Tag: Merit Badge
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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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Merit Badge Meeting
We will hold a merit badge meeting on April 15, 2025. Scouts may show up in their Class B uniform.
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Merit Badge Meeting
We will hold a merit badge meeting on March 18, 2025. Scouts may show up in their Class B uniform.
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Merit Badge Meeting & Preview Night
We will hold a merit badge meeting on February 18, 2025. Current should come in full Class A uniform. We will be working on the wood carving merit badge and whittling in bars of soap. We invite all Cub Scouts, families, and any youth ages 12-17 to show up and participate with us!
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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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Boating on Buhlow
On May 17, 2022, Troop 8 took a trip down to Lake Buhlow to complete the Motorboating merit badge. Scouts have been working on the requirements of the merit badge for a few weeks now, and Mr. Junior was kind enough to lend his boat to complete the driving requirement.
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Automotive Maintenance and Farm Mechanics Day
On April 9, 2022, the troop was invited to the Ross Bus Center in Alexandria. Scouts spent the day learning about the mechanics of farm machines and how to perform maintenance on road vehicles. All scouts in attendance earned both the Automotive Maintenance and Farm Mechanics merit badges.
