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About Troop 97

How to Visit / How to Join

Portaging in Canada

Latest BSA Quality Unit Award, highest level ('Journey to Excellence', gold level)

BSA Quality Unit Award, highest level
('Journey to Excellence', gold level)
[2024 will be the final 'JTE' year, with a new
successor program to be announced in 2025.]

Troop Campsite Somewhere 'Out There'

How/When to Visit

Scouts get to camp, hike, canoe, bike, and generally enjoy challenging adventures in the outdoors.

Troop-level Scouting is totally different from Cub Scouts and Webelos.

Troop 97 meets Mondays, year round, typically:

2 "regular" Monday meetings per month (7 to 8:15 pm)
1 planning meeting for elected youth leaders
certain other special meetings and outings
1 overnight campout per month
1 week at a BSA summer camp each year (sometimes in another state)
1 to 2 weeks on a challenging Adventure Trek each year for experienced Scouts

You are welcome to visit any meeting and most campouts.

Contact the Scoutmaster to verify our schedule and come on by.

Who Can Join/When to Join/How to Join

To join a Scout troop, a boy or girl must meet ANY of the following three requirements, whichever occurs FIRST:

be at least age 11 but not yet 18
be age 10 and have earned the Cub Scout program's Arrow of Light award
be age 10 and after March 1 of fifth grade

They do not need to have been in Cub Scouts.

Troop 97 expects its members to be active, to wear full uniform, and to advance regularly. We expect parents to be active also.

Troop 97 is open to any boy or girl who meets these requirements, and who subscribes to the principles of Scouting contained in the Scout Promise and Scout Law. Membership in our sponsoring church (or any church) is NOT a requirement (actually, most of our Scouts do not belong to our sponsor).

Although Scouts can join anytime during the year, most join between January and May. It is very important for new Scouts to attend summer camp their first year (which is why our Scoutmaster and a dozen or more of our Assistant Scoutmasters and parents will spend the full week at camp with the Scouts).

For more information, email, phone, or come to a meeting.

What about Girls?

Scouting America (BSA) began allowing troops for girls in February 2019. Although girls and boys must be in separate boy-only or girl-only troops, the BSA is currently testing 'combined' troops that are open to both girls and boys. Troop 97 is part of the BSA pilot program and welcomes any girl or boy who wants to experience the adventure of Scouting.

More Information about Troop 97

Email the Scoutmaster with your questions or needs. Or to arrange a visit.