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Turkey Feast 2019
Klondike Derby Prep 2019In preparation for the Klondike Derby, the troop headed down to New England Base Camp in Milton to practice our cold weather camping and cooking skills. We certainly got some practice this weekend! With temps falling to the single digits, the scouts learned to improvise and adapt in order to stay warm. As an unexpected bonus, Scoutmaster Emeritus, Mr. Iler was in camp teaching ice climbing and was able to get everyone in the troop harnessed up to climb the 40 ft rope ladder. Even simple things like climbing become more of a challenge in the cold temps!
Echo Enrichment Center 2018The troop's annual tradition of having scouts spend a morning at the Echo Enrichment Center in Burlington continued in December. We had several scouts work under Mrs. Pereira's amazing guidance to help her adult clients build and decorate gingerbread houses for the holidays. It's a great experience for the scouts to work with the students there, and the students look forward to the scouts returning every year.
Turkey Feast 2018The troop held our annual Turkey Feast at Camp Forty Acres in Wilmington. As always, the scouts did an amazing job setting up, cooking and serving a full turkey dinner to our guests! The scouts cooked 6 turkeys, 2 hams, 20 pies and a full set of sides, all outdoors. Take a look at the Turkey Feast post on our blog!
Scout-O 2018In late October, the troop attended the New England Orienteering Club's (NEOC's) Scout-O. This is an orienteering event where scouts can practice their land navigation skills using features of the terrain plus map and compass. This has been a perennial favorite of the troop for several years. When we arrived on Saturday morning to light rain and an empty camping field, we should have realized what we were in for. The scouts did an awesome job with the orienteering practice during the day and the "Night-O" after dinner, but after 12 hours in the rain, it was decided that coming home was the better decision. Still, a great time was had by all.
Girls In ScoutingBurlington Scout Troop 103 is excited to announce that we are now accepting girls into our Scouting program. We have had girls in our troop since September, joining the program with our boys (you can see them in BCAT's Truck Day video from September!)
Our girls are excited to start on advancement, undertaking their journey to the Eagle Scout rank, and we're looking forward to more girls joining the troop in the future. Our latest adventure was this very weekend. The Scouts participated in the Flintlock District's Grand Klondike Derby at Camp Sayre in Milton, competing in events like fire building, tomahawk throwing, and orienteering. Boys and girls alike are looking forward to snowshoeing to the Lonesome Lake Hut in the White Mountains in March and cycling 50 miles on Cape Cod in May. Troop 103 meets once a week, on Tuesdays from 7pm-8:30pm at Fox Hill School in Burlington. Any boys or girls in grades 6 through 12 and their parents are welcome to come to a meeting, and talk to the Scoutmaster about Troop 103. If you have any questions, you can contact the Scoutmaster, Steve Green, at troop103burlington@gmail.com. You can also read the Spirit of Adventure Council's newsletter about the launch of Scouts BSA and girls in Scouting. Mt. Monadnock Shakedown 2018It's common sense that climbing a mountain isn't going to be easy, but it is a rewarding experience. The climb up Mt. Monadnock was steep and it took a few hours to even get close to the top, but the view once we got there was absolutely stunning. We ate lunch on the rocks above the clouds and managed to crawl our way down just in time for dinner. Along with cooking our own meals for dinner that night and breakfast the next morning, some of the new scouts also got requirements signed off on after learning numerous safety necessities. Overall, the Monadnock trip was a difficult one, but one that was very worthwhile.
Truck Day 2018BCAT interview of two of our Scouts, Ethan and Jenna. Check it out in this Truck Day Interview!
T.L. Storer Summer Camp 2018Summer Camp, like every year was a blast. This year the camp ran a little bit differently than usual, all meals were served family style, grace was indoors, and patrols picked their activities rather than picked by the SPL. Some activities included survival bracelet making, Water Trampoline (with a new added slide and spinning log), Cope and Climbing, and more. Four of our new scouts joined us for their first summer camp ever. Jayden, Ronan, Joe, and Noah. The boys were a little homesick, but loved being there and want to comeback next summer.
Our troop did some amazing things. At the closing ceremony it was announced that we won 3rd place in the McGee Cup, and our very own Cam Hudson completed the Mile Swim for the 2nd year in a row. Aaron Rippin presented a sign for our troop to be hanged in the dining hall. The back of the sign carried the signatures of everyone who attended the camp out this year. Wreath Laying at
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