About Us

Welcome to Troop 79's official web site. This site was developed to help parents, new to Scouting and/or Troop 79, become familiar with the Scouting program and the operation of our troop. Your son's success in Scouting will be greatly enhanced by your understanding and involvement in the program.

We welcome you and your son to the program!

Mission

The mission of the Boy Scouts of America and Troop 79 is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

History

Troop 79 was chartered with Southern Hills Christian Church in January 1967. In 45 years of service to the community of Edmond, there have been 15 Scoutmasters and over 100 Eagle Scouts. The total roster of Troop 79 contains hundreds of youth and adults who enjoy the out-outdoors and the opportunity for fellowship and leadership that is found in the Scouting Program.

To get a better understanding of what the youth of Troop 79 have accomplished, visit a troop meeting and check the ribbons on the Troop Flag. The participation in District and Council functions shows that the Troop is always on the go. Because the Chartering Organization is strongly behind the Troop Committee and Troop 79, our status as a Quality Unit will continue for years to come.

About our staff

Troop 79 is guided by a representative of our Charter Organization, the Southern Hills Christian Church, along a Troop Committee comprised of registered adult members of the troop, along with a Scoutmaster, several Scoutmaster Assistants and a large number of other registered adult volunteers.

The model for troop organization, promoted by the national office of the BSA, is that troops are to be run by boys. This philosophy implies that the boys will plan and carry out the program of the troop, assisted only as needed by adults. Thus, in Troop 79, the boys plan the annual calendar as well as the program for each meeting and camp out. Furthermore, they are responsible for executing the plan once it is made. Adults in the troop refrain from helping any more than necessary. Occasionally a program will fail, and programs are sometimes chaotic. These consequences are to be expected. It is our belief that the Scouts learn from their mistakes much more than any teaching the adults could provide. In the process of planning and executing the program, the Scouts are actively achieving the Aims of Scouting. Troop 79 prides itself in being a boy-run troop!

The document below is the Troop 79 Leadership Handbook. The purpose of The Troop 79 Leadership Handbook is to familiarize every Scout, Adult Leader and Parent with the aims, goals, and positions of responsibility and the requirements of each with respect to Leadership, both Scouts and Adults, within the BSA Scouting program and more specifically within Troop 79’s Scouting program