Welcome Webelos/Parents

Questions: Webelos and their Parents should reach out to the Patrol Assistant Scoutmasters for questions about Troop 52. You can find the ASMs listed in the patrols on Scoutbook.

Before your son crosses over to Troop 52, you can get started now with his and your application to Boy Scouts of America.

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• Youth application: Download, print, and complete the youth application. Turn in the application to the Troop Registrar. Include his dues payment (below).
• Adult application: We have found the involvement of parents in their son's path through scouting to be essential. We strongly encourage at least one adult from a scout's family to register with Troop 52.  Adult Registration Requirements: Download, print, and complete the adult application. Turn in the application to the Troop Registrar Include your dues payment (below).
• Payment: write a check to "BSA Troop 52" for the each of the following that apply:
  • Youth Dues $100
  • Adult Dues $75

We will also accept Credit Cards at the crossover thru our website store using PayPal to troopbsa52@gmail.com anytime.

Parents and guardians who would like to participate in any Boy Scouts activity are required to attend the EIM (Ethics and Integrity in Ministry) Workshop and complete the BSA YPT (Youth Protection Training)

After you have completed your Adult Registration, you will be given access to the website. Go to Adult Registration Procedure here for step by step instructions.

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Each Troop 52 member should download and review the Troop Guide in our Unit Documents. It is a treasure trove of information on how our Troop works. It is especially handy during your boy's first year.

The Camping MB Blue Card should be the first Blue Card your scout gets at his first meeting. He picks it up from the Advancement Coordinator and receives directions from the Advancement Coordinator.

Parents, if you ever have any question, find a uniformed adult (called a "Scouter"), and they will either answer your question, or direct you to someone who can. A roster of all our adult leaders can be found once you've registered with the troop.

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Tree of Responsibility

First-Year Scouts should look to the following fellow scouts for direction; these boy leaders are charged with managing or overseeing each patrol and it's members. A scout should always seek out assistance from his fellow scouts before going to an adult. In order of responsibility, they are:

1. Patrol Leader
2. Troop Guide
3. Life Scout
4. ASPL - Assistant Senior Patrol Leader assigned to patrol
5. SPL - Senior Patrol Leader

To get a rank advancement signed off your scout should go to in order: Life Scout or Assistant Scoutmaster.

At Troop 52, we take the personal safety of our Scouts seriously. All adult leaders, and all adults who may interact with Scouts, are required to register, undergo background checks, and be appropriately trained. Parents and guardians who would like to participate in any Boy Scouts activity need to register. We strongly encourage at least one adult from each scout family register with us. Registration enables you to stay informed and involved as your boy proceeds through scouting. Please see below the steps required by adults to register with Troop 52:

1. Complete a Volunteer Application with the Catholic Diocese of Austin. You can do it online at www.austindiocese.org. Select eAppsDB to complete an application online. The Diocese will do a background check.
2. Attend the EIM (Ethics and Integrity in Ministry) Workshop. This course must be taken in person; it is not available online. A current list of scheduled EIM workshops within the Diocese can be found at www.austindiocese.org. Select EIM workshops. This is a three-hour workshop. At the end of your meeting you will receive a Certificate of Attendance. This Certificate is valid for three years; after its expiration, a shorter "refresher workshop" will need to be taken. The Volunteer Application and EIM Workshop should be completed within 30 days of each other. So, before submitting on-line Volunteer Application make sure that there is an EIM workshop which you can attend within 30 days. Note: The BSA Adult Application cannot be signed-off and submitted to BSA until both online Catholic Diocese of Austin Volunteer Application and the EIM Workshop are completed.
3. Complete the BSA Youth Protection Training (YPT) course. This is an online training course which can be found at www.scouting.org on the Youth Protection page. Before taking the course you will need to create an account at My.Scouting.org (if you do not have one yet). This training must be maintained current by taking the course every two years and is required for anyone who participates in summer camps and certain other troop activities. After training completion you should print the certificate.
4. Fill out the BSA Application for adults, and hand the application in to the Troop Registrar. Copies of both BSA Youth Protection Training and EIM Workshop Certificates have to be attached to the application.
5. Pay dues of $75. Dues are to be paid by check, credit card, or paypal to troopbsa52@gmail.com. Please make your checks payable to Troop 52 and turn in with your application to the Troop Registrar at a troop meeting. Note: you can be a member of multiple units (for example, Pack 442 and Troop 52) but we still need your BSA Adult Application for Troop 52 as well as dues.
6. Please provide e-mail information for both boy and parent. This is needed to give you access to the Troop 52 Website. You will not be able to access the full website until you are registered

Additionally:

• BSA Medical A and B Forms also need to be provided for those adults who wish to participate in the Troop camp outs.(A,B, & C form for summer camps)
• Vehicle information is required if you are planning to drive to campouts. We need to know the following: - Model of the car - Year - Make - Number of Seat Belts - License Plate - Insurance Coverage in $K including liability per person, per accident, property damage

All of our weekly meetings and committee meetings are already scheduled, but anything other than that needs to be scheduled through the Emmaus web site at  http://www.emmausparish.org/facility-request

This includes any Board of Reviews or Merit Badge meetings that are scheduled.  Scouts may be asked to stay outside before a 7:00 PM Troop meeting if not already reserved.   We need to make sure that the Church knows if anybody from Troop 52 will be anywhere at the church. 

Thanks for understanding the churches wishes.

Troop 52 Scout Master

Emmaus includes projectors in the Parish Hall and Bat Cave and you just need an HDMI (female connection) for Parish hall OR VGA output (male connection) for Bat Cave on your laptop or adapter to connect to the HDMI or VGA input cord for the projector.   Video input locations:

• Bat Cave: the VGA input connection is on the Bat Cave Stage (on the left as you are facing the stage) and in the Bat Cave Control Booth (back of the room) that you can use and just select the appropriate setting on the Bat Cave Control Panel Display on the wall next to the Bat Cave Control Booth.   The Projector should automatically turn on but if not there is a remote to turn it on (look for remote with same brand as projector).   The TVs in the Bat Cave are also hooked up to the VGA input and you just need to power them up and cycle thru the inputs until you see your laptop screen.
• Parish Hall: the HDMI input connection is in the Parish Hall Control Booth (back of the room) that you can use and just select the appropriate setting on the Parish Hall Control Panel Display on the wall next to the Main Hall Control Booth  

Various adapters to VGA/HDMI can be bought at Best Buy if needed (e.g. HDMI to VGA, USB-C to HDMI).  

Please contact the Troop 52 Web Master for any assistance with Projectors and/or TVs.