Boy Scout Troop 828

Boy Scout Troop 828, begun during February 1991, is sponsored by the St. Laurence Catholic Parish. Scouts come from all over the community to join in fun, camping, advancement, and service activities. The troop offers youth in grades 5 through 12 an exciting year-round program which helps them develop into responsible and healthy young men.

The troop meets in the St. Laurence parish hall every Monday except the last one of each month. The meetings are from 7:00 until 8:00 p.m.

To learn a little bit more about the troop or to login as a troop member, visit the troop site at http://bsatroop828.com.

Quick facts about Boy Scout Troop 828 in 2014:

• Journey to Excellence – Gold level (for third consecutive year)

• District Unit Award of Excellence (second consecutive year)

• Pope Paul VI Quality Unit (fourth consecutive year)

• Applied for Bishop’s Trophy

• Troop attended Catholic Scout Retreat at Camp Strake

• Five (5) Scouts finishing the Ad Altare Dei religious award for Catholic Scouts (17 in the troop currently have the award)

• Troop members contributed 997 hours of community service (Mamie George Community Center food fairs (2), Scouting for Food, Share God’s Bounty, Memorial Park conservation project, mulch spreading at Christ United Methodist, six Eagle projects including continued building of community garden at Mamie George)

• Seven weekend camp outs

• Two summer camps, one winter camp

• Northern Tier canoe trek

• Earned 214 merit badges

An exciting example of some of the opportunities our Scouts have can be seen in this video as Brandon works on his Aviation Merit Badge by completing his first flight and landing of a plane.