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
 * Wilderness Survival  January 2005
 * Citizenship  February 2005
 * Pioneering  March 2005
 * Environment  April 2005
 * Orienteering  May 2005
 * Mechanics  June 2005
 * Hiking  July 2005
 * Shooting  August 2005
 * Fishing  September, 2005
 * Athletics  October, 2005
 * Science  November, 2005
 * Cooking  December, 2005
* Monthly program features are provided in Troop Program Features Volume I, No. 33110; Volume II, No. 33111; and Volume III, No. 33112.
Possible themes include:
Aquatics, 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 11/17/04
John D. McCarthy