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Spring Camporee 2026

As always, this year’s Spring Camporee presented a series of activities for patrols to complete. This year, the activities were themed around a mystery: the whereabouts of the husband of the distraught Mrs. Bodee. Unfortunately, our photographers didn’t get very many pictures of the activities at the event because many of them were helping runContinue reading “Spring Camporee 2026”

Medical Forms

For weekend campouts, Parts A and B of the Annual Health and Medical Record must be filed with the Troop. For longer campouts (72+ hours), the version with Part C, which requires a doctor’s signature, must also be filed.

Guide to Safe Scouting

Here is a link to the official Scouting America Guide to Safe Scouting.

Guide to Advancement

Here is a link to the official Scouting America Guide to Advancement.

Leadership Position Application

Scouts are to fill out and turn in this form before each Troop Election to apply to leadership positions for the next term.

Leadership Positions Guide

This handbook contains descriptions of the duties of and requirements for each leadership position.

Life to Eagle Guide

A guide taking Scouts through all of the steps between earning Life and finishing their Eagle Boards of Review.

Tristate Catholic Camporee

While we have participated in Archdiocesan Catholic Camporees, this year’s Catholic Camporee was the first ever of its kind, hosted by Region 6 of the National Catholic Committee on Scouting (NCCS) for all of NCCS Region 6 and Catholic Service Territory (CST) 9. It was held in Toledo, Ohio, and served around 160 scouts fromContinue reading “Tristate Catholic Camporee”

Shooting Sports and Wacky Games

Shooting Sports Saturday morning, the scouts went out to the Range at Camp Birch to participate in the Range and Target Activities (archery, shotgun and/or rifle shooting) for the morning. A few scouts also went back to the Range in the Afternoon. Wacky Games In the afternoon, those scouts who didn’t go back to theContinue reading “Shooting Sports and Wacky Games”

Canoeing Campout

In August, the Troop decided to hold a Canoeing Campout at Caesar’s Creek. Saturday morning, the adults drove the scouts over to a boat ramp, where we rented canoes and launched onto the water. From there, we spent 6 hours paddling across the lake (about 7.5 miles) to return to our campsite, where we ateContinue reading “Canoeing Campout”