Troop 761 Scouts are very active in their community, their scouting experience and the world around. The Troop and its Scouts have distinguished themselves in a number of ways, including:
Quality Unit Award more than 9 years running
3 Scout National Meritorious Awards
1 Hornaday Scout Award for Conservation (1st in Goose Creek District)
1 Hornaday Unit Award for Conservation (1st in Goose Creek District)
Over 20% of scouts have attended 1996 & 2001 Jamborees
More than 25 Order of the Arrow members
11 50 Miler Awards
10 BSA "Leave No Trace" Awards
9 Religious Emblems
8 Canadian “Adopt a Lake” and SCENE Awards
7 Scouter Wood Badges
4 Crime Prevention Awards
Our program is diverse where Scouts have an opportunity to learn new survival skills, as well as experience challenging adventures, such as:
Backpacking, rock climbing, canoeing, shooting, skiing and spelunking
Demonstration color guard
Monthly and summer resident camping
Junior and Adult Leader, IMPEESA and "Leave No Trace" training
The purpose of the New Scout Patrol is to introduce new, younger boys to the ways of boy scouting and to help them master the skills leading to First Class rank. Boys join the Patrol where they will stay until they reach the 7th grade or First Class -- whichever comes first -- and may join an older boy patrol thereafter.
The New Scout Patrol is under the supervision of an older, experienced Scout called a Troop Guide, who is appointed by the Scoutmaster in consultation with the Assistant Scoutmaster(s) responsible for the new scout patrol.
The New Scout Patrol selects a patrol leader on a rotation basis, and he attends and votes at Patrol Leader Council meeting. He typically serves for a two-month period so that other new Scouts can share in the leadership experience.
The Pathfinder program is designed for 2nd year Scouts who seek higher adventure activities within an age appropriate level. Organized as a special patrol, Pathfinders accomplish activities on a quarterly basis, such as spelunking, backpacking and canoeing.
The Troop 761 Venture Patrol program is for anyone 13 and older "who wants to go beyond the conventional levels of challenge… to a Scouting program of their own that demands more of them… and gives them more in return,” such as:
Backpacking – We backpacked the White Mountains in New Hampshire, Philmont Scout Reservation in New Mexico, as well as throughout the Appalachian Trail.
Voyageuring – We canoed the Boundary Water Canoe Area wilderness in Minnesota and Canada, as well as the Potomac River.
Cave Surveying – We regularly
spelunk caves in Virginia and West Virginia, and offer a unique opportunity to
learn new survival skills and experience challenging adventures.
"Camping is the joyous part of a Scout's life. Living out in God's open air, among the hills and the trees, and the birds and the beasts, and the sea and the rivers -- that is, living with nature, having your own little canvas home, doing your own cooking and exploration -- all this brings health and happiness such as you can never get among the bricks and smoke of your own."
- Robert Baden-Powell, Scouting for Boys (1908)
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2002 Troop Make-up |
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58 |
| Eagle | 6 | |
| Life | 14 | |
| Star | 7 | |
| 1st Class | 5 | |
| 2nd Class | 11 | |
| Tenderfoot | 17 | |
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Eagle Scouts
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1996 – 1 1998 – 3 1999 – 4 2000 – 1 2001 – 3 2002 – 6 |
US avg. 2% Troop avg. 4%
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