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 |
| * Fishing | September, 2001 |
| * Athletics | October, 2001 |
| * Science | November, 2001 |
| * Cooking | December, 2001 |
| * Wilderness Survival | January, 2002 |
| * Communications | February, 2002 |
| * Hiking | March, 2002 |
| * Environment | April, 2002 |
| * Orienteering | May, 2002 |
| * Mechanics | June, 2002 |
| * Pioneering | July, 2002 |
| * Shooting | August, 2002 |
| * Sports | September, 2002 |
| * ???? | October, 2002 |
* 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:
Backpacking, Boating/Canoeing, Business, Camping, Citizenship, Cultural Awareness, Emergency Preparedness, Engineering, First Aid, Forestry, Health Care, High Adventure, Hobbies, Leadership, Nature, Physical Fitness, Pioneering, Public Service, Safety, Shooting, Special Cooking, Tracking, 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 8/21/01