Matt, Author at Troop 86

Camping at Giant City State Park

Our latest camping trip to Giant City State Park… It was great to see so many Scouts (and adult leaders) together for the weekend!

There are numerous reasons why it’s important for our Scouts to understand basic fire-building techniques. Tonight they learned first-hand.

Eagle is the highest rank attainable in Scouts BSA. This month we had the honor of recognizing two of our Scouts who attained this rank.

Our Scouts spent the day today at Upper Limits, where they had the opportunity to learn and apply new climbing skills!

As time goes on, we’re going to try to add supplemental info regarding the various merit badges offered by the…

It’s been over a year since our troop has been on a campout, but we finally made it happen. One more step closer to our normal routine!

This month our focus is on backpacking. This gave us the opportunity to start easing back to our normal schedule with a morning hike!

The weather tried to scare us away, but we were still able to get out for a short hike. We even saw several eagles while we were there!

We recently added new information to our resources page that is especially helpful for newer Scouts. Be sure to check…

Tonight our Scouts had the honor and privilege to help a local Pack and VFW Post with their flag retirement ceremony.