Boy Scout Troop 631, College Park GA

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Welcome!

Welcome to the Woodward Academy Troop 631 United website! We welcome young men and women Grade 6 to age 18 to join our Team delivering the Scouting America program. (We also invite Fifth Graders after March 1 of Fifth Grade Year -- before that date, Fifth Grade boys and girls should join our affiliated Cub Scout Pack 631.)

For an overview of Scouting, watch this video. Or this one. For contact information, please see About Us and How to Join on the menu bar on the left side of the page. Interested in Joining? You can contact the Scoutmaster or Troop Committee Chair. In a Scouts BSA Troop, recognition is gained through leadership in the troop, attending and participating in its activities, living the ideals of Scouting, and proficiency in activities related to outdoor life, useful skills, and career exploration. The methods of Scouting are Living the Ideals (like the Scout Oath and Law), Working and Leading in Patrols, Outdoor Programs, Advancement, Association with Adults, Personal Growth, Leadership Development and the Uniform, and each is important. See our Troop Operating Manual for How We Scout in Troop 631.

Once you Login, you can access calendar information among other benefits. Troop events for the 2025-26 program year will include a Rafting Day in August, a September Rock Climbing Campout, October Campout with Backpacking, Chattahoochee Bend Campout in November, Orienteering Campout in December, Cave Exploration Campout in January, and more monthly Campouts and day events, skills sessions, Community Service and more. Many photos at this photo site. Also at our Facebook Page.

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Register for Troop Activities

Posted on Aug 27 2025 - 5:06pm

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This is an invitation to sign up for Troop 631 events. If you've decided NOT to do Scouts with Troop 631 and want off these emails, just send an email to webmaster@atlanta631.mytroop.us and we'll take you off. But read on for more ...

Selected events upcoming include (click links for more information - need a login reminder? email webmaster@atlanta631.mytroop.us) -- we need your RSVP -- Yes, No, or "Maybe" - to confirm whether it is worthwhile to complete the event plan – stated another way, Troop Leaders need to see if enough Scouts want to go and that’s why we have Event Registration (to see if anyone wants to go) and that's why YOU need to Register either Yes, No, or "Maybe". More in the Troop Program Elements section of the Troop Operating Manual:

2025-26 Youth Local Registration and Troop Dues (Dues Amount is set at $65 by Zelle (or check) or $68 by PayPal)

Raft and Zipline Campout August 22-24

Troop Meeting August 28, 6:00 at the Middle School Cafeteria

Adult Leader Outdoor Skills Training (IOLS) September 13-14 - Tim and Wendy plan to go! Join them and be smarter than your Scout (maybe). There may be a full Troop Campout this weekend too.

New! Red Top Mountain Campout September 12-14

Climbing Campout September 26-28

Backpacking Campout October 10-12

New! NASCAR Talladega Campout October 17-19

Chattahoochee Bend Campout November 14-16

Compass Campout December 5-7 and NAVO Orienteering Challenge

Caving Campout January 17-19

Sweetwater Creek Campout February 20-22 and Crossover of Fifth Grade Scouts February 21

FDR State Park Cabin Camping March 20-22

For Planning for High Adventure and Campouts, Register for these "Idea Groups" which can share by email, meet over Zoom or IRL, and develop ideas for Backpacking, Cycling, Canoeing, Ocean and Wild Water (many Survey Respondents have been added already):

More to be added ... What Do You Want To Do?

Sad News ... Rest in Peace, Adelia Murphy

Posted on Aug 20 2025 - 8:08pm

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Adelia Murphy, Grandmother of Scout Risdon Rodgers (and Cub Scout Riley Rodgers), mother of Erin Rodgers and mother in law of Cubmaster Steve Rodgers, has passed away. Obituary here. May our thoughts and prayers be with the family, and may her memory be a blessing.

You Can Pay 2025-26 Local Troop Program Fees (or "dues") Now

Posted on Aug 13 2025 - 5:46pm

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The Official Signup for Troop 631 for the 2025-2026 School Year is underway - the number for Local Troop Program Fees (a/k/a "Dues") is “$65 by Zelle (or check) or $68 by PayPal”. Please go to https://atlanta631.mytroop.us/node/10983 to "Register" and see how to pay.

Troop Operating Manual ... or How Troop 631 Does Scouting

Posted on Aug 13 2025 - 5:45pm

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How Troop 631 does Scouting (at least as seen by the Troop Chair who does not see everything and needs comments from those who see more ... so if-you-see-something-say-something) is documented so far in the Troop 631 Operating Manual and the links and resources from those pages.

