Activities

2026 Campouts

January - Enchanted Rock State Natural Area

February - Caddo Lake State Park

March - Brazos Bend State Park

April - Camporee

May - Dinosaur Valley State Park

June - Trevor Rees-Jones Summer Camp

Weekly Meetings

The troop generally meets each week on Tuesdays from 6:30-7:30 at Trinity Baptist Church. This is the time when the scouts learn and teach skills, work on merit badge requirements and plan together for upcoming campouts and activities. The scouts determine the meeting agendas with minimal guidance from the adult leaders and are responsible for planning everything from meals to camping locations.

Camping

The troop camps about once a month for 2-3 nights, often visiting various state parks. Campouts are a great opportunity to enjoy nature and learn and practice skills such as canoeing, backpacking, survival skills and more.

There are also two annual district-wide weekend campouts at Camp Arrowmoon. Trail to Troop is for 4th & 5th grade cub scouts to visit the troops and get a taste of what troop life is all about. Camporee is an event where patrols compete in various competitions and are judged on leadership, teamwork, skill demonstration and Scout spirit.

Medical Form A&B (printed copy required for all overnight trips, tetanus shot within last 10 years)

Summer Camp

Each summer in June, the troop spends a week at summer camp. Summer camp is a week-long council-organized overnight camp for Scouts BSA that operates under council-retained leadership. The program provides opportunities for Scouts to earn merit badges along their advancement trail. The troop rotates through different in-state and out-of-state camps to provide the greatest variety of merit badge and adventure opportunities. For example, depending on their locations, equipment, and merit badge counselors, some camps have great aquatics programs while others might offer horseback riding or a nearby observatory for stargazing.

Medical Form AB&C (printed copy including physician-signed physical evaluation required for all trips over 72 hours, tetanus shot within last 10 years)

Service

Service is an important component to building scouts into servant leaders. The troop participates in service events such as caroling at nursing homes and park cleanup.

High Adventure

Scouting America has four unique high-adventure bases across the United States offer Scouts the outdoor adventure of a lifetime, which is core to Scouting’s mission. National High Adventure Treks offered at each our four high-adventure bases are a multitude of specialized seasonal programs, from backpacking treks, to winter expeditions, to ocean adventures, these Treks will be sure to bring exploration to new heights.

The troop generally plans a high adventure trip every 2-3 years. Participants must be at least 13 years old by Jan. 1 of the year they participate.

Other District/Council Opportunities

Merit Badge University is a one-day event that takes place at Texas A&M University in the spring and provides an opportunity for scouts to complete merit badge requirements with professors from the Bush School of Government & Public Service and the College of Engineering. This is a unique opportunity for your Scouts to work on many different merit badges from civic engagement and STEM.

There are also other council-sponsored events to earn merit badges including: