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.

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.

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.

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

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