BSA Troop 300, Alaska

ALL TROOP MEETINGS ARE AT THE CHURCH NOW
MONDAY NIGHTS 630P-800P

Congratulations to our Scoutmaster and his awesome wife---they were both awarded the very prestigious District Award of Merit, a huge testament to their dedication to the program and their commitment to it. We sure are lucky to have Anthony and Cassandra in our troop!!!!

Quick Look:

Zach Commissaris is our newest Eagle Scout!

Check out Zach's picture, and read more about him 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

April 23-25, 2021
In April our campout simulated an aircraft crash survival challenge. Being prepared was what it was all about! If you missed the adventure, you missed a lot of fun and some great learning opportunities.

May 2021:
May 10th - Monday
Troop meeting. Class A uniforms are the "thing to wear" and we will be teaching hiking/backpacking skills in preparation for the upcoming summer adventures.

May 16th-Sunday 2pm. Zach Commissaris is having his Eagle Scout Court of Honor. Details are in the troop newsletter, as well as at the troop meetings.

May 17th-Monday:
Troop meeting 630p-8pm. Tonight we are working on plant identification and there will be time for separate patrol meetings.

May 19th Wednesday. This night is devoted to the parents, and is our annual Parent Zoom Meeting. Details available from Dorte M

May 24th-Monday. Troop meeting from 630p-8pm. Tonight we will be working on gear checkout, pack checks, and menu planning, as we prepare for the "Patrol Choice" campout scheduled for June 4-6.

June 4-6: We are camping in a "Patrol Decision" campout, and instead of adults spearheading the event, the patrols are handling everything from beginning to end.

Summer Camp:
Is set for July 12-16. Right now 31 scouts and 10 leaders are signed up for summer camp. It's going to be awesome!

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