What Makes Troop 10 Great?

1. 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
   
   
2. 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
   
   
3. 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
   
   
4. 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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