April Lock In
We are headed to Carrolton to Group Dynamix for a Team Building Lock-in, Ropes Course, Black Light Dodgeball, Laser Chase, GaGa Ball, Nine Square in the Air, Archery Tag, Human Foosball, table top and lawn games plus more! This will be an awesome Lock-in with a ton of fun activities. They will handle everything so you just need to show up and have fun!
TROOP 1776 COURT OF HONOR
— Oct 2th 6:30 to 8:30 Canyon Creek Presbyterian Church Tenant Hall
March 2024 Canoeing and Northern Tier Shakedown Campout
This weekend will be a lot of fun for everyone! We will be spending the day canoeing on Lake Texoma and honing our paddling skills. For those going to Northern Tier this weekend we will be practicing our paddling techniques and our portaging. This is the perfect opportunity to test your canoeing skills as well as learn some things in the process. We will have a short class on the parts of the canoes as well as go over the strokes needed.
February Caprock Canyon Campout
We are traveling North West to Caprock Canyon. There is a large herd of free-range buffalo and more hiking than we can do in a weekend. We haven’t been here in a couple of years and it will not disappoint no matter what we do! There is a bat cave, natural arch, slot canyons and some amazing views. We will camp the entire weekend at Caprock Canyon. The address for the camp is 850 Caprock Canyon Park Road, Quitaque, TX 79255 We will be staying at the LK009, LK008, LK007, and LK006 Campsites.
Order troop 1776 mulch here!
Troop 1776 is proud to offer JEMASCO brand mulch. We sell 2 cubic-foot bags of mulch in hardwood, Red colored hardwood, black colored hardwood, or cedar.
For reference, a 2 cubic-foot bag will cover 12 square feet at 2 inches deep.
Winter Camp Campout
Troop 1776 has a proud tradition of offering high quality merit badge classes and counseling at its annual Winter Camp. This year we will offer 20 merit badges. We will do four merit badge classes with four options during each session on Saturday and Sunday. Scouts sleep in cabins and adults do the cooking. Scouts may bring video games/tvs for this campout as well as cards/boardgames for their free time.
Ice cream continues for movie night this year!
CONGRATULATIONS TO ANOTHER EAGLE SCOUT!
Congratulations to our latest Eagle Scout, Kieran Sullivan. Kieran restored a bench at the Heard Museum.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ANOTHER EAGLE SCOUT!
Congratulations to our latest Eagle Scout, Ryan Reisfield. Ryan mapped out the Murphy Cemetery Tombstones.
Northern Tier, July 2-8 2024, Signup is open
We have 2 crews reserved for this summer with a total of 10 scouts and 6 adults going to the back country in Canada for an adventure of a lifetime. Sign ups are open now to get on this year’s crews! You do not want to miss this event. Email Mr. Killebrew ( briantkillebrew@gmail.com ) with your interest in going before all the slots are filled.
Quetico Provincial Park – Crews from Ely
Quetico Provincial Park is the superlative canoe-expedition wilderness. Almost all human traces have been removed, crews are allowed to camp anywhere they choose. The park’s 1.2 million acres include over 600 lakes with well over 2,000 remote campsites. Quetico is considered the finest canoe park in the world.2023 November Campout – USS Lexington Campout
When: Nov. 10th – 12th, 2023
Where: Lost Pines Scout Reservation, Bastrop, TXSIGN UP NOW REGISTRATION CLOSES: Oct. 29th 11:30pm
The national Council announced an update to the Youth Protection guidelines for “Adult Supervision” that will go into effect September 1, 2023. In short, the “72-hour rule” is going away and any adult that is staying overnight in connection with a Scouting activity must be registered in a qualified unit position such as Committee Member (just a Merit Badge Counselor will not count).
The basic plan is that we will be camping at Lost Pines Scout Reservation which is close to Austin. We will spend the night there in the Turner Campsite and head to the USS Lexington in the morning.
The drive to the boat will be 3hrs 30 min. We will be staying the night aboard USS Lexington, a record-setting World War II aircraft carrier-turned museum located on Corpus Christi Bay. We’ll hear stories from the ship’s past—covering topics like kamikaze and torpedo attacks, the manpower it takes to navigate an aircraft carrier, and being named the “Blue Ghost” by Tokyo Rose herself. There are over 11 different levels within the ship, giving your curious minds a hands-on experience that reflects on the sacrifices made by a heroic generation.
The overnight itinerary includes all five tour routes of the ship, stories of historical events from her past, a scavenger hunt, a film in the 3D MEGA Theater, LEX ghost stories, two trips through the chow line, bunking in original crew quarters, an unforgettable patriotic flag ceremony, and so much more!
We will camp at Village Creek State Park in the group camping area on Friday night. We will get up early and pack up quickly on Saturday morning and meet the outfitter for departure. We will park the cars at an appropriate place and get started as
Troop 1776 – Plano, TX
