TROOP MEETINGS ARE HELD AT GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WASILLA
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Troop 300 is on the cover of Scout Life Magazine!
Check us out and read about our great trip down the Yukon River in the October 2026 issue! Troop 300 was been named Northern Lights District Troop of the Year for 2025!
We are honored to receive this award. We work hard to deliver a quality program for our youth, consisting of service, skills development, leadership and adventure. We also received Long-term Outing of the Year for 2025. This was for our Yukon Expedition, where we canoed 180 miles from Whitehorse to Carmacks. And, in the summer of 2026, we biked 130 miles of the Denali Highway, keeping high adventure scouting alive and having a blast doing so! Come, and check us out! PLC HAS DECIDED ON OUR UPCOMING SCOUTING YEAR 2026-2027!!!The Yearly Plan and the Purpose....
The troop’s junior leaders came up with a “yearly plan” on their Denali Bike Trip this past August, and the following are the details for the events through the end of this calendar year. In 2027 their big plan is to attend Camp Gorsuch scout camp during either the week of June 20-25, or the week of June 27-July 2, and either do a Sea Kayaking adventure out of Seward, Homer, or Whittier, or a backpacking trek down a trail they have not yet determined. As details are finalized, we will post them here. SEPTEMBER 2026: Sept 18-20 – Fall Camporee –This event centers on Orienteering, and will take place at Camp Gorsuch. This Council sponsored event offers a number of advancement opportunities for our scouts working on ranks through First Class. Our older scouts will have a great opportunity to test their leadership skills as they compete with other patrols from other troops during the fun-filled weekend of adventure OCTOBER 2026: Oct 3 – Service Project for Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, our charter organization. This even is the church ladies Holiday Bazaar, an annual event. “Helping other people at all times” is the second part of the scout oath, and service time is required for rank advancement. On this day, scouts helping should be in full uniforms. The times are as follows: 730am – setup 1030am-1230pm – café help shift #1 1230pm-230pm – café help shift #2 330pm – teardown and cleanup Oct 5-Troop Elections. We pride ourselves on being a traditional scout troop where our young men grow up in a safe environment where they can learn to lead. Leadership is one of the hardest skills to teach, and to be a good leader requires time, dedication, and commitment and a lot of practice. Don't miss election night! Oct 23-25-Survival Campout-This campout is a troop only event, and we are going to be heading to Talkeetna. We plan to work on outdoor skills, deal with some cooler weather (snow?), and then build survival shelters. Learning survival skills, including food procurement, cooking over an open fire, shelter building, and knowing how to use a map and compass, are all skills that can be life-saving if a scout is someday stuck deep in the wilderness due to unforeseen circumstances. Scouts should not miss this training opportunity! NOVEMBER 2027: Nov 14th-Merit Badge Academy [9am-4pm]. – The troop is planning to attend the Northern Lights District’s Merit Badge Academy. The signup fee is $5, and the event will be held at the Mat-Su College campus. It’s being planned for 4 sessions, with 20 classrooms. The merit badges that will be offered are currently being set as counselors are identified. Direct signups are open now with this LINK. This is a super opportunity to work on important merit badges that are the key to rank advancement, and I expect a big turnout to take advantage of this special opportunity. DECEMBER 2028: Dec 4-5-Christmas party and lockin “campout.” The scouts will come together for a fun filled event, that will include merit badge advancement opportunities, and a Secret Santa gift exchange. On Saturday we are planning to invite all of the troop families for a potlock Christmas themed celebration. The video below shows what we did over the spring and summer of 2024, and gives a good idea of what our troop is all about. The pic galleries in the adjacent column shows some of our older, and also the latest adventures from the summer of 2025 too!
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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 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 SwitzerlandTroop 300 even sent a delegation of T300 scouts to attend Kandersten International Scout Camp. http://www.kisc.ch/ to get a taste.
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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.
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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