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Troops 323 & 3323 Phoenix Arizona
Scouts from troop 323 and Troop 3323 staged leadership training on Saturday, October 4th, and helped our scouts learn about effective leadership. Following their own ILST training, our senior youth leaders taught the lessons by themselves, which included lots of games, pizza, and fun.
On October 16-18, more than 20 scouts from our troop went to Camp Geronimo to participate in West-O-Ree, which was themed around midevil times this year! We participated in eight challenges – cooking, constructing a ladder, making skits, rifle shooting, axe throwing, an escape room, and first aid . After all the challenges, we attended the closing campfire (which was held indoors this year due to rain), where the staff and other troops announced the winners, performed skits, and handed out prizes. Our troop also performed a skit at the closing.
Our scouts cleaned up All Saints Lutheran Church on October 10, as it is where we have our meetings. They worked together to pick up trash, cut branches, pull weeds, clean windows/doors, and prep the Communion bread ingredients. They were rewarded for their efforts with appreciation and donuts.
We’re happy to announce that Ava passed her Eagle Board of Review on October 8th, and is now Troop 3323’s 7th Eagle Scout! Ava was accompanied to her review by her mother, Melanie, father, Michael, and grandfather, Frank Simchak, as well as her Scoutmaster, Ms. Newell, and her former scoutmasters, Mr. and Mrs. Geer. Ava first became a scout in 2021. She served as ASPL and Junior ASM and provided a solid bridge from her troop’s original scouts to the new generation. She follows in the footsteps of her brothers Houston and Elliot and her sister Emily in earning the Eagle Scout rank. Congratulations, Ava, we’re all proud of you!
On September 22, Troops 323 and 3323 held a Court of Honor to recognize scouts and youth leaders for their hard work. Our scouts earned rank patches from Scout through Life, as well as special patches and segments from Camp Geronimo. Altogether, we handed out nearly 500 awards. We also swore in our new youth leaders and SPLs Jaden and Tara. Then we watched a slideshow produced by our youth webmaster.