July 31 – August 2, 2020 This weekend was our virtual campout. We started with a check-in dinner over Zoom. Let it be known that the Scoutmaster was *not* making Peanut Butter and Jelly in his Dutch Oven. (Really he
Letters of Love
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 For our troop meeting this week, we met IN PERSON (outside, with masks AND gloves, only 2 people to a table) and made some cards and letters to send to the organization “Love for the Elderly.”
“Trash the Trash” in Montgomery Village
Saturday, July 11, 2020 As part of an international Messengers of Peace project, publicized by the Order of the Arrow (OA) we did a 3-hour trash clean-up service project. We had 5 scouts from our troop, another 2 friends from
Virtual Troop 1920 – Corona Edition
March – June 2020 Troop 1920 has had some rough times, but on March 13, 2020 we got our hardest hit yet. We were quarantined. Even though we haven’t been able to meet physically, we can meet…VIRTUALLY! We are having
First Virtual Campout
June 19-20, 2020 We had our very first virtual campout! It was hard to figure out what a virtual campout should look like, or what kind of a schedule to have. Finally we decided to have a few check-ins by
OA Elections
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 Our troop had its very first OA elections. In order to be nominated, a scout must be First Class Rank, and they must have participated in 15 nights of camping. We had 3 scouts who qualified,
Catoctin Backpacking Trip
March 7-8, 2020 This was it, the backpacking trip we had planned for! The reason that we did our preparation hike in February! The culmination of our planning! We had 7 scouts attend, and we went to Catoctin State Park,
Sugarloaf Mountain -Backpacking Prep Hike
Saturday, February 8, 2019 To get ready for our backpacking trip next month, we decided it would be a good idea to take our packs on a trial run. Sugarloaf Mountain was a perfect hike, not too long, where we
Klondike Derby
January 25, 2020 Troop 1920 goes on first Klondike Derby! Wow, was this an adventure! Weeks beforehand, we got together and made a sled for the Derby which the 14+ girls got to use power tools to put together, and
Overnight on the USS Battleship New Jersey
December 14-15, 2019 In December, we had an amazing opportunity to spend the night on a battleship! The USS Battleship New Jersey, anchored in Philadelphia, was having a Scout Night, where we would get to tour the ship and then