BSA Troop 300, Alaska

Our Next Big Things:
Orienteering Campout: October 25-27
Prime Rib Fundraiser: Nov 2 at Career Tech

Quick Look:

EIGHT T-300 SCOUTS EARN EAGLE IN 2019!

Since January of 2019 the following scouts in Troop 300 earned Eagle:
   Carson LeCren
   McKinley Larson
   Angel Jack
   Cort Sandefur
   Evan Joyce
   Spencer Burgess
   Paul Battier-Staeheli
   Riley Fugere
Ben Woodson-Espinola
Check out their pictures, and all of the eagles, 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!
- John Dee

Our Plan for the new year has been set!

Here is the new yearly Troop 300 calendar by month, from September 2019 through July 2020, as voted on by the Patrol Leaders’ Council:

OCTOBER 2019: In October, the boys opted for a Treasure Hunt Campout that will utilize GPS and overland (compass/map) trek, where individual patrols will search for hidden treasure and the Saturday night campfire will be a giant auction where the scouts can spend their found treasure.Adult coordinators Jesse M & Jim G.

NOVEMBER 2019: We are planning to organize a merit badge lockin or multi-weekend event, where advancement will be the focus. Adult coordinator ASM Anthony P. On November 2 we will be conducting our annual Prime Rib Dinner Fundraiser--please mark your calendar, sell your tickets, and come!

DECEMBER 2019: The plan is for an indoor campout inside one of the sports trampoline gyms, or rock gyms, or alternately a return to the H2O Oasis water park for a beach Christmas Party and water campout. Adult coordinator TBD.

JANUARY 2020: Red Shirt Lake deep winter expedition, sledding our gear into the remote Alaskan backcountry. Adult coordinator: ASM Dave S; second Adult Coordinator needed and Don T & Dave S.

FEBRUARY 2020: The scouts overwhelming voted to devote the month of February to downhill skiing and/or snowboarding. Alyeska was again a hot pick, and there was additional interest in a pre-Alyeska campout at either hilltop or Hatchers Pass. Adult coordinator TBD.

MARCH 2020: We will again be taking the train to Curry (March 5-8) for another deep winter spring adventure.--Adult Coordinator ASM Jay L. We will also have elections in March. Adult coordinator TBD.

APRIL 2020: Since mountain biking is the big adventure for summer, the assumption is that we will devote the month of April to starting the biking practice trips to build up the endurance and expertise. Adult coordinator TBD.

MAY 2020: Just like April, since biking is the big high adventure event for summer, the assumption is that we will devote the month of May to work on biking skills to build up the endurance and expertise. Adult coordinator Matt S & Justin E.

JUNE 2010: June will be a month with some split activities. We plan a contingent to go to Camp Gorsuch, and also do an overnight bike trip, perhaps down Johnson Pass or Resurrection Trail. We may do our big bike to McCarthy in June as well. Adult coordinator for Camp Gorsuch TBD. Bike Trip coordinator TBD.

JULY 2020: The main event plan for the 2020 scouting year is an out of state expedition to Idaho for summer camp at Camp Easton, which is a BSA Scout Camp run by the Inland Northwest Council. We have 22 scout slots/4 adult slots and we are going to shoot for the last week in July:
July 22-Travel day
July 23-Hiawatha Mt Bike Trek
July 24-Tubing Doeur d'Alene River
July 25-Silverwood Theme Park
July 26-Aug 1-Camp Easton
Return home August 1. Forecast cost estimate goal is do this trip for less than $1500; budget to be finalized by Jan 1 2020. The following links give more details on this ambitious plan for 2020:
Silverwood Theme Park: https://www.silverwoodthemepark.comHiawatha Mountain Biking: https://www.ridethehiawatha.com
BSA Camp Easton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGtTa9zYTKM

AUGUST 2020: The main event plan for early August is a multi-day high adventure mountain bike trek to Kennecott Copper Mine, biking from China to McCarthy. Adult Coordinator's are Justin E & Adam C

It's Popcorn Time!

It's time to support scouting and our troop with popcorn sales. For important information from our Popcorn Kernels, click here (secret troop password required) or go to the Newsletters page under Troop Members Only in the nav links at top.

Troop Newsletters are back

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.
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...

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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 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.

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

T300 at Seabase

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 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