Frontier Girls Troop 377

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Happy New Year to the Frontier Girls Troop 377 and Cub Scout Pack 141 family. We pray that each of you will have a wonderful and blessed start to the New Year and that your blessings will continue throughout the entire year. As always, remember to always give thanks. Let’s get ready for an exciting second half to our Frontiering and Scouting year. Blessings.

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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.

NEW YEAR'S DAY – January 1

FRONTIER GIRLS BIRTHDAY – January 19

CSP: ADOPT-A-STREET PROGRAM – January 19

PINEWOOD DERBY CAR SHOP – February 1

FAMILY OF SCOUTING SUNDAY – February 2

PINEWOOD DERBY CAR SHOP – February 8

RED, WHITE, BLUE, AND GOLD BANQUET:
It is that time of the year again. It is time for our annual “Red, White, Blue, and Gold Banquet,” which is scheduled for Thursday, January 23 at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall at the Church. This is a family event and all members of FG Troop 377 and CS Pack 141 are invited to attend. We ask that all who plan to attend bring their favorite family vegetable dish, side dish, or salad as this is a potluck style affair. Please note the event starts at 6:30 p.m., so please mark your calendars accordingly. We look forward to seeing you all at the event.

TROOP DUES:
It is time for us to start collecting dues. You may pay your dues at any Troop or Pack meeting. Dues are $25.00 for Penguins (ages 3-5), Otters (grades K-2), Dolphins (grades 3-5) and $30.00 for Butterflies (grades 6-8), Eagles (grades 9-12), and Owls (adult participants) per Frontiering year. There is a $5.00 discount per Frontier Girls / Cub Scout for families with more than one frontier or scout in in these two Family of Scouting programs. Please make checks payable to Troop 377. If for some reason you have an issue in paying your dues, please get with the Troop Leadership or the Troop Committee so that some arrangements can be made. If you have any questions about your dues, do not hesitate to contact the Troop Committee.

CSP: ADOPT-A-STREET PROGRAM:
It is that time again. On Sunday, January 19 at 2:00 p.m., we will meet in the CES parking lot for one of our four-scheduled Community Service Projects (CSP). We participate in the Adopt-A-Street Program and have promised to keep our little section of Christiansburg clean by picking up trash along the roadside. So wear your Class B uniform, bring your gloves, and let's get ready to do some community service. Also, bring your swimming attire as we plan to go to the Aquatic Center for a dip in the pool after our community service event. Each family will be responsible for admission into the Aquatic Center. If the weather is bad (raining, snowing, ice on the ground, etc.), the event will be canceled and will not be rescheduled. Regardless, we will still plan to go to the pool.

PINEWOOD DERBY RACE:
The derby is quickly approaching. We hope to have the cars by January 17 so they can be distributed at the Red, White, Blue, and Gold Banquet. If your daughter’s dues are not paid or she is “Not In Good Standing,” she will not receive a car nor will one be purchased for her. If any parents or siblings plan to race in the Family race and you want the Pack to pick up a car for you, please contact the Cubmaster with the total number of cars you would like him to pick up for you prior to the above date. The cost of the cars is about $4.50. Whenever you pay, please make sure your name is written down so you can receive the proper credit for your purchase. Click HERE to see a copy of our Pack Pinewood Derby rules.

FAMILY OF SCOUTING SUNDAY:
Family Of Scouting Sunday service will be held on Sunday, February 2 at CPC. We will meet in the rear parking lot of the Church at 10:15 a.m. and do not forget to wear your uniforms. Let us try to fill the church. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend this event. Also, the following week is Scout Week where all scouts who belong to the Boy Scouts of America wear their uniforms to school during the week. Also, February 20 is Frontier Girls Leader Appreciation Day when all frontiers are encouraged to wear their uniforms to school and about for the day. Both of these events would be great recruiting opportunities.

FEBRUARY PACK MEETING:
This is a reminder that our Pack meeting for this month will be held on February 27. The meeting will start at 7:00 p.m. and will feature our Duty To God theme. We have an exciting guest speaker and an awesome program planned for the night, so mark your calendars and make plans to come out for what promises to be an electrifying evening.

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 of up to three weeks on some items. 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.

TROOP CLASS B UNIFORMS (T-SHIRTS AND HOODIES):
Shirts have been ordered. We hope to have them ready for our January Pack meeting.

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.

INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY:
It is time for bad weather to come. Just remember that all Frontiering/Scouting functions are canceled if the weather does not support the activity. If school is canceled the day of a den meeting or Pack meeting, so will that meeting be canceled. Because of the planning involved in the Red, White, Blue and Gold Banquet and the Pinewood Derby, they will not be canceled except for extreme bad weather.

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:
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