See the photos of our Scouts and Leaders in this gallery, including from The Washington Post and as broadcast on ABC News (especially the 2:00 minute mark in this video).  And the Website received this message through the "contact us" box: 

"Subject: Troop 631 featured in Washington Post

Good afternoon - I am a dinosaur, and a Scout mom - I still read paper copies of the Washington Post - there is such a poignant photograph of Scouts in Troop 631 on page A7 of the January 5 issue of the Washington Post, I thought someone in your Troup might like to show it to your Scouts. My son, David, is an Eagle Scout from DC.

You should be very proud of your Scouts – a photo like this makes me very hopeful about the future of this country, despite so many challenges.

Take care - we are with you in solidarity mourning the loss of President Jimmy Carter.

~ Honora P." 

Add Scouting to your New Year's Resolutions ... more below and in the links provided.   Don't want Scouting and these emails?  Just email webmaster@atlanta631.mytroop.us and let us know.

The South Georgia Campout at Andersonville with visit to Plains January 18-20 will give you a chance to live history in the wake of the passing of Jimmy Carter, a former President and former Scoutmaster.  See this "On Scouting" post entitled "Jimmy Carter was a Scout leader and Silver Buffalo winner known for telling great stories around the campfire".  Spoiler Alert: read that and you'll see that he took his Troop where Troop 631 camped in November.

As announced several times here in the "Two Annual Scouting Payments" announcement and in our "2024-25 Youth Troop Registration and Troop Dues" page, there are now two parts of payment to be in Troop 631 annually.  One is our 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 the second is 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).

Many of you are now receiving emails from Boy Scouts of America <noreply@scouting.org> entitled "Your BSA Membership is up for renewal". Please follow the instructions in that email to pay that second amount directly to the Scouting America National Organization.  If you have questions after review of that email and the "Two Annual Scouting Payments" announcement, contact your Troop Chair Bert Bender.

New: Knots. With the 2024 interest in more backpacking and the information shared at and after the October Troop Meetings, 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.