Did you ever want to find out more about the medical field?  Now is your opportunity!  We will be meeting at the BSA Offices located at 8605 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, Texas 75235 on August 18^th.  The meeting will start at 7 pm and be conducted by Mrs. Balanciere.  There will be a variety of physicians who will come to discuss their field of expertise.  Please sign up on the website if you plan on attending and print out the medicine merit badge worksheet. 

Please bring your completed personal fitness merit badge paperwork to the July 28th meeting and be prepared to discuss with Mr. Baum.  After the meeting opening we will be conducting the mile run before it gets too dark. While the participating scouts are running, Mr. Baum will review the personal fitness merit badge paperwork.  Any scouts with incomplete paperwork will not be allowed to continue the final test.  After the run is completed, we will move back indoors to complete the test.  Remember to sign up on the website so that we know how many scouts plan on being there.

THE BSA MUSEUM HAS POSTED SEPTEMBER MERIT BADGES OPPORTUNITIES.  THEY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:  Cooking,  Environmental Science, Family Life, Personal Management, Traffic Safety, Radio,  American Cultures, Movie Making, Photography, Public Speaking, and Genealogy.

Sons of the American Revolution Eagle Scout Scholarship

Open to all Eagle Scouts who are currently registered in an active unit and have notreached their 19th birthday during the year of application (the application year is thecalendar year, January 1 to December 31). The year that the Eagle was awarded is notrestricted. College plans do not need to be completed in order to receive the scholarship.

I wanted to make sure that all Scouts know of the potential College / University Scholarship Opportunities.  It is my hope to identify potential scholarship opportunities and post them to the website.  The following link will identify current potential Boy Scout / venture scholarship opportunities: http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/210-033_WB.pdf.  If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Crank. 

Commander Brown with Post 53 indicated that they were preparing to conduct the 2014 / 2015 Oratorical Scholarship. Basically each applicant must prepare and deliver a 3 to 5 minute speech on Constitutional Amendments 5, 6 8, or 19.  More Information can be found at: http://www.legion.org/oratorical/rules