Troop 169 News:

Welcome

Troop 169 is a member of the Great Bear District, Voyageurs Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The Barnum Community United Methodist Church is our Chartered Organization. We are a fairly new troop striving to create a fun and memorable scouting experience, as well as teaching the youth in our area important skills and values.

We currently meet on the first and third Mondays of the month, 6:00pm at the Barnum Community United Methodist Church. Anyone interested in Scouting is more than welcome to attend. Each meeting's agenda varies depending on the program planned, and can include working on Scouting skills, preparing for campouts, working on merit badge requirements or other projects.

Developing leadership is our goal. Troop 169 is a boy-run troop, as it is the best way to teach leadership. This means that our boys plan the program, execute the activities and follow the patrol method to the best of their abilities. Each patrol is a small snapshot of our troop and our leadership corps stem from these patrols. Of course, mistakes are made and sometimes adults need to step in, but lessons are learned and responsibility is understood.

Advancement through knowledge and skills is key.Through the Scouting program, each scout pursues a rank advancement, which requires them to learn new things in a variety of areas, including outdoor skills, citizenship, conservation and first aid, to name a few. Each scout progresses at his own rate, following a more rigid set of requirements in the beginning ranks, then expanding into a broader field of study through merit badges in the higher ranks.

In addition to this advancement, the scouts must demonstrate reverence, scout spirit and citizenship for each rank. Often, this means the boys must volunteer to do projects in their communities and think about their lives in a spiritual manner, though this can embrace every religion in the world. Also, scouts can earn special recognition in a variety of ways for achievements that don't lead to rank advancement, but which demonstrate other skills.

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