Klondike Derby

On 2/1/19 to 2/2/19 our troop and others participated in the yearly Klondike Derby. Scouts there got the opportunity to learn teamwork and essential scout skills. While there scouts learned to camp in the snow and showed proper clothing for the climate. At the end we had a sled race with all the other troops which put our teamwork merits to the test. It was a fantastic outing!

Activities

Troop 626 starting a fire

Sled Race

Anthony's eagle project

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On January 5th 2019 a total of 7 scouts and 6 adults went to Anthony's eagle scout project. The project was a major success with over 500 bags filled with hygiene kits, socks, and sandals. Along with over 500 handwritten letters to homeless veterans. After, we enjoyed a hot pizza and some drinks.

Group Photo of scouts

Troop 626 Open House

Today our troop held an open house to open the opportunity for cub scouts or others to join our troop. Each patrol did an activity relating to scouting with those who wanted to join our troop, while the adults held a power point session for the parents. All in all it was a blast!

The trusty toasters teaching Webelos scout skills

Webelos looking at the demonstration.

Power Point session for the parents

Christmas Tree Lot setup

Today we set up our Christmas tree lot and kicked off our Troop 626 Christmas tree sales officially!

Group Photo of the volunteers

Tree lot clean up

We have funded the troop through Christmas tree sales and the Newport Swim and Tennis club were generous enough to allow us to sell our trees there. And to show our gratitude to the Newport Swim and Tennis club we rake and dispose of any trash or leaves around the area. The whole troop worked tirelessly throughout the clean up.

Group Photo of all the scouts who
participated in the cleanup

Scouts hard at work

Tolt Macdonald campout

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From October 26 to October 28^th a total of 19 scouts and 5 adults from troop 626 camped at Tolt Macdonald for two nights. While there Mr. Marring organized a wonderful orienteering course for the scouts giving them the opportunity to learn how to use a compass and map. On the second night heavy rain poured outside but luckily the troop came prepared and set up their rain covers the day before.

All in all everybody enjoyed the camp and was a great opportunity for scout skills to the younger scouts.

Group Photo of Scouts before departure

Scouts playing cards

VFW Service Project

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Today, Troop 626 did a yard clean-up service project supervised by Grandpa Dan at the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars), up near Microsoft. The scouts raked leaves, swept, and generally cleaned up the grounds so it would look nice for the Veterans Day dinner. 

At the end of the day the VFW was kind enough to serve homemade pizza for the troop’s work.

The VFW building

The Troop hard at work

A Group Photo of the scouts