What Makes Troop 10 Great?
- The Boys "You're known by what you've accomplished"
- Every scout contributes to running the troop.
- The Boys:
- select, plan, & execute the trips
- plan and run the troop meetings
- SPL & ASPL attend sponsored "Rover Scout Training"
- Troop 10 produces an average of 2 Eagles per year
- Colleges Eagles have attended:
- MIT,
- BU,
- Northeastern,
- RIT,
- RPI,
- UMass-Lowell
- Eagle's jobs since graduating college:
- Analyst@Comcast & VP Marketing @NVC
- Chem Teacher@St.John's Prep & Asst. Camp Dir,
Wanocksett
- Engineer @ LTX
- Engineer @ Solidworks
- Engineer @ Goddard Technologies
- Climbing "First in the Nation"
- First troop in country to award the Climbing Merit Badge
- Over 35 boys have earned the Climbing Merit Badge, so far
- This year:
- 3 trips to gym
- 3 outdoor trips: Purgatory, Pawtuckaway, & Echo
Cliffs
- 1 ice climb: Rumney, NH
- Previous climbing trips:
- Pawtuckaway, NH (with camping)
- College Rocks, MA (with camping)
- Jockey's Cap, ME (with camping)
- Hammond Pond, MA
- Den Rocks, MA
- ice climbing at Cathedral Ledge, NH
- Trips "Campouts you can brag about"
- Winter climb to Lonesome Lake Hut (NH)
- Biking on Block Island (RI)
- Ski weekend at Cannon Mt (NH)
- Whitewater rafting (Greenfield River, MA)
- Ocean canoeing to Washburn Is. (Waquoit Bay Nat'l Rsrv, Cape
Cod)
- Wilderness Survival Weekend (MA)
- Tidewater canoeing to Beal Island (ME)
- 50-mile bike ride (Nickerson State Park, Cape Cod)
- 2-day down-river canoe trip (Nashua River)
- Biking from Coast Guard Station (Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod)
- Philmont (NM)
- Backpack the Wilderness Trial (WMNF, NH)
- Backpack Mt Tom (WMNF, NH)
- Day trips: Greylock, Cardigan, night-hike Mt. Watatic
- The program "We're in the business of training leaders"
- Planned activities you can't get anywhere else.
- Merit Badges offered during Troop meetings (past &
present):
- Backpacking,
- Biking,
- Camping,
- Citizenship of Community,
- Citizenship of the Nation,
- Citizenship of the World,
- Climbing,
- Computers,
- Cooking,
- Drafting,
- Engineering,
- Environmental Science,
- First Aid,
- Fly Fishing,
- Geneology,
- Model Building,
- Nature,
- Personal Fitness,
- Personal Management,
- Pioneering,
- Scholarship,
- Snow Sports,
- Wilderness Survival
- Community Service Activities :
- Scouting for Food,
- Veteren's Day Observance,
- Easter Egg Hiding,
- "Soldier's Memorial" Cleanup,
- Memorial Day Parade,
- Band Concert
- Expertise "on-tap" (past & present):
- Mrs. B -1st-Aid &
CPR
- Dr. Mc
-Eat-off-the-land
- Mr.
G
-Biking, Canoeing, & Wilderness Survival
- Mr. C
-Climbing, Backpacking, & Winter camping
- Mrs. C -Nature
- Mrs. M -Citizenships
- Mr. S
-Geneology & Scholarship
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