Falls Lake B. W. Wells group campsite was the location of the Baden-Powell District Camporee. Mr. Kerr, our scoutmaster, was in charge of the Camporee. He did an outstanding job! The weather was great - just a bit of rain on Saturday, but no one complained with a now full lake. Troop 325 had 15 scouts and 4 leaders attending. The environmental theme was the mantra for the weekend. Many of our scouts participated in the Environmental Science Merit badge program on Saturday. They covered requirements 1, 2, 3a-f, and 6 which included a history of environmental science, vocabulary, ecology simulations, air pollution experiments, water pollution experiments, land pollution activities, endangered species information, reuse and recycling activities, and careers in environmental science. NCSU, EPA, and Wildlife officials, as well as scout leaders from our district (including me) helped with this event. The scouts will need to complete their observations and ideas for requirement 4 and 5.
Mr. Stelpflug ran a woodyard to help scouts with their totem cards and patches. We had an awesome ultimate dodge ball game for over an hour on Saturday. Cooking skills were honed and stoves shared - I wonder why?? We adopted a few scouts from Troop 100 and Troop 398. The boys participated in and watched some unique skits - slooooooow moooootion beans and more!! Fried ham?? from Daniel!
Chris P., Nolan, and Will were tapped for an ordeal in an impressive Order of the Arrow ceremony. Congratulations guys! Capture the flag on the field until lights out!
Sunday brought a close to a great weekend - a traditional Bojangles stop was made!
Guest Blogger - Mr. Morris
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