There will be a solar eclipse on April 8.  It will be a partial eclipse here, not total, but all Scouts are eligible to earn the Solar Eclipse patch, which would look very cool on your uniform.  It's easy and straightforward to earn it.  Here are the requirements:  https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2024/01/24/how-to-earn-the-bsa-total-s...

There are a number of changes to requirements for merit badges, effective January 1.  Some are minor, and some are quite significant.  Both Scouts and Counselors should review the changes.  At the botom of this link, there is a click-through to a .pdf file that has all of the changes : https://public.3.basecamp.com/p/k9SxecU1qxEsynDooTzzoTCH

Effective January 1, 2024, Scouts no longer have to wait three months between Eagle Palms. They have to earn five additional merit badges, and live by the Scout Oath and Law.

The Cyberchip has been phased out. Scouts should use the Personal Safety Awareness training for both Scout and Star ranks.  Here is the link to the new requirement: https://www.scouting.org/training/youth-protection/scouts-bsa/

Weather-Ready Nation Scouting Event

The following prayer of thanksgiving was written by the pastor of a church in our area in connection with a screening of the

documentary, "Out of Cordoba," which centers on the lives of Averroes, a Muslim geographer and mathematician, and Maimonides, a Jewish astronomer and physician.