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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 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 2024-25 program year will include a Rafting Day in August, a September Campout at Red Top Mountain with Orienteering, September Day Hike at FD Roosevelt State Park, October Campout with Backpacking intro at FDR State Park, Providence Canyon Backpacking Campout in November, and more monthly Campouts, Skills sessions, Community Service and more.  To the right is a photo of Youth and Adult Leaders from our September 2022 Court of Honor.  Many photos at this photo site.  Also at our Facebook Page.  

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Camping and Backpacking Resources Or I Know There Were Emails About This But I Can't Find Them Now So Can Someone Text Me

Posted on Oct 8 2024 - 12:19pm

With the 2024 interest in more backpacking and the information shared at and after the October 3 Troop Meeting, see this Camping and Backpacking Resources page under our Menu to the left of our Website that collects the various and sundry emails plus other information that may be useful about camping generally as well as backpacking.  So yes you can literally text https://atlanta631.mytroop.us/node/10781 to share that information. 

Summer Camp Survey -- Please Complete

Posted on Oct 8 2024 - 12:19pm

We are looking forward to Summer Camp 2025 in one of 2 locations in North Carolina - either Camp Daniel Boone near Waynesville NC or Camp Raven Knob near Mt. Airy NC.  Yes, both camps suffered some damage during the recent storms, but both are reopening this month for fall camping.  On the linked poll, you will find more information and the website for each location.  Please review and respond to the poll by selecting each week and camp location that your scout would attend.  Additionally, please be sure to list the names of people in your family that will attend.  Here is the Survey:  Troop 631 Summer Camp 2025 Survey

Two Annual Scouting Payments

Posted on Oct 8 2024 - 12:16pm

Two Annual Scouting Payments.  There are now two parts of payment to be in Troop 631 annually:

(1) Local Troop Program Fees (a/k/a "Dues") paid by (for) each Scout for the school year -- this can be paid now on this page, and

(2) Scouting America (f/k/a BSA) National Registration Fee paid by (for) each Scout and each Leader directly to the Scouting America (BSA) National organization for the next 12 months -- these can only be paid within 60 days of your "Anniversary Date" (more below).

This page on our website is where you will pay Local Troop Program Fees (a/k/a "Dues") -- these are the costs that the Troop must cover in order to operate properly, like Patches and Awards and Supplies and Food for Courts of Honor and other events and Troop equipment (Trailer, Gear, Supplies) and Troopmaster + Photo Site and other expenses and also reimbursement of Adult Leader Registrations requested by eligible Adult Leaders.

  • This Troop Dues amount does not include National Registration Fees payable to the Scouting America National Organization.
  • If you want to save the PayPal fee, pay Troop Dues by a check in the amount of $60 payable to "Troop 631 Woodward Academy" sent to Treasurer Jeff Greenbaum (mail to 2614 Buford Hwy NE, Atlanta, GA 30324) 

How Do We Pay the National Scouting America Registration Fees?  Short answer: directly to the National Scouting America organization.   Longer Answers:

  • If you are not currently Registered with the National Scouting America Organization as a member or leader in Troop 631, please see these steps to register.
  • If you are currently Registered with the National Scouting America Organization as a member or leader in Troop 631, families will "renew" their Scout's National Scouting America membership directly and Adult Leaders will likewise renew their National Scouting America membership directly -- you will receive emails with payment instructions directly from Scouting America starting 60 days before your "Anniversary Date" -- and pay directly.  This is new in 2024.   
    • If you are not sure whether you are on our National Scouting America Roster, email webmaster@atlanta631.mytroop.us
    • Your "Anniversary Date" is 12 months after you registered if you registered on or after 8/1/23.
    • It is January 1 if you registered before 8/1/23.

If paying Troop Program Fees (or Dues) is an issue, contact the Troop Chair.  As noted in the Registration page, there is no "dues" cost to being a Leader who is actually and meaningfully engaged in one or more Troop functions as in the Registration page; Leader fees for those leaders are covered in the Troop Dues, so email treasurer@atlanta631.mytroop.us for a reimbursement.

Register for Troop Activities

Posted on Oct 2 2024 - 2:20pm

Selected events upcoming include (click links for more information - if you need a login reminder, email webmaster@atlanta631.mytroop.us) -- as a reminder, 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:

  • Troop Meeting October 3 (postponed from September 26 due to Helene)
More to be added ...
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Photos of What We Do and Will Do

Posted on Oct 2 2024 - 2:13pm

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 and upcoming galleries that could use Photos include (BOLD entries need Pictures) ...

Questions?  Want a new Gallery?  Trying to alter / delete / create Galleries?  Email webmaster@atlanta631.mytroop.us. 

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

Posted on Oct 2 2024 - 2:13pm

How Troop 631 does Scouting (at least as seen by the lame duck Troop Chair who does not see everything and needs comments from those who see more) 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 connected 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.
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