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Latest Troop news!

Campout at Garner State Park is very full! Tremendous adult support as well.

Nov. 19th has the Troop going on a train ride. If you need more information, see Mr. Klein or check your e-mails for information.

Pushmobile 2011 Concessions will be one of Troop 87's responsibilities. Steve Norfolk has agreed to chair this position and lead us into a great fundraiser for our Troop. More information on this to come out soon!

Get to know Troop 87

How was the Troop Formed

How does the Troop support Scouting

What do we do different from other Troops

Troop 87 was formed in 2002 with just 6 scouts under 1st class in rank and 6 adults.

The reason for forming a new Troop was to create a safe environment for our scouts to experience all that scouting has to offer.

This turned out to be very successful with 13 Eagle scouts now and 6 more scouts about to earn their Eagles as well.

How often do you meet and how often do you camp

Our Troop has roughly 4 meetings a month. Our first meeting of the month is our PLC. This is a planning meeting for all patrol leaders in our Troop, to come together and work on the next month's plans for in the meeting and at campouts.

For our campouts, we camp about 10 to 11 months out of the year. We normally take August off to just do a day trip.

We attend boy Summer Camps and Winter Camps.

Our Troop works hard to support our District and Council by hosting events with in our own Phoenix District, Iron Horse District and Council events like the 100 Years in Scouting being held at the Minute Maid Park. By supporting District and Council events, we help make a stronger program not only for our Troop, but for other Units that are in attendance.

By supporting our Cub Scout units, we help ensure a stronger program for the Cub Scout Packs. With a stronger Cub Scout Pack, the dens will retain more boys and when it comes time for Webelos to cross over into Boy Scouts, there will be greater number of scouts to experience the next phase in their scouting careers.

Our Troop sponsors Pinewood Derby races for Packs. We have a very modern track with all the bells and whistles that Cub Scouts enjoy when racing. We also participate in a Webelos Campout at Brazos Bend once a year. This program works with the leaders and the scouts in achieving 3 Webelos activity badges while at camp. We also chair Pushmobile and participate heavily with this event.

DOES your pack or den need some help?

Our Troop has many leaders that have been in Cub Scout Packs or are currently in Cub Scout Packs as well. We have a tremendous resource that we are willing to share with any Cub Scout unit that would like a helping hand.

Just contact us and we will see what we can do for you.

E-mail us by clicking here: Troop 87 Request

Every Troop in the Districts around us do similar things. Some are water based, some are climbing, hiking or even backpacking based type Troops. Our Troop does a great job of mixing the best of everything all together.

Our scouts choose our program every year for where we camp and what we get to do. Just one look at our calendar and you will see that we really do have a little bit of everything for the scouts to do. Another thing that we do in our Troop, is allow the scouts to have campfires at all our campouts. We learned a long time ago in our Troop, that at a campfire, this is where the scouts really get to know their patrol and Troop members and really have a good time together. This is a key ingredient in getting scouts to Eagle rank.

What kind of fundraisers do you do

We work with the traditional fundraisers put on by Council. Popcorn and Scout Fair Ticket Sales. By utilizing these fundraisers, we help to also support scouting within our Council.

We also have garage sales and we currently are handling concessions at Pushmobile 2011.

With over 75% to 100% of the profits going into the Scout's personal Troop account, this allows for the scouts to raise their own money for their own scouting program.   This helps to cover the regular camping plus the summer and winter camps.    A scout is Thrifty!

Scouting Scoop!
As the Troop evolves, so does our information. For your convenience and personal records, the Troop will be setting up advancement records on the web. These will all be in a secure folder for each scout. A scouting family will ONLY be able to see their own scout's records. We will try and keep these files as up to date as possible. Keep in mind, that our original records are kept with the Advancements chairperson. What you see on the web may not reflect the latest information, but pretty darn close!   You can check your records OR Troop e-mail by clicking on one of the two links below the Sam Houston Area Council patch at the top of the page. Don't have a Troop e-mail address or access to your advancements? Then contact Brad Gilless at bradg@t87.org.

MEETING LOCATIONS

Meetings: 2nd, 3rd & 4th Monday's at 7:00pm
Place:        Cypress Creek Christian Church
                    6823 Cypresswood Drive Spring, TX 77379

Want a Troop 87 e-mail address?
Contact Brad at BradG@T87.ORG
E-mail can be accessed by your home e-mail client (outlook, outlook express, netscape...) or via the web by going to www.t87.org/webmail/

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