The number of overnight campouts required for a Boy Scout to earn the Second Class and First Class ranks will be reduced under new requirements that take effect August 1, 2017. But the total number of camping nights a Boy Scout will experience in the program as he progresses toward the rank of Eagle Scout will not change. Read more at:

BSA recently announced significant changes to the way Scouts earn Eagle Palms, bringing the requirements in line with the needs of older Scouts. The National Boy Scouting Subcommittee has eliminated unnecessary obstacles, such as the Eagle Palm Board of Review (BoR), and expanded the definition of "active participation". But the biggest change affects young men who haven’t yet earned Eagle. Beginning August 1, 2017, all earned Palms may be awarded 'instantly' to new Eagle Scouts at their Eagle Court of Honor (CoH). This abolishes the wait of months or years for these young men to receive all Eagle Palms available to them. Read more at:

The T840 troop meetings will no longer be held at VRBC; instead, they will be held at the usual time at our new location at Church of the Apostles, 322 S MacArthur Blvd, Coppell, TX 75019. Our new home is approximately half-way between E. Belt Line Rd. and Sandy Lake Rd. on the east side of MacArthur Blvd. 

All T840 user profiles * (Scouts, parents, Adult Leaders) have been updated as of 6:00 pm, July 7. PLEASE CHECK your profile to ensure that your BIRTH DATE, home address, email, and phone number(s) are correct. (Note that BSA requires a home number, whether you have a land line or not, so IF your home number is no longer correct, please let us know what number we should use for your home phone.) 

• 08/18-20: Ordeal/Brotherhood Walk at Camp Constantin
• 09/08-10: Miki Fall Fellowship at Camp Wisdom