On Sunday, May 20 from 4pm till 9pm, Chapter 5 of the Order of the Arrow will hold a fundraising dinner at Noodles and Company in Mechanicsville. Please bring the family and friends to Noodles for dinner anytime between 4 and 9. Mention the OA or Chapter 5 as you check out and the OA receives 25% of the proceeds. The funds raised are to purchase new headdresses for the ceremonial team. Please take a look at the attached flyer.

On Sunday May 20, 2012 from 1p - 4p anyone (family, friends, Boy Scouts, siblings, parents, military friends, fraternity brothers, alumni, classmates, anyone) is welcome to come and lend a hand sealing the benches of the amphitheater at Camp T. Brady Saunders with sealing stain and then screwing down new treated plywood on top of each amphitheater bench. Then we will sand and seal these new bench tops.

The 2013 National Scout Jamboree will be held at the Summit in West Virginia in July of 2013. Applications are now being accepted for participants in the Heart of Virginia Council’s eight contingent Troops. To be eligible to participate in this first of its kind Jamboree, scouts must (1) be at least 12 but under 18 years old on July 15, 2013. (2) be 1st class or above in rank and (3) have their scoutmaster's approval. The Heart of Virginia Council fee is $1200. Council payment plans are available.

The Troop's May outing will be a skills camp on May 11 / May 12. The Troop will head for Camp Douglas Fleet in Goochland for an overnight camp. The weekend's program will include woods tools, pioneering, fire building, cooking, first aid and more. All program items will be geared towards basic Tenderfoot through 1st class requirements. (Please review the roster below)

Attention those scouts working on Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge……we will meet on Saturday, May 5, 2012 @ 3:00 pm at the Atlee Branch Library: 9161 Atlee Rd # A, Mechanicsville, VA 23116…. (804) 559-0654. Please e-mail or call Daniel Pettyjohn – d.pettyjohn@vpia.com or (804) 387- 2231 if your son will attend, questions, etc.

We now have 27 youth and 6 adults signed up for summer camp at Camp Boddie. Troop 521 will be attending the camp July 8th through the 14th. If you have not signed up yet, there is still time! But that time is short. Please contact Mr. Pelletier ASAP.