Located at Springwater Ranch, 14 boys and 5 adults from troop 416 went on a campout to earn the Wilderness Survival merit badge, one of the 21 Eagle Scout required merit badges. The campout went from Friday, Oct. 20 to Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017. Activities during this campout included cleaning a chicken, cooking a chicken […]
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Troop 416 participated in Beaver Day activities September 8-9 at Hood Scout Reservation. Beaver Day is a service opportunity where Scouts help make improvements at the camp. About 10 Scouts attended in addition to the Scout Leaders. Scouts walked to the new waterfront on the night of the campout to see what the improvements looked
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Beautiful! Great! Wonderful! Excellent! Difficult! All these adjectives and more were used to describe the 2017 New Mexico hike in Valle Vidal and Carson National Forest where all participants reached the summit of Wheeler Peak, over 12,000 feet elevation. This hike is often the highlight of Troop 416 Scouts, and it’s made possible by Scoutmaster
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Join us this Thursday, March 30, 2017 between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. to enjoy great food and great service! Scouts from Troop 416 will be on hand to bring your food, refill your drinks and clean tables. The great folks at Five Guys share their proceeds from that time with our Troop, as we’re
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Dec. 16-18 , 2016 Recently thirteen Scouts and five adult leaders from troop 416 as well as a group from Memphis embarked on a hike through the Sipsey Wilderness. The first night, they split into two groups to start the hike from different trailheads, and everyone hike to the same place for camping, arriving around
Nov. 18-22 This week troop 416 attended our first four day winter camp at Camp Hood which differed from our normal two day trips. There was an attendance of about 21 scouts from troop 416 ranging from tenderfoot to life. There were a few minor hiccups in the trip but as whole the trip was
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Our pancake fundraiser is scheduled for Saturday, December 17, 2016, at Applebee’s on Lakeland Drive, from 7:30a.m. to 9:30a.m. It’s going to be a fun family opportunity for all to enjoy, so please mark this day on your calendar. Tickets for the breakfast will be $5.00 each. This includes pancakes and sausage. Coffee, tea, and
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October 7-9, 2016 The Camp Hood Hullabaloo was a great opportunity for the Scouts in the Andrew Jackson Council to experience an array of activities Hood has to offer. Some of the favorites were the climbing tower, waterfront, and ATV demonstration. There was a combined attendance of about 30 Scouts, adults, and Webelos from Troop 416. On Saturday evening there were food trucks
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Sept. 16-18 — The campout had an estimated attendance of 85 Scouts, Webelos, parents, and other family. Activities included a high adventure C.O.P.E. course, which involved a 65 foot climbing tower that had a rope course and, rock climbing wall, rappelling, and zipline. The zipline was by far the favorite activity of the Scouts. The zipline
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The first Troop activity this school year was kayaking and canoeing down the Okatoma River in Seminary.
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