Turkey Trot

This Thanksgiving, several scouts from troop 448 volunteered to help with the Turkey Trot 10k run. The scouts helped keep the runners on the right course. Thank you to all of the scouts that woke up early on Thanksgiving to help with the run.

Here are the pictures.

( written by John Michael R., T448 Historian)

Knights of Columbus Breakfast ~ 11-23-08

This morning, our troop woke up early to make breakfast for the Knights of Columbus. We all met at the church at 7:00 AM to start setting up the hall and making breakfast. We set up tables and decorated them with a Thanksgiving theme. The dining hall looked nice.

The adults and the boys prepared breakfast consisting of eggs, hash browns, biscuits, bacon, sausage, fruit, and waffles. The food was served buffet style by the Boy Scouts. Before breakfast, our Chaplain’s Aid, Grayson B. said grace and the Troop had a flag ceremony. The flag ceremony was conducted by, Jonathan G., Nathan H., Josh S. and Carlos T.

After the Knights had breakfast, the troop took over and ate the rest. When it was all done, we all helped clean up the dining hall and kitchen. We had a good time doing this service for the Knights of Columbus.

Thanks to all the adults and boys who helped with this project.

Click here to look at the pictures from this event.

(Written by John Michael R., Troop Historian)

Lost Pines Campout ~ 11-14 to 11-16, 2008

Ready. Aim. Fire!



Rifle Shooting and Orienteering, now that is what we call fun. We spent this past weekend camping at the Lost Pines Scout camp. This campout was "aimed" at rifle shooting and orienteering. After arriving at camp on Friday night, we all got rest to get ready for the big day. Half of the group went rifle shooting and the other half went orienteering. After lunch, the groups switched.

We all had a great time shooting and orienteering. All the boys qualified for the Junior USA Shooting Team during their time on the range. Several boys completed the shooting requirement for the rifle shooting merit badge, shooting three rounds on the target that could be covered by a quarter. During the rifle shooting portion, Mr. Svrcek gave us a demonstration of muzzleloading shooting.

We all had a great time shooting. By the way, Levi S. had the highest score during the shooting team qualification. Way to go, Levi!

After the day of shooting and orienteering, those who stayed for the Saturday night campout earned their Polar Bear award. Many of these Scouters earned both the Chili Pepper (over 100 degrees) and Polar Bear (under 32 degrees) awards in 2008.

It was cold, but fun.

Here are more pictures.

(Written by John Michael R.)