Last week the troop held its annual Order of the Arrow nominating elections. Congratulations to Jeremy Hemingway, Dillon McGee, Mike McGee, Daniel McKeen, Dan Turnbull, and Ben Weaver for being selected as candidates. The next step in becoming full Order members is for these candidates to participate in an Ordeal Induction weekend.

The US Mint is producing a limited edition commemorative silver dollar honoring the Boy Scouts of America. The US Mint is now taking orders at a special introductory price. See http://scouting.org/100years/100years/CommemorativeCoin.aspx for more information.

National Arbor Day: District Re-Tree-It project - a celebration of 100 years of Scouting in our communities - and a symbol for the next century. The central event involves each participating unit to plant one or more American elm trees, but the potential is for much more.

Centennial Patriot Muster is coming! See http://www.westfordminutecub.com/ for all the details. This is a multi-day event on June 12th and 13th. We

Scouts interested in completing the leatherwork merit badge can start working on it during this weekend's bicycle trip. requirements for this badge can be seen at http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Leatherwork.

Its cross-over time and Troop 437 is happy to be receiving many new scouts into our troop!

For our existing families - please take a moment to welcome our new troop members when you have the chance.