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Troops that Pack 59 boys have joined in recent years:
Charter organization: First United Methodist Church--1201 Lavaca
Meetings: Tuesday 7:30-9 p.m.
Size: 100 boys - full for 2002
Activities: Monthly Campouts
Summers: Merit Badge camps in North Carolina, California or Colorado
High Adventure Camps, ( age 14+)French Alps (1999), Sea Base in Florida (2000), Philmont (every other year)
Contact: Clark Charbonnet 328-7577
updated August 15, 2002
Troop 9
Charter organization: Bryker Woods School PTA - on West 33rd just East of Kerby Lane
Meetings: Wednesdays 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Size: 19 active members
Activities, Summers & High Adventure Camps: see e-mail from Scout Master Joe Jones
Contact: Joe Jones 476-4811 ext. #24
In an e-mail dated October 2.....We are Historic Troop 9. We meet every Wed. evening from 7:30 to 8:30 at our own separate Scout Hut located behind Bryker Woods School on West 33rd just East of Kerbey Lane. This is in the area just west of Seton Hospital with easy access from Mopac. Our Sponsor is Bryker Woods School PTA.
We currently have 19 active members. Our older Scouts are in the process of starting a related Venture Crew. We have five Scout finishing their Eagles. We go on a campout each month. Last year we went backpacking twice, rock climbing and canoeing. In late May we usually have a week-long troop adventure (2000-Mexico, 2001-Big Bend, 2002-Arkansas/Buffalo River). We have attended summer camp at Lost Pines in Bastrop every year for the 32 years of its existance. We sent one Scout to the National Order of the Arrow Conference in 2000 and three Scouts to the National Jamboree in 2001.
This past summer of 2002 we had four Scouts attend the Northern Tier Canoe Base in Atitokan, Ontario, Canada for a 10 canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness and five Scouts attend the Junior Leader Training camp. We had one Scout on Lost Pines summer camp staff. Our troop is active in the Order of the Arrow.
We are available for Webelos II's to visit and attend joint
campouts during the year. Scoutmaster - Joe Jones SM 5 years, ASM 2 years, Woodbadge,
Eagle
9 active adult Assistant Scoutmasters.
We are a small, fast moving troop. We would like to bigger than we are currently but do not expect to have membership much over 30 or so. We promote boy leadership in whatever form available and this learning process is in action eventhough it may appear as chaos at any given time. We tend to less regimentation or regid rules except in cases of safety. Our main goal is to follow and learn from the Scout program and have as much fun as we can without huring ourselves. This applies to adults as well as boys. If you are not looking to have fun, we are not your troop.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any more questions.
Yours in Scouting Adventure,
Joe Jones
SM Troop 9
476-4811x24
updated October 2, 2002
Charter organization: Tarrytown United Methodist
Meetings: Tuesday 7-8:30 p.m.
Size: 80 boys
Activities: Monthly Campouts
Summers: Lost Pines Scout Camp, BSA High Adventure Camps (age 14+) troop backpacking trip to New Mexico (Chama area) or Colorado (Wemenuche Wilderness area), and Jamboree.
Contact: Paul Parker @ 454-0702 or troop399scoutmaster@yahoo.com
Notes: A boy and Patrol led troop.
Troop 410
Charter organization: Highland Park Baptist Church on Balcones
Meetings: Tuesday 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Size: 35-45 boys
Activities: Monthly Campouts
Summer: Philmont every other year, off years: Boundary Waters, Minnesota (canoeing), Buffalo Trails Davis Mountains
Contact: Michael Sullivan 467-0331 (h) 373-3156 (work) or
Notes: Gullet Elementary Cub Scouts feed into this troop, will have new friends by the time they get to Lamar.
Charter organization: Riverbend Church - Loop 360
Meetings: Tuesday night
Size: 50 boys
Activities: Monthly campouts including Rock Climbing Merit Badge at Enchanted Rock; private ranches as well as State Parks. Canoeing, power boating, survival and leadership skills. Merit Badge camps include Las Cimas, Tahuaya and Lost Pines. We attend both Summer and Winter sessions earning up to 14 MB's per year!
Summers: Rio Grande National Forest; Whitewater rafting near Taos, NM; Backpacking to 10,000' in the RGNF. Summer of 2001, Venture Patrol will attend Philmont.
Contact: Scoutmaster W. Gaines Bagby 499-4915
e-mail: GainesB1@cs.com
Some other comments....(October 02)
- Dear Blue Wolf Patrol,
I encourage Ronnie and John to join in with their thoughts, too, but I wanted
to give you a short update on our experience of camping this past weekend with
Troop 454 at the Faulkner Ranch near Llano (and on the Llano River) this past
weekend. I'm hoping that those of you who camped with Troop 49 will share your
experiences, too.
Ronnie and the boys (Stuart, John R. and Grant) all arrived at about 1:30 p.m.,
I believe. They set up tents and built a small dam in the Llano River in the
afternoon. The Scouts were working on various merit badges including emergency
preparedness, though our boys weren't really involved in that activity. The
Scouts planned and cooked their meals for their fellow Scouts and for all of
the Webelos on the campout. It seems there were about a couple dozen Scouts
and about 9 or 10 Webelos and about 10-12 adults (some Scout parents, some Weblos....
maybe half and half).... Ronnie and John, correct me here if I'm off. The parents
ate in the same area, but planned and cooked separately. There were leftovers
from the parents food for those boys who didn't get enough of their dinner (grilled
cheese sandwiches, tamales and carrots). The parents ate beef and chicken fajitas,
with refried beans and great garnishings.
I was pleased with how welcoming the Scouts were for the Webelos. On their own,
they went around at dinner and introduced themselves, told a little about themselves
and about the Troop and later told stories and jokes. Later, at the campfire,
the boys and then parents all went around and introduced themselves and described
their favorite thing/activity on the campout so far.
Breakfast in the morning was cooked for everyone (boys and adults)... I think
it was cooked by both boys and adults. Texas size french toast, bacon, juice...
it was another good meal. This was followed by a short nondenominational service
led by Ronnie (which was well done and seemed especially appropriate from the
pretty view of the Llano River). Everyone shared in KP duty cleaning dishes
and breaking down the common area (which included a nice portable tent (about
12' x 25'??). And, then we broke down our tents and headed home.
There seemed to me to be a good mix of both boy lead activities and parental
participation. I think there were lots of activities going on this weekend for
the Scouts (including taking PSATs on Sat. a.m.) and the weather wasn't totally
inviting Friday night and Sat. a.m. when folks would have been heading out...unless
you really love camping in the rain. As it turned, out we didn't get any rain.
Those that came out Friday said that it only rained from about 3 a.m. to 6 a.m.
so they were never out in the rain. Anyway, given all of that, I guess the attendance
on the campout from the boys was pretty respectable.
Ronnie and John, let us know your thoughts.
For those who attended the Troop 49 campout, let us know about that, too! Thanks!
Tom
Some other comments.... Calling all Webelos looking for a scout troop. Come
to Troop 49! So what is special about us?
Crestview Baptist Church sponsors us and gives us our own dedicated scout room.
Come by the church at 7600 Woodrow Avenue up near Northcross Mall and check
out a meeting any Tuesday night at 7:00 PM. During our meetings, we work on
scout advancement and we have fun.
We are boy-led! Finally, we have pushed the grown ups aside and run things ourselves!
Each year we have a planning meeting, run by us, and each week we have a Patrol
Leaders Council Meeting, run by us, to plan what we want to do.
Our troop is great. We win the Quality Unit and the National Camping Award every
year.
We camp—a lot. Check out our web site to learn more about us:
http://www.main.org/troop49/