A Message from Leslie Benitez, Volunteer Coordinator:

T399 Parents:

Parents are leaders in every Troop. Leaders = Parents. Whether you have a specific title or a parent that helps out; we would like to encourage T399 parents to become better trained. Our Scouts benefit from more parents having the training necessary. And you already know the percentage of parent participation of Scouts that become Eagle Scouts ... 95% of Eagle-ranked Scouts had active parents. Leaders = Parents = Eagle Scouts.

Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting said, "Every Scout deserves trained leaders."

The Capital Area Council (CAC) is offering a day of training at the University of Scouting at St. Edwards University. There are 172 different classes offered and each class lasts one hour. Please consider taking a day and doing this for our Troop. We want our Scouts to have the best possible experience and this requires parents to become involved.

Quote from the CAC:
"There is Something for Every Volunteer at the University of Scouting. This is a first for our Council. January 24 the Council is putting on a day of Scouting program ideas with more than 400 course offerings called the University of Scouting for all Scout volunteers, conveniently located at St. Edwards University in South Austin.

Take a minute to look through some of these course guides for lots of interesting sessions. Please use this opportunity to find something new to take back to your program. There are courses in here that would be of interest to any Pack, Troop or Crew parent."

Information concerning this event is located at the Capital Area Council Website: http://www.bsacac.org/Training/university_of_scouting.php.