TROOP MEETINGS ARE HELD AT GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WASILLA
MONDAY NIGHTS 630P-800P
Troop Elections were held 4/7/25
Congratulations to the following scouts, who will carry our troop through the summer of 2025. The results of the election are: SPL: Andrew E. (see picture) ASPLs: Seth W. Sam J. Keifer M. TROOP QM: Jack H. PATROL LEADERS: Orcas: Liam G. APL-Jack H. PQM-Tyson C. Wolves: Will D. APL-Aidan T. PQM-Andrew F. Chinooks: Benjamin D. APL-Justin D. PQM-Gabe W. Beavers: Cooper H. APL-Aiden F. PQM-Owen B. JRASMs: Ezra D. Cash R. Scribe: Gabrial W. & Brody M. Troop Guide: Lane C. & Aiden C. Historian: Tyson C. Librarian: Carter C. Bugler: Oden Instructor: Aiden F.
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Ezra is Troop 300's newest Eagle Scout! Check out his picture, and the other Eagles too!Check out all their pictures, and read more on our Eagle Tribute page. We have produced a lot of Eagle Scouts in Troop 300, and we are proud of every single one of them! Check them out now, by taking this link: T300 EAGLES
A Welcome from the ScoutmasterAs the scoutmaster of BSA Troop 300, from Wasilla, Alaska, I'd like to invite any parent and his son to get involved and become a part of Troop 300. We are a troop of great kids and adults doing scouting the way it is intended to be done, getting OUTSIDE, having FUN, and at the same time emphasizing the character traits that have formed the foundation of America's strength and resilience. The ideals of scouting as expressed in the Scout Oath, Scout Law, Scout Motto, Scout Slogan, and Outdoor Code are the foundation on which Troop 300 stands, and we make those ideals a part of our program. Over the time our sons are in scouting the words they express in the Scout Oath will become guides in which to set their lives. Scouting provides a great peer group for your son to grow up with, and the boys are great kids doing fun things. We make high adventure happen!
- Nathan DeWitt |
Written Calendar for 2025THE YEARLY PLAN FOR
2025-2026 The calendar below will take us through August of 2025. While the scouts have made a yearly plan, the detailed month-to-month calendars are updated and finalized during the monthly PLC meetings. The current month is listed in detail; the subsequent months are planned adventures, and as the details are hashed out more information will follow. 
June 2025: We are going to two summer camps this summer. First, we have Camp Gorsuch summer camp, and the dates for that adventure are June 22 (Sunday) starting at 1pm to June 27 (Friday) end ing at 9pm.
June 2 Monday: Regular Troop meeting. Class B uniforms for the summer, starting tonight. This will be a gear checkout night, and a Pack Check. Bring your full backpack for inspection. June 6-8 (Fri-Sun): Johnson Pass backpack trek. This 23 mile trail offers a lush pass in the Kenai mountains as we backpack over gradual climbs. Point of contact: Mr Wargo/Mr Goepfert June 9 (Monday): Regular troop meeting. Tonight will be a review of the Johnson Pass adventure, gear turn in, and a game hosted by the Beaver Patrol. June 16 (Canoe training day at Finger Lake). Uniform is Class B t-shirt and a bathing suit. Mandatory for those goin on the Yukon canoe trip; the Yukon River trip is 300 miles long and is moving at 7knots, so this is a skill session to get us ready. Point of contact: Mr DeWitt, Mr Dee June 22-27: Summer Camp at Camp Gorsuch. Point of contact, Mr Strange and Mr DeWitt. Signups should have been completed in May. June 23: Regular troop meeting. This is a patrol time night, but will also be used to transfer summer camp requirements into Scout Handbooks. There will be an information meeting on the canoe trip to the Yukon tonight by Mr Dee July 2025: During the month of July our focus is going to be on summer camp number 2 at Lost Lake Camp in the Midnight Sun Council as well as our Yukon Canoe Expedition to Canada. We have chartered a tourist bus for the Lost Lake journey, and it should be a fantastic camp experience! The dates are: July 12 - Leave on a charter bus and head to Fairbanks Lost Lake Scout camp: 7/13 - 7/19 
Late July - Aug 2025: Our big trip of the year is going to be a 300 mile canoe trip down the Yukon River, traveling to Canada and then back to Alaska. Uniform: Class A
This is the grand adventure. This canoe trip will provide lifetime memories as we cover nearly 300 river miles and follow the same gold trail that miners followed during the 1898 gold rush The dates are: 7/28 (Mon) - depart for the Yukon (8a) 7/29 (Tues) - travel day to Whitehorse 7/30 (Wed) - 8/6 (Wed) - Canoe trip 8/7 (Thursday) - Return to Whitehorse 8/8 (Friday) - begin drive home 8/9 (Sat) - Arrive in Wasilla (5pm +/-) 
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Troop 300 Thunderbirds is an Alaska Boy Scout Troop based out of Wasilla and dedicated to the four aims of scouting:
Find out more about Troop 300
Online application to join our troop
- To build character,
- To teach leadership,
- to foster citizenship,
- and to develop fitness.
