In the last few weeks before summer camp. Here is items that need to get attended to. Some are critical and will be show stoppers if we can not get them completed for the scouts.

1. Health and Medical Forms - All scouts must have on file with the troop Medical Forms they are updated annually. There are still several boys who's parents have not updated the medical forms. Please contact Glenn Beaupre (Troop Health and Safety Officer) if you have not updated your forms this year. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

New Medical Form

2. Summer Camp Faq's are online and can be found here.  SUMMER CAMP FAQ

3. Parents Night will be Friday, June 5th. You are welcome to come up and see what the boys are doing and watch the evening program with them. If you want to dine with the boys please notify Matt Jenkins by Wednesday June 3rd. The cost will be $5 per person who is visiting.

Driving Directions Map to Camp Woodruff

4. Camp Woodruff offers a unique experience for the boys with a White Water Rafting trips down the Nanatahala or the Ochoee Rivers. They are have Horseback Riding. Special Permission forms must be completed for the event your son is enrolled in. Please download the permission form and turn them on the day we leave for camp.

Nantahala Permission Form

Ocoee Permission Form

Horseback Permission Form

5. Prescription Medication forms for all medications your son may need to bring must have forms completed and sent with the boys in a sealed plastic bag.

Prescription Medication Dosing Form

6. Camp Woodruff General Equipment List - It is important to allow scouts the opportunity to pack and prepare for outtings it teaches them to be responsible and prepare themselves. However, summer camps are a bit different then our normal outtings. This list is a general guideline of what to bring to camp as materials.

General Equipment List

7. Additional Information can be found for your information on the Campsite Website at http://wsr.atlantabsacamp.org/

8. Current Schedules for each scout can be followed here. Merit Badge Schedule

9. Look for updates on the webpage. I will be going this year and I may be posting video's and photo's on the site for your pleasure.

Please contact one of the scoutmasters if there are any lingering questions. We will do all we can to help you get ready with your scouts.

 On May 11th 2009, Troop 994 gathered as has been customary to recognize the achievements of our scouts. The troop recognized and awarded the first rank of scouting to their newest members of the troop. Several boys advanced rank between Tenderfoot to Life scout.

They also awarded approxiately 60 Merit badges to scouts.

But this was a special Court of Honor and everybody knew it. You see over the years the troop has always left the last candle of our ceremony unlit. This last candle signifies the final rank of Eagle Scout. It is typically held during a special Eagle Court of Honor ceremony where recipient  is the highlight and his closest friends and advisors help recall that particular scouts path to Eagle.

On this night however, things were going to be different because of one very unique young man.

Micheal Poulos joined scouting as a youth and at the age of 17 he finally earned his Eagle Rank becoming the 40th Eagle that Troop 994 has produced. Micheal's story is a special story one that is filled with challenges and many highs and lows. Through it all he has been very steady in his processes and though many of the leaders wondered if he would ever make Eagle, we all saw a quality in this young man that was unique.

I first met Micheal when my own son crossed into the troop he was only 15 at the time but he possessed a high degree of knowledge in scout skills, particularly survival tatics and hunting skills. He knew so much about knives and the art of fire making that I had to be cautious of giving someone who was so knowledgable advice. 

Over the years, I saw in him something else. His compassion and deep desire to teach other kids the passion he possessed never failed. While other scouts grew up and sometimes forgot to come back and teach the younger children. Micheal was forever embedded into the troop's folk lore. It wasn't because he did something spectacular or supremely imaginative. Stories of Micheal are told by our young scouts because he came back many times to teach what he was so passionate about. In the eyes of the younger scouts Micheal has left an indelable mark one that will last for many their entire lives. He accomplished what many adult scout leaders hope to do, To make a difference in the life of a young man.

When Micheal was asked how he would like to have his ceremony held. he replied, "You know the scouts never get to see an Eagle Court of Honor till much later. I'd like to have my court of honor at the troops court of honor so that the scouts can see what the final goal looks like."

So, on this warm May evening the troop gathered and gave a loud standing ovation to our 40th Eagle Scout Micheal Poulos. Congradulations on becoming and Eagle and more importantly showing us what a true eagle scouts heart is.

Photo's of the entire event are now viewable in the troops photo gallery. You must have an account on our website to view the link to the Photo Gallery.