The Father's Day Celebration is held to honor the importance and contribution each father has to their family. This year, it was an overnight campout at Joseph Grant Park. Scouts and Parents hiked along Hotel Loop Trail, had a watermelon eating contest, and did scout and father bonding games.
35 scouts joined this seven-day and night summer camp at Camp Hi-Sierra. We were one of the largest groups there. It was a great chance to learn new scouting skills, bond with fellow scouts, and earn merit badges and requirements. Overall, everyone had lots of fun.
Scouts and parents enjoyed a fun-filled weekend on the thrilling and exhilarating rapids on the South Fork of the American River, where California’s first gold was discovered setting off the Gold Rush. With a span of 15 miles, 34 families had a great time in this Class II/III river.
Congratulating Mattias Larsson and his proud family for Mattias’ attainment of the Eagle Scout Rank! Mattias is the 98th Eagle Scout in our Troop's 24-year proud history.
The Florida Keys are a coral cay archipelago off the southern coast of Florida, forming the southernmost part of the continental United States (Wikipedia). Two crews attended this High Adventure, formed by 12 scouts and 5 AICs. Scouts had many fun adventures and activities; they spent almost an entire week on a boat, even sleeping on its cramped decks!
The Summit High Adventure program encourages scouts to grow in competence, confidence, caring, and awareness by providing experiences that require scouts to move out of their comfort zones and “stretch” themselves. Every day, scouts engaged in fun activities such as BMX, skateboarding, mountain biking, ziplining, canopy tours, having a hunter's education, climbing, and shooting sports.
Beach campout was a themed campout. Families had a relaxing getaway to enjoy the sand, sea, and hot sun. Everyone had lots of fun together.
Family camp is an annual campout where scouts have fun with their families. For this campout, we had many activities and had fun with the Troop 453 family, including Pack453 4th graders and 5th graders. Thanks to all the parents for preparing the delicious feast!
Polaris, our District, in partnering with the Rotary Club of Cupertino, created a fun-filled event where many troops around the area all participated and racked up many many service hours! Our booths this time consisted of Kim's Game, Connect 4, and Pole Ball Toss.
For 2022 Q2, a whopping 16 scouts advanced to the next level, with two of those scouts advancing twice! One ASM swore in. Good job Scouts and Parents!