CHRISTMAS TREE SALE COMPLETED!

Our Annual Christmas Tree Sale Fundraiser Has Ended.

Thank you to all our customers, the community, Newport Hills Swim and Tennis Club, Troop members, alumni, and parents for all your support!

Click here for our Tree Sale brochure!
 
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Eagle Project Benefits Bellevue Botanical Gardens

Brian Helmholz's  Eagle project on October 16 2010, was to re-establish a native habitat to the outer reaches of the Lost Meadow trail at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens.  We, as a crew, planted a number of larger trees on the outer edges of the trail that will grow as time goes on to help isolate the gardens from the non natural world, and we planted several hundred low shrubs that will expand and multiply in the area to replenish natural life in the area.  

Thanks to the volunteers that attended, the project was a complete success and we managed to plant past the planned areas.

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Newport Hills Community Benefits from Eagle Project

October 16, 2010. Jeffrey Pyke's Eagle Project workers cleared stumps and invasive plants at a trail head entrance in the Newport Hills Community, then planted native trees and shrubs and put down mulch.  The entire area was diversified and beautified and the community was very grateful for the scouts' hard work.  With over 20 helpers, the volunteers put forth a total of over 45 hours of community service. 

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Jubilee Reach Center Benefits from Eagle Project

On September 18, 2010, the Troop participated in Harrison Kwik's Eagle project at the Jubilee Reach Center. The group constructed a sitting area outside the center, a community center dedicated to supporting undeserved youth, and building families and communities.

The project consisted of a paver-laid patio, two benches, and two potted trees. The patio was made to accompany the sign in front of the building, and to provide a place where people can socialize and sit outside. The project took one whole day plus two part-days to complete.

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Troop 626 Scouts "rescued" by Coast Guard!

As part of a Wilderness Survival Merit Badge course, the Scouts learned and demonstrated survival priorities, building an emergency shelter, purifying water, collecting drinking water via transpiration and signaling for assistance to be rescued.

Read all about it in the Bellevue Reporter article!

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Scouts Serve Cub Scout Pack 633

On Saturday, September 11, four of our Scouts helped out our friends at Cub Scout Pack 633 run the camp fire portion of their campout. Zachary D. served as MC, while Charlie H., Owen D, and Avery K helped build and montitor the fire. The four scouts also let the Cubs in a "participation song" sung by Avery.

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Labor Day Weekend Bike/Hike/Campout

For the Labor Day Bike Hike 2010, the scouts mountain biked the old Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) trail from Mt Si to the Middle Fork Campground, 12 miles of very rugged trail.  The trail required team work in places to portage bikes over huge landslide obstacles.  After camping overnight the scouts learned about selective fishing regulations for catch and release fishing, and spent the morning fishing in the Taylor River.  Then in the afternoon, biked partly up the Taylor River trail, then switched to hiking, ending at Otter Falls and Lipsey Lake.  After hiking/biking back to camp the scouts camped overnight.  The following morning the scouts tried their luck fishing in the North Fork of the Snoqualmie River.  

Scouts in attendance were: Alex W, John M, Rex O, Max O, Igor B, and Dmytro B. Weather wise, the first day was a nice dry day, but by evening it started raining and did not stop for the next two days.  But the scouts kept their spirits high and made a great trip of it nonetheless.

Check out pictures here: Album 1 and Album 2

Posted by Chuck Guy, ASM

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