Past Events

The National Jamboree is a country wide scouting event. Taking place at the Summit Betchel Reserve in West Virgnia every 4 years. The massive 10,600 acre reserve provides the average scout almost endless activities to fill their day. The biggest activities include: shooting sports, rock wall climbing, many kinds of aquatic activities, and ziplines. Scouts will also experience the summit apex and leadership heights programs.
Another huge part of Jamboree is patch trading, Scouts will receive patches that can be traded with other patches from different troops. This can provide an opportunity for scouts from all over America to get to know one another.
Though it may seem strenous on occasion, the National Jamboree will provide Scouts with memories to be cherished together forever.

The scouts got to go on a fun adventure geocaching. You are given coordinates to put into your phone or a device and you have to go find a container with stuff in it, if you have something you can take one of the items in it and put something else in. They also got to see the largest refractory telescope in at least north America. The Clark was once used by a team of scientists and artists to create detailed maps of the Moon’s surface for use on the Apollo moon mission. 

The scout’s recent adventure was a blast, full of cool stuff. They had a cooking contest that let us show off our cooking skills and hang out with other scouts. There were tons of badges to earn, like swimming, shooting sports, and horseback riding. There were so many activities to do like the ace of spades where you shoot two rifle bullets and try to get them as close as you can. They also pitched in to help fix the bridge we built before in the parking area. The scouts had so much fun and would do it again.

The Boy Scouts recently went on an exciting fishing trip to Black River. It was amazing as each scout caught their own fish, and in total, we caught around 25 fish! Everyone had the opportunity to reel in their own fish. After a successful day of fishing, we gathered around the campfire and enjoyed a delicious meal of freshly fried fish. It was such a fun-filled experience, filled with laughter, good food, and the joy of outdoor activities. The scouts had a blast on this fishing trip, creating lasting memories.

The Scout troop had an awesome boating adventure at Hover Dam in Arizona. On Saturday, we got to see the amazing dam and learn about first aid, which was really helpful. Then, on Sunday, we went kayaking down the Colorado River for 13 miles! We started at the very bottom of the dam. It was so cool to go into the hot springs along the way. But, we also learned about a scary thing called an amoeba that lives in the water and can eat your brain if you get it up your nose! So, we made sure to be careful and not let any water get up our noses. Overall, it was a really fun and educational trip.

The scout troop had a really cool car wash fundraiser! It was so much fun washing all kinds of different cars and trucks while the sun was shining bright. Everyone worked really hard, but they had a great time doing it. The best part was that they were able to raise some extra money for their future trips and campouts. Now they get to know that all their hard work will help make those trips happen.

The scouts went on a super cool backpacking trip in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona! They hiked about 6 miles total and it was pretty tiring, but they kept each other motivated and had a great time. They went to a creak and played in the water. It was super fun! They splashed around. The scouts did a great job managing the amount of weight they had in their pack. Everyone had a great time!

The Boy Scouts went on a trip to go ice skating for a merit badge. It was super fun and lots of people got to try skating for the first time. Some people even learned how to skate backward! Not everyone was able to earn the merit badge right away, but that was alright. The most important thing was that everyone had a good time and learned something new.

The boy scouts went on a hiking trip that was 8 miles long, with 4 miles going to the top and 4 miles coming back down. There was snow on the ground, which made the trip more exciting as the scouts had little snowball fights along the way. They had lunch at the top of the mountain and learned about what a watershed is, which is an area where all the water drains into a common location, like a river or a lake. It was a fun and educational trip that the scouts will always remember.

The Boy Scouts recently went on a trip to go mountain biking and it was a lot of fun. Some of the scouts were able to bike an impressive 26 miles! The food they had during the trip was really great too. However, after all that biking, some of the scouts were feeling pretty sore. Despite that, they all had a great time and were happy to have had the opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors and test their biking skills.