Camporee.  April 4-6, 2008.

Spring Break 2008 - 50 Miler AT Hike.  March 23 - 28, 2008.  Link to All the Pictures.

Troop 57 Bridging.  March 15th.  Link to Pictures .

March 2008 Mulch Sale.  March 8th.  Location: GBPC.

Troop Leadership Training.   March 1st and 2nd.  Location: Camp Silver Beach.  LINK TO REST OF PICTURES.

2008 Caving.  February 22/23/24, 2008.  Link to more pictures .

February 2008 AT HIKE.   February 16 - 18.  Location:  Rockfish Gap to Doyles River Overlook.    LINK TO MORE PICTURES.

Fall Camporee.  October 2007.  LINK TO MORE PICTURES.

Troop 57 Uniform Note.

Note from the Committee Chairman on uniforms.  One way to keep everyone positive is to be consistent with our policy on uniforms for Monday's meeting.  In Little League baseball, umpires won't let kids play if they are not wearing the correct uniform shirt and they surely won't let them in the batter's box without a helmet.  The high school soccer coach won't let his players play on game day or at practice in Jeans.  In the Navy, sailors can't show up for work on the ship wearing flip flops with their utility uniforms or inspection blues.  Mr. Carroll, the Great Bridge High School band director, won't even let band members wear sunglasses when marching in competitions even on sunny days ...why? ...because sunglasses are not part of the required marching band uniform.  The same things apply to Scouts.  Being a scout requires wearing a uniform.  The boys in Troop 57, the Scouts of Troop 57, are required to wear full Class A uniforms to meetings on Monday.  So scouts "be prepared" and check your uniform a head of time to ensure that you have all the required parts including a scout belt, an approved neckerchief and scout socks.  We owe it to BSA to wear the uniform right. 

I wanted to put out a couple more important notes on uniforms for the boys.

1.  Flip flops are not authorized with Class A uniforms. 

2.  Scouts need to have scout socks with closed toe shoes or closed toe sandals like Keens at all times.

3.   Life Scouts are still required to be in full Class A uniforms for meetings and for running around getting signatures etc for their eagle project.  Yes ...even if you are coming from football practice or soccer practice or baseball practice and only need one signature. 

4.  A Neckerchief is a mandatory part of the scout class A uniform. 

5. A scout belt is mandatory part of the scout class A uniform.

For Parents: please don't allow your son to come to the meetings if they don't have scout socks, a scout belt or a neckerchief.  These three items were abused last year and we, the adult leadership, as well as the boy leadership allowed it.  We are going to make a concerted effort to work on this issue this year. 

If you want a Troop 57 Sweatshirt, a long sleeve T57 t-shirt, a T57 short sleeve t-shirt or a Troop cap - come to the next meeting.

* Troop 57 Fleece Sweatshirts.  New Fleece Sweatshirts are available.  Perfect for Spring weather and perfect for hiking. Get them at the next meeting.

* New Troop 57 T-Shirts.      New shirts are available including long sleeve t-shirts.  Come to the next meeting and pick one up.

* Troop 57 Hats.      Hats are low profile, stretch fit.   ...pick one up at the next meeting.

  We have two size Large/Extra Large (L/XL) and Small/Medium (S/M) ...note these are stretch fit hats.

* Check out these pants.  T57 highly encourages scouts to try out the new class A pants available from BSA.  They are not cotton, they can be used on campouts and hikes.  They have zip off legs so they double as shorts.  These pants are great and can actullay be used by our scouts at BSA functions. Pants are available at the Tidewater Council Scout Store.