We are building the roster for summer camp.  Sign up at this event on the calendar.  Cost is $405 for Scouts.

We need commitments from leaders before we lock-in our reservation with the council, so look over your summer plans

You've probably heard that the government is shut down, and funding for food programs for the poor is in question.  Legal and political wrangling will continue, but I want to invite our scouts and parents to set that aside and do a good turn for the needy in our area.  Please bring canned and dry packaged foods to scout meetings over the next few weeks, now through Thanksgiving.  We'll deliver all donations to food banks in our North Austin area, such as the Saint Louis Food Pantry on Burnet Road. 

Specific donation requests from Saint Louis Food Pantry include:

Hi Troop 3.  We spots left for our climbing campout on Nov 7-9.  Sign up by Thurs 10/30, and you are in!  (Side note... we could accommodate T2 Scouts if you can't attend your campout Nov 14-16, but you have to contact Mr. Russell on 10/30 so we can add you to the roster.)

Congratulations to Paul Hickey of the Phoenix patrol, who completed his Eagle Board of Review on October 16, 2025.  His project installed pinic tables at the Anderson High School baseball field.  Paul is the 314th Eagle Scout from Troop 3.  Way to cross the finish line Paul!

At the last campout, there was a question about which oil to use when cooking (canola vs. avocado).  I made the general statement that a seed-oil like canola is perfectly safe to use for cooking, and there are not ill effects from seed oils.  This article from the Center for Science in the Public Interest was the source of my pronouncement: https://www.cspi.org/article/seed-oils-are-they-healthy-or-harmful 

Congratulations to Carter Nix of the Phoenix patrol, who completed his Eagle Board of Review on October 16, 2025.  His project built and assembled bat houses at Trinity Episcopal School.  Carter is the 313th Eagle Scout from Troop 3.  We look forward to great things from Carter!