T-399 Hornaday Unit Award Information

The following message is from Matt Love. Matt has agreed to take on the task of organizing the Troop for the Hornaday Unit Award. This is a big responsibility and he deserves our assistance and our thanks.
Congratulations Matt!

Dear Scout Parent:

The Patrol Leader Council has decided that Troop 399 wants to try for the
Hornaday Unit Award but our deadline is the end of October. I know it is
really short notice but we can do this!! We are working with the City of
Austin who has identified 3 special areas for our attention.

Three Scouts will speak at tomorrow night's meeting about the projects for the next 3 Saturdays - October 11, 18 & 25. They will explain what our Troop will be doing. The first part of the Challenge is to work the Tarrytown neighborhood to recruit homeowners to have their yards certified as Wildlife Habitats. The 2nd & 3rd Saturdays are workdays where we will be clearing land in 2 separate areas in Central Austin.

All we ask is that your son come and spend one hour of his weekend so we can earn this Award and our troop be recognized.

It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that we have HUGE participation for this
Challenge. This is where numbers really do count. We must have 60%
participation of enrolled Scouts. Enrolled Scouts includes Crew members and
all the older scouts who are working on their Eagle rank. That means we
must have 52 Scouts participate at any of the 3 dates. It only takes one
hour of your Scout's time to help the Troop achieve its goal of winning this
Award. We cannot double up on any one Scout's participation so we really
need you all to come out for this. Your Scout will earn service hours for his time on this project!!!

Troop 399 has always been a big supporter of the Hornaday Awards for individual Scouts but this is our first attempt at the Unit Award. Only 1
troop in all of Texas earned this Award last year. This is one of the
highest awards for a group in Scouting.

It would be an incredible honor for our Troop to earn this Award. Only one was awarded in Texas last year. Mr. Marshall was one of the first supporters of Hornaday at the Capital Area Council so this award means a lot to him. If he has helped your Scout achieve his goals during his time as a Scout, I hope you will strongly encourage your Scout to help the Troop achieve its goal in earning this Award to share with Mr. Marshall this year.


If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 329-5186 and either I or my parents can help you.

Thank you for your time.

Matt Love
Star Scout
Troop Quartermaster

"It is the mission of the Boy Scouts of America to serve others by helping them to install values in young people and, in other ways, to prepare them to make ethical choices over their lifetime in achieving their full potential.

The values we strive to install are based on those found in the Scout Oath and Law."