You can organize, or just share with your Den and Pack and Troop families, the idea of a January 1 hike or walk.  From our "Activity Ideas, Month by Month" page: "January 1 is usually not a day Scouting Units do things, but you're not in school and most are not at work, so why not get out and scout!  Georgia State Parks offer "First Day Hikes" at many park locations.  You can join one of those groups, or go your own way ... anywhere from our Local Parks list to somewhere on the Great Big List of Places to Go and Things to Do."  Our friends in the Indian Springs District have an informal First Day Hike at 2:00 pm on January 1 at Clinton Nature Preserve.

See this page for details about the award categories and how you can nominate your favorite leaders.  Awards will be presented at the District Banquet on February 7 -- more details will follow in the Calendar Entry found here.   Email webmaster@southfultonscouting.com if you need a reminder about the login.

Highlights of the most recent District News were these (click links for information):  "Combined" Troop Option Effective December 15 To Electing Troops ... District Awards Banquet February 7 ... and from the week before: Charter Renewal Help and Zoom Meeting ... Awards and Recognition: Show Some Love To Some Leaders ... Opt In, Opt Out ... Email webmaster@southfultonscouting.com if you need a reminder about the login.

As announced here and through other media relative to Troops (youth late 5th Grade to age 18), "[t]he “Family Troop” option has been approved and will become available to all chartering organizations as a third option on December 15th, 2025. Troops will continue to be able to organize as boy troops and girl troops." So ...

• If you have Troop of boys and a Troop of girls but want to operate together ... you can.
• If you've struggled to find five girls to form a Troop of girls ... if you want, you can convert your Troop of boys to a coed Troop (called a "family" Troop by Scouting America).
• Want to stay as a single gender Troop ... you can.  Just roll on as you've been rolling on.

How do we do this?  Here is a page from another Council with what appears to be the National Scouting America "Best Practices" and "Decision Guide" to help Chartered Organizations and Unit Leaders and Scouts decide whether to convert, along with the "Intent to Convert" form that would be delivered to the Council Registrar to supplement your Troop's/Troops' Charter Renewal.  Staff at the Atlanta Area Council confirm that the forms and guides there are to be used here too.

A common tradition in “Districts” of Scouting America Councils is to gather annually at a Recognition Banquet in order to share fellowship, food, fun, festivity and recognize those leaders who are doing good things for our Scouts and the units that are engaging our Scouts.  See this page for details about the award categories and how you can nominate your favorite leaders..  This is a great time for Chartered Organizations to applaud the work of their leaders, for parents to recognize those who take their children out camping and lead them in den and pack meetings, and for all to reflect on the good things we've done for the Scouts. 

This year’s banquet theme is "Star Wars".  Location and more details will follow in the Calendar Entry found here.   Email webmaster@southfultonscouting.com if you need a reminder about the login.

Highlights of the most recent District News were these (click links for information):  Charter Renewal Help and Zoom Meeting ... Awards and Recognition: Show Some Love To Some Leaders ... Opt In, Opt Out ... and from the week before: Service Ideas: Service Projects and Simple Ways to Help ... Help for Den Leaders -- "Assembled" Den Meeting Plans ... Scouts BSA Troop Program Ideas ... Email webmaster@southfultonscouting.com if you need a reminder about the login.