Logan Schmidt honored with Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award

Troop 626 is proud to announce that Eagle Scout, Logan Schmidt was selected as the recipient of the 2012 Glenn and Melinda Adams Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award by the Chief Seattle Council of the BSA.

The award recognizes valuable service of an exceptional nature by a Scout to a religious institution, a school, community, or other entity.

In their review, the selection committee commented: "his planning and leadership skills were apparent in his project to help Rite of Passage Journeys repair their facilities. We appreciated the number of projects he tackled, the large group of people he worked with, and the level of detail in his report."

Logan was presented with the award certificate and pin on stage at the 2012 Eagle Banquet at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue on May 10th.

Learn more about Logan's project here.


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Camp Casey Outing

This is an outing where  we would drive all the way to Coupeville WA on March 17th  and stay there over night. There is a great lodge but because of the number of kids going this we also had to pitch out tents. As well, there is an awesome cave/fort area where we play capture the flag.

The 38 scouts that participated in this outing were divided into 3 scout patrols. Also there were 3 family patrols.






This was a very successful and fun activity especially for new scouts and their families.

Fun fact: this is the first time over the last 3 years that scouts pitched up tents at the Camp Casey outing!







Igor Banin
Troop 626 Historian.
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Scouting For Food - Donation Pick up on March 24, 2012

On Sunday March 18, a large number of Troop scouts and adults distributed door flyers in the Eastgate neighborhood to announce the "Scouting for Food" food drive project. We will return on Saturday, March 24 to pick up the donations that are put out for pick up.

Thanks in advance to the community residents for supporting this effort!

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Potluck Court of Honor

On Tuesday February 14th, 2012, we had our Court of Honor. This one was special, a Potluck. We had lots of food and fun.

Daniel Young was the MC of the Ceremony.

We discussed our already passed and upcoming events.

Scouts received their ranks and merit badges.

Click Here to see more pictures.

Igor Banin

Historian

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Arrow of Light Ceremony

On Sunday, February 5th 2012 we held an Arrow of Light Ceremony at Newport Way Library. Five boys from Pack 633, Den 2 joined our Troop.

Alex W, Max O, John T, Cory M, Dmytro B and I helped out with the ceremony.

Logan S on behalf of the Scoutmaster read a Welcome message.

The New Scouts were then given their badges. They crossed the set-up bridge in front of them, to symbolize the transferring from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts.

We then ate cake, it was delicious.

Igor Banin

Historian
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TREE LOT SOLD OUT - Thank you for all your support!

Thank you for your support!


As of 4pm today, we sold our last tree.


Thank you to all our customers, the Newport Swim and Tennis Club, the community and Troop members and families.


Please visit us next year!




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September 24-25th Mason Lake Overnighter.

This was an overnighter into the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Due to the wilderness rules we had to limit our group to 12 members. Popularity forced us to split into two groups, one departing at 9am and the other at 11am. I was part of the 9am group.

This hike was short but very strenuous as we had to climb a high mountain pass before descending into beautiful lake basin. Like the 1950’s movie land of the lost. However there were no dinosaurs (that we spotted). It was a wonderful hike on Ira Spring Trail up the side of Bandera Mountain, with views of the Snoqualmie River Valley below and Mt Rainer peeking over the rugged mountains to the south as we ascended the steep slope. We had to stop quite a few times for water and fuel (cookies and beef jerky) in order to complete the task. But the reward was great as we go to the cool peaceful Mason Lake on the other side of the mountain.

We set up camp on the shore next to a bunch of giant granite boulders. The 11am scout group found 2 sites adjacent to ours. We practiced cooking on stoves, and filtering lake water for drinking. We took a hike to the other side of the lake looking for a spring but they were all dried up. It was a hard hike over granite boulders, dubbed by the scouts as the “Playground of Death”. The scouts preferred lounging lakeside after the long hike I think.

We slept overnight in our tents (most of us). It began raining in the morning so we skedaddled out of there. As soon as we hit the trail the rain stopped and as was assured us by one of group members earlier, that there was blue sky on the other side of the mountain, it turned out to be true. We crested the ridge for the long descent with beautiful views of the mountains valleys and Mt Rainier. It was a much easier hike out and we were back to our cars for the ride home in just under 2 hours.

Link to Pictures:
Album 1
Album 2

Washington Trail Association stats
Location: Ira Spring Memorial (#1038)
Snoqualmie Pass Area, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Roundtrip: 6.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 2550 ft
Highest Point: 4750 ft

Thanks, Chuck Guy, ASM Troop 626