BSA Troop 1997
Announcements
Home
Mission Statement
Announcements
Schedule
Contact Info
Photo Gallery
Forms
Links
Gary UMC
Newsletters
Directions

  Posted 9/13/09
Youth Leadership Elections
SPL: John Valentino
ASPL: Adam Watkins
Patrol Leader; Snake Patrol: Liam Docherty
Patrol Leader; Eagle Patrol: Dustin Maxwell
Quartermaster: Collin Dohner
Scribe: Sean Waller
JASM: Andrew Athen

Posted 6/18/09
Summer Camp
2009 summer camp was its usual success. Troop 1997 won a number of awards during the week and during the camp-wide games. Joe P put his trademark stamp on the Saturday games with an Egyptian theme and costumes that were the envy of the camp.

While the troop gets plenty dirty in the course of having lots of fun, we proved we know how to clean up as well. Troop 1997 recieved our first ever perfect clean camp score this year!

Be sure to attend our fall court of honor where the many rank advancements and merit badges earned during summer camp will be awarded.

Posted 2/11/09
Youth Leadership
Election Results

Congratulations to Troop 1997's newest Youth Leadership:
SPL: Danny Moss
ASPL: John Valentino
Scribe: Sean Waller
Quartermaster: Joseph Ayoub
Patrol Leader: Justin Hammond
Patrol Leader: Kevin Hall
 
And thanks to outgoing leadership SPL Joseph Ayoub and ASPL Ryan Hammond!
 
 
Posted 3/25/09
Eagle Scouts
Congratulations to Troop 1997's newest Eagle Scout:
Randy Seed: March 25, 2009
 
 
Posted 10/30/08
Webelos-O-Ree
October 24 - 26, 2008
Troop 1997 hosted the event bonfire and the "fire starting station" again at this year's Webelos-O-Ree. As is tradition, it rained all day Saturday, but cleared just in time for the bonfire that evening. The troop was even provided with a cabin, so we weren't exactly roughing it! The youth (and one adult with a chainsaw) worked feverishly all day in the rain to build the towering structure that was the bonfire that evening. Despite a little wet weather, the weekend was pure 100% fun for all involved. 
 
Saturday evening culminated in a truely shameless skit to promote the troop, ending with the entire audience of Webelos chanting "Troop 1997" before the bonfire was lit. This turned out to be another epic bonfire, surpassing even last year's inferno. See picture below for details.
bonfire4.jpg

Posted 8/30/08
New calendar
The new calendar for the 2008 - 2009 season has been posted. Please see the Schedule page for a summary of the activities planned for this year. Details related to each activity will be posted on this page (Announcements) as the date of the activity approaches.
 
 
Posted 7/28/08
Summer Camp 2008
Summer camp this year took place from Sunday, July 20 through Sunday, July 27. 18 scouts were in attendance along with 6 adults.
 
Cleanest camp! Despite our reputation and most sisters' assessment as "dirty smelly boys", Troop 1997 earned first place as the Cleanest Camp, missing a perfect score by only one small scrap of paper!! Seems we're not quite so dirty and smelly after all.
 
Troop 1997 also earned a number of other awards including first place in camp-wide rifle marksmanship, second place in archery, and the coveted Davey Crocket award for best overall marksmanship camp-wide.