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Troop 86

Holy Cross Lutheran Church – Collinsville IL

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We host various meetings throughout the year. Our Scouts use these to learn new skills, plan events, work on advancements, and recognize the accomplishments of their fellow Scouts.

2023-05-22 Troop Meeting - Troop 86

Pioneering – Chariot Race

Our final pioneering-themed meeting of the month challenged the Scouts to construct “chariots” using some of the knots they learned.
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Posted on: June 1, 2023 Last updated on: June 1, 2023 Written by: Matt
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Pioneering – Constructing Flagpoles

For this week’s meeting, the troop continued their focus on “Pioneering” by learning how to use their knot-tying skills to construct flagpoles
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Posted on: June 1, 2023 Last updated on: June 1, 2023 Written by: Matt
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Pioneering Week – First Aid & A-Frame Tripods

The troop’s theme for this month is Pioneering. For our first meeting, the Scouts built A-Frame Tripods strong enough to hold the Scouts!
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Posted on: May 19, 2023 Last updated on: May 19, 2023 Written by: Oliver
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Citizenship Discussion at our Troop Meeting

We had a full agenda at our last troop meeting, learning about the 3 branches of government, and stretcher techniques for First-Aid.
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Posted on: January 26, 2023 Last updated on: January 26, 2023 Written by: Matt
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Fire-Building Night at our Troop Meeting

There are numerous reasons why it’s important for our Scouts to understand basic fire-building techniques. Tonight they learned first-hand.
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Posted on: August 24, 2021 Last updated on: August 24, 2021 Written by: Matt

Reviewing Fire Safety at our Troop Meeting

The topic for our recent troop meeting was “Fire Safety”. We had quite a few Scouts at our meeting, and…
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Posted on: October 23, 2019 Last updated on: October 23, 2019 Written by: Matt
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An “Orienteering” overview at our troop meeting

While we won’t claim to have a perfect record, at each of our meetings we try to focus on a…
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Posted on: September 17, 2019 Last updated on: September 17, 2019 Written by: Matt
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Totin’ Chip Review

Our youth leaders spent a few minutes tonight reviewing the Totin’ Chip requirements to our Scouts. While only a couple…
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Posted on: June 4, 2019 Last updated on: June 4, 2019 Written by: Matt

Troop Elections Night – Choosing our next youth leaders

Our troop holds troop elections for our youth leaders about 3 times a year. At these meetings, our Scouts nominate…
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Posted on: May 14, 2019 Last updated on: May 14, 2019 Written by: Matt
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Court Of Honor – Feb 2019

This past Friday was our Troop’s latest Court Of Honor event. We typically hold 3-4 of these each year. The…
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Posted on: February 20, 2019 Last updated on: April 15, 2020 Written by: Matt
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