Next Monday is a Merit Badge Monday!

March 20th, 7:00pm - 8:30pm at the McKeen home

If you are ready to meet with your merit badge counselor to finish up requirements on a merit badge you started talk with them about meeting on Monday evening.

If you want to start a new merit badge talk to the Scoutmaster and we will see if a session can be held.

As some wise person once said...no well layed plan survives contact with...the School calendar, or the Council calendar, or even the weather.

So once again we have a few updates to the calendar due to conflicts and weather

• The Winter Court of Honor is now scheduled for March 2nd
• The New York Trip has been moved to March 31st - April 2nd
• The April Pawtuckaway trip has been removed from the calendar
• A new Indoor rock climbing trip has been scheduled for March 3rd/4th

We will be getting a good dose of snow just in time for our Winter Camping trip.  There is still time to sign-up!  If you want to go please send e-mail to Mr. Laushine or Mr. McKeen letting them know.

Yes we have a cabin in case you don't want to sleep outside!

Remember to bring you sleds!

The February trip for Troop 437 is a winter survival trip at Camp Resolute located in Bolton, MA. We will be camping at the Mohawk leanto camp site.  We will meet on Saturday afternoon at our campsite and set up camp, cook dinner. Scouts will build shelters to “sleep outdoors” if they desire. Sledding, Skiing and Snow shoeing will also take place weather permitting. Sunday morning we will eat breakfast and depart the site at approximately 9:00am 

All scouts must be prepared for cold weather.  See some tips at our website (http://www.westfordtroop437.us/node/1328).

Northern Tier is the Boy Scouts of America’s gateway to adventure in the Great Northwoods. In the Summer, scouts from Northern Tier’s three wilderness canoe bases explore millions of acres of pristine lakes, meandering rivers, dense forests and wetlands in Northern Minnesota, Northwest Ontario and Northeast Manitoba.

Troop 159 has 4 spots available for scouts to join T159 on their trip to Northern Tier this summer.  The trip is scheduled for Saturday, August 5, 2017 -  August 12, 2017.  The estimated cost is $1,800.

Please talk the Scoutmaster for contact information if you would like to get more information.   Troop 159 like to scouts to join the Northern Tier planning process as soon as possible.  In addition, flights need to be booked soon.

Troop 437 will be returning to the BSA Sea Base High Adventure camp in the summer of 2018!  If you like water, sun and fun you will not want to miss this high adventure!

Sign-ups are now open for this trip and will close on January 19th.  Space on this trip is limited so sign-up early.

For more information check out the FAQ document.  To sign-up print the Sign-up form and turn it into the Scoutmaster or the trip planners.

The January trip for Troop 437 is a skiing or snowboarding at Gunstock Ski Area in Gilford,  NH.  Please visit their website http://www.gunstock.com/ for more details and directions. Gunstock has 8 lifts and 55 trails and skiing for all levels.  On Friday evening, we are staying at the Gilford Youth Center, 19 Potter Hill Rd, Gilford, NH.  http://www.gilfordyouthcenter.com/   The GYC has a gymnasium and game room (ping-pong, foosball, Wii) that will be available to us on Friday night.

Sign-ups are due January 12th.