by Briana | May 2, 2024 | Troop Events
For this year’s District Awards, our troop had seven nominees and of that seven, we brought home three of the following awards: Chayton Allen for District Senior Patrol Leader of the Year, Steve Michalski for District Assistant Scout Master of the Year and Melissa...
by Briana | Apr 26, 2024 | Camping
For this camp out, the troop had their annual cooking competition between both patrols and they even made time to complete some service hours; this troop sure is ambitious! As you can imagine, they do not mess around and they show up to cook amazing food for the...
by Briana | Apr 5, 2024 | Troop Events
NYLT is an intensive, interactive experience in outdoor living and leadership skills development with the program focusing on what a leader must BE, what a leader must KNOW and what a leader must DO (National Youth Leadership Training, 2024). This training provides...
by Briana | Mar 19, 2024 | Troop Events
For this activity, the troop had the opportunity to go to the Seminole Fire Station No. 29 and tour their facility as well as we got to see all the equipment that they use up close and ask them questions about their profession. We all had a fun time learning about...
by Briana | Mar 16, 2024 | Camping
For this camp out (well, technically camp in), the troop got to stay overnight at Kennedy Space Center and sleep in a rocket room. If you think just sleeping in the rocket room was all they did, you are mistaken, they also got to enjoy engineering game design and...
by Briana | Feb 18, 2024 | Troop Events
For this Eagle Project, Chayton chose to provide a course for the Coast Guard ROTC program at Pinellas Park High School. This course included building a climbing wall, low-crawl and pull-up bars which will help with the fitness part of the program. And if you have...
by Briana | Feb 17, 2024 | Troop Events
For these service hours, the scouts did a beach cleanup at Gandy Beach despite the nasty weather (it was a rainy chilly day) and they also took part in a plastics study that Eckerd College was conducting for pollution purposes. These scouts continuously show the...
by Briana | Feb 9, 2024 | Camping
For this camp out, the scouts went on a hiking adventure and they hiked an impressive eight miles round trip with all their gear on them (the trail angels aka the Watsons left them gallons of water to rehydrate at the halfway point to their camp and the scouts were...
by Briana | Jan 30, 2024 | Troop Events
This Court of Honor was an amazing night for our troop as we had the opportunity to visit the VFW to show our appreciation for their tremendous support since they became our charter and it was a full house, that’s for sure. The VFW got to see firsthand how we...
by Briana | Jan 19, 2024 | Camping
For this camp out, the troop not only got to have some fun ziplining, but they also got to go snow tubing and play in some snow (no, we did not leave Florida for this adventure). And per the norm with this troop, this camp out was full of laughter and good times to...