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» Upcoming Troop events
2/9 Troop Meeting
2/13 Mock Klondike
2/14 Skiing at Winterplace
2/16 Troop Meeting
2/23 Troop Meeting with New Scouts & Committee Meeting
2/26 Klondike @ Camp Grimes
more upcoming events
 
Welcome!

Welcome to the Troop 51 website!  We use this site to communicate with our Scouts and their parents, as well as to show off some of the things we love doing, like camping and service projects.

We meet nearly every week at Cook`s Memorial Presbyterian Church, in Charlotte, NC.

Announcements
  • Historian finalizes a photo album: The Troop Historian has created a photo album on SnapFish and it is ready to be printed.  You can preview the photo album online while we wait for it to be produced. (You must have the Flash player version 10 to view the photo album.  If you do not have it installed, you will be prompted to install it.)
  • Trip Deposits: Several future trip deposits will be due on Tuesday, November 17 to coincide with our Court of Honor! Please bring your checkbook to pay deposits for the following:
    1. Powathan High Adventure Camp: June 20 – 26, 2010. Open to scouts ages 14 and older. Make your $40 check payable to Troop 51. Expect the overall cost to be $300+. More details to come. If you will not be at the Court of Honor, feel free to place your check in the treasurer’s envelope in Rowan Hall located on the bulletin board. Be sure to write Powathan in the memo line of your check. Non refundable!
    2. Camp Grimes: July 11 – 17, 2010. Open to all current (Pack 51) Webelo IIs and members of Troop 51. Make your $20 check payable to Troop 51. Overall cost is around $250. More details to come. If you will not be at the Court of Honor, feel free to place your check in the treasurer’s envelope in Rowan Hall located on the bulletin board. Be sure to write Camp Grimes in the memo line of your check. Non refundable!
    3. Trip Sign Ups: Sign up for the following trips on Tuesday, November 17th, the day of the Court of Honor:
          January Ski Trip to Winterplace
          February Ski Trip to Winterplace
      For more details, please contact Jillian R. at jruttkamp@richtravel.com or Kelly R. at kelly.randall@mecklenburgcountync.gov.  More information (costs; travel, etc.) will be available at the Court of Honor on Tuesday, November 17th. Families are welcome!!
  • Call for pictures!  If you have pictures from any of our recent trips (particularly from the August Court of Honor and the Senior Camporee), please share them with the troop.  Contact Eric Belongia for the password to upload the pictures to this site, or if you prefer, provide the pictures to Eric and he will upload them for you.
  • The latest troop calendar can be found in the Forms section (link at the top).
Updates In Process
While we are building this site, some links/content will not be "finished".  If you find a link that doesn't work (typically blue text with no underline), you can notify the webmaster, but chances are we simply haven't prepared the document yet.
Interested in Scouting?
Want to Help?
If you are interested in helping our Troop, please let us know.  We can always use the help and there are plenty of ways to participate.  Here are but a few examples:
  • Merit Badge Counselor (based on your interests)
  • Chaperon for outings/camping trips
  • Troop Committee
  • Assistant Scoutmaster
  • Advisor to Troop Leadership (ex. helping the Quartermaster)
  • Planning future trips/outings
  • Coordinating fund raisers
If you are interested in helping in any capacity, please come to a meeting and talk with our Scoutmaster, or to any member of the Troop Committee, or contact Eric Belongia.

Training
There are lots of opportunities for training and plenty of information available for self-guided learning.  We are going to try to provide some information on this site that we hope you find useful.  If you have suggestions for additional content, please let Eric Belongia know.

Photos
While we have some photos on this site, we invite you to send us links to more photos you may have stored online.  Please remember to avoid adding anyone's full name as a caption to the photos.  First names only!
  • Here are some pictures from a 2007 trip to the National Whitewater Center.