Summer camp starts this Saturday, June 24th.

We will be meeting at the New England Congregational Church at 10:30am and will be packing the trailer at this time.

BSA requires scouts who participate in troop camp outs to have BSA medical forms on file with the troop. These forms must be updated yearly. You can find the forms on the website under "Links". There are 3 BSA medical forms. Forms A & B (form B has 2 pages) and form C.  Forms A & B  are needed for monthly scout camp outs. They can be completed by the scouts parent / guardian.  If a scout will be camping longer than 72 hours (Summer Camp or High Adventure), Form C will need to be completed by the scouts physician. School physical forms will not be accepted per BSA policy. Medical forms are good for one year using the date on the form. You can find your scouts medical form expiration dates on the website. Go to "Troop Roster" then "Scouts".  The dates will be listed under your scouts name. It can also be found on their Scoutbook account under "edit profile". Please make sure your scouts forms are up to date prior to summer camp. Scouts will not be allowed to attend CFL without all 3 current medical forms per BSA policy. Please turn in a current copy of your scouts insurance card along with the medical forms to Mrs. Kish.

Thank you to all those who came out to help Chris with his Eagle Project at the cemetery and braved the rain.  Your help and determination is greatly appreciated.

This is for all scouts and adults going to CFL for summer camp.  We will be having swim checks at the Vaugh Athletic Center (2121 W Indian Trail, Aurora, IL 60506) on Tuesday, May 23rd, from 6pm to 7pm.  Doing your swim check now will make it so you don't need to do it on the first day of summer camp in Lake Emrick.  Please bring some money ($7?) to cover the entry cost.

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome our new scouts and parents to Troop 3. If you are new to Troop 3 and have not received a user name and password to the Troop 3 website I do apologize. Please send me a quick email so I can get you registered. Thank you for your patience!

Scoutbook is up and running well. Thank you to all the parents and leaders who have accepted the Scoutbook invite. For those of you who are not familiar with Scoutbook, it is a web-based program owned by BSA and is used to track all advancements, merit badges, service hours, etc. The program is able to link with Scoutnet to download all previous achievements and leader training.  All leaders, committee members and parents registered to Troop 3 should have received an invite to Scoutbook. The invite includes a login to your account. Once you have logged in, you can invite your scout to join if he has a smart phone, mobile device or PC. You and your scout will be able to track all advancement activity and update any personal information as needed.  All scout access is parent controlled. All scout communication between leaders, merit badge councilors and other scouts will also be forwarded to you as the parent on the account.  You do not have to give your scout access to Scoutbook but we do need all parents to login so our leaders can add advancement requirements to your scouts account.