Frontier Girls Troop 377

April 1, 2024

IMPORTANT NEWS UPDATES: We will list our most important Troop news updates in this section. So please check back often for new notices, new information about upcoming events, or even reminders about upcoming events. Events from the region as well as those locally are listed further down on this page.

CUB-O-REE – April 6

CSP: ADOPT-A-STREET (TRASH PICKUP) – April 21

OUTDOOR PACK MEETING – April 25

PACK 141 / TROOP 377 NATURE HIKE – April 28

OUTDOOR PACK MEETING – May 23

PACK TROUT-O-REE – June 2

PACK MEETING:
This Pack meeting, our “Outdoor Meeting / Flag Retirement Ceremony” theme night, will be held outdoors. We have planned a campfire of sorts, some outdoor cooking, and our annual Flag Retirement Ceremony. Please bring your own foldup chairs for this meeting. Class A uniforms are required. Plan to come on April 25 at 7:00 p.m. for this exciting event.

ANNUAL PACK 141 CUB-O-REE 2024:
We will be having our Annual Pack 141 Cub-O-Ree on April 6, starting at 9:30 a.m. in the Church’s parking lot. We plan to offer a Bike Rodeo and Safety Class (bring your bikes and safety equipment), an Obstacle Course, a Knots and Ropes Class, a Seed Care and Planting Class, and an Outdoor Cooking Class, just to name a few. This is event that will cover many Cub Scouting Den Adventure requirements as well as some Frontier Girls Badge requirements. We also may extend the time, depending on the number of groups we get to help us with this event. So, help spread the word and make sure to invite your family and friends and have them to invite their friends. More information to come.

CSP: ADOPT-A-STREET PROGRAM:
Our Community Service Project (CSP): Adopt-A-Street Program will be held on Sunday, April 21, at 2:00 p.m.. Again, we will be collecting trash along the roadside in order to keep our little section of Christiansburg clean. This is part three of a four-part event. So wear your Class B uniform, bring your gloves, and let's get ready to do some community service. We will meet in the CES parking lot. There is no rain date set, so if the weather is bad, the event will be canceled and not rescheduled.

ANNUAL PACK NATURE HIKE:
We have scheduled a nature hike at Pandapas Pond for Sunday, April 28, from 3-5:00 p.m.. Please wear your Class B uniforms (T-shirts) for this event.

TROUT-O-REE:
This year, the Trout-O-Ree will be held at an old location, The Wall Brothers Farm off of Merrimac Road, just down the road from Cox’s Driving Range. The event has been re-scheduled for Sunday, June 2, from 1:00 p.m. until dark. This will be our annual FISH FRY. Remember if we don't catch fish, we won't eat. If you are interested in fileting fish, please bring your filet knife and a board to filet the fish on. If you would like to learn to filet fish, bring a filet knife and a board to filet fish on and we can teach you in a few short minutes. We will also have the usual, hush puppies, coleslaw, drinks, and such. This is a fish fry not a cookout.

UNIFORMS:
Just a reminder that Class A uniforms are required for all our frontiers and are to be worn in their entirety to all frontiering functions unless otherwise noted. For more information about Frontier Girls uniforms, see the “Uniforms” page under the “About” tab on the main menu bar. For those who have just joined, we understand that uniforms are shipped after the purchase and that there is a delay for some items to arrive. Please do not let you lack of not having a uniform prevent you from coming to any of our meetings, events, or functions. We do allow time for your delivery to arrive.

FAMILY OF SCOUTING PROGAM:
In case you did not know, Christiansburg Presbyterian Church (CPC) offers a Family of Scouting program that consist of Boy Scout Troop 141 (11-18 years old), Cub Scout Pack 141 (5-10 years old), and Frontier Girls Troop 377 (3-18 years old and mothers can play too). Most of you are aware of the BSA scouting programs, but what is Frontier Girls? Our Frontier Girls Troop 377 was started in January 2016 as an alternative scouting-type program for the highly active and spirited young girls who wanted to experience a program that mirrored one that many of their brothers, who had joined the BSA scouting program experienced. Because the “Frontier Girls” program itself permits a seamless integration with the local BSA programs, the program is the perfect complement to the existing BSA scouting programs already sponsored by CPC, but one that would cater specifically to the young girls in the community. If you have family members or friends that you think would be interested in any of our Family of Scouting programs, please share this information with them. We each have websites as well as Facebook pages. Should they have any questions, they can always contact us.

WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP:
It is “Not Too Late For Frontiering” and we could use your help spreading the word. If you know of a young girl who would benefit from the Frontiering program, please invite the entire family to our next Troop meeting or to our next Pack meeting.

This would a great way for them to see firsthand what the Frontiering program and our Troop are all about. Please share this information with your friends because they may know someone who could benefit from these great programs. If they have any questions before the meeting, please have them to contact our Troop Leadership. Once again, we thank you for your help.

WEBSITE UPDATES:
Welcome to our website. Our website team is diligently working to build a more user-friendly website that will grant access to information about our Troop as well as updates and news from our Troop. Most websites have what is referred to as “a site map,” which is very similar to the “table of content” one finds at the beginning of a book. This table of content lists the pages of the particular website with active links. This map is designed to help visitors to easily navigate through the website and help visitors easily find the exact content they are looking for on the website. While our site continues to be a “work-in-progress,” we believe this addition will be beneficial to all who visit. You can find our Site Map under the “About” tab on the main menu bar.

EVENTS FROM THE REGION:
For information on troop friendly events happening in the region.

NRV Macaroni Kid

GETTING TROOP ACTIVITY INFORMATION:
We have several means by which you can keep track of all the upcoming events in our Troop. Every month we will send out our Monthly News Update via email, highlighting the upcoming events for the month. We will post much of the same information on our website on our “Announcements” page under the “News” tab on the main menu bar. And we will post events weekly on our Facebook Page. We also have our Troop calendar on our website on our “Calendar” page under the “Schedules” tab on the main menu bar. And you can always see our latest, “The Troop Scoop Newsletter” on our “Newsletter” page under the “News” tab on the main menu bar.

Should you ever have a question, do not hesitate to contact any of the Troop leadership. We want you to be informed and we use these tools to keep you informed with the latest Troop information, events, and announcements. So, if you ever need information, we have several places available where you can find what you need. And if you cannot find it anywhere else, you can always contact our Troop Leadership or our Cubmaster.

EMAIL LIST UPDATE:
If you have a new email address or another address that you would like to add to our distribution list, please email the Troop Leadership the information and it will be included in our list serve. Please include the name to whom the address belongs and the scout’s name that the address is to be connected to.

TROOP IMAGES, PHOTOS, AND/OR PICTURES:
Images, photos, and/or pictures of our activities, which may include our frontiers and members of their family, are posted on our official Facebook Page. Please know that we do not practice “tagging” in the images, photos, and/or pictures that we post to any of our social media sites and we strongly discourage the practice for privacy reasons as well as an overall general security standpoint. Every effort has been made to completely disable this feature on the social media sites that we use so that others cannot “tag” anyone in any of our images, photos, and/or pictures, however we make no guarantees, either expressly or implied. If you, as a parent or guardian would like to “opt out” of having images, photos, and/or pictures of your daughter or any members of your family published/posted on either of social media sites, please submit a signed and dated written request to the Cubmaster stating,

“I do not grant Troop 377 or any of the organization’s registered leaders permission to publish/post any images, photos, and/or pictures on any Troop 377 social media sites that can clearly identify my daughter or any members of my family to the general public.”

PERSONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL FORM:
Every frontier in the Troop is required to have a Personal Health And Medical Form for 2023 - 2024 on file. Please make sure that you get one turn in to the Troop Leadership. For a copy of the form, click HERE.

OTHER REQUIRED FORMS:
If you are new to Frontier Girls, there are some required forms that each new member must complete and submit to the Troop leadership. Please do not submit these forms to the Frontier Girls organization, they are for the Troop use only. These forms are listed below and can be found under the “Forms/Guides” tab on the main menu bar.

Please print out the Troop Policy Form and keep it for your records.

Troop Policy Form

Optional: Please complete and submit to the Troop Leadership.

Parent / Family Talent Survey Sheet