Scouts may have an opportunity to earn the Religious Knot worn on their class A shirt when they complete one or more of the P.R.A.Y. programs which is age appropriate. The P.R.A.Y. program is not taught through BSA but is instead taught from a curriculum.lesson plan for a particular denomination but is then recognized by BSA as an accomplishment for Duty to God.

We're pleased to announce that Russ Haecker has been chosen as our new Troop Committee Chair. He will replace Alan Wilson who needs to step down to focus on his health. Russ will shadow Alan in the coming months to ensure a smooth transition. The Committee Chair is an essential position that keeps the Troop functioning with the behind the scenes paperwork of re-charter, Journey to Excellence, tracking of service project hours, injury and discipline reporting to Council, and monthly troop committee meetings. If you contact Alan in the next few months about troop business please copy Russ.

February 4th was the winter Court of Honor. Traditionally it's not as big as the CoH that follows summer camp, but that didn't mean there weren't a bunch of awards. Special thanks to April Hampton Perez and Martha Sullivan for coordinating another great evening of food and fellowship, and Marc Hammons and Robin Brown for managing all of the awards for the night. Here are some stats:

More to come about the trip to the Lexington soon from our scouts. In the meantime, here is a