2010 Blue Grass Council University Of Scouting

The Training Team of the Blue Grass Council is proud to present the 6th University of Scouting. This supplemental training for all adult leaders will offer fun, learning, and fellowship for all who attend. The University of Scouting will cover all phases of adult leader supplemental training. There will be courses for Boy [...]

Troop Quick Calendar 2010

August 20-22 – Sailing at Camp Roy C Manchester
Sign up this Tuesday – $30 each participant

September 10-12 – Fall Ordeal, McKee

September 24-26 – Webelos Woods

October 1-3 – OA Fall Fellowship, McKee

October 15-17 – Centennial Scout Jamboree

November 12-14 – USS Yorktown, Charleston, SC

December 4 – OA Banquet, McKee

December 10 – Troop Planning Meeting & [...]

National Jamboree

Troop 859 is excited to prepare for their journey to the National Jamboree to celebrate 100 years of Scouting in the US. We will leave early on Wednesday, July 28th and travel to Camp William B. Snyder, a Boy Scout camp in Haymarket, Virginia. We will visit the Jamboree on Thursday, tour [...]

Parents needed to plan Troop trips

Dear Parents of Scouts in Troop 859:

We are looking for help with organizing the events for 2010.  Each month the Troop goes on one main outing.  We need parents to sign up as Troop Committee Members or Assistant Scoutmasters and help make the Troop outing arrangements.  Each trip for 2010 has been reserved and [...]

Quick Calendar

Here is a listing of the Troop Calendar for the next few months:

May 21 – 22: – McKee Scout Reservation & OA Ordeal for new OA candidates and existing OA members

June 4 – “Ciao Down with the Scouts” Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser, THUMC 6-8 pm, tickets are $8!  Raising money to go the National Jamboree!

June 13-19: [...]

Welcome New Scouts!

Troop 859 welcomes its newest members to the Troop:

Dilon K,  Arjun M, Chris S, Tyler S, Michael S and Alex L, who crossed over from Pack 859 on Monday night at Trinity Hill UMC.  We feel doubly blessed to have our own join us in the Troop.   Special Congratulations go to SPL Joseph [...]

Woodbadge

Every leader is encouraged to go through Wood Badge training.  It just takes 2 weekends at Camp McKee:  April 23-25 and May 14 – 16.  Register online at the Blue Grass Council website:  http://www.bgbsa.org/

$300 – well worth it to learn all about Scouting, the Patrol Method, Leadership and to make friends that will last [...]

Troop 859 Logo Available for Download

High and low resolution versions (in B&W and color) of the Troop 859 logo are now available for download to REGISTERED MEMBERS OF THE TROOP 859 WEB SITE.

Go to FORMS/RESOURCES on main navigation menu and then click on the [...]

TWILIGHT IN ROME Cub Day Camp, June 15-19, Masterson Station Park

day-camp-2009-patch-rev2Our own Gene Travers is serving as Day Camp Director for the Palisades and Elkhorn District’s Cub “twilight” camp the week after summer camp. We want to support Gene’s work to the greatest extent possible. Gene talked with the Scouts and they are ALL very enthusiastic about serving on the camp staff. Our Troop meeting on June 16th will be at the camp. This is a great way for Scouts to get service hours. Gene needs commitments from each adult and each Scout for the camp. Please contact Gene and let him know if you and / or you son can help. For more info, see below.

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Great Smokey Mountains Backpacking Trip, June 22-26

Scoutmaster Fletcher Gabbard is leading a high-adventure hike in the Smokey Mts. He has been in touch with the participants. Fletcher is still in need of another adult leader. If you can make the hike, please let Fletcher [...]