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The recently elected Patrol Leader Council (PLC) met in August 2023 to propose Troop activities for the next 6-18 months. The PLC, newly elected in early July, met soon after Troop 788’s return from Camp Emerald Bay on Santa Catalina Island, CA.

Some highlights of the planned activities are a September 5-mile map & compass hike on the Palos Verdes peninsula; October Webelos Woods campout and support, a game night, and shooting sports day; November Kayaking; the December family holiday party. In 2024, planned activities include a Troop-hosted Webelos field day, an introductory backpacking campout, rock climbing at Joshua Tree Natl. Park, a Scout skills field day in San Pedro, Pacifica District Camporee, model rocket launch day, West LA Memorial Day Flag Placement participation, Kern River Rafting the same weekend, Ham Radio Field Day with the Northrop Grumman radio club, and summer camp (location to be determined. The unique Troop tradition of riding ice blocks down a nearby park hillside generally occurs on the Troop meeting night before school resumes after summer break.

Service activities are sure to include one or more beach clean-up mornings, Scout Eagle rank service projects, and others.

(as of September 2023)

From early fall of 2021 through winter of 2022, the Scout House garage received much needed frame reinforcement, a fresh stucco exterior, and a wide metal side door. The street-facing garage door was eliminated completely and is now a fourth wall.

The work required removing of all the garage contents (some dating back perhaps 2 decades) to a storage unit in the driveway or to a dumpster. It was a great opportunity to discover all that was inside and part with unused materials and donations. An additional storage unit for the Girl Scout House was placed behind the Boy Scout House and the whole complex surrounded with a chain link fence, so in-person Troop meetings (interrupted again by the “omicron variant”) were held under the new covered picnic area which as installed by the city where the pre-school house used to be during the 2020 COVID-19 shut-down.

The Scout House received roof repair and kitchen renovation during the garage work. It has also benefitted from more than one volunteer interior upgrade in recent years, including glass dry-erase boards! Now it’s up to the Troop and other users to keep it looking spiffy.