Scout Resources
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📄 Forms and Documents
Required Forms
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Annual Health & Medical Record
Form 680-001_ABC.pdf — Required for all scouts and leaders
Monthly Campouts:
Parts A, B1, B2
Summer Camp / High Adventure:
Parts A, B1, B2, C (physician signature required)
- Youth Safeguarding Training Certificate Required for all adult leaders
Troop Documents
- Scout Handbook Official Scouting America Scout Handbook
- Camping Checklist What to bring on campouts
🎓 Merit Badge Resources
🏫 Training Resources
Youth Training
- Youth Leadership Training For troop leaders
- National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) Advanced leadership training
- Den Chief Training For Scouts serving as Den Chiefs in Cub Scout packs
Adult Training
- Adult Leader Training Required for all adult leaders
- Position-Specific Training For specific leadership roles
💰 Costs & Fees
Youth Fees
Annual Fees
- Annual Troop Fee $50
- Alamo Area Council Registration $48
- National Fee $85
- Total Annual (Youth) $183 / year
Monthly Dues
- Scout Troop Dues $2 / month
Camping Fees (youth & adult)
- Grub Fee (per campout) $20
Additional campout-specific fees may apply for high adventure or council events.
Adult Fees
Annual Fees
- National Fee $65
- Total Annual (Adult) $65 / year
Camping Fees (youth & adult)
- Grub Fee (per campout) $20
Additional campout-specific fees may apply for high adventure or council events.
Note: Fees are reviewed annually. Contact the committee chair with any questions about financial assistance or payment plans.
📙 Abbreviations & Acronyms
A few parents have asked what some of the Scouting abbreviations and acronyms stand for that we use in our forms of communication. Here's a handy reference:
Troop Leadership
- SM
- Scoutmaster
- ASM
- Assistant Scoutmaster
- JASM
- Junior Assistant Scoutmaster
- CC
- Committee Chairperson
- COR
- Chartered Organization Representative
Youth Leadership
- SPL
- Senior Patrol Leader
- ASPL
- Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
- PL
- Patrol Leader
- APL
- Assistant Patrol Leader
- PLC
- Patrol Leaders' Council
- QM
- Quartermaster
- DC
- Den Chief
- TG
- Troop Guide
- GM
- Grub Master
Advancement & Programs
- MB
- Merit Badge
- MBC
- Merit Badge Counselor
- BOR
- Board of Review
- COH
- Court of Honor
- OA
- Order of the Arrow
- T
- Troop
Training
- ILST
- Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops
- NYLT
- National Youth Leadership Training
Council & District
- DE
- District Executive
- DC
- District Commissioner
- RT
- Roundtable
General
- LNT
- Leave No Trace
- YIS
- Yours In Scouting