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 or upcoming galleries that could use Photos include ... 

• November 2025 CHOA Helicopter - https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/H8xZ8V/CHOA
• October 2025 Court of Honor - https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/63X9fT/CoH
• Troop Meetings 2025-26 -  https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/cSCrgf/TMeetings2526
• Talladega Campout October 2025 - https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/qtbCXG/Talladega
• Backpacking Campout October 2025 - https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/ccf39K/Backpacking
• Climbing Campout September 2025 - https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/D3MRXk/Climbing
• Popcorn Sales 2025 - https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/Pzhr2v/Popcorn
• September 2025 Red Top Mountain Campout: https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/Br8t3M/Sept2025
• August 2025 Raft and Zipline Trip: https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/MNWgXW/Raft2025 

2024-25: 

• 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 
• Summer of 2025 Scout to First Class Sessions: https://Pack631.smugmug.com/upload/ghXnSW/FirstClass Please Share 

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

Found in the "About Us & How to Join" page seen on the left side of this Website,  More on Merit Badge Counseling is here and every Merit Badge is listed here (click on the badge name for a free download of the "Merit Badge Pamphlet").  See below about being an Adult Leader registered with the Troop and, in addition, a Merit Badge Counselor -- Troop 631 expects that except in rare circumstances every adult registering as a Merit Badge Counselor will register first as either an Assistant Scoutmaster or Troop Committee Member:

• Safeguarding Youth Training.  if you do not have a current Scouting America Membership ID Number with current -- within two years -- "Safeguarding Youth Training" (formerly known as "Youth Protection Training"), your Adult Application needs to be coupled with evidence of completion of "Safeguarding Youth Training" by taking the course at my.scouting.org. 
• For more on how to take Safeguarding Youth Training On Line, see our Adult Leader Training Page for how to access https://my.scouting.org/.

• Adult Application to be a Troop Leader (including ASM and Committee).  Now online. Here's how.

1. Set up a My.Scouting account, or if you have one, log into your existing My.Scouting account.
2. Do you have current "Safeguarding Youth Training" (like in the past year)? If not, STOP and go to the "Safeguarding Youth Training" section immediately above and take the course at my.scouting.org.  If you don’t, we can’t accept the Adult Application.  
3. To apply to be a leader click this link.   
4. It will ask whether you're registering for yourself (as an adult volunteer) or for your child, so since you're reading about how to be an Adult Volunteer, click "Start" under "Adult".
5. That takes you to a series of pages for Basic and Background Information (Scouting America runs background checks), so follow the prompts, enter the information, and checkout and pay for your Scouting America Registration Fee through the remainder of this Calendar Year.
6. Email chair@atlanta631.mytroop.us and advise whether you want to be a Troop Committee Member or an Assistant Scoutmaster. 

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

Here is a page about Troop Games.  And Inter-Patrol Games.  More Program Ideas Here.

Tapping Microphone.  Is this on?  Anybody?  Anybody?  Buehler?  Buehler?

Which Scouts want to attend Weeklong Summer Camp with Troop 631 in 2025?

When would you be able to go?  Click "Read More" and then "Add a Comment" or this link to share.

Possible Weeks Somewhere (Sunday to Saturday):   

• May 31 - June 6
• June 7-13
• June 14-20
• June 21-27
• June 28-July 4
• July 5-11
• July 12-18

Most Commonly Mentioned Summer Camps:

• Bert Adams Scout Camp in Covington (4 June weeks only)
• Camp Daniel Boone in Waynesville, NC (starting June 8)
• Rainey Mountain Scout Camp in Clayton, GA (through July 12)
• Woodruff Scout Camp in Blue Ridge, GA (through July 19)

There are others.  Here's a list.