Tag: Camping
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Winter Camp 2025
Winter camp is a 4-day camping experience for all scouts in the troop. Scouts will earn four merit badges, participate in camp competitions, and have an incredible social experience that they will remember for the rest of their lives. One event exclusive to winter camp is Night Infiltration, where scouts must sneak around camp to…
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Fall Camp-O-Ree 2025
This year, the Louisiana Purchase Council is getting Back to the Basics at Camp Attakapas! Activities will include Knot Tying, First Aid, Fire Starting, Scout Trivia, Tent set up and take down. We also will have a Catapult Building and Launch Competition. We will also have a cooking competition featuring a secret ingredient. If you…
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Cub-o-ree 2025
On March 21-22, 2025, Troop 8 scouts volunteered to work at the annual spring Cub-o-ree. This event provides cub scouts with the chance to camp with their families and enjoy a day of new experiences. This year, Troop 8 ran the Raingutter Regatta and had fun helping younger scouts (and their parents!) race miniature boats.
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Spring 2025 Cub-O-Ree & Troop Campout
On March 21 and 22, the Louisiana Purchase Council will be holding the annual Spring Cub-O-Ree at Camp Attakapas. Troop 8 will arrive on Friday evening to camp out as a troop. On Saturday we will help the council with anything they need for Cub-O-Ree, including setting up, running games, giving directions, and cleaning up.…
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Klondike 2025
Klondike is a fun camping opportunity for all troops within the Louisiana Purchase Council! Troops camp out and compete in various games, developing skills like knot-tying and fire-building, and cooking. Klondike is also a great opportunity for team-building within and outside of the troop. The games culminate in a troop dogsled race and scouts will…
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Winter Camp 2024
From November 22nd to November 26th, Troop 8 attended Winter Camp 2024 at Camp Attakapas. The week was full of fun and fellowship and scouts earned many merit badges! Flag Raising A core part of scouting is our duty to our country, and Troop 8 is proud to be training youth on the proper conduct…
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Kayaking on Lake Buhlow
On October 23, 2022, Troop 8 went kayaking at Lake Buhlow in Pineville. Scouts spent the previous night at Camp Attakapas to satisfy a requirement for the Camping merit badge. In the morning, they drove back to Pineville for a few hours of kayaking.
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Campout at the Southern Forest Heritage Museum
On April 22-23, Troop 8 visited the Southern Forest Heritage Museum (SFHM) in Long Leaf, Louisiana. The SFHM encompasses the old Crowell and Spencer Lumber Company sawmill, which shut down in 1969. The museum was founded in 1994 with the goal of restoring and preserving the mill and its equipment for future generations. Scouts arrived…
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Attakapas Winter Camp 2021
Troop 8 enjoyed another fun and productive winter camp at Camp Attakapas. Camp ran from November 19th to November 23rd. November 19th Upon arrival, it was decided that the troop needed to have a commemorative fire. November 20th After breakfast, scouts headed back to camp to devise their skit for the closing campfire, an important…
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Summer Camp 2021
Between June 13th and 18th, Troop 8 stayed at Camp Attakapas for the 2021 Summer Camp. Each day was “themed” with a different holiday. Here’s a recap: Arrival Troop 8 arrived at Camp Attakapas on Sunday, June 13. Day 1: Easter The first day’s theme was Easter. The scouts wore colored hats and made balloons…
