The summer has been an active one for Eagles!

The following are our newest Eagles who passed their Boards of Review this summer.

Eagle Scout Finn Morrison (06/23/2023)

Eagle Scout Gabriel Goodwin (07/28/2023)

Eagle Scout Mike Mueller (07/28/2023)

Please congratulate them when you see them.

Well done!!!

-- SM Stephens

I am happy to announce that as of now:

- Our web site access has been restored

- Our troop information, including rosters, has been updated to current

- Our troop email listservs are now fully functional and ready for use

If you find any content or functions that do not appear to be as they should be, please let me know.

SM Stephens

Troop,

SOAR has restored our website, but it is not ready for prime time.  What was restored was a version from March, which is out of date with current information.  It will take a few days to methodically go through the site content to update it to information that is current and can be trusted.  This is particularly true for the listservs, which require us to manually update each one before you can trust that each goes to the distribution intended.

I will send an email to everyone in the troop when this restoration is complete, likely a few days.  Please be patient as we sort through this tedious process.

SM Stephens

Dear Troop 439,

Thank you from the whole Echols family for the beautiful flowers that you provided for Scoutmaster Echols' funeral.  We are confident that he would have loved them -- especially the sash.  Also, as Daniel might have told you, we all liked them so much that we took them to the graveyard at UVA where we buried Tucker's ashes.

Hopefully you know how much Tucker loved scouting and each of you.  His heart was always with you even when his body couldn't be.  So we were very touched by how many of you came to the visitation and memorial service and wore your uniforms.

Thank you for being great scouts!

The Echols Family

Last weekend, 17 Troop 439 scouts participated in the 46th Annual Maryland Scout Orienteering Championships, and camped at Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation.

For the 2nd year in a row, Troop 439 placed 2nd overall among 21 large units, and several smaller unit participants!

Leading T439's older scout pairs, Alex Johnson and Mike Mueller placed 5th out of 72 entry pairs.

Leading T439's younger scout pairs, Luca Petroni and Theo Ducoudret placed 9th out of 80 entry pairs.

Great job and congratulations to all our participating scouts who got us to 2nd place for the 2nd year in a row.

A great time was had by all, orienteering and camping.