This includes how functions have been handled and how they might be handled better into the future with greater involvement by more parents.
More resources can be added and corrected for future use by those who will lead Troop 631.
If you have updates or improvements to those pages or other resources here, please email the Webmaster at webmaster@atlanta631.mytroop.us or the Chair at chair@atlanta631.mytroop.us.

You Have Pictures. Please Share. How? See Below.

Posted on Aug 6 2025 - 2:56pm

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See this Photo Page for Galleries of Troop Members in Action and this page for both the Pack and Troop together. Got Pix? See "Photo Uploads" for a list of Upload Links for quick and easy uploading. Recent galleries that could use Photos include ...

July 2025 Allatoona MB Campout: https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/ZqjZkD/July2025 Please Share
2025 Summer Camp Sessions (all camps and including Camp Staff): https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/LBWPbR/2025SummerCamps There MUST BE MORE THAN ONE PHOTO. AND NOT JUST DANIEL BOONE, BUT ALSO BERT ADAMS. Please Share
Summer of 2025 Scout to First Class Sessions: https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/ghXnSW/FirstClass Please Share
2024-25 Troop Meetings: https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/BRFDX2/24TM
May Trees Atlanta Service Project: https://pack631.smugmug.com/upload/WtzMHm/Trees IF A TREE IS PLANTED AND NOBODY TOOK A PICTURE, DID IT REALLY GET PLANTED??
May Wilderness Survival Campout: https://pack631.smugmug.com/upload/3qTzxB/Wilderness EVEN YELLOWJACKETS HAD SEASON AFTER SEASON OF VIDEO EPISODES -- TROOP 631 HAS NOTHING???
April Court of Honor: https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/vTBsTM/April2025COH PLEASE POST.
April Woodruff Campout with Pack 631 and Trail Ride: https://pack631.smugmug.com/upload/TtXtFz/2025TrailRide
March COPE Campout: https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/qCscf5/COPE2025
February Ski Trip: https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/KNdwkH/Ski2025
January Nikema Williams Swearing In: https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/6skJzS/Williams
Andersonville January 2025 Campout: https://pack631.smugmug.com/upload/7KPCJg/Andersonville
Jimmy Carter Memorial Atlanta: https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/hvwzvJ/Jimmy

Ways Adults Can Help Scouts In The Troop

Posted on Jul 7 2025 - 3:47pm

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See the Help Wanted Page, which will show you who is doing what and where we have nobody doing the tasks (or someone who is doing too many tasks so a Parent needs to step up), and that page will link you to details about how to do the job and succeed at the job, from the Troop Operating Manual. Wanna help? Email bert.bender@alston.com. Click below for what is on the Help Wanted Page today:

Adult Leader and Parent Roles: In many years, the late spring Parent Meeting begins selection of Troop Committee Officers (Adults) for the upcoming year.

See the Troop Operating Manual for how the Troop Operates (revised significantly in September of 2023), and needs Adult Support to provide our Scouts with the program they deserve.
Job Descriptions (with detail on how to perform functions) is found in the Adult Leader Roles Appendix to the Operating Manual.

Roles and Vacancies 2025-2026 and Beyond: Links to those jobs and functions from the Adult Leader Roles Appendix appear below with description about who is performing those functions. With updates through April 2025, current jobs and those serving are listed below, but many spots remain open. Contact the Scoutmaster or Troop Chair if you can take any of these jobs, or any part -- NOTE: in many (but not all) cases, the person who has been doing a role will be willing to continue, with help, but in several cases, there will be a change.

So if you need to step back, downsize or swap roles, let the Scoutmaster or Troop Chair know.

Some roles show possible smaller roles, even though one person may be doing all of the smaller roles now.
There is a value in bringing on helpers in smaller roles.

Also, succession in a “role” does not mean either (a) do everything the last person did, or (b) do it just like the last person did.

There’s lots of ways to slice and dice, split off and/or recombine support roles, and we have evolved that over time.
The key for all is to communicate among those with a hand in a function or a need to know.

Youth Facing Roles (Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmaster and Youth Officer Advisors) -- click links for function descriptions:

Scoutmaster -- 2026-2027: _________OPEN; 2023-2026: Renee Bottie-Wheeler (yes, Renee will retire as SM at the end of the 25-26 School Year); 2021-2022: Josh Flannigan; 2016-2021: Rich Taylor; 2007-2016: Jim Waddell