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We are affiliated with the Unitarian Church in the Park Cities. We meet Monday nights throughout the school year at the church starting at 7PM until ~8:15. In addition, we have monthly campouts ~ 7-9/yr.

Note there is a yearly fee to the BSA for your scout- currently $80; which happens every December (or from whenever you registered your scout). If you are a new scout there is also a $25 joining fee paid to the council.

We communicate both through an app called BAND (for phone and computer) and email. You will receive an invite to join BAND. Scouts, especially the older ones, are encouraged to join BAND as well so they can get notifications. Let me know if you want them to join or share your invite.

BAND is also where we have our monthly calendar, our photos and other useful information such as merit badge documents.

Uniforms can be purchased at Circle Ten. The scout shop is very helpful and will tell you exactly what you need. You will not need the numerals for the troop because we made our own. The shop is located at 8605 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75325. It is a great idea to use Velcro for attaching your ranks and troop position (easy to change them out). This is the website-

https://www.thegoosescache.com/index.php/scoutshirthookandloop/

Please purchase the Scout book & complete the Youth Protection Guide insert in the front with your child (this is REQUIRED!) This book is how the scout will keep track of all her achievements and where the scoutmaster(s) will sign off on achievements.

Adult participation is both welcome and encouraged- you can submit an adult application online through my.scouting.org (see link below) or give me a hard copy. Remember you can be registered in multiple troops without additional fees but you do need an application submitted for each unit to be official. Adult fee is $60/year which is paid to the council. You may attend campouts with your daughter but I need your YPT even if you do not submit an adult application (see below).

You can print the adult application here: https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/524-501.pdf

Youth Protection Training (YPT)- To do that make yourself an account on my.scouting.org and then you can take the course online. It takes about 72 mins and is valid for 2 years. It is a good idea to make sure you save a PDF of your YPT certificate because I need a copy to submit your application and at times we need to show the physical copy.

We will need BSA health forms for both participating adults and scouts that are going to attend council sponsored events- Parts A and B only. However if you are going to summer camp we need part C as well. Here is a link to download the form- https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/HealthSafety/pdf/680-001_ABC.pdf It is a great idea to fill out the PDF (will work in both preview and adobe acrobat) and then you can just update each year as necessary.

APPLY ONLINE - https://beascout.scouting.org/list/?zip=75225&program%5B0%5D=scoutsBSA&scoutsBSAFilter=GirlsOnly&miles=10&unitID=368171