sea World and the USS Lexington!!!

January’s campout is going to take us to three different great locations. The first stop on Saturday will be at the Alamo where we will have a couple of hours to tour the Alamo and The Ralston Family Collections Center inside The Alamo and learn about its history and see the large collection of artifacts. The second stop will be Sea World where we will take a nighttime behind the scenes tour of the park and sleep in the dorm rooms.  After eating breakfast on Sunday, we will feed the Stingrays and Seals see the Dolphins and then travel to Corpus Christi and board the USS Lexington. Once onboard we will be able to tour the ship, see a 3D movie about its history. After dinner there will be a Patriotic Flag Ceremony with a tribute to all the armed forces and a historical scavenger hunt competition. We will spend the night in the crew bunks. Monday morning starts with breakfast and then morning colors. We will then disembark the USS Lexington and make the long drive back to Southlake. This is a great 3-day 2-night trip that will take place during the 3-day weekend/ Martin Luther King holiday.

Currently we are limited to 30 boys and 10 adults for the trip so if you want to go, please sign up ASAP. If more than 30 boys sign up there will be a wait list and the priority will shift to boys that will age out before the next time we go in 2027 as we have not been able to make this trip since the Covid lockdown. If we exceed the maximum numbers on sign up every effort will be made to increase our allotment at Sea World and The USS Lexington.

Reminder, Jeff Lee sent this out on email Thursday Nov 14.

To all scouts and parents of Troop 928,

The time has come to renew membership and recharter for 2025. BSA has recently changed this process. You may need to take some action, so please read this email carefully. We are attempting to make this process as simple as possible for everyone.

Step 1) For Everyone:

Please verify your information on the attached spreadsheet (attachment at bottom of this message) from the Troop website roster. If there is anything that needs to be changed or added, please reply to this email with that information.

Step 2) If column G is highlighted in Green for your name:

You need to renew your YPT training ASAP so that it shows expiration sometime in 2026.

Step 3) If there is no column highlighted for your name:

You do not need to take any further action. You will renew at some point next year. We will reach out to you in the month of your renewal with instructions. Please DO NOT act on renewal emails from BSA. This will complicate the process.  

 Step 4) If column N is highlighted in Blue for your name, please reply to this email with the following information:

            A) Please confirm if you will be with Troop 928 in 2025

            B) Please confirm if you want Scout Life magazine

            C) Please make the following payment to the Troop by Nov 30 via PayPal or Zelle