Monthly Troop Program Features*
Boys' Life offers special program support each year for selected monthly troop program features. The following table lists the monthly troop program features which are suggested by Boys' Life.
 PROGRAM FEATURE  MONTH/YEAR
 * Sports  September, 2002
 * Engineering  October, 2002
 * High Adventure  November, 2002
 * Tracking  December, 2002
 * Hobbies  January, 2003
 * Public Service  February, 2003
 * Cultural Awareness  March, 2003
 * Wildlife Management  April, 2003
 * Camping  May, 2003
 * Emergency Preparedness  June, 2003
 * Health Care  July, 2003
 * Boating/Canoeing  August, 2003
* Monthly program features are provided in Troop Program Features Volume I, No. 33110; Volume II, No. 33111; and Volume III, No. 33112.
Possible alternate themes include:
Athletics, Backpacking, Boating/Canoeing, Business, Camping, Citizenship, Communications, Cooking, Cultural Awareness, Emergency Preparedness, Engineering, Environment, First Aid, Fishing, Forestry, Health Care, High Adventure, Hiking, Hobbies, Leadership, Mechanics, Nature, Orienteering, Physical Fitness, Pioneering, Public Service, Safety, Science, Shooting, Special Cooking, Sports, Tracking, Wilderness Survival, Wildlife Management, Winter Camping
Each year at the the troop program planning conference, we select the twelve monthly features that meet our needs from the 36 features that are provided. We use these features in building our annual troop program, and enter on our monthly calendar pages the program features we select.
You can also find copies of the above starred Troop Program Features in the appropriate editions of Scouting magazine. For additional help in implementing these selected program features, consult the appropriate issues of Boys' Life magazine.
Last Revised 12/04/02
John D. McCarthy