May this beautiful holiday season fill your heart with love, your home with joy, and your life with laughter. And remember the true spirit of Christmas - kindness, generosity, and helping others.
So keep the Christmas spirit, share it with others far and near,
from week to week and month to month, throughout the entire year!
Merry Christmas Everyone!

Each year our sponsor, Sleepy Hollow United Methodist Church, celebrates Christmas with a Living Nativity on the front lawn of the church, a recreation of the birth of Jesus in which real people and animals participate. SHUMC asks for Troop 875 volunteers to tend the 2 fires, on the lawn in front of the nativity, which warm the visitors. Please let Ms. Miceli know if you can help. You may also volunteer for any role in the Living Nativity, please contact our COR Barrett Haver at cbhaver@outlook.com if you would like to participate.
The Living Nativity will be Saturday, Dec. 20th, 5:30 – 7:30 PM - stay as long as you like, your help is appreciated. Enjoy live music, hot cocoa and refreshments! All are welcome! Bring your family, friends and neighbors to this annual community event.

Troop 875’s city campout for this scouting year will be January 24th-25th, 2026 at the legendary Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia, PA. While at Fort Mifflin, we will get a personal guided tour of the Fort with uniform and weapons demonstration in the company of a Revolutionary or Civil War soldier and a cannon demonstration. But that’s not all! First we will visit the Philadelphia historic district. We will begin at the Independence Visitor Center then visit the Liberty Bell, Constitution Hall, Declaration House and end with seeing where Ben Franklin is buried at the Christ Church Burial Ground. Finally, we will eat dinner at The Reading Terminal Market Saturday night – try a Philly cheesesteak - prior to going to Fort Mifflin. Wow, don’t miss it! Agenda is attached. FEES for adults is $35 + food. Scouts, bring money for food, snacks, and souvenirs.

A quick reminder to bring your handbooks to troop meetings. There is often time to work on rank requirements, so you need your book to record your achievements. At meetings, scouts are shown and taught an advancement skill. Scouts can practice on their own with the help of their handbook and other scouts. At a later meeting, scouts can demonstrate the skill to a leader, who will sign it off in their handbook.