Our scouts assembled at Thunderbird High School on May 2nd to complete Ava’s Eagle Project. Under the leadership of Ava, our scouts greatly improved the school’s garden area, trimming branches, removing an old rotting trellis, and installing a handrail across a rocky area. The area is used by the school’s special education students and the handrail gave them a much safer way to reach the garden.
Our scouts assembled at Seven Springs Recreation Area on April 25th for a joint campout with Cub Scout Pack 323. Our troops taught the new scouts how to tie knots, carve soap, build paper airplanes, and how to start a fire. Afterward, we all ate dinner and some delicious cherry and peach cobblers for dessert! After telling scary stories, and somehow still managing to sleep through the night, our scouts packed up camp, and returned home.
Congratulations to Anya, who on April 9 passed her Eagle Board of Review and became Troop 3323’s sixth Eagle Scout! Anya served as our SPL, Outdoor Ethics Guide, and Junior Assistant Scoutmaster, among many other contributions. She’s been a great example to younger scouts with her encouragement and support. And she completed a really amazing Eagle Project, creating a calm room for youths at MIKID behavioral health organization. We are so proud of Anya!!
On March 28th, our scouts assembled at All Saints Lutheran Church, our charter organization, for a service project. Our scouts worked together under the leadership of Jaden to pick up trash, tighten screws in the pews, scrub carts, and pressure wash the sidewalk. They were rewarded for their efforts with appreciation and donuts.
On March 21-22, our scouts headed to Bumblebee Ranch and set up camp for our Crossover outing. Afterward, they made lunch and then taught lessons to new scouts. In the afternoon, they collected wood, built a bonfire with it, built a rope bridge near it, then cooked tacos and quesadillas for dinner. At night, the scouts lit the fire and retired several old U.S. flags. Then the Arrow Of Light scouts from Pack 323 crossed the bridge and officially became new scouts. Finally, we all ate cobbler and watched skits. The next morning, Kris Bliznick arrived at camp and launched the model rockets the scouts had built the previous day, along with several awesome rockets he built for the launch.