Find out more about Troop 300
Online application to join our troop
Still Getting outside and DOING HIGH ADVENTURE SCOUTING IN 2025
Review of a few Troop 300's BIG HISTORIC Trips below:
Troop 300 has a long history of doing incredible expeditions throughout Alaska and beyond. Normally, we do at least one big event, besides summer camp, every summer, and what that tends to be is determined by what the scouts want to do. In the past we have had bike trips covering over 80 miles in the Denali Highway, hiked Kesugi Ride within the Denali State Park, traveled to the Kandersteg International Scout Camp in Switzerland, and lived on a sailboat at the Seabase Scout camp in Florida. We have had expeditions to the National Jamboree, and sent more than one crew to backpack Philmont Scout Ranch.
A few pictures from an expedition down the Denali Highway!
T300 has sent several expeditions to Seabase in Florida and the Bahamas
HISTORIC BUT AWESOME: T300 Scouts went to Switzerland
Troop 300 even sent a delegation of T300 scouts to attend Kandersten International Scout Camp. http://www.kisc.ch/ to get a taste.
Find something on our website:
Patch Placement
I had a parent ask where the Journey to Excellence patch goes so I figured more parents were wondering. The patch goes on the right sleeve below the patrol patch. If your son hasn’t gotten a JTE patch, he can come see me at a meeting - we do have more.
If you ever are in doubt on where patches/badges go, you can look in the Boy Scout Handbook on pages 20-23. Actually all parents should take a few minutes to look through the whole book. There is an amazing amount of information on all kinds of topics in it.
Most important is towards the back of the book. Between pages 438 and 465 are pages for signing off rank requirements but also logs for leadership, training, hiking, camping and service projects. Every time you son participates in a troop event, hen should write in one (or more) of the logs. This way when he goes to a board of review, and they ask him what he has participated in, he can use that as a reference.
If you ever are in doubt on where patches/badges go, you can look in the Boy Scout Handbook on pages 20-23. Actually all parents should take a few minutes to look through the whole book. There is an amazing amount of information on all kinds of topics in it.
Most important is towards the back of the book. Between pages 438 and 465 are pages for signing off rank requirements but also logs for leadership, training, hiking, camping and service projects. Every time you son participates in a troop event, hen should write in one (or more) of the logs. This way when he goes to a board of review, and they ask him what he has participated in, he can use that as a reference.
Troop 300: 100% Trained Adults
Our troop decided quite some time ago that we wanted to be 100% trained. This means that when you turn in your adult application, it needs to be accompanied with certificates for youth protection training and also committee training. Both are online at my.scouting.org
We always need to have people trained in Hazardous Weather to go on trips, so just do that one while you are in there (:>)
If you want to be an assistant scoutmaster, you will need both the scoutmaster specific (can be done online but I suggest you do it in person) but also the in-person Introduction to Outdoor Leadership. When we have a group of you that want to do that, please let me know and we can arrange it. It will probably be offered at camp too. We are currently working on putting that together.
So please check your youth protection training - I know a few of you are expired - and get it done so we can stay 100% trained.
- Dorte Mobley
We always need to have people trained in Hazardous Weather to go on trips, so just do that one while you are in there (:>)
If you want to be an assistant scoutmaster, you will need both the scoutmaster specific (can be done online but I suggest you do it in person) but also the in-person Introduction to Outdoor Leadership. When we have a group of you that want to do that, please let me know and we can arrange it. It will probably be offered at camp too. We are currently working on putting that together.
So please check your youth protection training - I know a few of you are expired - and get it done so we can stay 100% trained.
- Dorte Mobley
Merit Badges
Scouts rise up through ranks as they earn merit badges for learning and experience a wide array of topics and activities. Meritbadge.org is an excellent resource.
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LeadershipTroop 300 is scout-led with adults leaders for support. Scouts dream, plan, and run all events. Learn about leadership opportunities for all scouts.
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Scout FundraisingScouts can sell BSA popcorn and coffee to raise funds to help them go to scout camp, buy gear, and other troop activities. Find out more.
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