December 26, 2024

Summer Camp Registration Is Here!

Summer Camp already!?!  Boy howdy, you betcha! It’s time to get signed up for Summer Camp, get your physical and put down a deposit/payment. Summer Camp at Goshen Scout Reservation June 23 – June 29, 2013 Camp Olmsted at Goshen Scout Reservation is a Boy Scout resident camp located around 450-acre Lake Merriweather in Goshen, Virginia.  Thomas […]

Quartermasters Clean up Trailer, Make Sandwiches for the Homeless & Clean up the Church Grounds

On Saturday, September 15th, 10 quartermasters along with Mr. Reuss and Mr. Phillips cleaned out the troop trailer, took inventory of the gear and did training exercises.  The troop equipment now is all squared away and ready for the upcoming Fall Outing. In addition to the trailer clean-up and inventory, the quartermasters participated in the […]

Troop 55 Scout Participate at Indian Festival

Troop 55 Scouts participated in the Annual Indian Festival held at Riverbend Park on Saturday, September 8th.   The Scouts were assigned to the Archery Range activity, and the Park Managers were very grateful to have the help as this activty was by far the most popular attraction at the Festival.  Our Scouts demonstrated basic archery technique and assisted visitors […]

Upcoming Events & News

September Outing – Pohick Bay When:  September 22-23, 2012 Where: Camp Wilson at Pohick Bay Regional Park Time:   Arrive at the St. Francis parking lot at 7:45 AM on Saturday morning Saturday, Sept. 22nd. Return to St. Francis mid-dayon Sunday, Sept. 23rd. Powhatan District Fall Camporee Troop 55 will be sending a contingent of scouts […]

September Outing – Pohick Bay

When:  September 22-23, 2012 Where: Camp Wilson at Pohick Bay Regional Park Time:   Arrive at the St. Francis parking lot at 7:45 AM on Saturday morning Saturday, Sept. 22nd. Return to St. Francis mid-day on Sunday, Sept. 23rd. This month the scouts will stay locally with a trip to Camp Wilson at the Pohick Bay […]

Historian Report – Resica Falls Summer Camp 2012

On June 24th Boy Scout Troop 55 went to Resica Falls for summer camp. Most of Sunday was spent on a bus watching Lord of the Rings or sleeping while we awaited arrival. When we finally got to camp at Resica Falls (in northern Pennsylvania) we unloaded all of the trunks into our campsite (Cayuga […]

Summer Camp Merit Badge Spotlight – Fly Fishing

  On Monday at Summer Camp Nick D., Paul Y., and I went to the Nature center during the afternoon open merit badge session to take the fly fishing merit badge.  When we got there the counselor (Mr. Dave Bryan of the Cradle of Liberty Council area) assigned to that merit badge only knew a little about fly fishing […]