If your scout has been working on his personal fitness merit badge requirements, please mark your calendars for Saturday, July 16 at 8am.  We will have a meeting at Riverside Presbyterian Church  to have a final assessment of each scouts’ fitness which includes the timed mile run, flexibility, strength and BMI.  The merit badge requires improvement on each of these measurements, and we will compare from the results we measured at troop meetings over the spring.  Other requirements to be completed include the following:

• The scout’s 90 day exercise log.  Scouts should record all physical activity including sports practices & games, individual conditioning plans, and of course any hikes or biking / kayaking / canoeing a scout has participated in with the troop.
• A completed merit badge worksheet.  The scouts will work through the non-exercise requirements with the merit badge counselors during this meeting.  Note that one of the requirements is to have a scout have a physical exam from a physician, and all scouts going to Tesomas must complete this by July 1.

We expect the meeting will last until 11:00am.  If your scout cannot make this meeting, we will look to schedule another meeting in August before the start of school.  We will bring BSA blue cards to this meeting, so your scout does not need to obtain one in advance.  Please email , stlanken@yahoo.com, jiminov@hotmail.com, or hdrubio@gmail.com with any questions.