BSA Troop 300, Alaska

NO ZOOM MEETING ON MONDAY JAN 25
Those going on the campout will be meeting at the shed

Quick Look:

Jadon S and
Nate S are our two newest Eagle Scouts!

Check out Jadon's and Nate's pictures, and read more about them 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 Scoutmaster

As 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!
- Anthony Pillittier

Written Calendar for 2020-2021

Here is the Troop 300 calendar by month. Our yearly calendar goes September to September, from 2020 into 2021, so check it out below, as voted on by the Patrol Leaders’ Council

CORONA VIRUS UPDATE:
Like everyone else, we are doing our best to get through this pandemic. We are still meeting, sometimes physically outside, and sometimes inside but electronically, and our outings have changed so we are keeping our groups small and yet we can bring those small groups together on certain well planned times. Right now it's a great time to work on merit badges, sign up for the events you want, and keep on keeping on.

December 2020
The big plan for December was an outdoor Christmas Party on a frozen lake, complete with ice fishing, ice skating, and a ice bonfire. See the movie of how it went:

LINK: CHRISTMAS PARTY MOVIE

January 2021
The big plan January is to go to Hatcher's Pass, campout out under the Northern Lights, and build snow shelters and then spend the day sledding and snowboarding

JAN 11 MONDAY
ZOOM TROOP MEETING
-Cold Weather Packing - Brison M
Zack C
-Snow Shelter 101: Ty P & Paul L

JAN 15 (FRIDAY):
-Meet at shed for gear return. Set for 630pm. We need to get back any troop gear so we can get it ready for reissue for Hatchers Pass campout

JAN 18 (MONDAY)
ZOOM TROOP MEETING
-Sled Packing - Willem E
-Avalanche Awareness-Guest Speaker

JAN 29-30 WINTER CAMPOUT
We are lgoing to Hatchers Pass and building snow shelters and then spending Saturday snowboarding and downhill skiing. Should be fun, and we are hoping for a Northern Lights show

February 2021
The big plan for February is to hit the slopes and do some serious downhill skiing and snowboarding; possible campout at Alyeska.
2021 Philmont Trek – As the time draws closer to make final payments for portions of the trip, we need to have a meeting. Come the last week of Feb, 1/3 of our trip will become non-refundable so we need to make final decisions and preparations. Lets meet please at 630PM on Feb 2. ZOOM Meeting ID and passcode were sent out via email. If you missed it, contact your scoutmaster or SPL.
March 2021
The big plan for October is a Curry train campout as follows:Curry – One of our most anticipated events each year is the Curry trip. This trip will take place on 4- 7 March, 2021. At this point we have the railroad reservations for 32 total passengers (Scout and Adult). This trip will cost around $150 per Scout. Please contact Kristine at kristineinman200@gmail.com to set up payment and Cassandra at cassandrapillittier@yahoo.com to sign up if you haven’t already.
Summer Camp:
Planning to attend Camp Gorsuch in the summer of 2021. Make sure you get signed up NOW. Take this link for more information: SUMMER_CAMP

Troop 300 Thunderbirds is an Alaska Boy Scout Troop based out of Wasilla and dedicated to the three aims of scouting:

To build character,
to foster citizenship,
and to develop fitness.

We are glad you stopped by, and encourage you to check out who we are and what we do. If you are a guy thinking about becoming a scout, we appreciate your interest!

Find out more about Troop 300

Review of a few Troop 300's BIG Trips below:

In addition to monthly events and campouts, 2018 was a busy year for T300. We had patrols bike over 80 miles in the Denali State Park, travel to the Kandersteg International Scout Camp in Switzerland, and live on a sailboat at the Seabase Scout camp in Florida and backpack Philmont Scout Ranch.

Our scouts took to the road on bicycles for over 80 miles across interior Alaska in 2018!

T300 sent an expedition to Seabase in Florida in the spring of 2017.

Scout Camp Fun, Big Success

Summer Camp went extremely well and dispite a bear in camp on our first and last day, no scouts were eaten, everyone had fun, earned lots of merit badges. Be sure to check out the troop Shutterfly photo site for photos and add more to the album if you've got them!.

T300 Scouts in Switzerland

Troop 300 had a delegate of scouts attend Kandersten International Scout Camp in the summer of 2018. http://www.kisc.ch/ to get a taste.

Troop Newsletters are where our latest troop happenings are found!

Since newsletters have some details only for Troop 300 scouts and families, you'll find our newsletters under the password protected section of our site. Scouts and families can get the password at any of our troop meetings, or by calling the Senior Patrol Leader or Scoutmaster.
Find the new Newsletters link under Troop Members Only of our site. If you want to know what we are doing, or why we are doing it, then make sure to check out the latest newsletter...

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.

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

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.

Merit Badges